One of the biggest albums from last year was The Greatest Showman. Now, nearly a year later it is being reimagined by some of today’s biggest musical acts like Panic at the Disco, Kesha, Missy Elliott, Kelly Clarkson and Sara Bareilles. The biggest names attached to the album are P!nk, who sings A Million Dreams, and her daughter, Willow Sage Hart, does the reprise of it.
Kevin Weaver, Atlantic Record’s president, west coast, told Variety, that when he saw the album selling 100,000 units a week at the beginning of the year, he knew he had to do something special with it. Then he saw artists like P!nk and Selena Gomez dancing and singing to the songs from it on social media, so he knew what to do. On November 16th, that vision will become a reality with The Greatest Showman – Reimagined.
And I imagine, it is going to be one of the biggest selling albums of the holiday season.
To see the tracklist for the record, then click here!
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When you think of the greatest selling albums of all-time in America, you think that it would be one from either Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Prince, Beyonce and/or Whitney Houston. You would be wrong. While Michael Jackson’s Thriller used to be #1, it has been downgraded to #2.
Who knocked the late great singer out of the top spot? The Eagles. According to RIAA, The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is #1 and their follow-up album Hotel California is #3.
The #1 album has sold over 38 million copies since it was released in 1976, and Hotel California, that was also released that year, sold 26 million copies.
Can someone please explain to me why The Eagles have 2 out of the top 3 selling albums of all-time? I was told it is a California thing. However, when I asked California natives about it, they could not tell me.
I have never owned one of their albums. I know a few of their songs, but I never got their appeal. If you saw my music collection, then you would see it is full of all types of musical genres. Classic Rock is one, and yet, not one Eagles CD. I don’t even have any of their songs on my playlist.
Do you get it? Are you an Eagles fan? Are you as shocked by this news as I am?
Heck, I know Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell used to be up there, and that I get. To me, Paradise in the Dashboard Light is more of sing-along song than Hotel California. And Hotel California is not even on the #1 selling album of all-time. Please, can someone explain their popularity to me?
BTW I am not dissing the band and its members, I just am trying to comprehend their sales.
I was at the veterinarian’s office last year and I heard a great medley on the radio. I wanted to know who did it and turns out it is a band that does it all the time. Ever since then, I have been following Anthem Lights and they have given me several musical treats. Their latest is perfect for this time of year.
As June, the wedding month wraps up, they recorded a medley that any couple would love to have played at their reception. They mashed up Rascal Flatt’s Bless the Broken Road, Christina Perri’s A Thousand Years, Train’s Marry Me and John Legend’s All of Me into one beautiful song that would make any newlywed swoon. The only thing it is missing is a song from Ed Sheeran.
Seriously, isn’t the tune so romantic that it just makes you want to fall in love while listening to it? On that note, I am single!
Rachel Platten is best known for singing Fight Song, but this weekend she had a fight with another song. On Saturday, she was given the honor of singing the National Anthem at the Utah Royals FC’s home debut match in Sandy, Utah, but her nerves got the best of her.
She had to start the Star Spangled Banner over not once but twice, and thankfully the third time was the charm. Did the fans of National Women’s Soccer League get mad at her? Nope, they got a kick out of it! Get it?
When it comes to Platten, how can you be upset with her? She did not give up and kept trying until she got it perfect. Let’s be honest, it can happen to anyone. Heck, I would have forgotten the lyrics by the time I got to the word see. She went one more line that I did before that happened to her.
Like a lot of people, Peter Wolf had to wait for his Christmas dinner to be fully cooked yesterday. Therefore, when it was finally done, he was starved. Thus, when they decided to put the turkey in front of him, he was not prepared to share. Which it means it was lights out for everyone but him.
