According to “certified” + estimated or “claimed” sales compiled by Wikipedia, they are as follows:

1. The Beatles
2. Elvis
3. Michael Jackson
4. Abba
5. Madonna
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Queen
8. Elton John
9. Mariah Carey
10. Celine Dion

No disrespect, but I was surprised to see Madonna, Elton, and Mariah so high on the charts. Who knew?

My latest for Fox & Friends. Not a shocker, but I still found it amusing.

Bonus points to Russ for saying “scuzzed out.” And I love how tiny his head looks when he walks onto the street in new looks.

Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, and Rocky Dawuni in that order. How about you?

Your blind if you don’t see the Egyptian revolution (and its peaceful and unified protests) as a beacon to the world.

“During the fiercest clashes on January 28, I found a guy about my age guarding my back, who I later found out was a Christian,” Yahia Roumi, a 24- year-old protester from Cairo, told IPS. “Now we’re best friends; we never go to the demonstrations without one another.”

Unity.

UPDATED: In less than three hours, Smooth Harold reader Whit identified it! Thanks, Whit.

My memory and Google skills are failing me. After searching for an hour last night, I was unable to recall this really good sad song I heard last week. Some identifying attributes:

1. Sung by a man.
2. Not outright country, but I remember a little twang in it. Definitely a slow song.
3. The man is singing to his wife, who has left him (again) at the worst of times, leaving him with the kids even.
4. The song may or may not reference poverty, job, loss, etc, making the heartbreak all the more painful.
5. A car or reference to “driving away’ may or may not be involved.
6. I know the guy says something to the effect that he is truly heartbroken, especially by the timing of the women’s departure.

It’s one of the best sad songs I’ve ever heard. Any ideas, Internet?

Either way, this song rocks. 1964 was kind to pop rock lovers.

Those who know me well know that I love music. In terms of audio/visual entertainment, nothing compares. Not movies. Not games. Definitely not TV.

When opening it up to all forms of entertainment, music is right up there with books and dancing. In other words, if an armed man asked me which I’d prefer, I’d have a really hard time and probably die trying. What’s more, the latter is virtually impossible to enjoy without music.

That said, this is the new music I most enjoyed last year. New to me, at least. Call it my top bands, whatever. I had this stuff in heavy iTunes rotation last year: (more…)

I grew up on White Christmas and it’s awesome. Arguably the best Christmas album of all time.

But after 25 years of listening memories, I think I’m finally ready to say that Frank Sinatra has the better Christmas voice. His renditions of White Christmas, I’ll be Home for Christmas, and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas are the best I’ve ever heard. Even better than Bing.

Am I wrong?

Either way, what’s your favorite Christmas artist? (WARNING: Any mention of Mannheim Steamroller will be immediately deleted.)

Buy it here. A vast majority of the songs are keepers, particularly If You Want It, History of Modern, and Sister Marie Says.

You cannot call yourself an ’80s fan if you pass this up. Well, you can. But I’ll think less of you for it.