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• EMI Fiddles, Smooches, And Wins The Hot 100 Race While Rome Burns [100 And Single] by Idolator

  "Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week's Billboard charts: EMI is the Bear Stearns of the music industry—once mighty, now declining rapidly and ripe for takeover and obliteration. But you'd never know it looking at the..."

• Coldplay Cries "Viva," Rules iTunes' World [100 And Single] by Idolator

  "Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week's Billboard charts: If only Chris Martin were holding an iPhone 3G: then his band would be atop the charts. As it stands, Coldplay's "Viva la Vida," fueled by Apple's..."

• John, Paul, George, Ringo, And Cookie: "Idol" Winner Sets (And Sells) Records [100 And Single] by Idolator

  "Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week's Billboard charts: As I look at this week's charts, I recall a 1994 interview in which Paul McCartney assured the world that the highly anticipated, ultimately anticlimactic 1995 Beatles..."

• My Favorite Song This Week by The Late Greats

  "I first blogged about Dan Israel here, in a short-lived series called “Underappreciated Artists”. He is a singer-songwriting based out of the Twin Cities. He has a smoky baritone that reminds me a bit of Greg Brown, Tom Waits with a side order of Desire-era Dylan.Dan is celebrating the release..."