Gaga Official Telephone Poster

The official “Telephone” poster for Lady Gaga’s  video for “Telephone” featuring Beyonce has been released. 

The video, which should be hitting over 20 million views on youtube before the middle of the week, has everyone talking, weather you hate it or love it. 

The song has been climbing up all the charts and has hit #1 on Funkenberry Radio.  Just to let you know, there is talk going on of taking Funkenberry Radio to new levels including it’s own station off the site.  We will keep you updated on that. 

Check out the video for “Telephone” if you haven’t already and also be sure to check out our top 21 songs of the week to the left of the site.

For now all, we hear is “Radio Gaga” for real, Queen.  For real.-Dr.FB

P.S., that is Tyrese in that video right?

Kesha Or Ke$ha If Your Nasty. File Photo

Kesha or Ke$ha if your nasty,  within a week has hit number 1 spot  on Billboard chart as we predicted wirth her debut CD, taking away the number 1 spot from Susan Boyle who has a had a stranglehold on the top spot for over a month.

It also did not take “Tik Tok” long to make it to the number 1 spot on Funkenberry radio, being the most played song of the week after it’s debut.  The number 1 spot is made up by you by how many times you access the station, which is to the right on the front page of the web site. 

It seems a majority of you are putting down the track but at the same time, are giving it a listen.  Congrats to Kesha, who we have a feeling could have a big 2010.-Dr.FB

Rage. File Photo

Rage Against The Machine raged against Simon Cowell and won.  They wanted fans to download their 1992 song “Killing In The Name” to block X Factor for having the number one song for the 5th straight year in a row by the winner of the show.

The song reached number 1 on downloads only, which is a first in the UK.  Rage promises a free concert as a victory party. They also raised money for charity in their efforts.

Did any of our UK readers take part in this?  Wonder how tight Simon’s sweater is today.-Dr.FB

Sandra Bullock Harpers Bazaar

Sandra Bullock took on “New Moon” and in the end, she won!

  Both movies debuted 3 weeks ago with “New Moon” setting records.  Bullock’s movie “Blind Side” movie would have been number 1 any other weekend.  Last weekend, her movie stayed very strong while “New Moon” had a hefty decline.

In it’s 3rd week of release, ” Blind Side” declined but not as much as “New Moon” and now has the number 1 spot, which is a rarity for movies to do nowadays.

Congrats to Sandra Bullock for her second number 1 movie of the year, as “he Proposal” was number 1 earlier this year.-Dr.FB

New Moon File Photo

New Moon stayed at number 1 over the turkey weekend.  It dropped over 70% percent over it’s opening weekend.  Yikes for the Twilights!

It did take in $275 million from Wednesday to Sunday for the best Thanksgiving Weekend ever in ticket sales however.

Sandra Bullock’s movie “Blind Side” made an impressive $35 million last week and this week brought in $42 million, actually doing better in it’s second week, which I believe has not happened since “The Hangover” earlier this year.

I am telling you all; that blond wig of Sandra’s is gonna get her nominated for an Oscar.-Dr.FB

John Mayer. Photo: INFDaily.com

Conquering the US with his soon to be number 1 CD “Battle Studies” is not enough for John Mayer. He headed over Toronto to dominate over there.

Dressed for Toronto weather, John Mayer came with sharpie in hand to sign some autographs for fans before performing at the Hard Rock Cafe over there for some select fans who won a John Mayer contest.

Congrats to John on his CD debuting at number #1 this week on the Billboard charts.  They still matter to somebody.-Dr.FB

Paranormal Activity. Photo: Paramount Pictures

When a movie doesn’t debut at number 1, nowadays, it just will not hit number 1. Not true with Paranormal Activity which debuted at #3 at the box office, but is now #1, beating out saw VI.

The movie was made for 22,000 and bought for 300,000 and has now brought in 67 million since the movie opened 5 weeks ago. Paramount has spent about 10 million promoting the movie so they are getting a lot of money back in the red.

Someone posted on facebook after seeign the movie, they will never sleep the same way again.  Hmm. Are you going to see Paranormal Activity? Have you seen it?-Dr.FB

Demi Lovato's Here We Go Again Cover Release Date 07/21/09

Demi Lovato sold 107,000 copies to debut at number one on Billboards Album Charts. This is Lovato’s 2nd number 1 album I believe.

She is 16 right? WTH? Debbie Gibson had 2 number 1 cd’s before she was 16 right?  Man.  Congrats to you Demi. No more cutting for you, right?-Dr.FB

I’ve had thoughts about this all day.  There are a few points I am going to make right now.

Here are TWO IMPORTANT INSIGHTS

ITEM #1: Prince is #1 in Retail Sales

Prince sold more physical albums than Urban!

Without digital sales, Keith only sold 134,338 making Prince #1 in retail stores.  To me, that is kind of press-release worthy to get out there.

Also…IF Prince added his digital sales from his own web site www.lotusflow3r.com to the mix, he may win the “all in” numbers..depends what he sold digitally.

Keith Urban’s album this week:

ITEM #2:  Capitol Records (most likely) Made Urban #1

OK, hear me out on this because this happens a LOT!  What most likely happened is that Capitol Records was VERY motivated (for many reasons) to deliver a # 1 ranking to Keith Urban. 

Seeing they were only 3,000 units behind the #1 spot, they “did what it took” to ensure the win.

Now, it’s only a theory but it is probably correct. 

If they would have lost by such a small margin (3,000 units) some vice president would have lost their job. 

When it is that close…you can go out and buy the units at a retail store or better yet, Itunes, to ensure the win, and it would be worth the investment.

  The downloads from his OWN site should count on this.  I have not seen a Billboard position this close in a while.  Something is just NOT adding up!-Dr.FB