Now, let’s compare and contrast to the Top 10-selling tracks of the week ending Sunday, and here, too, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are kicking tuchus. “Thrift Shop” is selling like hotcakes, up another 5% on the week, with no end in sight. The 357k units it sold are nearly double #2 Taylor Swift.   Justin Timberlake. Together, “Thrift Shop”…

As previously reported, it’s a notable week for rap in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10, as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz, logs a second week at No. 1 and A$AP Rocky reaches the upper tier with “F**kin Problems,” featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar (15-10). Who else makes news on the…

Justin Bieber takes his fifth turn at No. 1 on the weekly Hot Tours recap since launching the North American leg of the “Believe” tour in late September. This week’s chart-topping gross of $9.2 million comes from the nine sold out concerts which represent the final shows from the tour’s first trek through U.S. and…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHHdJE7kMws] The Redbull Music Academy has begun a series of music documentaries dealing with recent trends in internet musical culture. The first episode, called “Don’t Call It #AltRnB” deals with Alternative RnB, although I’m apparently not supposed to call it that. For some context, you might call some acts as How To Dress Well,…