Taylor Stuffs More Stockings than Keyshia, Jamie or Fall Out Boy

12/24/2008 2:13 PM, E! Online
David Jenison

In a blow to many a boy's imagination, Taylor Swift made Santa's nice list.

The country starlet, who first topped the charts over Thanksgiving, now rules the Christmas roost, holding off naughty-lister Britney Spears and would-be new holiday treats from Keyshia Cole, Jamie Foxx and Fall Out Boy.

Swift's Fearless held at No. 1 on sales of 330,000, per Nielsen SoundScan. Grammy-nominated R&B star Cole was just 8,000 behind with A Different Me, while Foxx's Intuition at No. 3 (265,000), ahead of Spears' Circus (196,000).

New daddy Pete Wentz and his fellow Fall Out Boys scored the third and final Top 10 bow as Folie à Deux checked in at No. 8 with 150,000. The band topped the charts last year with Infinity on High.

In other chart action...

Anthony Hamilton's The Point of It All opened at No. 12 (133,000), Plies' Da Realist entered at No. 14 (114,000), the All-American Rejects' When the World Comes Down checked in at No. 15 (112,000), and Soulja Boy's iSouljaboyTellem landed at No. 43 (46,000).

Across the pond, a bit of competition made for a historic finish on the U.K. chart. Alexandra Burke, winner of the 2008 X Factor (the American Idol equivalent that produced Leona Lewis), topped the singles chart with a Christmas cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." There was a much-publicized online campaign to push Jeff Buckley's 1994 version over Burke's and although it fell short at No. 2, the 1-2 finish marked the first time in nearly 52 years that the same song held the top slot on the British chart. Cohen's original even got in on the action, coming in at No. 36.

Back in Yankee land, overall sales were up by about 30 percent over the previous week but down that same amount compared to last year.

Here's a rundown of the Top 10 albums for the week ended Sunday:

1. Fearless, Taylor Swift

2. A Different Me, Keyshia Cole

3. Intuition, Jamie Foxx

4. Circus, Britney Spears

5. I Am…Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé

6. Dark Horse, Nickelback

7. Twilight soundtrack, various

8. Folie à Deux, Fall Out Boy

9. Black Ice, AC/DC

10. Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 29, various
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Raia Band From Indonesia

Like his name, Raia came from words ”raya” that was significantly wide and big. A hope to carry out the achievement that was maximal in the industry of homeland music. Packed pop music have nuances britpop & the alternative was combined with the lyrics mellow but the optimist and the draught of the meaning became the typical characteristics special from the band that was formed in Surabaya during 2005 set.

Consisted of Aan (the vocal), Pimen (guitar), Obi (the drum) and Dink (bass). The process creaktif and the musical exploration that was deep from each the personnel made Raia become the band that was productive until producing the work that was encompassed in the first album that will be released in middle this 2008.

Relied single featured ”Cukup Sudah” as an editorial a musical composition that was created and in the arrangement by Firm D that also acted as Director's music & the Producer of the album that contained 10 songs with the lyrics and the theme that variatif. Told about someone who wanted to decide relations were because of his love betrayed. The musical arrangement that upbeat and the pertinent lyrics were supported vocally that have a character made this song potential as some hits that ought to be counted on.

The spirit and the Raia totality in bermusik was reflected in tagline they KEEP OUR SOUL!

Source : musikraia.com

Chilean cardinal: Madonna rouses 'impure thoughts'

Madonna is causing "crazy enthusiasm" and "impure thoughts" on her first concert visit to Chile, a prominent retired cardinal complained on Wednesday, as he paused in a tribute to a late dictator to denounce the pop star.

Roman Catholic Cardinal Jorge Medina criticized the flamboyant singer during his homily at a Mass in honor of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet, who oversaw the deaths of some 3,200 dissidents during his 1973-1990 rule.

"This woman comes here and in an incredibly shameless manner, she provokes a crazy enthusiasm, an enthusiasm of lust, lustful thoughts, impure thoughts," said Medina, the cardinal who was chosen to announce the election of Pope Benedict XVI.

Hundreds of fans spent three days camping outside the National Stadium in Santiago to get good spots for Wednesday's concert, the first of two. About 60,000 people were expected at each performance.

One of those waiting in line, Roberto Lopez, told local reporters that he had quit his job in the southern city of Punta Arenas because his boss hadn't given him time off to attend the concert.

Pinochet died Dec. 10, 2006, at age 91.

Medina said that some of those who claim to seek justice for violations of human rights under the dictator are actually seeking revenge.

(This version CORRECTS as Benedict XVI sted XV)

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