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Go Head Tony Bennett! #1 Album At the Age of 85! Tony Bennett Hits #1, Beats Demi Lovato and all the Young Kids
09/27/11 3:33pm
Tony Bennett’s “Duets II” comes in at number 1 this week. It sold over 166,000 copies according to hitsdailydouble.com, beating Adele, Demi Lovato, Lady Antebellum and all the kids in the top 10. Bennett is 85 years young, so this some achievement. The only older act out there right now is Doris Day, who’s having a hit in the UK and soon here with her “My Heart” album. Bennett almost got himself in trouble last week with odd comments about 9-11 he made on the Howard Stern radio show. But the combination of the album’s strengths, Bennett’s good will, and the pr effect of his 85th birthday celebration at the Metropolitan Opera really helped. He’s also getting a pr boost from Amy Winehouse’s final recording. Congrats, Tony! “Duets II” is on its way to the Grammy awards, and probably Album of the Year. | |
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Maybe its just me but I have to say of the songs Ive heard from this disc, I'm very disappointed. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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Might be because of the performers on it lol | |
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Can you say Amy Winehouse? Mariah Carey? Lady Gaga?
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You can't help but love Tony. Not that I am interested in his new album. If I wanted something I'd get one of his older recordings
BTW, Alec Baldwin's impersonation of him on SNL last week was awesome My Legacy
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That's great, congrats to Mr. Bennett! "And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone, You Know That Love Survives, So We Can Rock Forever" RIP MJ 
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Amy sounds likes shes drunk and in a well, Gaga is trying to copy 3 earlier diva's verisons of the song instead of making it her own, Lord Im not clicking on anything that has Mariah on it and the kd. lang duet is just boring. [Edited 9/28/11 12:13pm] The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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This doesn't surprise me at all. I've always said that the taste of the majority of today's younger generation is the same taste as senior citizens so why shouldn't he be number one?
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That's great. I was a little worried there would be a backlash against him because of his 9/11 comments. | |
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lol. I only bought those 3 songs right there! Amy, Mariah, Gaga. | |
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Yep! Love him!! Never trust anything spoken in the presence of an erection.
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Congrats to Tony! I've been listening to it on Spotify. The SF Giants had an appreciation day for him yesterday. Even though it was preplanned, it was perfect timing. "Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
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This cat is lucky that someone died so he can pimp off it and promote his new hack duet album.
He is Frank Sinatra-lite minus the star quality.
Saw him on "The View" with k.d. lang (who sang him under the table)... I felt like throwing the TV when he was all "i wish i could have talked with amy"...
Now he's all "she knew she was going to die".. PLEASE. This old fogey barely knew her, gave her the stack of cash, sang her song and was out (Remember the SNL bit with Frank's duets?)
I hope when he dies someone rides him to the bank too.
Congrats on #1, Tony Bennett. For shame. | |
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PS - LOL @ he beat Demi Lovato.
Classic. | |
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Well it was a no-brainer he would do this , i mean Tony always sells, hes like Manilow and Boccelli, Bubble, Groban etc...he was pretty much a shoe in, to either take 1 or 2. Though Demi Lovato can sing and its actually a good record, whats lost is that she actually had her biggest sales week ever too, plus she is coming off the whole "shes fat" shit. PLUS for tony this album is going to sell from now through the season, dont be surprised if this becomes one of the biggest albums of the year next to adele.
However all that said i feel its unfair if this gets nominated as a BEST ALBUM, mainly because its old songs, re-done, that to me is unfair. Its one thing to get a performance nod but album, sorry, it would be like nominating a greatest hits album [Edited 9/30/11 10:56am] "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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Right on Tony!! He should be very proud in this age of talentless people selling millions of records.
He is a real singer with real talent. [Edited 9/30/11 11:36am] | |
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Honestly I expect older artists to top the album charts. Barbra Streisand nearly did with her latest and give props to Doris Day for having a number-one album in England of all places. | |
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Honestly I expect older artists to top the album charts. Barbra Streisand nearly did with her latest and give props to Doris Day for having a number-one album in England of all places. But it depends on who the artist is and what genre they sell to, Bennet,manilow, Streisand and Neil Diamond are pretty much doing similar work though Manilows last was back to new music thank god, but someone like say Daryl Hall or Rick Springfield aren't going to top charts with their new music or maybe not even chart.so I think it's more about the music they do "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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I think it's because people like Daryl and Rick were pop megastars in their day and therefore like most '80s pop artists, they're not gonna get the same support as a Bennett or a Manilow... | |
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true but its also the music because Manilow did a more pop/rock album this time and though it was Top 10 it sold no more near his "covers and standards" records did. Rod Stewart can top the charts with covers and MIchael Mcdonald can do Motown but if either cut a new rock record, they would see about 75% of their audience gone. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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Although I like Sinatra. I always thought Tony had/has better pipes. Congrats! I bought the CD 2 weeks ago not because of Amy(Although I liked her). I have his boxset too that was given to me on one of my birthdays. True Living Legend. Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! |
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She doesn't have much competition, our charts is full of crap, i haven't bothered even looking at them for years. [Edited 10/1/11 1:58am] She Believed in Fairytales and Princes, He Believed the voices coming from his stereo
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at the moment it's
1. Kasabian - Velicraptor 2. Ed Sheeran - + 3. Adele - 21 4. Joe Mcelderry - Classic 5. Tony Bennett - Duets II 6. Example - Playing In The Shadows 7. David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat 8. Will Young - Echoes 9. Christina Perry - Lovestrong 10.Adele - 19
It seems the Doris Day album got to number 9.
She Believed in Fairytales and Princes, He Believed the voices coming from his stereo
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I swear my brain keeps farting on times it shouldn't. | |
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Barbra debuted with her 31st (!) top ten album "What Matters Most" in the number four position on the Billboard chart. She's the only artist to have scored number one LPs in five consecutive decades. Go ahead, Barbra!
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Exactly. Frankly, the surprise would be if he didn't top with a new album. | |
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