Latin Lovely Shakira and Hip-Hop Wyclef Most Played |
Written by Robert ID2689 |
Monday, 05 June 2006 02:35 |
Latin hop-hop & pop lovely Shakira's "Hips Don''t Lie" featuring, hip-hop group member from the Black Eye Peas, rap artist Wyclef Jean became the most played song in pop radio history last week according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. The song was played more times in one week beating out the previous record by Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" made in the week ending 6/5/05. Shakira's song's total of 9,657 times played on the radio, broke Stefani's previous record of 9,582. This is the song's 4th week atop the chart. Shakira also recently became the first artist in the history of the charts to earn the coveted #1 Top 40 Mainstream song and #1 Latin song in the same week and still holds the #1 spot on the Latin chart. Shakira's "Oral Fixation" tour has exploded out of the gates, selling out multiple markets in the first few hours on sale. Shakira is on her way to her fastest selling tour ever and one of the best selling tours of the summer. Hip-hop rap artist Wyclef Jean will open for the 27-date arena tour, which kicks off on August 9th in El Paso Tx. Below are the tour dates get your tickets NOW. Shakira's latest work,"Oral Fixation Vol. 2" debuted on the charts at #4, the third Top Five debut in Shakira's career, which after the stunning debut earlier in the year of "Fijacion Oral Volume 1," made her the only artist ever to debut in the top 5 albums in English and Spanish in the same calendar year. Energized by her #1 hit "Hips Don''t Lie," "Oral Fixation Vol. 2" remains high on the album charts for the last 26 weeks and has already sold well over 1 Million copies in the United States alone. For more information on Shakira or to order tour tickets and to stay updated on her please visit her web site at - www.shakira.com Tour dates August 9 EL PASO, TX - DON HASKINS CENTER August 11 PHOENIX, AZ - US AIRWAYS CENTER August 12 LAS VEGAS, NV - MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER August 15 LOS ANGELES, CA - STAPLES CENTER August 16 SAN DIEGO, CA - IPAYONE CENTER August 18 ANAHEIM, CA - ARROWHEAD POND August 19 SAN JOSE, CA - HP PAVILION August 25 CHICAGO, IL - UNITED CENTER August 27 TORONTO - AIR CANADA CENTRE August 29 WASHINGTON, DC - VERIZON CENTER September 1 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - TAJ MAHAL – MARK G. ETESS ARENA September 4 UNCASVILLE, CT - MOHEGAN SUN ARENA September 5 BOSTON, MA - TD BANKNORTH GARDEN September 7 NEW YORK, NY - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN September 12 ATLANTA, GA - PHILIPS ARENA September 13 ORLANDO, FL - TD WATERHOUSE CENTRE September 15 MIAMI, FL - AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA September 19 HOUSTON, TX - TOYOTA CENTER September 20 CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - AMERICAN BANK CENTER September 22 SAN ANTONIO, TX - AT&T CENTER September 23 DALLAS, TX - AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA September 25 MCCALLEN, TX - DODGE ARENA |