Taylor Swift is still number 1 with “The Tortured Poets Department.”
By the end of today she’ll have sold another 285,000 copies, bringing her total to a little over 3 million. Of those, 2 million are hard sales.
The downloading of “Poets” singles has slowed, but the album keeps chugging on. Nothing can touch it, not even Dua Lipa, whose new album, “Radical Optimism,” will come in around 85,000 copies.
Last night the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation honored one of the good guys in music: Live Nation’s Arthur Fogel. If there’s one universally admired guy in the concert biz, it’s Fogel.
Fogel is responsible for some of the biggest tours in history, including Madonna’s latest (she never missed a show!), Lady Gaga, U2, and Sting. All the artists swear by him. Somehow Fogel maintains a fairly cool composure all the time, despite all the nuttiness around him.
At the Rainbow Room last night model, actress, and author Dominique Jackson was the emcee. Rosie Perez presented Arthur with the special LIFEBEAT tribute. The evening, generously supported by Presenting Sponsor Gilead Sciences, Inc., along with Associate Sponsors Live Nation Entertainment and the Wasserman Foundation, also featured a performance by Glassnote Records recording artist Talia Rae.
“I hope that tonight has delivered some meaningful financial support to the foundation + LIFEBEAT programs going forward,” Arthur said. Then everyone hit him up for backstage passes!
Congrats!
Alex Kalomparis and Arthur Fogel
