Three of MCA Music's more celebrated international acts
Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 can look forward to a lucky 2013 since the
closing year gave them career highlights that may very well serve as defining
moments of their colorful journey as global stars.
Rihanna's latest single "Diamonds" became her
fastest-rising single ever, in the process achieving a record-breaking 12th
Billboard Hot 100 No.1. She reached the peak significantly at the end of her
headline-grabbing "777 Tour" where she toured to seven cities in
seven days highlighted by a concert in each stop -- all for the purpose of
promoting her seventh album "Unapologetic."
She brought with her more than 150 journalists from all over
the planet to cover the week-long promo extravaganza, including Filipino
eventologist Tim Yap.
Country star Taylor Swift, on the other hand, reached a new
height by scoring her first ever Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper with her
single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", off her fourth
album "Red" released in the Philippines last November. The track
topped the iTunes charts all over the world and sold 623,000 copies in just its
first week of release.
"Red", now beefed up with follow-up singles
"Begin Again" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" sold about
three million copies after mere three weeks in the market. It debuted as the
highest first-week album sales in over a decade and topped the sales charts in
42 countries worldwide,
The year ends with Taylor having a worldwide career record
sale of more than 26 million albums and 75 million song downloads. Her Filipino
fans flocked at Trinoma in a recent fan gathering event where they purchased
merchandise items related to the well-loved singer-songwriter while signing in
for CD copy requests.
Maroon 5, who performed at a packed Smart Araneta Coliseum
last September, hit their longest-running number one single on the Billboard
Hot 100 with the single "One More Night". The song, off their fourth
album called "Overexposed", stayed in the top spot for 9 consecutive
weeks.
Guitarist James Valentine shared to Filipino reporters, in
response to questions regarding the album's title, "That title came about
when we realized that Adam's face is already everywhere. You couldn't get away
from his face."
"Overexposed" lead single "Payphone",
featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and
then moved up to number two on the chart. Yet the most recognized track
included in the album is "Moves like Jagger", featuring Christina
Aguilera, which sold over 8 million copies worldwide as of June this year,
their biggest hit yet no doubt.
UNAPOLOGETIC by RIHANNA, RED by TAYLOR SWIFT and
OVEREXPOSED by MAROON 5 are now available in CDs at Astroplus and Odyssey Music
& Video or online via iTunes or www.MyMusicStore.com.ph
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