she did this during her concert?…haha!

who is Jack Johnson. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s #2 and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never even heard of him? The top 10 albums just looks odd to me. The top 10 songs I can believe.

If you have ever seen the animated movie “Curious George” which features the voices of Will Farrell and Drew Barrymore, then you know Jack Johnson, as he wrote the songs for the soundtrack…

Both Jason Castro and Jack Johnson have a similar vibe, and it is indeed a delightful one… :happy_tb:

The actors did a fine job singing some quintessential Beatles songs for the movieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ but why would you buy their covers on a CD, outside the context of the movie, when you can buy the real Beatles songs?

Because the actors did a fine job singing some quintessential Beatles songs. At least, that is why I bought the album (and I didn’t even get to see the movie).

I like to hear different versions of songs, as long as they are worthy renditions with something new to contribute.

Yeah for me most especially I like it when a guy covers a song that a girl originally sang and vice versa. It totally gives a whole new meaning to the song. I think that’s part of the reason why Mariah Carey week went over so well for the guys and flopped hard for the girls.

The Beatles songs have been covered by hundreds of singers over the years. They wrote great songs that singers like to sing and people don’t tire of hearing.

Nice to see Jason Mraz on that list too. I don’t like that Leona Lewis song but I don’t like r&b or hiphop type music at all. I’m more into rock, alternative, folk, acoustic, and a wee bit of the new country.

but why would you buy their covers on a CD, outside the context of the movie, when you can buy the real Beatles songs?

I guess for the same reason people bought the AI studio versions from the Beatles week, and the Mariah week, and so on. Personally for me, it’s always interesting to hear some covers, sometimes a different interpretation gives a different perspective to the song.

According to wikipedia, he is:

a Hawaii-born singer-songwriter, musician, filmmaker,[2] and surfer who has achieved commercial success and a dedicated following, after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales in 2001. He has since released four more albums and a number of EPs. His music is best described as acoustic/soft rock/vocal.

His father was a famous surfer. Jack was also a surfer until he had a bad accident, and while healing he wrote songs and played guitar. His songs have a unique Hawaiian beat that is so mellow. He’s really easy to listen to and his songs have meaningful lyrics too. Like “where have all the good people gone” …

p.s. It’s great to have both Davids on the charts. It doesn’t matter to me whose song was out longer or who is higher on the list or any of that. They both made the top song list, that is something to celebrate.

Were any other Idols on the list?

Across the Universe was a terrible movie and underperformed at the box office– the high placement of its soundtrack baffles me. The actors did a fine job singing some quintessential Beatles songs for the movie… but why would you buy their covers on a CD, outside the context of the movie, when you can buy the real Beatles songs?

Anyways, go Davids and Jordin. Hope to see lots of the Davids in the 2009 list .

who is Jack Johnson. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s #2 and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never even heard of him? The top 10 albums just looks odd to me. The top 10 songs I can believe.

iTunes album sales charts rarely line up with the total sales charts, so it’s not surprising that you would see more obscure albums making the top 100 (Jack Johnson is no slouch in the sales department, but he’s not selling like Kanye, either). I believe iTunes makes up about 17% of the album sale market, but not 17% of each artist’s sales. It just offers a lot more album choices than a physical store, so it’s a lot of albums selling only a few copies each, but that’s enough for iTunes to make up 17% of total album sales. Plus, some artists simply do better on iTunes than others. For some reason, John Legend does better on iTunes than a lot of artists that ultimately sell more each week. The Twilight soundtrack sells an abnormally large amount of albums on iTunes relative to their total sales. But then you have Beyonce that clearly doesn’t sell as well on iTunes as she does in physical stores.

Nice numbers for the everyone.

who is Jack Johnson.

He’s awesome. :thumbup_tb:

I love Better Together and Hope.