By Gerry Plaza
They never announced they disbanded. They only said they went separate ways. Bu
t their 2007 reunion tour dispels common notion that they have been forgotten.
The Police posted the highest-grossing concert tour for 2007,
raking in $132 million in the United States and $212 m
illion worldwide. The tour is still ongoing, with the Latin American l
eg ended earlier this month. The tour will restart on Jan. 17 in New Zealand.
The trio of Sting, Andy Summers, and
Steward Copeland, had a US take way above the runner-up in the Pollste
r list. Country star Kenny Chesney figured $71 million in his
own tour, which is nearly half of the 80s New Wave rockers' earnings.
It was a year of stellar reunions, including the successful comebacks of
By Gerry Plaza
They never announced they disbanded. They only said they went separate ways. Bu
t their 2007 reunion tour dispels common notion that they have been forgotten.
The Police posted the highest-grossing concert tour for 2007,
raking in $132 million in the United States and $212 m
illion worldwide. The tour is still ongoing, with the Latin American l
eg ended earlier this month. The tour will restart on Jan. 17 in New Zealand.
The trio of Sting, Andy Summers, and
Steward Copeland, had a US take way above the runner-up in the Pollste
r list. Country star Kenny Chesney figured $71 million in his
own tour, which is nearly half of the 80s New Wave rockers' earnings.
It was a year of stellar reunions, including the successful comebacks of 
By Gerry Plaza
It was Josh Groban's scintillating voice and the spirit of Chr
istmas that made the phenomenon. Now Billboard Magazine makes it offic
ial.
Groban's "Noel" is 2007's top selling album after staying at f
our weeks on top of Hot 200 Album Chart, the only Christmas al
bum to reach that milestone. Groban broke Elvis Presley's reco
rd for a Christmas album, when the latter's "Elvis' Christmas Album" also stayed on top of the Billboard album chart in 1957 for four weeks,
albeit non-consecutively, Billboard reported.
Billboard cited Nielsen SoundScan data in its report that "Noe
l" sold 669,000 copies in the week ended December 16 running to a 2.77-million
total, eclipsing the soundtrack of "High School Musical 2" as
the year's best-selling album.
The insanely hot BURN Podcast, hosted by Zach
and Denise, features in this episode Beating the Prin
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