Q 01/05

Whose debut album opened with 701,000 US copies in November, the biggest sales week of any album in 2009?

A) Susan Boyle

B) Lady Gaga

C) Beyoncé

D) Leona Lewis

Answer · why

A) Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream was also the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK, shifting 411,820 copies in its first week there and outsellin...

Q 02/05

Which Flo Rida single, interpolating a 1984 Dead or Alive hit, set a first-week record of 636,000 downloads in February?

A) Right Round

B) In the Ayer

C) Be on You

D) Club Can't Handle Me

Answer · why

A) Right Round

Right Round beat a download record set only a week earlier by 'Crack a Bottle', and its uncredited female hook was sung by a then-unknown Kesha.

Q 03/05

Whose 'My Life Would Suck Without You' leapt 96 places to number one on the Hot 100 in one week, a record?

A) Carrie Underwood

B) Pink

C) Kelly Clarkson

D) Katy Perry

Answer · why

C) Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson broke a record she already held: her 2002 debut 'A Moment Like This' had set the previous biggest leap to the top.

Q 04/05

Whose debut single 'Whatcha Say', built on Imogen Heap's 'Hide and Seek', topped the Hot 100 in November?

A) Jay Sean

B) Iyaz

C) Sean Kingston

D) Jason Derulo

Answer · why

D) Jason Derulo

Jason Derulo had spent 2006 to 2009 writing songs for Diddy, Danity Kane and Lil Wayne before his own record reached number one in the issue dated Nov...

Q 05/05

Who became the youngest person ever nominated for and awarded CMA Entertainer of the Year in November 2009?

A) Carrie Underwood

B) Taylor Swift

C) Reba McEntire

D) Kellie Pickler

Answer · why

B) Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift also won five of her six American Music Award nominations that month, and Fearless took Album of the Year at both the CMA and ACM awards ...