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Here are some music events that have happened today, August 3.

*August 3, 1985 – Madonna scored her first UK No.1 single with ‘Into The Groove’. The track was taken from the movie ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ which featured Madonna and Rosanna Arquette. ‘Into The Groove’ is Madonnas best selling single in the UK, having sold over 850,000 copies.

*August 3, 2007 – Queen guitarist Brian May handed in his astronomy PhD thesis – 36 years after abandoning it to join the band. May had recently carried out observational work in Tenerife, where he studied the formation of “zodiacal dust clouds”.

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Here’s the top album sales for week ending July 6, 2019

*Help Us Stranger – The Raconteurs

*Originals – Prince

*Ride Me Back Home – Willie Nelson

*Western Stars – Bruce Springsteen

*When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish

*Happiness Begins – Jonas Brothers

*Red Bandana – Aaron Watson

*A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

*Madame X – Madonna

*Map Of The Soul: PERSONA – BTS

This guy just keeps doing it over and over again.  His new album titled ‘Western Stars’ is his 20th top 10 album on Billboard 200.  His first top 10 album was Born to Run wayyyy back in 1975.   He’s on a list of 10 other groups that have had 20 or more top 10 albums:

The Rolling Stones – 37

Barbara Streisand – 34

The Beatles – 32

Frank Sinatra – 32

Elvis Presley – 27

Bob Dylan – 22

Madonna – 22

George Strait – 21

Elton John – 20

Paul McCartney/Wings – 20