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Lifestyle FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 Timberlake celebrates return to music with 2nd No1 album this year op singer Justin Timberlake scored his 2 million download copies in the United States. second chart-topping album this year on Lorde’s album also garnered nearly 6 million US PWednesday as his latest record debuted at plays on online streaming platform Spotify in its No 1 on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, first week. Country singer Tyler Farr entered capping the singer’s successful return to the the chart at No 5 with his debut album “Redneck musical spotlight. Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Crazy,” while Los Angeles sister trio Haim came Experience - 2 of 2,” which follows the first set of in at No 6 with the critically acclaimed debut 10 songs released in March this year, album “Days Are Gone.”On the digital songs sold350,000 copies in its first week, according to chart, which measures song downloads, the top figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. three songs remained steady this week with The first installment of “The 20/20 Lorde’s “Royals” at No 1, Katy Perry’s “Roar” at Experience” sold 968,000 copies, the biggest No 2 and Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” at No 3. opening week sales of the year so far. A surprise entry on the digital songs chart Timberlake, 32, returned to music after more this week came in the form of British 1960s rock than a five-year hiatus, during which he focused band Badfinger’s “Baby Blue” at No 32. The song on his acting career. His debut single “Suit & scored 37,000 downloads in the past week after Tie” featuring rapper Jay Z became a chart-top- being featured in the closing scene in the final per in January, and his album was received well episode of AMC’s drug drama “Breaking Bad” by fans and critics. Other new albums in the top last month. Overall, album sales for the week 10 this week include 16-year-old New Zealand ending Oct 6 totaled 4.8 million, down 10 per- singer-songwriter Lorde at No 3 with her debut cent from the comparable week in 2012, accord- album “Pure Heroine,” selling 129,000 copies. ing to Billboard. — Reuters The album has been driven by the popularity of the single “Royals,” which topped Billboard’s File photo shows Justin Timberlake performs at his Post Grammy Concert at the digital songs chart this week, selling more than Palladium, in Los Angeles. — AP Bollywood boards ‘Chennai Express’ to steam back to Egypt rowds of movie lovers cheered as “Shah Rukh is the best, but we want to the fall-off in public screenings of Indian Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh see movies of Amitabh Bachchan also,” said films. For Bollywood insider Amrita Pandey CKhan’s latest film “Chennai Express” Hamid, referring to India’s legendary actor. of Disney UTV, the scourge of piracy and screened in Cairo theatres, marking the Bachchan is a household name in Egypt, accessibility to Indian cinema through satel- return of Hindi cinema to Egypt after more with fans ranging from taxi drivers to lite and cable television contributed to than two decades. Men, women and college bankers fondly remembering his movies Egyptians “retreating to watch movies at students applauded Khan’s comic timings from the 70s and 80s when they dominated home instead of at theatres”. and laughed when he punched the bad Egyptian theatres. His megahit “Mard” “Needless to say the political instability guys, clearly showing that the film’s Hindi (Macho) was a huge success in the 80s in of the region added to the challenge,” language soundtrack is no barrier to Egypt, ruling cinema halls for months. Pandey told AFP in Mumbai. Cairo’s deadly Egyptians. In 1987 the regime of now toppled presi- violence and a night-time curfew imposed “I love Shah Rukh Khan. I am so happy dent Hosni Mubarak put restrictions on since August after a bloody security crack- that I saw his movie in Cairo,” said a cheerful Bollywood movies entering Egypt in order down on supporters of ousted president Mohammed Hamid who sells DVD films, as to protect the local film industry. Barring the Mohamed Morsi is no deterrence to Zeind. he emerged from Cairo’s Galaxy multiplex occasional screening, Indian films disap- He plans to bring two other big budget after watching the movie for the second peared from Egyptian theatres. The restric- Bollywood films “Kriish 3”, the latest in the time in as many days. “Chennai Express” has tion was “one of the reasons” for the demise hit superhero franchise, and action-thriller entered its second week in Egypt, screening of Bollywood’s influence in Egypt, says “Dhoom 3” as soon as they are released in File photo shows Taylor Swift performs onstage during her in 10 cinema halls-eight in Cairo and two in Antoine Zeind, chairman of United Motion India.—AFP Red Tour at the Verizon Center in Washington. — AP Alexandria-after smashing box office Pictures, the distributors of “Chennai records in India. Express” in Egypt. It is the first of a “pipeline” of Bollywood “At that time there were no multiplexes Swift to receive country films to be screened with Arabic subtitles in and Egypt also produced a large number of Egypt, distributors say. The film, which also films,” said Zeind, detailing other causes of stars popular Indian actress Deepika music songwriting award Padukone, has become Bollywood’s biggest box office grosser, with earnings topping $30 million since its release in August, ountry-pop singer Taylor Swift will be honored as this Indian film weeklies say. A typical Bollywood year’s songwriter and artist of the year by the Nashville mix of action, romance and comedy, the Songwriters Association International, making her the C film tells the story of a 40-year-old man who only artist to win the award six times, her record company becomes embroiled in the dealings of a said on Wednesday. The 23-year-old singer and writer of pop south Indian don when he rescues his run- crossover hits “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and away daughter from thugs aboard the “I Knew You Were Trouble” will be officially named the Chennai Express train to southern India. award’s recipient on Sunday, Big Machine Records said. Khan himself is jubilant at the Egyptian The annual award recognizes country music’s songwriters response to his movie. “A big thanx to who scored top 30 hits during the past year. Swift’s win pulls everyone in Egypt... I am made to under- her ahead of five-time winners Vince Gill and Alan Jackson. stand u guys made the film go thru the roof She is also the youngest person to have won the award. Her of the pyramids ...!!!” the actor wrote on his fourth album, “Red,” has sold 6 million copies worldwide Twitter account. DVD vendor Hamid, who since it was released last October. Swift and newcomer has given himself the nickname Kabir Khan singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves lead the nominees with after a character played by the actor in his six nods each at next month’s Country Music Association 2007 blockbuster “Chak De India!” (Come on Awards.—Reuters India!), showed up to the film screening in a headband similar to one worn by Khan at a Egyptians stand under a poster of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s lat- cricket match. He says he wants more est film ‘Chennai Express’ in the Galaxy cinema in Cairo on October 3, 2013, Bollywood movies to be screened in Egypt. which is marking the return of Hindi cinema to Egypt after two decades. — AFP.