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Paul McCartney achieves his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in over 36 years, as his new studio effort, Egypt Station, bows atop the list. The set, which was released on Sept. 7 via MPL/Capitol Records, launches with a larger-than-expected 153,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 13 according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 147,000 were in traditional album sales. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track...

Ah, romantic musical moments. Who hasn't heard a song on the radio which has reminded them of "that moment" in time when they fell in love, had their first dance, got married or experienced something monumental (first kiss, first shag, first breakup)? Who hasn't put in their favorite CD and gotten all misty-eyed thinking about the one they love? (Or the one who broke their heart!) As Beethoven once said, "Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman." And it seems a gamut of modern men know the power of this...