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Friday, July 8, 2011

FACTS,FIGURES & TITBITS

-$750 Million raised by Barack Obama for his 2008 campaign, shattering all records for an election cycle
-$400,000, the salary of the President of United States of America,commonly said to be the most powerful President in the world.
-$1 Billion,estimated amount needed for the re-election by Barack Obama for a 2nd term as President of the USA.
-$368 Million,the amount raised by the opposition Republican candidate Sen. John McCain for the 2008 presidential campaign.
-$500 Million, raised from the Internet out of $750 Million by Barack Obama for the 2008 campaign.
-ARE YOU IN. The new election slogan for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
-''OMG!!!,LOL!!!,I LOVE YOU'', the love is the heart shaped symbol, 3 Commonly used words by tweeters & texters, has gone the way of ''Bootylicious'', just like ''Bloggable'' ''scareware'' and ''cyberbullying'' are now in the Oxford English Dictionary online.
-$20,000, the amount said to have been paid to the management company of scandal prone Amber Rose, for her to come to Lagos, Nigeria to host a show.
-313,420 the nos of Units sold in the U.S alone by Beyonce's new album, in the 1st week of release.
-164,000 the nos of albums sold internationally by Beyonce's new album on the 1st day of the album's release.

-25-the number of countries where the Album immediately became nos 1 on their chart.
-40, the age clocked by Missy Elliot who celebrated her birthday on July 1,2011, the Supa Dupa Fly producer extraordinaire, who said she has Grave's Disease was born July 1,1971.
-65, that's how old famous actor Sylvester Stallone clocked 2 days ago, he was born July 6,1946.
-44, that's how old Pamela Anderson is, world famous for posing nude severally for Playboy, she was born July 1,1967.
-Vanity Fair has just said their February 2011 edition with Justin Bieber on the cover is their worst selling issue in 12 years,and one of the bottom 3 issues since 1992.
-30, the nos of the new SAN's-Senior Advocates of Nigeria an equivalent of the QC(Queen's Counsel) whose elevation was just approved by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee in Nigeria.

-The final results for Billboard.com's 2011 Mid-Year Music Awards are:
First-Half MVP: Britney Spears
Best Newcomer: Wiz Khalifa
Favorite Hot 100 No. 1 Song: "Hold it Against Me" by Britney Spears
Favorite Billboard No. 1 Album: "Femme Fatale" by Britney Spears
Best Music Video: "I Wanna Go" by Britney Spears
Best Comeback: Jennifer Lopez
Most Memorable Meltdown: Chris Brown at Good Morning America
Best Festival Performance: Lady Gaga at Radio 1's Big Weekend
Best Tour: Britney Spears' Femme Fatale Tour
Best Awards Show Performance: Beyonce, 2011 Billboard Music Awards
Best Music Reality Show: American Idol
Best Dressed: Lady Gaga
Most Anticipated Release of 2011's Second Half: "Tha Carter IV" by Lil Wayne

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