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– Coldplay had the world’s best-selling album last year, beating Mariah Carey and 50 Cent, the BBC reported, citing International Federation of the Phonographic Industry statistics. The band’s album “X&Y” sold 8.3 million copies worldwide.
– Juanes will join other Latin musicians at a Los Angeles concert May 24 to benefit children injured by land mines in his homeland of Colombia.
– A portrait of a young man sold for nearly $1 million Friday at Sotheby’s first-ever New York auction of contemporary Chinese art. An anonymous bidder paid $979,200 for “Bloodline Series: Comrade No. 120” (1998) by Zhang Xiaogang.
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