Music from Adele, Shirley Bassey, Jennifer Hudson and more is due to see huge sales increases on this week’s Billboard charts thanks to Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony.Sources suggest “Skyfall,” which won Adele and Paul Epworth the Oscar for best original song, could see a 45 percent jump in digital download sales for the week ending Feb. 24. In the previous week, the single moved 36,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Official SoundScan sales figures will be available Wednesday.) PHOTOS: Backstage at the Oscars: What You Didn’t See on TV “Skyfall” is the first Academy Award winner to also have been a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 since 2003, when Eminem’s No. 1 single “Lose Yourself” won. “Skyfall” also is the first song from a James Bond film to take home the Oscar.Speaking of Bond it was a big night on the Awards for the silver screen’s most famous secret agent. The Oscars celebrated 007’s 50th anniversary in motion pictures with a montage of moments and a performance of “Goldfinger” by Shirley Bassey.Bassey’s signature recording of the 1964 film’s title track could see a gain of more than 275 percent in sales, though the song still might sell… Read full this story
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