The chart records keep on breaking: Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” sets a new record for biggest Billboard Hot 100 jump, moving from #96 to #1 in a week. Believe it or not, this is Spears’ first Hot 100-topping hit since her 1999 debut single “… Baby One More Time.” [Billboard.com]

The Fader compares the sound of Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreak — previewed at an elaborate listening party on Wednesday night — to Adult. And Thom Yorke’s solo work. [TheFader.com]

The concert industry is booming in 2008 — thanks to higher ticket prices. [Idolator.com]

Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture confirmed that the band would begin recording their fourth album in February 2009 at the London debut gig for his solo project Nickle Eye. [Gigwise.co.uk]

The mystery illness that caused Janet Jackson to cancel nine of the concert dates on her “Rock Witchu” tour has been identified as migraine-associated vertigo, which causes dizziness, loss of balance and bad headaches. Jackson resumed her tour last night at Washington, D.C.’s Verizon Center. [NME.com]

Here is the breakdown on just how well Radiohead’s experimental distribution model for In Rainbows did (short answer: Very well!). [PitchforkMedia.com]

ABBA, Nickelback, Young Jeezy, Metro Station and Lynyrd Skynyrd are among the 40-plus artists whose albums will be the first to be released in SanDisk’s new slotMusic format. [Coolfer.com]