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News Roundup: 8/6/2009

AerosmithAerosmith’s Steven Tyler was injured when he fell off the stage at Wednesday night’s Sturgis, S.D. show. Tyler was trying to keep the crowd entertained after a sound malfunction during the song “Love in an Elevator” when he fell off the catwalk of the stage where he had been dancing. After his condition was assessed by an on-site doctor, Tyler was airlifted to a nearby hospital and the show was cut short. Both Tyler and guitarist Brad Whitford sustained injuries earlier this summer. [Idolator.com]

Fabolous’ Loso’s Way topped the Billboard 200 this week, marking the rapper’s first number one album. However, Michael Jackson’s Number Ones still had strong sales, selling 114,000 copies this week for a total of 1,370,000 albums sold. That’s second only to Taylor Swift’s Fearless (which has sold 1,499,000 copies), the biggest-selling album of 2009 so far. [Billboard.com]

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