The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes music charts for the week ending Oct. 3:


October 5, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes music charts for the week ending Oct. 3:

SONGS

v “Someone Like You”: ADELE

v “Strange Clouds (feat. Lil Wayne)”: B.o.B.

v “Moves Like Jagger (studio recording from “The Voice,” feat. Christina Aguilera”: Maroon 5

v “Pumped Up Kicks”: Foster the People

v “Sexy and I Know It”: LMFAO

Albums

v “Cole World — The Sideline Story”: J Cole

v “Neighborhoods”: Blink-182

v “21”: ADELE

v “Blue Slide Park”: Mac Miller

v “Vice Verses”: Switchfoot

Soller to lecture on Erma Bombeck

CANFIELD

The Canfield Historical Society’s fall lecture series will continue with a free lecture by Sis Soller on American humorist Erma Bombeck at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Bond House, 44 W. Main St., across from the Canfield Library.

Soller has been active in art and theater for 40 years and is the founder and president of the Mahoning Valley Watercolor Society. She will discuss the life of Bombeck, an American novelist who achieved great popularity for her syndicated newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s. The next lecturer will be Tim Brookes, whose topic will be gangster Pretty Boy Floyd on Nov. 10. Call the historical society at 330-533-3458.

Singing competition names semifinalists

YOUNGSTOWN

The Singing Star contest at the DeYor Center for the Performing Arts has been whittled down to nine semifinalists. They are: Jaclyn Hodos, Boardman; Christian Mikusevich, Warren; Lauren Minenok, New Castle, Pa.; Nathan Pecchia, Canfield; Kristen Ruchtie, Canfield; Jason Rosendary, Liberty; Natalie Sprouse, Columbiana; Terisa Tubbs, Youngstown; and People’s Choice winner Lesey Phillips, Youngstown.

The finals will be Oct. 23 at the DeYor. The champ will win $5,000 and will perform with Easy Street Productions in its new production, “Legends,” on Nov. 13. For more information, go to facebook.com/deyorsingingstar.

Will Madonna sing at Super Bowl?

Madonna is reportedly in talks to headline the 2012 halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, which would mark her debut on the massively watched pro football telecast. The singer and director’s rep told the Los Angeles Times on Monday that there is “nothing to confirm at this time;” an NFL official similarly had no comment to SBNation.com on its report.