By Chris Riemenschneider
Congrats to Owatonna's Adam Young, a k a Owl City, who has the No. 1 song in the country right now with "Fireflies." I can't think of the last time a single by a Minnesota artist went to No. 1 on Bilboard's Hot 100 chart -- probably Next's "Too Close" in 1998. In this case, it was buoyed there largely by digital downloads, but Top 40 stations are really starting to spin the song now, too (hence KDWB booking Young and his band to play its Jingle Ball). The whole album "Ocean Eyes" is doing well, too, rising to No. 8 on the album chart. What an exclamation point on Young's amazing story.
