Indie-rock producer Jacquire King had long been an admirer of Norah Jones' smoky, seductive voice, but the man behind acclaimed albums from Kings of Leon to Tom Waits never...
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Norah Jones, "The Fall" (EMI Blue Note) Norah Jones ditches her old band, and most of her trademark piano playing, for her latest release "The Fall." Jones sounds more...
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Sitting in a Soho coffee shop, Norah Jones looked across the table at the elegant and mysterious Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, who sat quietly behind dark sunglasses that...
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Grammy-winning singer Norah Jones says an improvisational approach and a strong supporting cast helped overcome her nerves in her first acting role, in director Wong Kar...
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Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
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Norah Jones has played to crowds from Brooklyn to Beijing, and she knows how to get a grip on her stage fright. But walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for...
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She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot.
Remembering...
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Digital music without
copyright protection gained more momentum on Wednesday as
Amazon.com made it official that it will launch a DRM-free
digital music store this...
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Cannes celebrated its 60th edition Wednesday by inviting a screen newcomer to open the film festival: singer Norah Jones, playing a heartbroken lover in a role that forced...
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The last time Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs took on major recording companies, he refused to budge on his 99-cent price for a song on iTunes.
As a new round of talks...
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The blues stage will be back when the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opens Friday, and so will such performers as blues singer Alton "Big Al" Carson and...
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Thanks in part to her
first-rate Handsome Band and some intriguing stylistic
excursions, Norah Jones delivered a first-rate concert that
demonstrated a newfound liveliness....
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U.S. album sales are down 17 percent so far this year, a downward spiral caused in part by a surge in online music purchases and fewer big-name albums being released in the...
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Breaking from the rest of the recording industry, EMI Group said Monday it will begin selling songs online that are free of copy-protection technology through Apple Inc.'s...
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EMI is to make its music
available online without a key anti-piracy measure, becoming
the first major music group to take the risk in a bid to grow
digital sales.
Digital...
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Apple Inc. and EMI Group Plc will
reveal a ground-breaking deal on Monday for Apple to sell the
music label's songs free from copy protection limits, the Wall
Street...
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They don't call him B.I.G. for nothing.
Though hailed as one of the East Coast's greatest rappers, the Notorious B.I.G. lived to see just one of his albums...
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Grammy-winning singer John Mayer has been added to the lineup of the 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Mayer, who will perform May 5, joins headliners Rod...
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It seems it's never too late to hop on the Norah Jones Express.
For the third time in four weeks, Jones' Not Too Late moved enough copies to rank atop the Billboard...
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Norah Jones didn't have any Grammy nominations or appear on the show this time around, but she still had enough jazz to take back the top of the charts.
After slipping to...
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On the evening of January 20, amid
the riot of networking that is the Sundance Film Festival, a
pretty young folk singer named Mandy Moore took to a makeshift
stage at a...
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Music label EMI Group is in talks
to release a large portion of its music catalog for Web sales
without technological protections against piracy that are
included in most...
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Music company EMI Group PLC — home of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay — has been talking with online retailers about possibly selling its entire digital music...
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Fans were clearly jonesing for Norah Jones.
The jazz-pop warbler gave retailers a shot in the arm as her new album, Not Too Late, arrived just in time to score a monster...
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It's not as if Norah Jones had never written a song before.
On her blockbuster debut, "Come Away With Me," the alluring singer penned three tunes, two of which she wrote...
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Billboard presents a look at the
music you'll be hearing a lot about in the first quarter:
JOHN MELLENCAMP
"Freedom's Road" (Universal, January 23)
Mellencamp's first...
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On Grammy night, U.K. newcomer
Corinne Bailey Rae hopes to waltz through the door her soulful
pop colleague Norah Jones kicked open in 2003, when she won
five awards...
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After years of selling online music digitally wrapped with copy and playback restrictions designed to hinder piracy, major music labels are beginning to make some songs...
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Pop diva Mariah Carey, whose
commercial success has not translated into awards show acclaim,
was snubbed at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, despite
scoring three...
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A major pop recording label is opening an online portal for aspiring singers and groups, EMI announced Tuesday.
The group's Parlophone label, whose artists include Paul...
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Can a voice from the grave earn a
Grammy?
That question is swirling around music circles this week as
nomination ballots for the upcoming Grammy Awards -- the
industry's...
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Piracy and competition for consumer
spending drove global music sales down 4 percent in the first
half of 2006 despite the continued popularity of digital music,
an industry...
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Attracting big-name acts like Rod Stewart, the Eagles, Norah Jones, Def Leppard, Tony Bennett,
Santana and David Bowie to a tertiary market might be unusual
for some venues,...
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Tori Amos' radical reworking of
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the camp rendering of "Dancing in
the Street" by David Bowie and Mick Jagger are among the tracks
collected for...
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Nominees for the 40th annual Country Music Association Awards, to be held Nov. 6 in Nashville, Tenn:
Entertainer of the year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley,...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio
Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans
with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New
Birth Brass...
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EMI Group PLC and Warner Music Group Corp., locked in a tug of war after each rejected a takeover bid from the other, are still discussing a merger, EMI said...
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As Beck took the stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, he had dancers in bear suits and a band that played on water glasses and dinner plates.
He also had a...
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As singer-songwriter Corinne
Bailey Rae's star ascends across Europe, her record label finds
itself in the strange position of trying to decelerate her
career.
"We always...
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Pay for play doesn't play--or pay--in New York.
Such
is the lesson learned by EMI Music North America, the last of the big
four record companies forced to cough up big...
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Former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton is taking a break from squealing, howling and imitating
cartoon characters to try some old-fashioned singing.
Eight years after...
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If pop star Michelle Branch and her pal Jessica Harp had their way, their new country album "Stand Still, Look Pretty" would have registered even higher on the twang...
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It wasn't too long ago that Norah Jones was living a double life, and trying hard to shield it from public view.
In the late-night hours, the smoky-voiced jazz singer and...
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Figures. Now that he's out of Cash Money, Juvenile's Check
is bouncing right to the top.
The New Orleans' rapper, who
rose to prominence on the Cash Money label, has...
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Tribune Broadcasting Co. and the digital music television network The Tube announced Thursday a deal that will place the fledgling network on stations in the nation's...
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The Little Willies, "The Little Willies" (Milking Bull)
What do you get when the Traveling Wilbury's meet the Highwaymen?
The Little Willies.
Led by Norah Jones and...
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As Lost Highway Records marks its
fifth anniversary this year, it is also celebrating a
remarkable Grammy Awards achievement. Since its inception, the
label has released 50...
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Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters, once described by bassist Nate Mendel as an "accidental" band, now have ten years under their belt, are playing bigger shows than ever and are up...
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"Take me down to your
dance floor . . ."
No one was dancing as Gram Parsons' voice wafted over the
sound system at Hollywood's Harmony Gallery on Friday evening,
but the...
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The emancipation of Mariah
Carey from all things that
Glitter seems
complete.
The songbird soared with eight
Grammy nominations
Thursday, including an Album of the...
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There have been times
when Shilah Morrow of Sin City Marketing has been maddened by
her nickname "Mama Shi," for actual mothers have to change
diapers and do other messy...
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Lee Ann Womack may not hate herself this morning.
The
country songbird picked up a trio of trophies at the CMA Awards Tuesday
night, including Album of the Year for...
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For Big & Rich, the CMAs in New York was more than unusual — it was out of this world.
John Rich brought three dates with him — each with purple hair, raccoon...
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Although the CMA Awards' first soiree in New York will be peppered with cameos by Elton John, Billy Joel, Donald Trump, James Gandolfini and Bon Jovi, don't expect...
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Shirley Horn, the great jazz vocalist and pianist and one of the
last links to the Miles Davis era, has died at age 71, her label
announced Friday.
The Grammy-winning...
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The November 22 Blue Note release
"Higher Ground" will feature highlights from Jazz at Lincoln
Center's Hurricane Katrina benefit concert.
The 15-track disc includes...
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How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
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Fats Domino proved you can go home again. You just might not like
what you see.
The rock 'n' roll pioneer returned to his New
Orleans home Saturday for the first time...
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Norah Jones and Wyclef Jean have recorded a ballad to raise funds for hurricane aid. "Any Other Day" will only be offered digitally through MSN Music.
It will be available...
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Hurricane Katrina's news coverage may have come and gone, but the
Hollywood benefits live on.
Grammy winners Wyclef Jean and
Norah Jones are the latest celebs to be...
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Allaire Studios sit at the end of a slithering mountain road. Airy rooms offer skytop views of the Catskill Mountains.
Norah Jones, Tim McGraw and David Bowie are among...
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When it comes to music in New York,
there is a new room in town.
The $21 million Nokia Theater Times Square, with a flexible
capacity that tops out at about 2,100...
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The National Association
of Recording Merchandisers, the retail trade group grappling
with a depressed music business, kicks off its annual
convention Thursday at the San...
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is expected to announce today an international "payola" settlement with a major record company to limit the industry's ability to...
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The timing may be a bit off, but
saxophonist Tim Ries is still psyched about his new CD, "The
Rolling Stones Project" (Concord Jazz).
Originally scheduled for earlier this...
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Bob Dylan must have a weak spot for coffeehouses.
The folk-rock icon, who got his start plying tunes in Greenwich Village
cafes, has become the latest artist to sign a...
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The Foo Fighters set a band sales record and Backstreet is
back--alright!--but nothing was as hot as Coldplay on this week's album
chart.
In its first week out, the Foo...
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Amazon.com Inc. is planning a concert featuring Bob Dylan and Norah Jones to celebrate its 10th anniversary next month.
The concert will be streamed live on the Internet...
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The daughter of a Catholic missionary in remote Reunion Island, it wasn't long ago that Sarah Blasko's musical talent was woven into the context of a church choir, condemned...
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Britain's EMI Group, the world's
third-largest music company, said on Tuesday its full-year
profit fell after delays in two key albums from Coldplay and
Gorillaz.
The...
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According to a message posted on Norah Jones's website, norahjones.com, the Grammy-winning singer is in the early stages of her next album. Jones and The Handsome Band have...
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The Boss is paying the cost for some racy lyrics and anti-corporate
politics.
Starbucks says it will not stock Bruce Springsteen's
just-released Devils & Dust, in part...
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When J. Ralph decided to look beyond
the conventional record-label model to bring his album of
orchestral music to consumers, he found a willing and
formidable partner in...
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Music TV pioneer Les Garland is at
it again.
Garland has partnered with Montgomery, Ala.-based Raycom
Media to launch the Tube Music Network, a 24-hour channel
devoted to...
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When Blue Note Records recently
signed pianist Robert Glasper, it marked the label's first
enlistment of a young, up-and-coming instrumentalist since
pianist Bill Charlap...
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Growing sales of DVD music
videos and a sharp increase in digital downloads kept the
global music market afloat in 2004 in what the International
Federation of the...
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Global sales of recorded music were essentially flat in 2004, with a reduction in audio sales offset by increases in DVD and digital music sales, the International...
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Tim McGraw is living like he was flying.
Faith Hill's
hatted half, fresh off his Grammy win for the mortality play, "Live Like
You Were Dying," corralled six...
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Veteran TV
producer-director Ken Ehrlich's got a hit -- and, despite his
long history in the music business, it's no run-of-the-mill
event.
"I've spent my life promoting...
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So this is what happens when you title an album How to
Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.
U2's Bono, whose trophy case
is packed with Grammys and even a Golden Globe, is up for...
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Sharon Stone's new basic instinct: helping victims of the tsunami
disaster.
The actress is ready to her best "We Are the World"
rendition, joining forces with socialite...
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Ray Charles' Genius racked up plenty of company in the form
of gramophone-shaped statuettes.
The late soul legend won a
total of eight awards at the 47th annual Grammy...
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They channeled the 1980s on Sunday night when a Grammy all-star group sang "Across the Universe" to benefit tsunami victims.
Remember Band Aid? And "We Are the World"?...
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Late "Genius of Soul" Ray Charles
won the album of the year prize at the 47th annual Grammy
Awards on Sunday, only the second time the coveted honor has
gone to a deceased...
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Genius will be served, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will be
outed as a couple, and Melissa Etheridge will hit the comeback stage.
Those are three of the storylines...
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The Recording Academy is
hosting flashbacks to previous years' Grammy Awards ceremonies,
letting music fans relive the event in three-minute montages.
The shorts are among...
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Musicians want tsunami victims to know that the tragedy has not
been forgotten.
With news coverage fading fast six weeks
after the earthquake-generated waves killed...
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Apparently the Super Bowl wasn't the only big game last week.
Compton rapper the Game returned to number one with The
Documentary a week after being displaced by country...
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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, who have been mum on their reported marriage, will perform together for the first time at the Grammy Awards later this month.
The...
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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are taking their act public.
The superstars, who tied the knot in a hush-hush ceremony last
June but have yet to publicly acknowledge...
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The Associated Press' crack Grammy team gives their insider analysis on who's going to win on Grammy night Feb. 13 — but hey, we wouldn't bet the house on these...
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Ray Charles, posthumously nominated for seven Grammys — including album of the year for "Genius Loves Company" — will be honored in a tribute at next month's...
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NBC raised more than $18 million for the American Red Cross to send to tsunami victims with its benefit broadcast last weekend, the network said Friday.
Individual...
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Madonna , Elton John , Nelly, Kenny Chesney and other musicians converged on an NBC Universal studio Saturday for a hastily arranged TV benefit concert for tsunami...
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The future is temporarily on hold for Jermaine Dupri.
The
star rapper-producer had been planning to record the charity single "We
Are the Future," a 20th-anniversary...
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How's this for a stat: The combined sales of Norah Jones ' Feels
Like Home and Eminem 's Encore still doesn't best 2004's top
seller, Usher's Confessions.
Usher...
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The music industry reversed a four-year decline as album sales rose slightly in 2004 while overall music sales spiked thanks to a huge increase in digital track sales,...
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Eminem apparently learned to be nice this holiday season because
Santa gave the usually naughty rapper another number one.
Previously ruling the charts for the last...
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Wynton Marsalis is arguably the most
recognized name in jazz, for his achievements as a performer
and ambassador for the genre. His roles as artistic director
for Jazz at...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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The holiday mood at independent
music retailers is one of cautious optimism, despite Nielsen
SoundScan numbers showing that overall sales at U.S. indie
merchants were down...
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Ratings tumbled for the Billboard
Music Awards, which Fox aired Dec. 8 from Las Vegas.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the 15th annual
two-hour broadcast drew 6.9...
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Six months after his death, Ray Charles is having a career year. He's the subject of the critically acclaimed biopic "Ray," his posthumous album, "Genius Loves Company," has...
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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61. Salsa/Merengue Album: "Valio La Pena," Marc Anthony; "Travesia," Victor Manuelle; "Autentico," Gilberto Santa Rosa; "Creciendo," Son de Cali; "Across 110th Street,"...
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Kanye West was "robbed" at the American Music Awards. On
Tuesday, he found his reward, nominated for a field-best 10 Grammy
Awards.
The rapper's The College...
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It took an atomic bomb to dismantle Eminem 's encore.
U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb blew Em's
Encore out of the top slot the latter had occupied for two
straight...
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The music industry's ultimate popularity contest just can't get
enough of Usher and Alicia Keys.
The R&B competitors
lead the pack of finalists for this year's...
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Infinity Broadcasting is not
commenting on a New York Times story that claims the company
fired its top Rochester, N.Y., programer for accepting gifts
from record...
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Eminem topped music charts for a
second week, warming up a recent cold spell for record
companies who hope the rapper and big releases from acts like
U2 and Gwen Stefani ...
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Norah Jones knows good songs when she hears them. Lucky for us she's not bad at singing them, either.
On "Norah Jones and the Handsome Band: Live in 2004," Jones and her...
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EMI Group PLC, one of the world's biggest music companies, reported a small loss for the first half of its fiscal year Friday but said it expected an improvement in the...
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EMI, the world's third-largest music
group, reported a 7 percent drop in first-half profits on
Friday but said the beleaguered industry was rebounding as
digital music sales...
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EMI Group PLC, one of the world's 'big three' music companies, reported a fall in sales and a net loss for the first half of its fiscal year Friday but said it expected an...
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The music industry needs
courage in order to get out of the artistic and financial
doldrums, according to Glen Ballard, a songwriter/producer who
has worked with Alanis...
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Eminem fans have turned out en
masse to snap up their rap idol's newest album, propelling it
to No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts after just three days in
release.
"Encore,"...
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The Shortlist was shortened to just one Monday night, and TV on
the Radio emerged victorious.
The New York-based rock band
edged out competition from the likes of buzz...
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New York-based rock band TV On
The Radio won the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize for cutting-edge
acts during a sterile and sparsely attended ceremony in Los
Angeles...
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A CD featuring hits by Nelly, Keith
Urban and others became the sixth in the "NOW That's What I
Call Music" series of joint record-label collections to debut
at No. 1 in the...
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Rapper Eminem and baritone Josh Groban now have something in common: They are among the nominees for favorite male singer in the People's Choice Awards.
Nominees for the...
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Starbucks is pushing its new digital
music offering into Seattle and Austin in the next month.
The Hear Music media bar is an in-store kiosk that allows
consumers to buy...
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Norah Jones is no diva.
For that we should be grateful. Today's so-called "divas" are
overbearing, self-involved singers valuing personal style over
serving a song,...
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An eclectic lineup of musicians honored Ray Charles in a tribute concert, praising the late singer's rich life and his ability to transcend race and musical genres.
"Make...
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Barry Manilow has a busy fall.
On Sept. 28, Concord Records releases "Scores: Songs from
'Copacabana' and 'Harmony,"' Manilow's 43rd album. The CD is a
collection of...
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Toby Keith, Norah Jones and Lucinda
Williams lend a hand to outlaw country icon Willie Nelson on
his forthcoming studio album, "It Always Will Be."
Due Oct. 26 via Lost...
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Stevie Wonder, Usher and Norah Jones
are among the artists who will celebrate Ray Charles at an
October tribute concert that will be taped for later broadcast
on...
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The Shortlist is finally short. After an initial 73 nominations for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize, the 10 finalists have been announced. Among them are Scottish rockers...
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Usher and OutKast were the top
winners at this year's World Music Awards, which took place for
the first time in Las Vegas.
The show at the Thomas & Mack Center was...
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Usher, Kanye West and OutKast are
the top nominees for the 32nd annual American Music Awards.
Usher received four nominations, including favorite
pop/rock male and...
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Move over Woodstock. "Field Day" is on the way. The mid-Hudson Valley, home to the original Woodstock Music Festival and Woodstock '94, is drumming up another two-day music...
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R&B casanova Usher, whose album "Confessions" steamed up the charts with songs about sex, affairs and breakups, received a leading four nominations Tuesday for the American...
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Paul McCartney , the Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Tony Bennett , Sonic Youth, Ben Harper and the Innocent
Criminals, Los Lonely Boys and Tegan & Sara will join event
founder Neil...
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"We are going to kick some ass,"
Carl Mello, music buyer for Boston-based retail chain Newbury
Comics, says when assessing this year's holiday...
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When it comes to being quick on the draw, can't no one shoot up
the charts like Tim McGraw.
In a week that saw new discs
taking the top four slots on the Billboard...
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Brazilian newcomer Maria Rita, one of Wednesday's leading Latin Grammy nominees, treats her family's rich musical legacy as a personal gold watch — a treasure to be...
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In a development surprising only to the person who's unfamiliar
with country music, songs extolling the virtues of beer, Wal-Mart and
rednecks received a big "Hell, yeah!"...
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It was a quiet moment in a recording studio between two old friends — the genius of soul and the king of blues.
Ray Charles and B.B. King were readying to record a...
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It started with an itch. It ended
with Anita Baker's first studio album in 10 years.
"My Everything," due Sept. 7 from Blue Note Records,
shattered Baker's creative...
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Ashlee Simpson has shown no mercy on the charts. First, her
Autobiography destroyed the sales milestones of her more famous
sister, Jessica. Now, Ashlee's kicked her former...
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It's been some time since Queen
Latifah found herself behind the mic.
Once a groundbreaking female rapper, the artist has in
recent years concentrated on an acclaimed film...
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Loretta Lynn, Macy Gray and the rock group The Killers are among the 73 artists being considered for the annual Shortlist Music Prize, which honors artists whose albums were...
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Legendary music mogul Clive Davis has some advice for music retailers looking to persuade music fans to return to traditional record shops: Make shopping more fun.
"You...
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Jazz singer Norah Jones ' current
album "Feels Like Home" will be re-released Sept. 21 as a
double-disc package featuring three previously unreleased songs
and a DVD.
The...
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Young punk rock fans are coming to the
rescue of a sluggish summer concert season.
Blending low-price tickets with high-energy talent and side
attractions, the Warped...
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Move over, Jessica, Ashlee Simpson 's second to none.
The 19-year-old singer-actress has officially emerged
from her big sister's shadow, as her first album,...
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Are stadium tours extinct?
Once an integral and lucrative facet of the warm-weather
concert business, the stadium tour is completely absent from
this summer's...
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Looks like 50 Cent isn't the only G-Unit soldier who can fly solo
on the charts.
Facing no real contenders, G-Unit rapper
Lloyd Banks easily repeated at number one with...
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Grammy winner Norah Jones says that her life hasn't taken the shape that she expected it to, but she is starting to enjoying it.
The wave of fame that hit after her 2002...
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For Keith Richards , it was "another
goodbye to another good friend" as the Rolling Stones guitarist
headlined a pair of Los Angeles-area tribute concerts over the
weekend...
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The U.S. music industry finished the
first half of 2004 with album sales of 305.7 million units, up
6.9% from the 285.9 million units scanned in the corresponding
period...
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U.S. album sales for the first half
of 2004 are running 7 percent ahead of last year's midway
point, putting the recording industry well on track to end a
three-year slump,...
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For the second year in a row,
honky tonk singer Merle Haggard will entertain conspiracy
theorists and extraterrestrial fans at the UFO Music Fest, set
for Saturday (July 3)...
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Keith Richards will pay tribute to
his late pal, country rock pioneer Gram Parsons , by performing
at two all-star charity concerts in California next month,
organizers...
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Universal Music maintained its status
as the world's market leader in 2003, but a combined Sony/BMG
would have challenged its dominance.
The International Federation of...
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It is no wonder that the debut album
from Ricky Fante is titled "Rewind." The R&B singer's music
harks back to 1960s soul.
"Rewind," which Virgin Records releases July 13,...
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When smooth jazz guitarist Russ
Freeman formed Peak Records in 1994, he sought to provide a
home for contemporary jazz musicians.
A decade later, Peak sports an impressive...
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Ray Charles is being remembered as a musical innovator who blended genres of music to create a new style. Charles died on Thursday of acute liver disease at age 73.
Ray...
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MTV rarely covers jazz, but Jamie Cullum is a different story. A recent "You Hear It First" segment on MTV News included an enthusiastic thumbs-up from superproducer...
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Norah Jones is preparing to
embark on her biggest tour yet, which will play amphitheaters
and arenas this fall. Capacities range between 12,000-15,000
seats, far larger...
more >
Grammy-award winning singer Norah Jones was among the many other artists who performed Sunday (May 16) in Rome as part of producer Quincy Jones's latest endeavor, a...
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The newly private Warner Music
Group, having significantly reduced its worldwide staff, is now
turning its cost-cutting efforts toward its artists.
As part of the...
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Nearly two decades after music greats gathered to record the hit song "We are the World" to benefit Africa's hungry, the next generation of celebrities came together Sunday...
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A star-studded cast assembled by "We Are
the World" producer Quincy Jones rocked Rome's ancient chariot
track on Sunday in a concert to raise money for children...
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Usher
has turned Eminem's
world upside down.
Last
week, the Eminem -led D12
World ended Usher's five-week run at number one on the album
chart, but in this week's...
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Usher's
new confession: He can't touch Eminem.
Becoming the first new chart topper since March, the
Eminem -led rap group D12 knocked off Usher's Confessions
and took...
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Nearly 20 years ago, legendary producer and media mogul Quincy Jones gathered about 45 top musicians, including Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen , for the charity...
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Nellie McKay isn't afraid to admit that she was a "band geek" in high school.
The 19-year-old singer/songwriter was teased because she prefers slacks, flats and...
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American music icon Ray Charles ,
whose voice gave birth to soul music, has been reduced to a
whisper, and cannot stand without support.
The 73-year-old singer/songwriter...
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Nearly 20 years after recording the
ground-breaking charity album "We Are the World," producer
Quincy Jones is at it again -- assembling an all-star ensemble
concert to...
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People apparently can't get enough of Usher's
new tell-all.
Facing minimal competition yet again, the
R&B star's Confessions
continued its chokehold on the top album...
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Every day in the United States,
about 10,000 people become "grownups." The U.S. Census Bureau
estimates that's how many people mark their 30th birthday each
day.
For the...
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Anastacia has America to
thank for her upbringing. But the pop singer has Europe to
thank for her success. Born in Chicago and raised in New York,
Anastacia has seen her...
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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay dropped
out of music college with failing grades two years ago but now
the precocious 19-year-old has a double album climbing the
charts amid...
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Even Usher
must confess, the man with the most sales can still be overshadowed by
the force that is William Hung.
Usher, who topped
the charts for a third straight...
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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay dropped
out of music college with failing grades two years ago but now
the precocious 19-year-old has a double album climbing the
charts amid...
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Online file-sharing and other digital piracy persist, but a gradual turnaround in U.S. music sales that began last fall picked up in the first quarter of this year,...
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Janet
Jackson might say there's been a "sales malfunction" on the charts.
Despite all of her publicity, good and bad, Janet Jackson 's
string of chart-topping studio...
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R&B star Usher topped the U.S. pop
charts on Wednesday as his new CD, "Confessions," posted the
biggest album debut so far this year and became only the second
2004 release...
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Though others tried, it was Usher's
million-copy week that proved the ultimate "home" wrecker on the charts.
The R&B star's fifth album, Confessions,
sold record numbers...
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Thomas Mottola is back
in the game. The former head of Sony Music is readying a strong
release schedule for his Casablanca Records, a joint-venture
deal with Universal Music...
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In an effort to attract new clients
and provide a broader range of services, three of the recording
industry's premier facilities have partnered.
The mobile Remote...
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Performers at the nation's
biggest gathering of bands here always face Vegas-style odds.
Yet acts ranging from major-label properties to unsigned
regional groups -- more...
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It appears there's still no way to beat Norah and Clay.
On the album sales charts, Norah
Jones continued to fend off all contenders as Feels
Like Home secured its sixth...
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It's the day before her first major-label release, and Keri Noble says she's feeling no pressure.
Even though she's the leadoff artist on EMI's revived Manhattan label,...
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Thanks to Norah
Jones, the bad boys don't have a chance.
For a fifth
straight week, Feels
Like Home kept Jones in the number one spot despite challenges
ranging from...
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If you're packing your bags for
Texas right now, you might want to check out the plentiful
selection of indie-label showcases during the South by
Southwest Music Conference...
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When these music critics make a
point, you can bet that at least 15 million people get it.
They are the pop-music writers at the nation's 20 largest
daily newspapers. By...
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Never has it been more difficult to keep up with the Joneses.
Especially this one.
Norah
Jones' record-setting sophomore album, Feels
Like Home, extended its reign atop...
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Norah
is making quite the Home on the album chart.
Despite
solid showings by rappers Kanye West and Young Gunz, Norah Jones
remained encamped in the top position for...
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Time Warner Inc.'s $2.6 billion sale of Warner Music Group to an investor group led by former Universal media conglomerate chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. was completed, and...
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For Norah
Jones, being on top of the charts has come to feel like home.
Fresh off a historic
first-week bow, Jones' Feels
Like Home had another massive week at...
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With an Ivy League education and experience as a teacher and hunger activist, a career in music wasn't necessarily Jen Chapin 's first choice. Then the funk-inspired party...
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EMI is starting the year
off with a bang. Norah Jones ' new album, "Feels Like Home,"
broke records last week, opening at No. 1 in the United States
by selling more than one...
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Norah Jones has done countless interviews with relative ease, but her scheduled chat with Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" has the songbird feeling a bit...
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"I signed an original," says Bruce
Lundvall, president/CEO of EMI Jazz & Classics. "It was just
that simple." He's talking about Norah Jones , whose sophomore
album, "Feels...
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Norah Jones ' "Feels Like Home," the follow-up to her multiplatinum, Grammy-winning debut album, has sold over 1 million copies in its first week, the highest sales debut...
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Forget flowers and chocolate, Norah
Jones is the new Valentine's Day gift of choice.
The
jazzy singer became just the second female artist to sell more than 1
million...
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Sultry vocalist Norah Jones swept
back to the pinnacle of the U.S. pop charts on Wednesday as her
second release, "Feels Like Home," became the first album in
nearly three...
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The sun might have gone down on his album, but Kenny Chesney
sure went up on the charts.
The country crooner
reset the bar for 2004 as his new album, When the Sun Goes...
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Janet didn't show. Justin did. Beyonc won--a lot.
The
46th
Annual Grammy Awards, irrevocably shaped by last weekend's 38th
annual Super Bowl, played it safe with a...
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Cupid is taking aim at music
lovers.
For the past three years, music sales during the week of
Valentine's Day have been second only to the boffo weeks
leading up to...
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Sting, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill and
the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams have signed on for a Grammy
tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S.
television...
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A contingent of independent
music labels vowed on Monday to fight the proposed merger
between music giants Sony Music and Bertelsmann's BMG as a
crucial deadline for...
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It's typical for new artists on the verge of signing a record contract to be anxious about the future: Will they get a hit? Become rich? Is stardom on the horizon?
Yet...
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Forward-thinking, genre-bending
violinist/composer Jenny Scheinman this week releases
"Shalagaster," her second disc on John Zorn's Tzadik imprint
and third overall for the...
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Christina vamps like a burlesque
stripper. Britney's gone from school girl to slut. Pink is
punk.
Many of music's reigning divas are partying like it's 1999,
even though...
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If OutKast's
New Year's resolution was to stay on top, the Polaroid-shakin' rappers
are already off to a good start.
The Atlanta rap duo finished
2003 with...
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Here's another stat for shot-nine-times rapper 50
Cent's collection: One. As in, number one.
The
27-year-old's solo debut, Get
Rich or Die Tryin', was 2003's...
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50 Cent's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was the top-selling album in 2003, according to Nielsen SoundScan, followed by Norah Jones ' Grammy-winning debut album, "Come Away With...
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All hail the vocalists! Four song
stylists are among the victors in this year's jazz chart
recaps, on the strength of albums first released in 2002.
The No. 1 album on the...
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Across the pop, R&B and rap
genres, among top singles and albums, 50 Cent dominates the
2003 Year in Music charts.
The rapper from Queens, N.Y. has the No. 1 song of the...
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Sultry singer Beyonce and crooner R. Kelly each took home four awards from the 2003 Billboard Music Awards.
Beyonce, who appeared at the ceremony Wednesday in a sequined...
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So much for that sophomore slump.
Alicia
Keys' second album, The
Diary of Alicia Keys, opened at number one, scoring the best
single-week sales of any female artist in...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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The pressure of following up a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning album is enough to give even veteran artists nervous fits.
So 22-year-old Alicia Keys — whose debut...
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Fiddy's sitting pretty at the top of the list of
Billboard Music Award finalists.
The G-Unit Crew
team leader pulled down nods in six categories for the 2003...
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British music giant
EMI Group has once again found itself left at the merger altar
as Time Warner on Monday unveiled a transaction to sell its
Warner Music Group to a...
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The Savoy Label Group,
known for its stellar jazz catalog that includes such artists
as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis
and Lester Young, is...
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Publishing executive John Rollins, who witnessed the infancy of Vibe and Spin magazines, had a revelation one day when he dropped a Buena Vista Social Club album into his CD...
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It may have taken 27 years for Al Green and mentor/producer Willie Mitchell to reunite for a new
secular album, but now that they're in the groove, it seems
there's no...
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A file-sharing network on Friday said it has signed a deal with EMI Music to put a "majority" of the music publisher's catalog online for users in Europe.
British company...
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We're guessing even Simon is speechless right about now.
Five months after finishing
runner up to Ruben
Studdard on American
Idol by just 1 percent, Clay
Aiken has shown...
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A film is currently in production in India about a world-famous sitar player and his long-estranged and beautiful American daughter, who are reunited when she sweeps the...
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Norah Jones, K.D. Lang, Amy Grant, Martina McBride, and Michelle Branch are just a few of the artists appearing on the upcoming tribute album Remembering Patsy Cline. The...
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Willie Nelson's new album, Willie Live & Kickin', hits stores on June 24. The project was recorded during the taping of Nelson's USA network birthday celebration in New York...
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Grammy winner Norah Jones spent time in a New York studio during the month of April to track new tunes for her second solo CD.
According to her label's website,...
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A five-track EP from 2000 featuring vocals by then-unknown Norah Jones will be released June 10 by KOCH Entertainment. The EP is titled New York City and was recorded by the...
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Nominations for the sixth annual Jazz Journalists' Association Jazz Awards have been unveiled. Among the 40 categories are nominations for previous Grammy winners Norah...
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Contemporary and classic female jazz vocalists performing timeless tunes is the focus of Lady Sings The Blues, a new two-CD collection that bows Tuesday (March 25).
The...
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Rapper 50 Cent's Shady/Interscope album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', is atop the album chart for a fourth nonconsecutive week after selling more than 279,000 units last week,...
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Rapper 50 Cent's Shady/Interscope album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', is back on top of the album chart after selling 359,000 copies last week, according to industry sources. The...
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Waylon Jennings is the subject of not one, but two upcoming tribute albums. The first tribute project, which will be released by RCA Records in April, features Jennings's...
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Norah Jones is back on top of the album chart with her debut album, Come Away With Me. The singer, who enjoyed three weeks at Number One in January, reclaimed the spot this...
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Norah Jones released a 67-minute DVD, Norah Jones Live In New Orleans, last week. The special disc, which was shot at the House Of Blues on August 24, features five songs...
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Grammy favorite Norah Jones admits that growing up she couldn't get enough of certain Broadway shows.
"I was really into Cats when I was 7," the 24-year-old singer recently...
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Norah Jones led off her Grammy night with high praise from Tony Bennett and actor Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix, The Sopranos), after which she performed her hit "Don't Know...
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Norah Jones was the big winner at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, personally taking five awards in her first-ever Grammy appearance, including the coveted album of the year...
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The following is a list of the 45th Annual Grammy Awards winners that includes top honors for Norah Jones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Dixie Chicks.
RECORD OF THE...
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Norah Jones took home eight Grammy wins, including four of the evening's top awards, Sunday (February 23) at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards held at Madison Square Garden in...
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The 45th Annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday (February 23) at Madison Square Garden in New York, and air on CBS from 8-11 p.m. ET (livep on the East Coast, tape...
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Norah Jones has added some dates to her previously announced summer tour. She has also announced that vocalist Gillian Welch has been tapped as the opening act for all dates...
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Rapper 50 Cent got a sweet Valentine's gift, as his Get Rich Or Die Tryin' holds on to the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the second week in a row....
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Rapper 50 Cent's Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', debuts on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. With only a weekend's worth...
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Norah Jones has announced an extensive summer tour that will have the "Don't Know Why" singer performing more than 40 shows over a three-month period. Jones's outing begins...
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Five-time Grammy nominee Norah Jones sold 112,000 copies of her debut album, Come Away With Me, last week, keeping it on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart for a third...
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Vanessa Carlton, Eminem, and Norah Jones are among the artists featured on the 2003 Grammy Nominees CD, due out February 11. The ninth edition of the CD series honors many...
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Rapper Nelly and Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child will hit the stage for a performance of their Grammy-nominated duet, "Dilemma," at this year's Grammy ceremony. The song is...
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Five-time Grammy nominee Norah Jones sold more than 114,000 copies of her debut Blue Note Records album, Come Away With Me, last week, keeping it on top of the Billboard 200...
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Five-time Grammy nominee Norah Jones sold more than 108,000 copies of her debut Blue Note Records album, Come Away With Me, last week. The collection--topping the Billboard...
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A mix of veteran artists and newcomers led the nominees for the 45th annual Grammy Awards, announced Tuesday (January 7), with five nominations each, with Bruce Springsteen,...
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Sheryl Crow and Norah Jones have signed on for a benefit concert with a twist. They, along with Paula Cole, Deborah Cox, Stevie Nicks, Joni Mitchell, Reba McEntire, Susan...
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