An unseasonal gust of wind greets Alicia Keys as she steps out of a doorway behind a Beverly Hills hotel on a late October afternoon. Decked out in a black leather vest and...
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Alicia Keys has influenced many lives with her soulful, heartaching piano-driven songs for almost a decade. Now that the 12-time Grammy winner has established herself as...
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Beyonce Knowles, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson are all multitasking for the NAACP Image Awards, earning nominations Wednesday in both music and film categories. Knowles,...
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Recording a James Bond theme is not a guarantee for chart success -- just ask Tina Turner ("Goldeneye"), a-ha ("The Living Daylights") or Sheryl Crow ("Tomorrow Never...
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Alicia Keys had a leading five nominations for the 2008 American Music Awards, including artist of the year and favorite female artist in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B...
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Alicia Keys is the all-American girl. The R&B diva scored a leading five nominations for this year's American Music Awards, nabbing nods for Favorite Album and...
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The Indonesian unit of Philip Morris International has pulled promotional material with cigarette branding for a concert it is sponsoring by R&B singer Alicia Keys after...
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Philip Morris International has pulled down billboards and posters promoting an Alicia Keys concert Thursday in Indonesia's capital after the singer protested the cigarette...
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Alicia Keys' Indonesian concert just slapped on the patch. Philip Morris International, the original sponsor of the Grammy winner's gig in Jakarta tonight, pulled...
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Alicia Keys' Indonesian concert just slapped on the patch. Philip Morris International, the original sponsor of the Grammy winner's gig in Jakarta tonight, pulled...
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It's a double-O duet. Alicia Keys and Jack White have recorded the theme song for the new James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace," producers said Wednesday. The R&B singer and...
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Alicia Keys and the White Stripes' Jack White have recorded the theme song to "Quantum of Solace," the 22nd James Bond film, which will be released worldwide in...
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Here's a match made in…a lab? With Amy Winehouse long out of commission, Alicia Keys has signed on to lend her sultry, soulful pipes to the new theme song being...
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"Lollipop" purveyor Lil Wayne takes a licking and keeps on ticking. Despite strong showings by Beck and the Mamma Mia! soundtrack, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III...
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Alicia Keys as a Bond Girl? Not exactly. But I just got word that the songbird is the top contender to sing the title song for the next James Bond flick, Quantum of...
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Complete list of winners of the 2008 BET Awards: Female R&B artist: Alicia Keys Male R&B artist: Chris Brown Group: UGK Gospel artist: Marvin Sapp ...
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R&B singer Alicia Keys is enjoying a successful worldwide tour, a chart-topping album and will act in an upcoming movie, but it might not have happened, she said, were it...
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Britney Spears was at Alicia Keys' concert last night at L.A.'s Staples Center. And so were Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo. The show rocked. Man, has Ms. Keys...
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Alicia Keys has scrapped a concert in Cleveland after canceling her show in Pittsburgh earlier this week. A message posted on her Web site says the...
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Something's definitely going around the tour bus. Thanks to a case of "swollen vocal cords," Alicia Keys has been forced to scrap a couple of dates on her As I...
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Pregnant teens rock!
After collecting four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and passing $100 million at the box office, Juno topped off a banner week by...
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Raheem DeVaughn and John Legend may lead this week's debuts, but it's still ladies first at the top of the charts.
Alicia Keys' As I Am, which opened at number...
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One thing you can say about this year's NAACP Image Awards: This year's nominees really are diverse.
Pulling rank alongside such seemingly more...
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Alicia Keys led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a fifth week on Thursday with "No One," a tune that also logged a tenth week atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs...
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Stars performing at a concert Tuesday honoring Nobel Peace laureates Al Gore and the United Nations climate panel said they hoped to draw attention to global warming.
Gore...
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Although 2000 marked the fattest
year of album sales since Nielsen SoundScan set up shop in
1991, the final year of the millennium also begat a troubling
trend.
Prior to...
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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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Sorry, Norah, but Alicia Keys is doing more than keeping up with the Joneses.
Keys helped breathe new life into the sluggish music business this week as her latest album,...
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By the second week of the
Hollywood writers' strike, at least a dozen acts had been
bumped from bookings on late-night TV, which began airing
repeats immediately after...
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Alicia Keys, "As I Am" (J Records)
In the six years since she made her recording debut, Alicia Keys has sold millions of records, won an armful of Grammys, and racked up a...
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Honda is launching a promotional
campaign that will tie its Civic model to dozens of songs and
music videos being released during the fourth quarter by Sony BMG.
Starting...
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Jeremy Piven makes freaking out look good on "Entourage," which shows his character, Ari Gold, decked out in the designer attire required of a high-strung, high-powered...
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Alicia Keys has revealed she's "dying" to work with her favorite band, the White Stripes.
The soul singer, who also admitted the Stripes' latest album Icky Thump is her...
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Some of the world's biggest names in music were all about Saving Our Selves this weekend.
SOS, of course, referring to the campaign being touted Saturday across the...
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In a global series of concerts featuring aboriginal dancing, imitation chimpanzee cries and a lot of reunited rock bands, musicians and celebrities called for fans to take...
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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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When Al Gore throws a party, he doesn't mess around.
Organizers of the planet-spanning Live Earth concerts revealed on Tuesday the all-star lineups for the U.S....
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David Bowie will bring hot indie
band Arcade Fire, English comedian Ricky Gervais, and an
87-year-old spoken-word poet to the inaugural High Line
Festival, which will take...
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Jamie Foxx is quietly enjoying one
of the most successful concert tours of the year, even if raw
numbers indicate otherwise.
The Oscar-winning actor/comedian/singer's...
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From Grammy Award nominee to free
agent: singer-songwriter Tamar survived a wild ride on the
music industry roller coaster last year, finding her solo
project shelved but...
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The Grammy Awards are the music
industry's biggest bash, but the event long ago lost the TV
popularity race to "American Idol."
Last year, the two shows went head-to-head...
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Jermaine Dupri has just been voted on the Island.
The Grammy-winning producer-rapper has been named president of Island Records Urban Music, a newly created division...
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In March 2004, Stacie Orrico walked
away from it all. Feeling overwhelmed by the global success of
her second album, the Christian pop singer exited the business,
returned...
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For someone who's had less than glowing words for the goings-on at American Idol, Justin Timberlake seems to have no problem participating in a copycat competition.
The...
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Producer Gregg Field
says that creating the new Ray Charles album "Ray Sings, Basie
Swings," due October 3 from Concord Records and Starbucks Hear
Music, was "like painting...
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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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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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A star-studded lineup that includes Richard Gere, Alicia Keys and the Barenaked Ladies will kick off the opening ceremonies for next month's International AIDS Conference in...
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Katharine McPhee, her mother said proudly, is the first "hometown girl" to make it big on "American Idol."
But McPhee is different from the many small-town hopefuls who...
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Stars rarely cede the spotlight, even briefly.
But after Heather Headley made the successful (and rare) leap from Broadway luminary to pop star — her 2002 album,...
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Sometimes, the members of U2 can't make it on their own--they
need help hauling all those heavy Grammys around.
The
veteran Irish rockers were the big winners Wednesday...
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In the least suspenseful award of the night, John Legend won the Grammy for best new artist.
He beat out nominees Ciara, Fall Out Boy, Keane and SugarLand. Legend was...
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The biggest mystery at Wednesday
night's Grammy Awards has nothing to do with how many of
music's top prizes leading nominees Mariah Carey, Kanye West
and John Legend will...
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Every year, one of the most
heavily debated Grammy Award categories is that of best new
artist.
While all of the candidates vying for the coveted statuette
on February 8...
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The Teflon R. Kelly is cruising on the Soul Train.
The R&B star, embroiled in an ongoing kiddie porn case, leads the nomination list for the 20th Annual Soul Train Music...
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John Legend's debut album, "Get Lifted," had been out for only a few months when the soulful newcomer found himself center stage at last year's Grammys.
Except the...
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He might have lost out on the Nobel Peace Prize last year, but
Bono's already laying the groundwork for another run at the hardware.
The U2 frontman, Time co-Person of...
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In his 1963 hit "Act Naturally,"
Buck Owens sang, "They're gonna put me in the movies/They're
gonna make a big star out of me."
More than 40 years later, a whole new crop...
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A judge Friday tentatively approved a proposed settlement of lawsuits against Sony BMG Music Entertainment that would give millions of consumers free music downloads to...
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Having made a name for herself as
something other than wrestling legend Hulk Hogan's daughter on
the VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best," budding pop star
Brooke Hogan...
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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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Bono and Alicia Keys are teaming up for the kids.
The artists have joined forces to record the single "Don't Give Up
(Africa)," and will donate all proceeds to Keep A...
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Alicia Keys and Bono are hoping to save the lives of children through song.
The two superstars have collaborated on "Don't Give Up (Africa)," and will donate all proceeds...
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It's rock vs. rap for this year's Billboard Music Awards,
with underdog Green Day hoping to out-trophy 50 Cent, who had near total
domination of the 2005 sales charts.
...
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Madonna will give the first global live
television performance from her new album on Thursday when she
appears at the MTV Europe Music Awards, a key showcase for the
music...
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Sometimes art does imitate life: Take this week's album chart,
which finds Rod Stewart chasing after a younger blonde woman--Ashlee Simpson.
Jessica's lip-synching...
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Nothing like a stripped-down Alicia Keys to get music fans in a
tizzy.
The nine-time Grammy-winning R&B songstress--known
for such hits as "If I Ain't Got You," "You...
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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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In times of war, tragedy and turmoil, many hit songs have eloquently expressed a collective angst. But even though Hurricane Katrina has already inspired several musical...
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Lionel Richie will be the headline act at next year's Barbados Jazz Festival, organizers said Sunday.
Richie will be joined by Grammy nominated jazz artist Jill Scott and...
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Disturbed has given Bon Jovi the fist.
While the
latter scored a career-best sales week, it wasn't enough to keep
Disturbed from landing its second straight number one....
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Following is a list of
nominees for the 12th annual MTV Europe Music Awards, which
will take place November 3 at the Atlantic Pavilion in Lisbon.
MALE
50...
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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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As the CMJ Music Marathon — the Sundance of rock 'n' roll — descends on New York this weekend, hundreds of unknown indie bands are getting their shot at...
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Think of it as satellite radio without the satellite. Or the disc jockeys. Or the monthly fees.
The owners of three Long Island radio stations unveiled a new format...
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Being an icon's son isn't easy. Yet Damian Marley is doing just fine. The son of Bob is leading reggae back to its roots with his enthralling summer anthem, "Welcome To...
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The producer of Friday's one-hour telethon to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims said no special precautions will be taken to edit out political statements — even though...
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Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott were
the big winners at Wednesday's 2005 Lady of Soul Awards. Too bad none of
them showed to collect their...
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Upcoming celebrity benefits to raise money for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
• Kevin Smith is holding an online auction on his Web site,...
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Ciara, Amerie, Fantasia and Destiny's Child were up for multiple honors at the Lady of Soul Awards, with special honoree Aretha Franklin set to make a much anticipated...
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Sheryl Crow, the Dixie
Chicks, Randy Newman, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys and
Paul Simon will perform during Friday's Hurricane Katrina
benefit organized by the...
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The BET network has announced the artists set to participate in its primetime telethon to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on September 9. The special,...
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Celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno, Master P and Dave Matthews are contributing star power to relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
DeGeneres, a...
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Hurricane Katrina telethons reminiscent of benefits for tsunami and 9/11 victims will feature artists including Wynton Marsalis and Green Day, while Jerry Lewis' annual...
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Three Louisiana-born stars -- Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis and Tim McGraw -- will headline a
televised charity concert to air live on Friday for victims of
Hurricane...
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Usher, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and The Game were among the recording artists up for multiple honors Wednesday night at the 2005 World Music Awards, which selects winners based...
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Alicia Keys has resurrected "MTV Unplugged."
"I've always been a very big fan of the show and when they stopped doing it I was like, what happened to 'MTV Unplugged?' I...
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Marion "Suge" Knight survived the drive-by shooting that killed his
pal Tupac Shakur nine years ago. Now, the rap mogul and trouble magnet
is recovering from an apparent...
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What a night for Green Day.
The heavily eye-lined
trio swept the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, nabbing seven of the eight
awards for which they were nominated, including...
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2005 Video Music Awards Winner's list:
Video Of The Year
Green Day, "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
Best Male Video
Kanye West, "Jesus Walks"
Best Female Video
Kelly...
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When MTV descends on Miami on Aug. 28 for the annual Video Music Awards, it will bring a seemingly endless lineup of rappers, rockers, teeny boppers and even...
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All Ciara's ladies will be on the floor for the 10th annual
Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards next month.
The "1, 2
Step" singer leads all nominees this year with five...
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Ciara is pulling double duty as co-host and leading nominee at next month's Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards.
Longtime Soul Train host Don Cornelius announced Tuesday that...
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David Bowie, Destiny's Child, Duran
Duran, Gwen Stefani, Nelly and Tim McGraw lead the lineup for
the Fashion Rocks concert, which will be held Sept. 8 at New
York's Radio...
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Popular music artists Usher and 50
Cent tied for top winner at the Billboard-American Urban Radio
Networks 2005 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on Friday night.
The two performers each...
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Popular music artists Usher and 50
Cent tied for top winner at the Billboard-American Urban Radio
Networks 2005 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on Friday night.
The two performers each...
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The 2005 Billboard-AURN R&B/Hip-Hop Award winners, announced in Atlanta on Friday:
Album: "The Massacre," 50 Cent
Single: "Let Me Love You," Mario
Artist: Usher
Male...
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R&B vocalist D'Angelo, who has
largely dropped off the map since releasing his second album in
2000, is moving to J Records from Virgin, sources close to the
artist...
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Green Day's boulevard of broken dreams may soon be paved with
Moon Men statuettes.
The punk rockers led the field in
nominations for the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards...
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Alicia Keys, Usher, Patti LaBelle, Cissy Houston, Ashford & Simpson, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Dionne Warwick were among the thousand-plus mourners in Harlem's...
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The funeral service for eight-time Grammy winner Luther Vandross hit just the right notes Friday: soulful, joyful and powerful, an echo of the late singer's unforgettable...
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They started by predicting a riot, but instead there was brotherly love at the U.S. version of the global Live 8 extravaganza.
"Right now you're watching the biggest...
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Icelandic singer Bjork rocked Tokyo on
Saturday, kicking off the biggest live music show in history
which aims to pressure world leaders to do more to fight
poverty.
Live...
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The full lineup for Live 8 in Philadelphia:
Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, the Dave Matthews Band, Def Leppard, Destiny's Child, Jars of Clay, Jay-Z, Kaiser Chiefs, Toby...
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Nearly everyone in the world can tune in Saturday to Live 8, the all-star concerts urging a political solution to African poverty. "We want to stand shoulder to shoulder, to...
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Kanye West is now part of the lineup for Saturday's Live 8 concert in Philadelphia.
Organizers say Rita and Stephen Marley will also perform. They join musicians that...
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Designed to raise consciousness about African poverty, the Live 8 concerts will feature some of black music's biggest stars — especially those representing...
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Academics and civil rights leaders
hope Live 8 concerts to press for action on poverty in Africa
will reawaken interest among black Americans in the continent
their...
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When it comes to churning out hits, most musicians stick to the same recipe that gave them sweet success the first time around. If a rapper's shoot-em-up tales sold 8...
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Kanye West turned out to be the best BET of all.
The
rapper-producer was a double winner at Tuesday night's Fifth Annual
Black Entertainment Television Awards, picking...
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Those West End Boys are headed east end on a mission of hope.
The Pet Shop Boys have been tapped to headline the newly added
Moscow installment of Saturday's Live 8...
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Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, Josh Groban, Def Leppard and Toby Keith have been added to the lineup of Saturday's Live 8 concert in Philadelphia.
Celebrity presenters...
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Alicia Keys, Usher, and Kanye West were among the winners in the music categories of the 36th annual NAACP Image Awards, which were presented March 19 at the Dorothy...
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The 19th Annual Soul Train Awards will be broadcast in syndication beginning tomorrow, Saturday (March 12). Check local listings for channels and times. The event was taped...
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She was dressed all in white and played a white grand piano, but Alicia Keys' Grammy performance was far from vanilla.
Unlike many canned awards show performances, Keys...
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The Recording Academy announced Wednesday (February 9) that Grammy nominees Joss Stone, Alicia Keys, John Mayer and Usher have been added to the list of performers at the...
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Alicia Keys says that her upcoming "Diary" tour will be intimate and full of surprises. Keys tells Billboard that the tour, in support of her album the Diary of Alicia Keys,...
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Alicia Keys and Tim McGraw are among the first performers announced for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards set to broadcast live February 13 on CBS. Also performing at the...
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The National Football League announced yesterday (January 13) that Alicia Keys will sing "America the Beautiful" at Super Bowl XXXIX (39). The song has long been associated...
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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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Everyone from pop rockers John Mayer
and Maroon5 to hip-hoppers Slum Village and Dilated Peoples
wants to work with multiple Grammy Award nominee Kanye West.
So the fact...
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U2, the Pretenders, Buddy Guy, Percy
Sledge, and the O'Jays will be inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame at its 20th annual induction ceremony, to be held
March 14...
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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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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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Vibe magazine president Kenard
Gibbs says the violent altercation at the publication's awards
show this year won't prevent it from holding the event in 2005.
"We're doing...
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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
Alicia Keys is calling on her peers in the music industry to
raise their voices to help millions suffering from AIDS in
Africa.
"Just for...
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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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With three wins
including artist of the year, Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta
Venegas dominated MTV's Video Music Awards Latin America on
Thursday.
Veteran Mexican...
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Alicia Keys will headline the Barbados Jazz Festival in January which also includes veteran saxophonist Gato Barbieri on the lineup, organizers said.
The 23-year-old...
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All-star performances and emotional
tributes to hip-hop pioneers highlighted the first VH1 Hip Hop
Honors, Oct. 3 at the Hammerstein Ballroom here. The show
premieres Oct....
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Alicia Keys, Nellie McKay and Cyndi Lauper brought pop music to an ancient setting, performing for thousands of Chinese fans at the foot of the Great Wall.
Also on the...
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In the wake of current chart
success by such R&B stalwarts as the late Ray Charles and Anita
Baker, a slew of projects by other established acts is on tap.
Percy Sledge --...
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Fashion rocks — and Beyonce put on shimmery hot-pants and Rod Stewart wore a three-piece suit with a pocket square to prove it.
Beyonce and Stewart, along with Avril...
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Alicia Keys is working on a new film, proofreading her poems for publication and writing travel stories for a newspaper. Oh yeah, and her second album "The Diary of Alicia...
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R&B/hip-hop superstars R. Kelly and
Jay-Z will team for a North American tour this fall, kicking
off Sept. 30 in Chicago. The full routing has yet to be
announced for the...
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MTV has announced that Jennifer Lopez, Hilary Duff, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jimmy Fallon, and Will Smith will be joining Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, skateboard legend Tony Hawk,...
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U.S. antitrust authorities on
Wednesday approved a deal for record companies Sony Music and
BMG to merge, creating a rival to market leader Universal
Music.
The U.S....
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You never know where the Foo
Fighters' Dave Grohl is going to show up.
Now he's playing drums on the new Nine Inch Nails album,
but he is already looking ahead to the next...
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Prince is turning down his mojo.
"I have a responsibility to (young fans) to perform in a manner that I would like my children to be performed in front of," he says in an...
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Destiny's Child is coming off the shelf.
After a two-year hiatus, the bootylicious Grammy-winning R&B trio is
already recording a new album has just announced their...
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After reuniting last year for a wildly successful tour, Duran
Duran is back again and hungry for the next big thing--a new album.
The 1980s heartthrob band has signed...
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Apple Computer brought its
market-leading iTunes online music store to Britain, France and
Germany on Tuesday, where it joins a crowded field of
competitors trying to...
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Singer/songwriter R. Kelly tops the list of finalists for the Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks R&B/Hip-Hop Awards with eight nominations.
Kelly's nominations...
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Josh Groban 's latest album has outsold the likes of Britney Spears , Jay-Z and Alicia Keys , and dates on his spring tour sold out in a couple of hours.
But the...
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Missy
Elliott fans in Indonesia won't be getting their freak on anytime
soon. Citing safety concerns, she has nixed an upcoming concert in the
Southeast Asia archipelago.
...
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Waiting around to see your favorite
music videos on TV may become as old-fashioned as trying to
catch your favorite songs on the radio when those songs are
readily available...
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Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys will try her hand at acting in a new movie about piano prodigy Philippa Schuyler. The Associated Press reports that the film will be produced...
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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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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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Clear Channel Entertainment has
created a new division geared toward producing live events and
related programing in conjunction with corporate sponsors.
CCE Properties...
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Although they are not planning to
tour this year, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will instead be
working on various projects, including a studio release, a live
album and...
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Beyonce, Denzel Washington and Venus Williams are among the nominees for the 2004 BET Awards, which honor musicians, actors and athletes.
The awards, announced...
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Revenue for the Ladies First tour
was just about second to none, organizers say.
That could open the door further for more urban concert
series, they believe.
Overall,...
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Prince Charles declared himself an urban music fan Friday, and rapper Jay-Z said the prince was very cool. The heir to the British throne met Jay-Z at a rehearsal for an...
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Media company Bertelsmann AG said Wednesday it swung to a profit of 31 million euros ($37 million) in the first quarter, and reaffirmed its forecast for improved...
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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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Quincy Jones is finalizing plans for his all-star We Are The Future concert, May 16, at the Circus Maximus in Rome. And he says the event, which will raise money to aid...
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Copenhagen's 18th-century Royal Theater is getting rhythmic. Last month, the theater said R&B singer Alicia Keys would be the first pop star to perform on its main stage....
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All of the more than 1,200 tickets for Alicia Keys ' concert at Copenhagen's 18th-century Royal Theater were sold in 16 minutes, organizers said Monday.
The 23-year-old...
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BMG North America on Wednesday said
it reorganized its U.S. labels and operations and put Arista
Records under the RCA Music Group umbrella.
Arista had been without a head...
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Beyonce and Missy Elliott selected Dolce & Gabbana to create wardrobes for their separate performances that are part of the "Ladies First" 2004 tour.
The tour, also...
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Finally a good week for R.
Kelly. Just days after Florida prosecutors dropped
12 counts of child pornographry, the R&B crooner/trouble magnet
capped his weekend with a...
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OutKast may have walked away with the most awards, but it was Janet Jackson who won hearts at the 18th Annual Soul Train Awards, held March 20 in Los Angeles. Resplendent in...
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OutKast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" won two awards, including R&B/soul or rap album of the year, to lead the winners at Saturday's 18th annual Soul Train Music...
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Music legend Little Richard put
his larger than life personality on display for all to see
Thursday during a keynote address at the South by Southwest
festival in Austin,...
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Rap mogul Russell Simmons will act as the ambassador for a hip-hop and R&B festival being held in London to raise funds for a youth charity, event organizers said.
Simmons...
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Prince, the late George Harrison , ZZ
Top, Jackson Browne , Bob Seger , the Dells and Rolling Stone
co-founder Jann Wenner were all inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of...
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Prince was crowned as musical royalty
on Monday as he joined the late George Harrison among eight
inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Also honored at the 19th...
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The forecast called for purple rain at the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame Monday, where inductee Prince's
electrifying performance was a highlight of the ceremony that...
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Hip-hop star Missy Elliott says there was always music in her house when she was growing up. Her mother listened to gospel and her father was a big fan of R&B, the...
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The Verizon Ladies First Tour 2004 starring Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and Missy Elliott, kicks off Friday (March 12) at the Office Depot Center in Fort Lauderdale. When the trio...
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Hip-hop star Missy Elliott says there was always music in her house growing up, even if her parents weren't fans of the same tunes.
Her mother listened to gospel and her...
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Another big get-well present for Luther
Vandross.
The R&B stalwart, still recovering from
a near-fatal stroke suffered last April, has followed up his four Grammy
wins...
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A complete list of winners of the 35th annual NAACP Image Awards.
Television Categories:
Outstanding comedy series: "The Bernie Mac Show," Fox.
Outstanding actor in a...
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The estranged wife of singer Lionel Richie wants $300,000 a month in child and spousal support, saying she had "no limit on what I could spend" during their nearly...
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Eminem 's "The Marshall Mathers LP"
and OutKast's "Speakerboxx/The Love Below" have each been
certified for U.S. shipments of 9 million copies.
The sets are fast...
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After 10 years in musical seclusion due to family turmoil, Anita Baker is returning to the spotlight. The Grammy-winning R&B songstress has signed a deal with Blue Note...
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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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"We should thank our collective
parents for bestowing on us the gift of rock."
There was some British irony in this one-liner from the
Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins...
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Beyonc's
got soul--and the nominations to prove it.
The golden
girl of the 2004
Grammys reeled in four Soul Train Music Award nominations
Thursday, including those for...
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Beyonce Knowles , the belle of the
ball at the Grammy Awards earlier this month, will soon get a
chance to add more hardware to her trophy collection.
The frontwoman for...
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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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Retro rockers The Darkness won three honors at the Brit Music Awards, the equivalent of the Grammys , and Justin Timberlake and Dido each took two.
The Darkness, a...
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With Grammy Awards-inspired sales,
two big releases and a gift-buying holiday to boot, business
was booming for music retailers last week.
In addition to the Feb. 8 awards...
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The past year has been extraordinary
for 19-year-old Australian pop sensation Delta Goodrem . Now it
is time to see if the rest of the world is ready for the...
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Beyonce's career is moving in
only one direction: straight up.
Her five wins and her two electrifying performances during
the Feb. 8 Grammy Awards at the Staples Center...
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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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Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott recently announced their highly anticipated tour at a press conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel in California. The trio, who have 10...
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Similar to last year's "host-less"
Grammy Awards ceremony, the 2004 event on Sunday will use
music, film and television personalities to introduce
performance segments of...
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R&B artist Luther Vandross , on the advice of his doctors, will not be able to
attend the Grammy Awards on Sunday night as planned.
Vandross, 52, who is nominated for five...
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The Grammy
RSVPs are in and it looks like the boobylicious Super Bowl tandem of Janet
Jackson and Justin
Timberlake are still on the guest list, but Luther
Vandross will be...
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The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop's eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Two...
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Clive Davis is back on top again.
Just four years
after he was unceremoniously ousted
as president and CEO of Arista Records in favor of Antonio "L.A." Reid,
Arista...
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An ailing Luther Vandross will not be able to attend Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, where he's nominated for five awards, including song of the year for "Dance With...
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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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Performances by rapper 50 Cent, the Foo Fighters and Chick Corea, and a tribute to Luther Vandross featuring Celine Dion , Alicia Keys and Richard Marx have been added to...
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Once again OutKast
didn't spend too much time cast out of the top slot.
A week
after being displaced
on the album chart by Josh Groban 's Closer,
the Polaroid-shaking...
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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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Simon Fuller is no professional singer. He does not dance and he doesn't play an instrument. Yet there he is — collecting a fortune at the top of the pop charts.
As...
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Josh Groban is living proof that a Foster child can still be
number one.
After years of consistently solid sales, David Foster -protg Josh Groban finally landed his...
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Rock stars, soul singers and famous
faces from the movies came to Las Vegas on Thursday to help one
of the world's largest computer companies make a pitch against
digital...
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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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Vocal sensation Alicia Keys has been added to the lineup of the 2004 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, set for January 22 through January 24 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Keys...
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Another Grammy season is quickly
approaching -- faster this time around thanks to the
accelerated date for the 46th annual awards show (Feb. 8).
The good news: R&B and...
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OutKast's
love might be below, but their album is back on top.
In
their 14th week on the charts, the rap duo OutKast is ringing out 2003
with their Grammy-nominated...
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Alicia Keys , India.Arie, Kenny Rogers and Michael McDonald are among the artists confirmed to
perform at the Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival next month.
Set for Jan....
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For those who put the Diary
of Alicia Keys on their gift wish list, expect to see the disc
coming down the chimney this Christmas--the soul diva's sophomore album
currently...
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On its way to becoming the No. 1
song of 2003 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks, 50 Cent's "In Da Club" set new audience marks
on each...
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Chalk up another victory for Ruben
Studdard.
The reigning American
Idol champ squashed the competition with his debut album, Soulful,
opening on top of the album chart...
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Beyonce and Christina Aguilera will be singing for the same label under a final merger agreement announced Friday by Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) .,...
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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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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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Ray
Charles unchained his heart decades ago. Now it's time to fix that
hip.
The 73-year-old genre-bending music master has undergone
successful hip-replacement sugery,...
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His once broad nose has been surgically whittled to the size of a pencil. His formerly brown skin is now off-white. His woolly afro has been replaced by a sleek,...
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Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) . announced a preliminary plan to merge their music businesses Thursday, setting the stage for a music company that would vie...
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Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys recently released
the official first single, "You Don't Know My Name," from her forthcoming sophomore set, the Diary Of Alicia Keys, which...
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Grammy Award-winning singer Alicia Keys has pushed back the release date of her forthcoming set, the Diary Of Alicia Keys, to December 2. The singer postponed the album's...
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Kelly Clarkson, Monica, and Alicia Keys are among the next round of modern day artists who will portray 1960's musical superstars on the NBC-TV series American...
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Ultimate Albums: Alicia Keys: 'Songs In A Minor' is scheduled to premiere on VH1 at 10 p.m. ET this Sunday (April 13). The special will chronicle Alicia Keys's upbringing in...
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Rapper Nas will release his seventh album, God's Son, on December 17. The set will feature guest appearances by Alicia Keys, Lake, Bravehearts, Kelis, Claudette Ortiz of...
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Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys is scheduled to perform a special concert on November 23 in Cape Town, South Africa, while superstars Missy Elliott and Dave Matthews...
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Alicia Keys and Usher took home the most honors Friday (August 9) at the second annual Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards.
Keys received four awards: top R&B/hip-hop album, top...
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Philadelphian rapper Eve will release her third full-length album, Eve-olution, on August 27. The first single from the set is "Gangsta Lovin'" featuring Alicia Keys....
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Eve's third album, EVE-Olution, teams the Philadelphia-bred artist with Alicia Keys, Irv Gotti, Dr. Dre, and Swizz Beats, among others. Gotti, the Murder Inc. head who also...
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Murder Inc./Def Jam recording artist Ashanti received five nominations Tuesday (July 23) at the eighth annual Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards nominations lunch held at Spago...
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Alicia Keys kicked off her Summer Tour 2002 on Saturday (July 6) at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan. The tour, in support of her 2001 debut album, Songs...
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Alicia Keys performs on "Impossible," a new song that may be featured on Christina Aguilera's still-to-be titled upcoming album. According to a spokesperson at RCA Records,...
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Alicia Keys canceled a concert in Antigua because her appearance fee wasn't paid. The show was scheduled for Friday night (June 21) and, according to AP, the fee was said to...
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Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys recently completed a short two-week break on her scheduled tour through the fall with soul singer Musiq. Keys shared with...
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Alicia Keys and Luther Vandross were the two headliners at the second annual Soul Beach Music Festival, which took place on Friday and Saturday (June 7 and 8) at American...
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Roberta Flack helped present Alicia Keys with the rising star award at the 2002 Essence Awards Friday (May 31) by performing Keys's song "A Woman's Worth." The program,...
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Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child, *NSYNC singer Justin Timberlake, and rapper Nelly have made new public-service announcements (PSAs) for YouthAIDS, an organization that informs...
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UrbanAID 2, a concert that raised funds to help increase the awareness of HIV issues and AIDS prevention in the urban community, turned out to be one of the best concerts of...
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Videos including U2's "Stuck In A Moment, Alicia Keys's "Fallin'," *NSYNC's "Pop," and P.O.D.'s "Alive" are among the nominees announced Thursday (April 4) for the 11th...
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Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys has released the new single "How Come You Don't Call Me," a re-interpretation of the Prince song "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore." The song...
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Alicia Keys's award-show winning streak has yet to come to a halt. The singer, who received five Grammys last month, took home three honors at the 16th Annual Soul Train...
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Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys will kick off her 2002 summer concert tour on July 2 at the Milwaukee Summerfest in Wisconsin. "I'm lookin' forward to...
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A number of top R&B, hip-hop, and gospel artists are scheduled to perform tonight (March 20) at the taping of the 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards at the Los Angeles...
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Don Cornelius Productions and MCA will release the first Soul Train Music Awards Nominees CD on March 26. The CD features music from Alicia Keys, Usher , Missy Elliott, and...
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Luther Vandross, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, and India.Arie are among the artists tapped to perform at this summer's Essence Music Festival. The three-day festival featuring...
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Grammy-winner Alicia Keys has just been added to the lineup of UrbanAID 2, a concert that will raise funds to help increase the awareness of HIV issues and AIDS prevention...
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Singer, songwriter, producer, and rapper Missy Elliott won her first Grammy Award on Wednesday (February 27) for her hit song "Get Ur Freak On," which took home best rap...
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Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, who performed a medley of "Fallin'' and "A Woman's Worth" during Grammy Awards ceremony, earned five awards during the evening, including best...
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Newcomer Alicia Keys enjoyed a streak of beginner's luck as she walked away with the most toys at last night's (February 27) 44th annual Grammy Awards. When the dust...
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Bluegrass artists Alison Krauss & Union Station and the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack came away with three awards during the pre-telecast portion of the 44th Annual...
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Acclaimed new singer-songwriter Alicia Keys earned three awards at the presentation of the 33rd Annual NAACP Image Awards, held Saturday February 23 at the Universal...
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Singer, composer, and arranger Alicia Keys recently released a remix of her latest single, "A Woman's Worth," that features rapper Nas. The original version of "A Woman's...
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Neo-soul singer Alicia Keys topped the 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards' nominee list Thursday (February 7), earning four nominations, including best R&B/soul single,...
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Patti LaBelle, Alicia Keys, Angie Stone, and Elton John will each perform during Sunday's (February 10) NBA All-Star Game. The event takes place at Philadelphia's First...
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Songs from the most-nominated artists for the 44th annual Grammy Awards, including U2's "Walk On," India.Arie's "Video," Alicia Keys's "Fallin'," and Train's "Drops Of...
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U2 and Alicia Keys are the first performers to be announced for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, which will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 27 and...
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Alicia Keys, Lil' Bow Wow, Carson Daly, and Frankie Muniz (Malcolm In The Middle) will join previously announced performer Britney Spears and several other celebrities at...
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Alicia Keys was one of the night's big winners at the American Music Awards, taking home two trophies for favorite new pop/rock artist and favorite new soul/R&B...
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The 29th Annual American Music Awards were primarily dominated by women, as Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys, and the late Aaliyah each earned two AMAs on Wednesday night in Los...
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With five nominations--and three more than any other artist--Alicia Keys remains the favorite going into the 29th annual American Music Awards, which take place tonight...
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Alicia Keys and U2 are expected to be frontrunners when the nominations for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards are announced Friday (January 4). It has not yet been announced if...
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Alicia Keys, The Steve Harvey Show, and the highly anticipated film Ali lead the nominees for the 33rd annual NAACP Image Awards. The nominations for the awards--which...
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Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys's Cinderella ride to superstardom doesn't appear to be coming to an end anytime soon. The singer's debut set, Songs In A Minor, was recently...
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As Shaggy, Incubus, Aaron Carter, and others walked the red carpet to party down at the Billboard bash at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas Tuesday (December 3), Alicia Keys,...
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(12/4/01, 12 p.m. ET) --
Alicia Keys and Shaggy lead the finalists at tonight's (December 4) 2001 Billboard Music Awards, originating from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in...
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Alicia Keys will launch her first solo North American tour on January 22 at the Oakdale Theater in Boston. The singer-songwriter, who produced and arranged her entire J...
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Angie Stone recently released her sophomore set, Mahogany Soul, which is currently Number 66 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and she went back into the studio shortly...
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J Records recording artist Alicia Keys leads the nominees for the 29th annual American Music Awards, earning five nods including pop/rock favorite female artist and favorite...
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Singer, composer, and arranger Alicia Keys recently released a second single, "A Woman's Worth," from her triple-platinum debut album, Songs In A Minor. The singer shot a...
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Alicia Keys's debut album, Songs In A Minor, has jumped from Number Four to the top of the current Billboard 200 album sales chart, selling more than 192,000 copies,...
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Chart-topping R&B singer Alicia Keys and rocker Uncle Kracker will join the Bacon Brothers and Steven Seagal in performing at the Charity Jam benefit concert on August 29 at...
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Alicia Keys will join Don Cornelius and Shemar Moore as a co-host of the seventh annual Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards Nominations Cocktail Party which will be held Monday...
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R&B artist Alicia Keys sold almost 222,000 copies of her J Records album Songs In A Minor to retain the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 this week. Aaliyah lands at...
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Alicia Keys has reclaimed the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling nearly 222,000 copies of her self-penned album Songs In A Minor and edging out the...
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Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, and Ja Rule have just been added to the lineup of stars appearing this year's Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest. Organizers of the week-long Jamaican music...
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Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys became the first J Records artist to hit Number One when her debut album, Songs In A Minor, entered the Billboard 200 album chart at Number One...
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R&B singer Alicia Keys debuts at Number One on the Billboard 200 album chart with her self-penned J Records album, Songs In A Minor, on sales of more than 235,000 copies....
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