Don Cornelius, the founder of the "Soul Train" television show, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head Wednesday, authorities said. He was 75.
If you've cast Kellie Pickler as either an "American Idol" runner-up, pop-country musician or both -- it's time to re-evaluate.
Adele's vocal cords have healed from surgery in November, allowing the 23-year-old British songstress to perform on the Grammys stage next month, she and the Recording Academy confirmed Tuesday.
Taylor Swift gets a chance to extend her reign as the Academy of Country Music's entertainer of the year, but she's competing with four-time winner Kenny Chesney and nominees Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton.
Add a new one to the irate reactions triggered by incessant ringing of a cell phone: bringing one of the world's great symphony orchestras to a dead stop in mid-performance.
The New York Philharmonic conductor stopped the orchestra mid-performance when a cell phone kept ringing. WCBS reports.
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with cancer, a statement from the English heavy metal band said.
The times they are a-changin'. For the first time in history, digital music sales topped the physical sale of music.
Who walks away from $10 million?
Even though Kanye West walked off with the most Grammy nominations Wednesday night, the chatter backstage was all about Adele.
The biggest stars in music tell CNN how it feels to be nominated for the 54th annual Grammy Awards.
The United Nations' cultural organization recognized mariachi music Sunday in a move that Mexican authorities hope will help preserve the well-known tradition.
Taylor Swift won three trophies at the 39th annual American Music Awards Sunday night, but the singer's ability to act surprised and excited may be worthy of an Emmy.
Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj were among the big winners at the 2011 American Music Awards.
The Georgia-born country star goes into Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards show with five nominations.
On November 8, 1965, 48 American soldiers lost their lives during "Operation Hump" after the 400 men of the 173 Airborne Brigade were ambushed by roughly 1,200 Viet Cong fighters.
There's a standing joke that if you play a country song backward, the singer gets re-hired, wins back his girl, finds whatever he's lost, quits crying and leaves the bar.
Influential British rock band The Stone Roses announced on Tuesday they will reform for several concerts next year after a 15-year hiatus.
The rapper hung out with Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Diddy while in N.Y.C.
"I enjoyed stepping out of my comfort zone and I'd love to do it again," the singer says of her acting debut
This week, "American Idol" Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery releases his debut album, "Clear as Day."
Sylvia Robinson, a singer-songwriter who went on to become a pioneer in the hip-hop music business, introducing the seminal "Rapper's Delight," died Thursday in New Jersey of congestive heart failure. She was 76.
The band gets a long-awaited invitation onstage from Vince Gill
"There is a great deal of sadness, but it's really celebratory," R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills says, describing his conflicting emotions the day after he, guitarist Peter Buck and singer Michael Stipe announced they were disbanding after 31 years together.
During the days leading up to the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's landmark album "Nevermind" on Saturday and the grunge album's deluxe reissue the following Tuesday, you're going to hear a lot about how "Nevermind" changed everything:
When it comes to rock 'n' roll on the radio today -- outside the ghetto of rock-only stations --- to paraphrase punk patriarch Lou Reed, there's almost nothing going down at all.
Jason Aldean and Keith Urban are also performers on "Country Music's Biggest Night"
Rapper T.I. walked out of a federal prison Thursday to return to an Atlanta halfway house where he will spend the last 14 days of an 11-month prison sentence for a parole violation, his lawyer said Thursday.
Jay-Z's sixth album, "The Blueprint," hit record stores on the fateful morning of September 11, 2001.
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will host the Country Music Awards Nov. 9
The nominations are in for the 45th annual Country Music Awards, and Keith Urban and Taylor Swift are among the recognized artists.
T.I., who walked out of a federal prison in Arkansas Wednesday and joyously tweeted "The storm is over & da sun back out," woke up back in a prison Friday morning.
Rapper T.I. walked out of a federal prison in Arkansas Wednesday morning, 10 months after he began serving a sentence for violating his parole on a gun conviction, a prison official confirmed.
The rapper plays the piano, eats bugs and stirs up controversy
MTV has long since moved away from being a "music channel."
It's been a decade since the tragic death of R&B star and budding actress Aaliyah Dana Haughton.
The male half of Motown hitmakers Ashford & Simpson had battled throat cancer
Ashford and Simpson perform "Solid as Barack," a song for President Barack Obama, on Larry King Live.
Nickolas Ashford, one-half of the successful Motown singer-songwriter duo of Ashford and Simpson, died Monday afternoon, his longtime former publicist said.
With her easy laugh and free-spirited manner, Joss Stone doesn't seem like the intended victim of a foiled robbery-murder plot.
But the rapper denies digging deep to purchase and customize a private jet
From choosing the right festival to tips on camping and pacing yourself through the shows, here's (almost) everything you'll need to know about preparing for your next music festival.
When legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest broke up in 1998, founding member Ali Shaheed Muhammad says, he felt relieved.
After a decade of declining sales, Adele and Lady Gaga have led the record industry to the first increase in overall record sales since 2004.
The irony of a newswoman doing a country remake of Don Henley's 1980s hit "Dirty Laundry" was not lost on Robin Meade. "Instead of avoiding what I do for a living and why people know my name," the HLN host told CNN, "I said 'Let's just come at it straight on', and to me it's kind of like a tongue-in-cheek nod at what I do for a living."
CNN's Brooke Baldwin talks to country music's rising star, HLN's "Morning Express" anchor, Robin Meade.
A mix up between a computer tablet and a teleprompter during Sunday's BET Awards created an awkward moment that reminded viewers of Chris Brown's domestic violence conviction on a night that otherwise was Brown's triumph.
Vanilla Ice offers real estate advice
Destiny's Child helped put her on the map.
Dexter Isaac says he was one of the men who wounded the rapper, setting a bitter feud in motion
New York police said Thursday that they will talk to an inmate who admitted to being part of the 1994 robbery and shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Rap artist Tramar Lacell Dillard was arrested on charges of DUI and driving with a suspended license, police say.
Rapper Flo Rida is out of jail after being arrested Thursday on suspicion of drunken driving.
They didn't make it to the party, but they got the best favors.
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton also get his-and-her trophies in Nashville
Others include Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow and Idol's Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina
Four days, 12 stages, 175 acts, 700 acres of land -- the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is thriving in its tenth year.
Best of Bonnaroo
updated: Wed Jun 08 2011 15:48:00
Take a look back at the best moments from the Bonnaroo music festival.
Kathleen Hanna is the poster grrrl for feminist punk music.
Nate Query is having what he calls a "Spinal Tap moment."
Inspired by the ocean, Colin Meloy and Nate Query talk about the Decemberists' new sound.
Songwriter Andrew Gold died in his sleep from a heart attack
Other presenters include Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Hines Ward and Sheryl Crow
Grab your tent and your sunglasses -- the summer music festival season is upon us once again.
"She looked fabulous," says a source at rehearsals for the show airing Sunday night
Justin Bieber and Adele are among the non-country honorees at this year's ceremony
The Lollapalooza festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this summer with a three-day event at Chicago's Grant Park on August 5-7th with headliners Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse and My Morning Jacket.
This has been the first rock & roll decade without revolution, or true revolutionaries, to call its own. The Fifties witnessed nothing less than the birth of the music. The Sixties were rocked by Beatlemania, Motown, Phil Spector, psychedelia and Bob Dylan. The Seventies gave rise to David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, heavy metal, punk and New Wave.
Are you a rock star wannabe? If you're a Citibank customer, you can attend adult rock band camp by cashing in your rewards points.
This weekend more than 100,000 people will take in a music festival experience near Palm Springs, California, at The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
The 1997 murder of Christopher Wallace, the rapper also known as The Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls, remains an unsolved crime despite Los Angeles police and FBI investigations that lasted for years.
A month ago, the Bellator Fighting Championships was pretty much flying under the radar, a third-class destination on the landscape of American mixed martial arts. But with the parent company of the sport's foremost organization, the UFC, purchasing No. 2 Strikeforce, you might say those two outfits are now Nos. 1 and 1A, and you can take away the "A" if Dana White's much-emphasized "business as usual" post-sale approach gradually gives way to a consolidation of all Zuffa-owned talent. So that means Bellator has essentially moved up to the No. 2 position, right?
Rock singer Sammy Hagar, a little older since his Van Halen days but still featuring bountiful blond curls, touted single moms, family and sex Monday night on the premiere of HLN's "Dr. Drew."
Sammy Hagar explains problems he and Eddie Van Halen had with alcohol.
Che "Rhymefest" Smith considers himself a "raptivist," a name he gave himself years before he took on his latest mission.
From Blake Shelton's one-liners to Taylor Swift's top-notch performance, here are the night's highlights
Steven Tyler and Rihanna helped create some of the show's most memorable moments
Reprinted from EMPIRE STATE OF MIND: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner To Corner Office by Zack O'Malley Greenburg with permission from Portfolio a member of The Penguin Group USA (Inc). Copyright (c) Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2011.
The Water for Elephants costars join the ACM Awards roster in Las Vegas April 3
You voted for prolific 19th century musician Ludwig van Beethoven as the most iconic composer of the western world.
"RIP Nate Dogg…West Coast LEGEND!" Kardashian Tweeted, shortly after the news broke of the hip-hop star's death
People.com: Nate Dogg Dead at 41updated: Wed Mar 16 2011 15:49:00
Fellow hip-hop artists pay tribute to Nathaniel D. Hale, who had suffered several strokes in recent years
It all started with a New Year's Eve party.
A-list celebs are coming clean about their paid private performances for Gadhafi's family. CNN's Kareen Wynter reports.
Travis Barker has a full agenda for 2011, beginning with his debut solo album (out on March 15) and a tour with Lil Wayne, plus plans to finish the long-delayed Blink-182 reunion album for release later this year.
They once risked arrest -- now Tunisia's rappers are hailed as heroes and revered as a voice for the country's youth.
Tunisia's rappers have long made a point of speaking their minds, their lyrics often bringing them into conflict with the old regime. But more than simply upsetting the status quo, according to one of the country's leading rappers their music was the "fuel" for Tunisia's revolution.
Lovers of high-fidelity audio are about to get some satisfaction.
It is one of the most revered orchestras in the world. But members of the celebrated Berlin Philharmonic are almost as famous for their fiery individualism as for the powerful music they play.
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conductor, Simon Rattle on creating the perfect orchestral performance.
The White House honors the sounds of Motown at an all-star event.
The White House grooved to the Motown sound Thursday night, with an all-star lineup performing some of the most memorable songs from the hit factory that started in a Detroit basement.
Tuesday's release of Adele's sophomore album "21" has fans and newcomers alike swooning over the 22-year-old Brit.
The singer draws big name pals, from Zac Efron to Cee Lo Green, to her Beverly Hills party
The country star gets pranked by her tour manager during a concert in Ohio
Christina Aguilera tumbled, Bob Dylan strained to be heard and Lady Gaga turned up in an egg costume -- just one of the many memorable moments from the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.
Millions of television screens reverted to black and white for a few minutes Sunday night as the 53rd annual Grammy Awards turned off the color for Bruno Mars.
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