In May 2008, singer Donna Summer talked about keeping her fans in mind when planning her stage shows.
Carrie Underwood blew away the competition on the Billboard 200 this week, scoring her third straight number one album with her fourth release, "Blown Away," and moving 267,000 copies.
Things we know Gotye doesn't like: cardboard boxes, dinkiness, and "Glee's" version of his #1 single "Somebody That I Used to Know."
Musician Gotye on the making of "Somebody That I Used to Know" and why he might start lying about himself.
Elton John's partner tells Showbiz Tonight he regrets blasting Madonna on Facebook.
I thought she was over. Madonna, that is.
Madonna scored her eighth number-one on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with her latest release, "MDNA."
Madonna insults hydrangeas and flower lovers counterattack. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
When Bob Dylan's self-titled debut LP hit shelves on March 19, 1962, it didn't sound anything like the popular music of the time.
People constantly debate whether the phrase, "All publicity is good publicity," actually has any credence, but in the case of Lana Del Rey, the saying has proven itself true.
As a singer and as a person, Whitney Houston had been described as larger than life. The numbers speak to that, adding up to a legendary career.
There once was a time -- like, oh, the late 1990s -- when the box set loomed over the music world like a just reward. With dazzling presentations -- 3-D brains! Lucite cubes! portable faux-phonographs! -- and equally unrestrained liner notes, these CD collections were the ultimate capstone to an artist's career or the last word in genre compilations.
It's Press Day at the swanky Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. While a growing lineup of journalists waits in the green room, Pitbull gets down to business in a hotel room next door. He rattles off one perfect soundbite after another. He laughs. He mugs for the camera.
Rapper Pitbull previews his video with Marc Anthony and says a Latino president is 'around the corner.'
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.
"She looked fabulous," says a source at rehearsals for the show airing Sunday night
Newlywed Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Middleton comes in at No. 26
Singer Bruno Mars appeared in a Las Vegas, Nevada, court Wednesday morning to accept a "deferred adjudication" deal on a drug charge, his lawyer Blair Berk confirmed.
Singer Bruno Mars can avoid prosecution for a Las Vegas, Nevada, drug arrest if he stays out of trouble for a year, gets drug counseling, does 200 hours of community service and pays a $2,000 fine, according to terms of a deal confirmed by the prosecutor's office Friday.
Before the rise of online radio station Pandora and music video sites such as Vevo -- and years before Apple launched its iTunes music store -- Eric Garland reckoned that the Internet was going to transform the music industry. Back in 2000, when a lot of online listening activity involved illegal peer-to-peer file sharing via services such as Napster, Garland believed that all the online activity could actually help lesser-known bands and artists market themselves, if they could just quantify their successes. So he and Tom Allison, a former Coca-Cola marketing executive, formed BigChampagne to catalogue file sharing and MP3 downloads.
Fans of the Beatles on iTunes want it all and they want it now.
Blame it on the French if you must, but 2010 may well go down as the year mainstream America went not just Europop, but "Euro-hop."
Sara Bareilles claimed the number one spot on the Billboard 200 as her second album, "Kaleidoscope Heart," moved 90,000 copies in its debut week to grab the top spot. Bareilles' first major label album, 2007's "Little Voice," entered the charts at number 45, selling only 16,000 copies, but built to platinum status from there.
Despite a flurry of Top 10 debuts, Eminem's "Recovery" sold another 116,000 copies to claim No. 1 for the seventh week, Billboard reports.
Three years ago, Nicki Minaj was getting fired from jobs more often than she was paying her rent on time.
Rapper Nicki Minaj takes CNN behind the scenes of the Teen Choice Awards red carpet, and talks about her new album.
In the early to mid-'90s, in the post-"Nevermind" glory days of rock, "alternative" became mainstream and teens and 20-somethings across the United States formed bands, looking for stardom.
The singer will be happy not to fall or cry during Sunday night's show, she tells PEOPLE
Get all the details about the infectious sound, the sassy lyrics and the fiercest video of the year
If Jason Derulo hadn't been cut from his junior high basketball team he probably wouldn't have a single that hit No. 1 on the Billboard music charts this year.
Simon Cowell's stranglehold on the British Christmas record charts looks as though it might be coming to an end.
Spain's answer to Susan Boyle took to the stage in a national talent show and produced a jaw-dropping display of athletic ability to win the competition.
The singer dishes on her past with Lady Gaga and about first hearing she got a Grammy nod
Susan Boyle's dreams continue to come true. The singing sensation who emerged from obscurity on "Britain's Got Talent" is topping the charts, selling the most albums of any artist in a single week this year with the largest ever sales debut for a female artist.
Chris Brown and Rihanna's careers will go head to head again on Friday, when the pair release music videos on the same day.
The South Korean girl group has cracked the Billboard 100 charts - and toured with the Jonas Brothers
Pitbull talks about his Cuban roots and shares why he won't play a show there until Castro's gone. Denise Quan explains.
As the man in the Dodgers jersey walked quickly around the perimeter of the infield, fans poured down from the bleachers begging for autographs.
The photographer claimed she intentionally ran over his foot in 2007
For the past three weeks in a row, Michael Jackson's "Number Ones" has been the biggest-selling album in the country.
Michael Jackson's music sales keep soaring as fans purchased more than 800,000 of his albums last week, Billboard magazine said.
Michael Jackson's death increases demand for Michael Jackson's music and all related products.
Michael Jackson's financial woes were well documented: Numerous lawsuits, loss of control of his beloved Neverland and reports that he was hundreds of millions of dollars in debt all point to a complex money mess that trailed the King of Pop as vigilantly as his most ardent fans.
In death, Michael Jackson is topping charts all over the world again.
A packed Apollo Theater sings along to some of Michael Jackson's most popular songs.
The star will sing from her Hanna Montana soundtrack on the April 5 show
For two days, news reports called her "the 20-year old victim" allegedly attacked by R&B singer and dancer Chris Brown in his car early February 8 in Los Angeles, California.
The American Idol winner's new song leaps from No. 97 to No. 1 on the Billboard charts
T.I. has a number one album and single, as well as a one-year jail term in his future. Denise Quan explains.
The date was October 13, 2007. In four hours, T.I. was scheduled to appear at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was nominated for nine trophies.
The British songstress performs a soulful rendition of "Better In Time"
How's this for a twist: Of all the No. 1 songs in the 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Chubby Checker's The Twist ranks as the most popular single
Kenny Chesney gets 7 nods and Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts also nab honors
Not only have the Jonas Brothers notched the year's third-biggest debut album, they've managed the rare feat of having two albums in the top 10 at the same time
Donnie Wahlberg writes about the rumors – and reality – on the band's blog
Jeff Price likes to say he can get anybody's album on iTunes for "the price of a six pack and a pizza." Now the founder of TuneCore, a Brooklyn-based digital music distributor, is offering his customers something more: the chance to be on the Billboard chart with a bullet.
Country singer says he's not ready yet for marriage number two
Working in a new genre makes the pop singer feel like a giddy new artist
Singer Leona Lewis has become the first British artist to debut at number one in the U.S. album charts.
British pop sensation Leona Lewis hopes to duplicate her record-shattering success in the U.S. CNN's Denise Quan reports.
Since the early days of pop music, the music industry has been searching for the secret formula to writing a successful song -- for that special alchemy that separates a Grammy-winner from a dud. For a period in the 1970s and 80s, the self-styled King of Pop Michael Jackson seemed to have stumbled upon it, but somewhere along the line he, too, seems to have misplaced it.
There will be no peaceful, easy feeling for Britney Spears.
Britney Spears' new album hits stores today. CNN's Lola Ogunnaike reports.
Can't get enough of Britney Spears? Then her new video for "Gimme More" is just the ticket, with the singer playing dual roles: sexy brunette pole dancer, and a curious blonde watching her.
What will it take for Britney to get it together this time? "Prime News" asks Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Britney Spears - the next Sanjaya?
Regional department store chain Bon-Ton Stores, video game specialist GameStop and restaurant chain operator Triarc secured the top three slots in this year's list of the "Hot 100" retailers with the fastest-growing sales.
Talkin' 'Icky Thump' blues
James Brown, the legendary R&B belter, a singer and songwriter who created a foundation for funk and provided the roots of rap, a man of many nicknames but a talent that can only be described as one of a kind, is dead.
TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman, out on bail while international criminal charges are pending, had his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet removed Thursday for a trip to New York.
Marisol Nichols has joined Fox's Emmy-winning drama "24" in a recurring role as a Counter Terrorist Unit operative.
In a new industry ranking Tuesday, video game specialist GameStop, online merchant Overstock.com and kids' apparel merchant Children's Place took the top three slots in a list of the "Hot 100" retailers with the fastest-growing annual sales.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Jun 30 2006 14:46:00
Denzel Washington says he wants Peter Jackson to provide the special effects for a film he plans to direct, a newspaper has reported.
showbuzzupdated: Fri May 12 2006 14:28:00
Leif Garrett was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years' probation after opting out of a drug treatment program.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Apr 28 2006 13:11:00
The Ecstasy made her do it.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Apr 14 2006 09:46:00
That new Janet Jackson music making the rounds on the Internet is apparently not as new as you might think.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Mar 24 2006 14:53:00
After nine consecutive weeks of sales increases, the soundtrack to the Disney cable TV movie "High School Musical" returned to the top of the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday.
showbuzzupdated: Thu Dec 22 2005 15:22:00
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Walk the Line," the Johnny Cash biopic, will be shown at Folsom State Prison next month, nearly four decades after the Man in Black famously performed there.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Dec 02 2005 14:06:00
ABC's "Lost" and CBS's "King of Queens" took top family-friendly honors Wednesday at the seventh annual Family Television Awards.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Feb 04 2005 15:13:00
Hollywood star Keanu Reeves said he trained with an exorcist for his latest film, "Constantine," and he was relieved that no supernatural forces plagued the movie set.
The King may be dead, but his music lives on.
Cell phone users will soon be able to find out how popular their ringtones are as Billboard magazine begins ranking the customized mobile phone tunes.
Music CDs may not be headed the way of Betamax videotapes after all -- at least not yet.
Is Oprah doing for music what she did for books? The publishing world heaved a sigh of relief when Oprah kicked her book club back into high gear last year, since her selections quickly become best...
Message to "American Idol" finalists Diana DeGarmo and Fantasia Barrino: Even if you lose Wednesday night, you can still walk away a winner.
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