Grammy-winner Mariah Carey Рwhose new No. 1 album, E = MC2, sold 463,000 copies in its first week Рis hitting another high: This weekend the Empire State Building in New York City will be lit in lavendar, pink and white in her honor. One of the most successful female recording artists of all time, Carey, 39, recently surpassed Elvis Presley̢۪s record of 17 No. 1 hits with her 18th, "Touch My Body."
Grammy-winner Mariah Carey Рwhose new No. 1 album, E = MC2, sold 463,000 copies in its first week Рis hitting another high: This weekend the Empire State Building in New York City will be lit in lavendar, pink and white in her honor. One of the most successful female recording artists of all time, Carey, 39, recently surpassed Elvis Presley̢۪s record of 17 No. 1 hits with her 18th, "Touch My Body."
As his divorce battle drags on, Sir Paul McCartney took to the stage Wednesday night at the Brit Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys, and announced: "I need to get back to what I do best – and that is what I'm going to do."
The collective "Oh, snap!" you heard Sunday night at the Grammy Awards was Kanye West getting ribbed by none other than ... country nice guy Vince Gill???
The Grammy Awards is celebrating its 50th anniversary – and this year's telecast promises plenty of what the Recording Academy offers best: thrilling live performances with an emphasis on unique musical pairings.
Australian pop star Kylie Minogue and the professor who created Dolly the sheep are among the prominent figures who have received awards from Queen Elizabeth II in her annual New Year Honors list.
In a holiday treat for Spice Girls fans in Britain, the group took to the stage Saturday night – although Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) showed signs of a recent ankle injury.
After enduring hard times in their personal lives of late, Amy Winehouse and Kanye West enjoyed a measure of good news Thursday, as they earned a total of 14 Grammy nominations between them.
Kanye West earned eight nominations Thursday, including album of the year and rap album of the year for his "Graduation," leading the competition for the 50th annual Grammy Awards.
After months of preparation, the Spice Girls delivered a pulsating concert in Vancouver on Sunday night, kicking off their grand reunion tour for thousands of screaming fans – including one surprise VIP in particular.
Jay-Z is about to hit the stage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Hundreds of people cram the dance floor, ready to rap along to the hip-hop superstar's every word. Up in the balcony a 42-year-old executive with a close-cropped beard and slicked-back hair of mullet-like dimensions is enjoying a spotlight of a different sort.
Jay-Z dedicated his sold-out Sunday night concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York to rapper Kanye West's mother, who died over the weekend. Near the end of his nearly two-hour set, the rapper asked for a moment of silence to pay respect to Donda West.
Jessica Simpson, Jamie Foxx, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow – not your typical country-music lineup, but they are among the stars expected to join country superstars like Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley at the 41st Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday night, to be broadcast live on ABC from the Sommet Center in Nashville.
Avril Lavigne rocked the MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich Thursday night, winning two of the show's top prizes – while troubled singer Amy Winehouse surfaced for the event and offered a quiet "thanks."
Be it rock, rap, country, hip-hop, pop, music is the soundtrack to sports every bit as much as boos, cheers, the crack of the bat, or the toot of the ref's whistle. It's standard on game broadcasts. It blares from stadium speakers. A batter or closer who appears unaccompanied (Metallica's Enter Sandman, anyone?) by music is an odd duck indeed.
He dominated the Video Music Awards in Vegas earlier this month, was a bigger winner at the European VMAs in '06 and now Justin Timberlake is set for yet another winning performance this year.
50 Cent is singing the praises of Britney Spears and saying Kayne West's
outburst about the pop star opening the Video Music Awards Sunday was
unwarranted.
The MTV Video Music Awards prides itself on unscripted moments - and Sunday's show was no exception: Kid Rock reportedly punched rocker Tommy Lee during the ceremony. (See MTV's video below.)
This was going to be it. The big moment. Britney's triumphant comeback. But, after weeks of buzz, Britney Spears kicked off Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms in Las Vegas with a bad costume and a lackluster performance of her latest song "Gimme More," that could have used a lot more rehearsal.
Paris Hilton got on the microphone at a packed Las Vegas nightclub and lavished Christina Aguilera with praise - and in the process revealed a celebrity secret.
Riding high from her smash single "Umbrella," Rihanna cleaned up at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, taking home two of the evening's most prestigious trophies: video of the year and monster single of the year.
Less than 24 hours after its official radio debut, Britney Spears's "Gimme More" is lighting up request lines and pleasing fans who haven't heard music from the pop star since 2004.
Last week SI writer Richard Deitsch interviewed Phillippi Sparks for the magazine's Q&A.The former NFL star is the father of American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. Here are additional excerpts from their interview:
MIAMI BEACH -- I shouldn't be sitting poolside at The Raleigh. It makes no sense. The sky is overcast, winds are blowing waves of water out of the pool and the area is void of the bikini-clad clientele that has made this a legendarily hotspot for decades. But this is my last day in Miami damn it and I'm going soak it in, with or with out the sun.
What would Jacko do? Back in Justin Timberlake's 'N Sync days, and on up through his 2002 solo debut, this was the musical question that he was clearly asking himself, consciously or otherwise. But lately, even a kid who grew up wanting to be like Mike could hardly be blamed for suppressing his inner Jackson. And from the sound of FutureSex/LoveSounds, his sophomore effort, Timberlake must've gotten really spooked.
Beyonce Knowles is a storm system disguised as a singer. On her second solo album, "B'Day," the songs arrive in huge gusts of rhythm and emotion, with Beyonce's voice rippling over clattery beats; you'd have to search far and wide -- perhaps in the halls of the Metropolitan Opera -- to find a vocalist who sings with more sheer force.
Pop stars generally xerox other acts' looks and hooks -- it's expedient, and it works. But Nelly Furtado's multiplatinum 2000 album, "Whoa, Nelly!" (which included the loosey-goosey soul-folk hit ''I'm Like a Bird''), felt like an original. The Canadian's debut was mass-market pop at its best: fluffy, giddy, uplifting, idiosyncratic.
Maybe it's the facility with language, or the practice at telling tall tales. One way or another, a career as a rapper sure seems to prepare MCs for starring roles in movies that earn big box office bucks and-quite often-raves from critics.
The fans are loving it. On a warm Sunday evening in June, one of hip-hop's hottest stars, Kanye West, is spitting rhymes for 50,000 fans at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. West is a bona fi...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop diva Beyonce denied rumors she is secretly married to rapper and music impresario Jay-Z, and said she assumed an alter-ego called "Sasha" for her sexy stage persona in an upcoming Vanity Fair cover story.
Sirius Satellite Radio announced Thursday that multi-platinum artist 50 Cent will create his own exclusive programming for the satellite radio provider.
Saul Williams isn't out to save hip-hop, but he is out to elevate the art form. The actor, activist and leader of the self-described "industrial punk-hop" movement, is effectively breaking boundaries while blurring the lines between poetry and rap.
Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said Wednesday was its biggest auction of show business memorabilia.
Universal Music Group is close to a deal to buy out the rapper and producer Jay-Z and his partners from their venture, Roc-A-Fella Records, a published report said Monday.
"I'm going to take over the world," boasts Damon Dash. "My company will be worth billions of dollars—maybe worth a quarter of a trillion." The CEO of Roc-a-Fella Records and RocaWear clothing is st...
Russell Simmons started out in the music world (he co-founded Def Jam Records), then built a business career (he has a beverage company, a banking card business, and a clothing line, which he sold ...
Young R&B singer Beyonce Knowles and veteran soul crooner Luther Vandross led the 46th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, and OutKast won three Grammys -- including album of the year -- for "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below."
It was a party that gossip columnist Liz Smith called "a love-fest, an intimate spectacular." Kid Rock arrived in a silver top hat with Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. Sex in the City star ...
When we hear "sis-co," most of us at MONEY think about the Internet technology company (Cisco), not the guy who sings the "Thong Song" (Sisqo). But we love music too--and the numbers behind the rec...
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