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Weekly Chart Notes: 10 Group Lead Singers Who Could Score Solo Success
April 07, 2013 8:05 AM EDT 34 160 2 0 With Justin Timberlake reigning post-'N Sync, what other famed group lead singers could rule on their own? Plus, chart honors for Crystal Bowersox, Joe Bonamassa and Bob Dylan The top title on the Billboard 200 for a second week belongs to ...
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Jay-Z, Coldplay Ring In 2013 With Epic Brooklyn Show
January 01, 2013 7:40 AM EST 1 0 0 Jay-Z took the stage at Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Barclays Center at 11:59pm on New Year's Eve Monday night and rang in 2013 with Coldplay's Chris Martin singing along to "Auld Lang Syne." The singer and the rapper hugged, and then t ...
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New Year's Eve Concert Guide: From Jay-Z/Coldplay to Skrillex; Nicki Minaj to Willie Nelson, and More
December 28, 2012 3:00 PM EST Jay-Z (left) with Coldplay's Chris Martin play Brooklyn's Barclays Center on New Year's Eve. (Getty) Across the country -- from Coldplay and Jay-Z in Brooklyn and Nicki MInaj in Vegas to Skrillex in Detroit and Willie Nelson in Aust ...
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New Year's Eve: 13 Hot Shows to Ring In 2013
December 28, 2012 2:45 PM EST Across the country, music fans will be kicking off 2013 at massive arenas and intimate venues, at overwhelming raves and scintillating hip-hop shows, at rock showcases and pop explosions. Which New Year's Eve experience is right for you? Check ...
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'12-12-12' Digital Album Drops; Concert Producers Announce First $50 Million to Be Distributed to Sandy Victims
December 18, 2012 9:44 PM EST The producers of the "12-12-12" concert announced in a statement today that the Robin Hood Foundation will distribute the first $50 million of initial proceeds for "12-12-12" to organizations helping to aid victims of Hurricane ...
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'12-12-12' Album Sales at 40,000 in Pre-Orders
December 13, 2012 7:10 PM EST The "12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief" benefit album is already off to a fast start -- even though it hasn't been released yet. Industry sources say that through Wednesday night (Dec. 12), pre-orders for iTunes' exclusive d ...
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'12-12-12' Album Sales at 40,000 in Pre-Orders
December 13, 2012 4:17 PM EST The " 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief " benefit album is already off to a fast start -- even though it hasn't been released yet. Industry sources say that through last night (Dec. 12), pre-orders for iTunes' exclusive dig ...
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Business Matters: Hurricane Sandy Concert Generates Underwhelming Social Activity
December 13, 2012 2:39 PM EST Wednesday night's Hurricane Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden may have been a middle-aged rock fan's dream concert, but their kids -- and many other segments of the country -- appeared to have tuned out. Social media numbers ...
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'12-12-12' Producer John Sykes on Show's Boomer-riffic Lineup, Raising $36 Mil, McCartney Calling Grohl (Video)
December 13, 2012 11:47 AM EST Sure, last night's " 12-12-12" concert featured one of the most impressive lineups in years, if not ever, between Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bon Jovi, The Who, Roger Waters, The Rolling Stones, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, ...
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Sandy Concert Duets: Watch Springsteen & Bon Jovi, Waters & Vedder + More
December 13, 2012 11:45 AM EST Along with a slew of winning performances from the biggest music stars on the planet, 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief boasted a handful of marquee collaborations that are unlikely to ever duplicated. The Boss rocked out with Bon Jovi, the lea ...
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12-12-12 Sandy Benefit Concert Rocks NYC With Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Nirvana; Raised $36 Million Before a Note Was Played
December 13, 2012 8:14 AM EST Gotta give it up for the locals. Musicians closely associated with New Jersey and New York dominated the 12-12-12 concert to raise funds for Hurricane Sandy survivors, selecting songs that created a narrative of perseverance, rebirth and hope. 12- ...
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12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief Setlist
December 13, 2012 5:00 AM EST Many of music's biggest stars including Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Alicia Keys and Kanye West played and played and played… and played during the 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief Wednesday night, to the tune of nearly six hours. Our f ...
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12-12-12 Sandy Relief Concert: Photos From Onstage & Backstage
December 13, 2012 2:30 AM EST 2659199-bruce-springsteen-e-street-12-12-concert-617-409.jpg 2659199-bruce-springsteen-e-street-12-12-concert-617-409.jpg Bruce Springsteen opens the 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief in NYC with his E Street Band. Person: Street Bruce Springsteen ...
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Sandy Concert Rocks NYC With Stones, McCartney and a Reunited Nirvana
December 13, 2012 2:30 AM EST Gotta give it up for the locals. Musicians closely associated with New Jersey and New York dominated the 12-12-12 concert to raise funds for Hurricane Sandy survivors, selecting songs that created a narrative of perseverance, rebirth and hope. CONCE ...
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'12-12-12' Concert: Our Favorite Tweets
December 13, 2012 12:58 AM EST Five-plus hours is a long concert, no matter who's playing. But like many others, we watched the entire thing on multiple screens - from Springsteen to Paulvana. Here's an alternate take on the night, containing our favorite Tweets from ...
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12-12-12 Sandy Benefit Concert Aims for 2 Billion Viewers Worldwide
December 12, 2012 3:45 PM EST Wednesday evening's commercial-free "12-12-12" concert for Hurricane Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden in New York will be seen both around the world and around the World Wide Web. The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & ...
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Paul McCartney 'Joins' Nirvana for Sandy Concert, New Song
December 12, 2012 12:45 PM EST Eighteen years after Kurt Cobain took his own life, putting an end to the most influential rock band of the '90s, Nirvana has found its new lead singer in former Beatle Paul McCartney. Well, for one night at least. CONCERT FOR SANDY RELIEF • St ...
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Clear Channel's John Sykes on 12-12-12 Concert: 'You Never Know What's Gonna Happen'
December 07, 2012 6:12 PM EST The last time John Sykes teamed up with James Dolan and Harvey Weinstein for a benefit concert it was 2001's Concert For New York City, which ultimately raised $50 million for the Robin Hood Relief Fund. But next week Sykes, former president ...
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Rolling Stones Added to Sandy Relief Concert
December 07, 2012 12:30 PM EST The Rolling Stones have been added to the 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief, organizers announced Friday at a press conference in New York. The reunited group joins a Who's Who of some of rock's most iconic voices that will perform at Madi ...
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Coldplay Lights Up Brisbane in 'Last Big Show' for a Few Years
November 22, 2012 9:45 PM EST Coldplay quite literally lit-up Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium Wednesday night during a tour-wrapping show in which Chris Martin dropped big hints that his band won't be back for some time. This was a proper open-air event, complete with firew ...
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Morning Fix: Spotify Expanding: AEG, StubHub Align; Labels Invested $4.5 Billion in A&R, Marketing in 2011: IFPI
November 12, 2012 8:50 AM EST Head HERE to subscribe to Billboard's Morning Fix and other free music-business newsletters SPOTIFY RAISING $100M FOR EXPANSION; OPENING IN LATIN AMERICA, EASTERN EUROPE NEXT YEAR: Spotify is close to wrapping up a $100 million round of fundi ...
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Coldplay Live DVD To Receive One-Night-Only Screening
November 02, 2012 12:25 PM EDT "Coldplay Live 2012," a live CD/DVD that documents the band's world tour in support of "Mylo Xyloto," will receive a one-night screening at multiplexes worldwide one week before its release. Coldplay's latest live film ...
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The Flaming Lips: 'Crazy' Enough To Set Guinness World Record?
June 21, 2012 12:10 PM EDT Wayne Coyne Also Speaks on the FLips' 'Beautiful, Emotional' Next Album Wayne Coyne and his Flaming Lips bandmates have been told that their upcoming eight-stop, 24-hour road trip -- which, if successful, will break a Guinness world r ...
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Wiggled Out: Purple, Red & Yellow Wiggles Leaving Group
May 17, 2012 10:35 AM EDT 'It's Been a Great Ride In Our Big Red Car,' Founding Members Say Three founding members of the Australian group today announced they'd leave behind their famous colored skivvies -- an Aussie term for a thin sweater -- and pass t ...
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Calvin Harris Is Done Singing Lead, Despite Solo Hits
April 13, 2012 2:30 PM EDT Meet the Man Behind Rihanna's Smash Single, 'We Found Love' Calvin Harris may never sing lead again. "It's a shame, in a way," the Scottish-born producer/singer/songwriter says, calling in after DJ'ing to a jam-pac ...
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BRIT Awards 2012: Adele, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay Win Big
February 21, 2012 6:36 PM EST (Photo: Jon Furniss) Adele's already packed award shelf just got that extra bit crowded. On top of the six Grammy Awards that the "Someone Like You" singer picked up earlier this month, Adele took home two of the biggest prizes at t ...
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BRIT Awards 2012: Adele, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay Win Big
February 21, 2012 5:55 PM EST Adele 's already packed award shelf just got that extra bit crowded. On top of the six Grammy Awards that the "Someone Like You" singer picked up earlier this month, Adele took home two of the biggest prizes at the 2012 Brit Awards, h ...
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Grammys Embrace of Chris Brown Draws Criticism
February 14, 2012 7:58 AM EST Chris Brown accepting an award at the 2012 Grammys .(Getty Images) NEW YORK (AP) - The Grammy Awards' warm embrace of Chris Brown three years after his assault of Rihanna has drawn the ire of viewers who claim the controversial R&B star s ...
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Chris Brown's Grammy Comeback Draws Criticism
February 13, 2012 9:04 PM EST The Grammy Awards' warm embrace of Chris Brown three years after his assault of Rihanna has drawn the ire of viewers who claim the controversial R&B star shouldn't have been rewarded with such attention. Brown was front-and-center thre ...
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Backbeat: Paul McCartney Honored at MusiCares Grammy Event, Performs for a Galaxy of Stars and Execs
February 11, 2012 7:35 PM EST Sir Paul McCartney performing onstage during the 22nd Annual MusiCares Benefit Gala Honoring Paul McCartney at the Los Angeles Convention Center. (Photo: WireImage) Few events bring out more music industry executives than the annual MusiCares Pers ...
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Poll: Who Should Perform at Next Year's Super Bowl Halftime Show?
February 07, 2012 9:00 AM EST With the dust now settled on Madonna's eye-popping halftime extravaganza, it's time to start thinking of the possible artists who will take the biggest stage in the world next February, when the Super Bowl invades New Orleans. With the Bla ...
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Coldplay Leads Teenage Rave in 'Charlie Brown' Video: Watch
February 03, 2012 3:15 PM EST It seems music stars have voted Feb. 3 the perfect date to release new videos, with Madonna , Drake , Adam Lambert , M.I.A. and now Coldplay debuting fresh clips today. In Coldplay's clip for third "Mylo Xyloto" single "Charlie B ...
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Jay-Z and Beyonce Join the History of Famous Parents and Children on Billboard Charts
January 13, 2012 12:17 PM EST Throughout the rock era, several musical offspring have made their parents proud by following their footsteps onto Billboard charts. Rosanne Cash, Natalie Cole, Miley Cyrus, Jakob Dylan, Norah Jones, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Kelly Osbourne, Lisa ...
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Family Affairs: A History of Famous Parents and Children on Billboard Charts
January 13, 2012 9:05 AM EST B.I.C.'s Arrival Lifts the Carters Into Rarified Chart Air Throughout the rock era, several musical offspring have made their parents proud by following their footsteps onto Billboard charts. Rosanne Cash, Natalie Cole , Miley Cyrus , Jakob Dyl ...
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Coldplay on 'SNL': Crying to Adele, Chris Martin Rocks a Holiday Vest
November 14, 2011 12:05 PM EST Coldplay brought the black light and graffiti explosion otherwise known as their "Mylo Xyloto" stage set to "Saturday Night Live" this weekend (Nov. 12). The U.K. band performed recent singles "Paradise" and "Every ...
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U2, Adele, Coldplay Top UK's Q Award Winners
October 24, 2011 9:23 PM EDT LONDON -- Rock icons U2 have something new to brag about - winning Q Magazine's Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years award. The annual music awards by Britain's best-selling music monthly took place Monday in London and the Irish quartet was ...
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Coldplay Heats Up 'Colbert Report' With 'Paradise' & 'Up in Flames': Watch
October 21, 2011 5:25 PM EDT Coldplay hit "The Colbert Report" last night (Oct. 20) to promote new album "Mylo Xyloto," performing "Paradise" and "Up in Flames." After declaring that the meaning of the band's new album is Greek for & ...
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Coldplay's 'Mylo Xyloto': Track-By-Track Review
October 20, 2011 1:30 PM EDT Slowly but surely, Coldplay have become the masters of throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks. Haters be damned, Coldplay's semi-experimental approach to arena anthems (under Brian Eno 's tutelage, of course) has made them ...
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Coldplay-Rihanna Collaboration, 'Princess of China,' Leaks Online: Listen
October 17, 2011 6:30 PM EDT What do you get when you combine a band of British rock stars, a Barbadian pop princess, and a bunch of squelchy synths that build to a massive crescendo? "Princess of China," the Coldplay - Rihanna collaboration that will appear on the ba ...
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Coldplay Up Close
October 11, 2011 3:30 PM EDT _ _ Chart Article _ _ 'Mylo Xyloto' Track-By-Track Our song-by-song review of Coldplay's new opus. _ Coldplay: The Billboard Cover Story Go inside the making of 'Mylo Xyloto.' _ Chris Martin Q&A "I always feel like ...
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Coldplay: The band, onstage and off
October 06, 2011 1:04 PM EDT Photos Coldplay Apple Magazine Chris Martin Portrait Splendour Years New West Kanye West bbcom Media: 1216159-coldplay2-iheart-617-409.jpg 1216159-coldplay2-iheart-617-409.jpg Chris Martin at iHeartRadio 2011. Person: Coldplay Description: Chris ...
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Coldplay Mourns R.E.M. Breakup: Watch
September 26, 2011 3:58 PM EDT Everybody hurts over the recent R.E.M. breakup -- including Coldplay . Just down the road from the town R.E.M. put on the map, Coldplay gave tribute to the Athens, G.A. rockers in the form of an acoustic "Everybody Hurts" cover that frontm ...
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Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas Play Clear Channel's IHeartRadio Star-Studded Launch Concert (Video)
September 26, 2011 7:00 AM EDT LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Jay-Z rapped about his beef with corporate radio in the monster jam "99 Problems," noting that stations won't play his hits if he doesn't do their shows. But on Friday, he played savior to radio station giant ...
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iHeartRadio Fest Friday: Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Coldplay Bring the Heat to Vegas
September 24, 2011 1:20 PM EDT The Black Eyed Peas ' will.i.am said he would work with Bruno Mars , Jane's Addiction and Coldplay performed new singles and Dr. Dre caused the biggest hubbub in the audience when he and Jimmy Iovine took their seats to catch Jay-Z 's ...
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Backbeat: Live From Coldplay's New Year's Eve Taping @ Austin City Limits (In Mid-September)
September 18, 2011 5:30 PM EDT Like New Years in September: Coldplay taped a special Austin City Limits TV performance last night (Sept 15) that will air on New Year's Eve complete with fake countdown and confetti. The band headlines the Austin City Limits Fest tonight (Se ...
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Austin City Limits 2011: 14 Things Seen & Heard Friday
September 17, 2011 2:16 PM EDT "Keep Austin Weird" has become something of an official tagline for Texas' capital city -- a notion that even Kanye and Coldplay tried to abide by on Friday (Sept. 16). Did the first day of the tenth annual Austin City Limits festival ...
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Coldplay Releases 'Paradise' Single, Reveals Rihanna Collaboration
September 12, 2011 11:07 AM EDT After previewing fifth album "Mylo Xyloto" with the sweeping first single "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall," Coldplay released "Paradise," the full-length's second single, on Monday (Sept. 12). While "Paradise&q ...
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Coldplay: The Billboard Cover Story
August 12, 2011 11:00 AM EDT As Coldplay finishes the new "Mylo Xyloto," a candid and detailed conversation with Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland and manager Dave Holmes about harvesting the best songs, executing a bold global plan-and choosing to create without fear. He ...
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Coldplay Unveil Album Art, Release Date for 'Mylo Xyloto'
August 12, 2011 8:41 AM EDT Coldplay announced today that the band's fifth studio album, "Mylo Xyloto" (pronounced my-lo zy-letoe), will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 25 by Capitol Records. Produced by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson, with "e ...
