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Imagem That! Meet An Unlikely U.S. Publishing Power Player
November 15, 2012 5:15 PM EST Richard Stumpf has been a man on a mission since arriving at Imagem with the mandate to lead the Dutch-owned company into the U.S. pop/rock marketplace. As part of that mission, Stumpf, who serves as president of Imagem Music USA, has been working ...
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Pink and Eminem Reunite on 'Here Comes The Weekend': Listen
September 12, 2012 1:00 PM EDT After assisting with Eminem 's "Recovery," P!nk has re-upped with the hip-hop veteran for "Here Comes The Weekend," a track off her forthcoming sixth album "The Truth About Love." The song hit the Web on Wednesday ...
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Kelly Clarkson Talks Next Album, 'Good Changes' at RCA, Downside to 'Duets'
September 05, 2012 4:20 PM EDT Kelly Clarkson (center) flanked by National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell (left) and fellow NFL Anthems Artist Travie McCoy at the Pepsi NFL Anthems Kickoff Eve event in New York. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision for Hard Rock Inter ...
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Exclusive: Pink, Target Team for 'Truth About Love' Deluxe Edition
September 04, 2012 11:15 AM EDT Special Release Via Retailer Will Include Four All-New Tracks Target will release an exclusive deluxe edition of P!nk's "The Truth About Love" on Sept. 18, featuring four all-new tracks ("My Signature Move," "Is This Th ...
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Blow Me Up: The Man Behind Pink's Monster Hit
August 17, 2012 3:10 PM EDT "It's a company policy that we can't refer to it without saying, parenthesis 'One Last Kiss,'" RCA Music Group CEO Peter Edge jokes, referring to P!nk 's latest top 10 hit, which without the parenthetical would be ...
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Lily Allen Changes Her Name, Starts Work on Third Album
August 02, 2012 1:10 PM EDT Lily Allen 's in-the-works third album will not be released under the name Lily Allen -- instead, the U.K. pop singer has officially changed her professional name to Lily Rose Cooper. The announcement comes one year after the 27-year-old singer ...
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10 Hits You Didn't Know Were Jingles
July 25, 2012 7:00 AM EDT Since their heyday in TV and radio advertising of the '50s and '60s, songs written for commercials have had a resurgence in recent years but in a different form. Instead of the 30-second songs you'd hear during commercials, the mode ...
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Charlotte Ronson: Behind The Seams
July 18, 2012 11:55 AM EDT Welcome to Behind the Seams, the Hook video series that features Billboard fashion columnist Gregory DelliCarpini Jr. talking with top designers about the connection between music and style. It was perhaps inevitable that Charlotte Ronson would beco ...
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Perez Hilton on His New Gym-Ready Compilation, Failed 2009 Tour, Gold & Platinum Discs
June 28, 2012 9:17 AM EDT Perez Hilton's "Liston to This" section of his website where he recommends new music. Say what you will about the lightning-rod that is celebrity blogger Perez Hilton (nee Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.), the fact is the man lives fo ...
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T-Pain Talks Charity Concert, '5 O'Clock' Grammy Snub
February 10, 2012 3:25 PM EST Between promoting his latest album "rEVOLVEr," hosting another benefit concert in his native Tallahassee this March and participating in Guitar Center's "Your Next Record" program, T-Pain is in store for a hectic 2012. Yet a ...
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Amy Winehouse's Father Announces Tribute Concert
January 20, 2012 10:55 AM EST Lily Allen, Jessie J Reportedly in Talks to Perform Amy Winehouse's father Mitch has announced a tribute concert for the late singer, with proceeds benefitting the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Lily Allen and Jessie J are reportedly in talks to per ...
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Chart Highlights: Lady Gaga's 'Marry The Night' Tops Dance/Club Play Songs
January 09, 2012 4:45 PM EST Chart Highlights offers a sneak peek at a select group of Billboard charts every Monday. Find out the top songs, Greatest Gainers and debuts on the surveys listed below. All our charts are refreshed on billboard.com every Thursday. Pop Songs *** No. ...
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Rihanna's 'Love' Her Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1
December 21, 2011 2:55 PM EST With an eighth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 for "We Found Love," featuring Calvin Harris, Rihanna links her longest command of the list. The song's reign bests the seven-week rules of two of her prior leaders: 2007's "Umb ...
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Rihanna's 'Love' Matches Her Longest Hot 100 Reign
December 14, 2011 3:30 PM EST Rihanna matches her longest command of the Billboard Hot 100, as "We Found Love," featuring Calvin Harris, spends a seventh week at No. 1. She had previously led for seven frames with "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z , in 2007 and as ...
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Michael Buble's 'Christmas' Stays Atop Billboard 200, Black Keys Hit No. 2
December 14, 2011 11:00 AM EST Amy Winehouse, 'Glee,' Korn Also Crash The Top 10 Michael Buble 's "Christmas" album stays steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a third week, selling 479,000 copies (up 64%) according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its hand ...
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Photos of the Year 2011
December 12, 2011 1:35 PM EST Photos Baby Bumps Beyonce Ocean Nicki Minaj Morning Chris Brown Good Guilty Trial Celebration Conrad Verdict Lil Wayne Britney Spears Lady Gaga Show Tattoo Justin Bieber Burnt Stage Indiana Jack White Insane Clown Posse Move Dance Mark Snoop Dogg Se ...
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Amy Winehouse Roars on U.K. Charts
December 12, 2011 9:30 AM EST Amy Winehouse posthumously achieved the biggest weekly sale of her U.K. chart career last week with "Lioness: Hidden Treasures," bowing on the album chart at No. 1 yesterday (Dec. 11) with 194,000 units. After two weeks in runner-up spot o ...
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Michael Buble's 'Christmas' Jingles At No. 1 for Second Week
December 07, 2011 11:00 AM EST Michael Buble 's "Christmas" album holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a second week, selling 293,000 (up 29%) according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its cumulative sales crossed the 1 million mark this week (1.03 million), marking ...
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Lily Allen Gives Birth to Baby Girl
November 26, 2011 1:10 AM EST Lily Allen has something else to be thankful for this holiday weekend: her first child, a baby girl whose name has not yet been revealed. According to Us Magazine , the 26-year-old British singer and husband Sam Cooper welcomed their first child tog ...
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Justin Bieber's 'Mistletoe' Brightens Billboard 200 With No. 1 Debut
November 09, 2011 11:00 AM EST Justin Bieber continues to break records on Billboard's charts, as his "Under the Mistletoe" album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 210,000 in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan. The collection is the first Chr ...
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Coldplay's 'Mylo' Bows Big on U.K. Album Chart
October 31, 2011 12:30 PM EDT Coldplay crashed back into the U.K. charts on Sunday (Oct. 30), scoring their fifth No. 1 from five studio releases with "Mylo Xyloto" (Parlophone/EMI). The album set a new weekly digital album sales record and achieved the second-biggest ...
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T-Pain Experiments on 'rEVOLVEr' Album
October 21, 2011 12:55 PM EDT T-Pain 's fourth album, " rEVOLVEr," is set for a Dec. 6 release, RCA Records has announced. The auto-tune loving artist said in a statement, "'rEVOLVEr' is drawn from seven albums' worth of material. There are so ...
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CMJ 2011: 15 Things That Will Rock
October 18, 2011 1:40 PM EDT Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to… find the next great buzz band? Indie enthusiasts have ascended upon New York City this week for the annual CMJ Music Marathon, which kicks off today (Oct. 18) and runs through Saturday. ...
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Adele's 'Someone Like You' Atop Hot 100, Passes 2 Million Downloads
October 12, 2011 4:35 PM EDT Adele 's "Someone Like You" spends a third week atop the Billboard Hot 100 , earning Airplay Gainer honors and racking up more than 2 million downloads sold to-date, according to Nielsen SoundScan. No. 1: "Someone Like You" ...
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T-Pain Unveils Emotional '5 O'Clock' Video with Wiz Khalifa, Lily Allen
September 30, 2011 3:15 PM EDT Former Auto-Tune maestro T-Pain returns with a mid-tempo groove and wanders the streets alone in the music video for "5 O'clock," the first single off his upcoming album "RevolveR" which features Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen . ...
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POTW: Amy Winehouse, Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey
July 29, 2011 5:50 PM EDT Photos of the Week Nick Cannon Mariah Carey Funeral Amy Winehouse Tattoo Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Taylor Swift Katy Perry Nails Smurf Kelly Rowland Behind the Scenes Ozzy Osbourne Sharon Bunny Jordan Sparks Christina Aguilera Terry Ke$ha The View ...
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POTW: Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Geri Halliwell
July 08, 2011 3:45 PM EDT Photos of the Week Baby Alicia Keys Swizz Beatz Alice Cooper Ke$ha Festival Essence Kanye West Javier Colon Game Performance Beyonce Water Geri Halliwell Lady Gaga The Kills Jamie Moss John Legend Gene Simmons Pregnant Lily Allen Spain Taylor Girls ...
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Elton John Forms New Company: Rocket Music Entertainment Group
June 30, 2011 4:28 PM EDT Elton John , who recently left Twenty-First Artists, the management company he co-founded in 1999, has formed a new music company called the Rocket Music Entertainment Group. The company "is set up to be an all-encompassing music company with ...
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Lily Allen Marries Longtime Fiance
June 12, 2011 11:24 AM EDT Songstress Lily Allen has married fiance Sam Cooper. The pair exchanged vows at St. James the Great Church in Gloucestershire, England on Saturday, People reports. Dressed in a gown by French designer Delphine Manivet, Allen was given away by her fa ...
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BlueBeat.com to Pay EMI Nearly $1 Million for Illegally Selling Beatles Hits
March 29, 2011 8:10 AM EDT A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents apiece before they became legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton Tucker signed off on the settl ...
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Billboard Bits: Waka Flocka Poses Naked for PETA, Selena Gomez Debuts New Track
March 08, 2011 7:06 PM EST Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Waka Flocka Flame Poses Naked for PETA Brick Squad rapper Waka Flocka Flame is the latest celebrity to disrobe for a print ad by PETA. In the shot, Waka flexes a muscle a ...
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Ask Billboard: What-The-Forget Is Going On?
January 28, 2011 5:35 PM EST Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. As always, submit your questions about Billboard charts, sales and airplay, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and co ...
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Pink!, Owl City Top Australia's Radio Airplay List
January 19, 2011 12:00 AM EST Pink! is officially the most popular artist on Australian radio, again. For the fourth successive year, the U.S. pop star has topped the "Most Played Artist Report," published Wednesday by the Phonographic Performance Company of Australi ...
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Billboard Bits: Lily Allen Gets Engaged, Eminem Impersonates Dr. Dre
December 28, 2010 6:28 PM EST Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Lily Allen Engaged to Longtime Boyfriend If LeAnn Rimes , Natalie Portman and Hugh Hefner were not enough celebrities to get engaged over the Christmas weekend, Lily Alle ...
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Lily Allen Recovering From Blood-Poisoning Condition
November 08, 2010 10:40 AM EST Less than a week after suffering a second miscarriage, Lily Allen was rushed to a London hospital on Friday to be treated for a blood-poisoning condition. According to People , the singer is being treated for septicaemia and is currently recovering ...
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Lily Allen Suffers Miscarriage, Rep Confirms
November 01, 2010 10:23 AM EDT British pop star Lily Allen , who was around six months pregnant, has lost her baby, her spokesman said on Monday. The 25-year-old singer previously had a miscarriage when she was dating Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons in 2008. "It is with gre ...
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Gregory Isaacs, Reggae Singer, Dies at 59
October 25, 2010 12:25 PM EDT Reggae artist Gregory Isaacs died at the age of 59 this morning (Oct. 25). Isaacs, best known for his 1982 album "Night Nurse," passed away following a long battle with lung cancer, BBC News reports. Known as "The Cool Ruler," Is ...
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Elton John: Today's Songwriters 'Pretty Awful'
October 19, 2010 11:30 AM EDT British singer Elton John described today's songwriters as "pretty awful," pop music as uninspiring and talent shows like "American Idol" as boring in an interview published on Tuesday. The 63-year-old singer of "Your S ...
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Lily Allen Wins Damages From Soccer Magazine
October 07, 2010 12:00 AM EDT Lily Allen accepted damages on Thursday (Oct. 7) from the publisher of a French soccer magazine over allegations that she had made offensive remarks about David and Victoria Beckham and Cheryl and Ashley Cole. Her lawyer Mark Thomson told the High ...
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Sara Bareilles Sings from the 'Heart' At L.A. Show
September 30, 2010 10:26 AM EDT Judging from her recent No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 album chart, Sara Bareilles has quite a following. And while chart position says a lot about broad consumer appeal, she is much more than the typical studio musician who can sell albums. Tuesd ...
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POTW: Gwen Stefani, Shakira, Kanye West, Jennifer Lopez
September 24, 2010 2:35 PM EDT Photos of the Week Gwen Stefani Kanye West Aerosmith Jennifer Lopez American idol Shakira Madonna Questlove Selena Gomez Pitbull Bono Brandy The Stars Girl Material Adam Levine Kylie Minogue Lily Allen Jordan Sparks Mark Ronson Weezer Rivers Cuomo E ...
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Ask Billboard: Familiar Titles In Top 10
September 03, 2010 4:15 PM EDT Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. As always, submit your questions about Billboard charts, sales and airplay, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and co ...
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Mark Ronson Shows Off His 'Record Collection' on New Album
August 30, 2010 3:30 PM EDT At the age of 34, Mark Ronson already knows what his epitaph will read. It's not that he's a morbid guy; he's just wryly aware of his musical legacy. "At the end of the day, it will say 'producer' before it says 'a ...
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Mark Ronson Readies 'Record Collection' Release
August 10, 2010 12:05 PM EDT Mark Ronson steps into the spotlight as a singer, and shows off a talented group of friends, on third album "Record Collection," due Sept. 28 on RCA Records. Working under the alias Mark Ronson and The Business Intl., the British producer ...
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U.K. Spoof of Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind' Becomes YouTube Hit
July 28, 2010 1:12 PM EDT An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof said Wednesday. The video "Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)," a comic tr ...
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Eminem Spends Fourth Week Atop U.K. Chart
July 26, 2010 10:48 AM EDT E minem's "Recovery" (Interscope/Universal) started its fourth aggregate week at No. 1 on the U.K. album chart yesterday (July 25), as "We Speak No Americano" (Sweat It Out/All Around The World/UMTV) by Yolanda Be Cool & ...
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Robbie Williams To Star In Video Game
July 22, 2010 8:23 AM EDT U.K. pop superstar Robbie Williams is to feature in his own karaoke video game, "We Sing Robbie Williams." It will feature 25 tracks accompanied by all the original videos. The game is to be released by publisher Nordic Games, which struck ...
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Eminem Returns To U.K. Chart Summit
July 19, 2010 7:43 AM EDT As Eminem 's "Recovery" (Interscope/Universal) started a second stint as the U.K.'s No. 1 album, American artist-producer B.O.B. achieved his second consecutive chart-topping single with "Airplanes" (Rebel Rock/Atlantic ...
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EMI Ups Roger Faxon To Group CEO
June 18, 2010 12:00 AM EDT Roger Faxon , chairman and chief executive of EMI Music Publishing since 2007, has now been put in charge of the recorded music division, too. EMI announced the appointment today as part of an overhaul of the management structure "to enable t ...
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