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Prince's 40 Biggest Billboard Hits
June 07, 2013 4:38 PM EDT Celebrations are in order for pop/R&B legend Prince, as the great Purple One turns 55 today (June 7) Celebrations are in order for pop/R&B legend Prince , as the great Purple One turns 55 today (June 7). The man born Prince Rogers Nelson i ...
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Janelle Monáe Enlists Prince and Miguel for 'The Electric Lady': Exclusive
June 07, 2013 12:05 PM EDT 64 136 5 0 Janelle Monáe's upcoming sophomore album, "The Electric Lady," will include guest appearances by Prince and Miguel. Buy a Copy • Subscribe • Get Billboard on Your iPad In a new Billboard cover story, Monáe says she aims to " ...
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CMT Music Awards: 10 Things You Didn’t See on TV
June 06, 2013 2:08 AM EDT 1. The Color Purple: The red carpet is clearly passé. The Academy of Country Music used to have an orange rug, the Country Music Assn. favors black, and the CMTs – you’re lookin’ at purple. What shade of purple? That was up for debate. Kip Moore s ...
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Billboard Music Awards Performances Sell Nearly 1 Million Downloads
May 30, 2013 11:47 AM EDT 1 15 44 0 0 The 2013 Billboard Music Awards continue to pump sales gains, as the latest charts reflect the first full week of impact after the May 19 show. Check Out All Our Coverage of the Billboard Music Awards Right Here In the tracking week ending May ...
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Morning Fix: Taylor Swift Dominates BBMAs; Yahoo! Buys Tumblr; Prince and Kobalt Partner
May 20, 2013 8:12 AM EDT Get the Morning Fix Delivered To Your Inbox HERE TAYLOR SWIFT, GOTYE AND RIHANNA WIN BIG AT BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS Taylor Swift and her 3.7 million-selling Red dominated the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 19), taking home eight ...
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Prince, Kobalt Pen Partnership Pact
May 20, 2013 6:00 AM EDT Just hours after accepting the Icon Award at Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Prince is announcing his new partnership with Kobalt Label Services (KLS), a division of independent music services company Kobalt Music Group. Unde ...
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Prince Blazes Billboard Music Awards With Two Song Mash-Up
May 19, 2013 11:38 PM EDT 89 5 0 0 “He breaks new ground... He's an icon,” Janelle Monáe said when introducing her friend and mentor, Prince, alongside Erykah Badu. Prince's January Billboard Cover Story After a video montage of the legend's most memorable career mo ...
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Backbeat: Billboard's BBMA Pre-Party With Samsung, Buffalo Jeans, Chevrolet -- Oh, and Prince
May 19, 2013 3:15 PM EDT On Saturday night, Billboard held its official BBMA pre-party at Tryst at the Wynn hotel, sponsored by Samsung, Buffalo Jeans, Chevrolet and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Executives from all of those companies and many others were ...
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Billboard Music Awards Executive Producer Don Mischer Talks Sunday’s Show: ‘This Show Is Big’ (Q&A and Video)
May 18, 2013 10:30 AM EDT 2 20 38 0 0 LAS VEGAS — It’s Friday afternoon, around 50 hours from the beginning of the months-in-the-making Billboard Music Awards, and in the darkened MGM Grand Garden Arena rehearsals for Justin Bieber and Will.I.Am’s tag-team performance of “#ThatPow ...
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Billboard Music Awards Playlist and Collaborations Revealed
May 16, 2013 9:00 AM EDT When superstars come together on a collaboration, the results can be electrifying. The 2013 Billboard Music Awards promise to be a highly-charged night, with confirmation that some of the biggest names in music will team-up to perform their bigg ...
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Cee-Lo Green, Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion, PSY and Shania Twain Among Billboard Music Awards Presenters
May 15, 2013 9:00 AM EDT Kelly Rowland, Kid Rock, Carly Rae Jepsen, Ke$ha and "Nashville" star Hayden Panettiere will also present at the event, airing live May 19 on ABC An awards show isn't complete without a stocked roster of superstar presenters, and ...
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Prince and 3rdEyeGirl Rock Anaheim
May 09, 2013 12:55 PM EDT No photographers allowed. And no cell phones allowed. Thus no tweeting allowed. Or risk immediate ejection by security types, who spent the evening spotting transgressors and asking them sternly to delete any images taken or recorded. Yes, it was ...
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Madonna to Be Honored as Top Touring Artist at Billboard Music Awards
May 08, 2013 9:00 AM EDT 3 186 35 1 0 Madonna will be honored with the Top Touring Artist award at the upcoming Billboard Music Awards, an achievement earned by the worldwide success of her MDNA tour. CLICK FOR COMPLETE LIST OF BBMA FINALISTS • J.Lo, Lil Wayne, Minaj Performing • ...
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Metadata Confusion Costing the Industry More than Money, Delegates Told at NARM ‘Music Biz’ Summit
May 07, 2013 12:08 AM EDT Misspellings, multiple identities for a single artist, and multiple release dates are costing the music industry a lot of money and causing great confusion among customers, according to a day-long summit on metadata held at the NARM "Music ...
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Jennifer Lopez, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj & Chris Brown Join Billboard Music Awards Lineup
May 02, 2013 11:10 AM EDT There's nothing small about the Billboard Music Awards -- but it will have Lil Wayne. Weezy will join a number of new additions to the May 19 event, including label mate Nicki Minaj and stars including Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, Ed Sheera ...
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Pitbull, Christina Aguilera, Macklemore, Selena Gomez & More Join Billboard Music Awards Lineup
April 25, 2013 9:00 AM EDT The party's just starting at the Billboard Music Awards. Pitbull, Christina Aguilera, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Selena Gomez, the Band Perry and Kacey Musgraves have joined the star-packed performance lineup for the May 19 ceremony, which ...
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Weekly Chart Notes: Nicki Minaj Matches Mariah Carey's Hot 100 Mark
April 12, 2013 3:04 AM EDT 42 343 0 0 With the debut of 'High School,' Minaj notches her 44th Hot 100 hit, equaling the output of fellow 'American Idol' judge – and rival? – Carey Perhaps another element to add to their reported rivalry as judges on "Americ ...
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KING Talks New Album, 'In the Meantime' Single & Prince's Best Advice
April 08, 2013 1:51 PM EDT 220 108 4 0 KING, comprised of twin sisters Paris and Amber Strother and friend Anita Bias, called forth collective sighs of fulfillment when performing at the dimly lit, The Sayers Club in L.A. on Tuesday (April 2). Their 30-minute long set was the first ...
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Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars and Miguel to Perform at Billboard Music Awards
April 03, 2013 1:30 PM EDT 9 10 295 0 Chart-topping artists join Prince as live acts for May 19 broadcast on ABC; tickets go on sale April 4 Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars, who have all topped the Billboard 200 in the past year, as well as critically acclaimed R&B s ...
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Phil Ramone Looks Back at His Legendary Career in Expansive 1996 Billboard Interview
March 30, 2013 2:20 PM EDT 1 82 206 0 0 Legendary producer Phil Ramone -- who helmed classic albums by Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Carly Simon and many others over a career that reached back to the early 1960s -- died this mor ...
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Andy Allo Talks Working With Prince, Performs Two Songs
March 26, 2013 2:00 PM EDT Andy Allo's vocal prowess and allure has caught the attention of many, including the legendary Prince. PHOTOS: Andy Allo's Billboard Session "When Prince and I worked on the album, ' Superconductor ,' he executive produced ...
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Prince Lights Up SXSW With Epic, Improvised Set
March 17, 2013 8:46 AM EDT 210 146 2 0 This was no recitation of greatest hits -- or even of Prince's own material – but rather an exercise in organic, improvisational music-making. "Austin, don't let me hurt you" The ground shaking around South By Southwest on ...
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Prince Gets Royal Treatment at Carnegie Hall: D'Angelo, Elvis Costello, Bettye Lavette Light Up All-Star Tribute Concert
March 08, 2013 11:05 AM EST 103 32 0 0 Tribute concerts are a tricky proposition under the best of circumstances. Not only do you need to match the right performer with the right song, you've got to learn an entire repertoire – which, if the tributee deserves an entire concert, ...
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Elvis Costello, Roots, Waterboys Play All-Star Prince Tribute
March 08, 2013 3:02 AM EST They partied like it was 1999 — the audience and the musicians — at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. More than 20 performers including Elvis Costello, The Roots and the Waterboys paid tribute to the pop icon in a two-hour-plus concert Th ...
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Graham Armstrong, Veteran Program Director and Journalist, Succumbs to Pneumonia
March 04, 2013 5:12 PM EST Graham Armstrong, former program director at Chicago’s WGCI-FM and a veteran R&B journalist, died March 1 in Los Angeles of complications after a long bout with pneumonia. He was 60 years old. The Chicago native, born Dec. 21, 1952, graduated ...
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Backbeat: Professor ?uestlove Teaches Michael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall’ at NYU ‘Classic Albums’ Class
February 28, 2013 7:01 PM EST 4 0 41 0 To a certain type of music obsessive, a tutorial on classic albums with ?uestlove sounds more like a fantasy date than something you might actually get college credit for. Yet such a course exists at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of ...
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Prince to Rock a Pair of Songs on 'Late Night'
February 24, 2013 6:39 PM EST Prince is continuing to ramp up his public profile. This week, he'll make an appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." A rep for the late-night talk show confirmed the pop legend will appear on the show Friday and will perform two ...
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Prince to Headline Montreux Jazz Festival
February 15, 2013 6:11 AM EST 25 62 0 Prince will play three pricey headline shows at the Montreux Jazz Festival this July, for what will be the famous fest’s first edition since its founder Claude Nobs passed away. The master musician will perform over the three nights of July 13, 14 ...
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Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Sting to Join Forces for Grammys Performance
February 04, 2013 2:35 PM EST 77 362 0 Kelly Clarkson also confirmed to perform on Feb. 10; Beyoncé, Prince and others added to presenters list With the 55th annual Grammy Awards less than a week away, another performance has been confirmed, and it's of the all-star collaboration ...
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Super Bowl Halftime Shows: Who Got the Biggest Sales Bumps?
February 01, 2013 11:28 AM EST 4 40 95 0 Until Michael Jackson's Super Bowl performance 20 years ago, the halftime show was more about marching bands and card stunts than headliner superstars. In 2013, the most-watched TV event in the world is a magnet for superstar talent eager t ...
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PIX OF THE WEEK: Bieber, Beyonce, Shuggie, More
January 25, 2013 9:43 PM EST justin_bieber_atlanta_hawks.jpg Justin Bieber Atlanta Hawks justin_bieber_atlanta_hawks.jpg Bieber Balling: Justin Bieber performed to a sold-out crowd at Philips Arena in the ATL on Jan. 23. The venue's Katie Root and Kevin Preast and Bob Wi ...
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Prince's 20 Biggest Billboard Hits
January 22, 2013 9:30 AM EST 33 5 0 0 Prince's catalog of Hot 100 hits, which includes huge smashes like "Purple Rain," "Kiss" and "When Doves Cry," is staggering. The Purple One has claimed 47 entries on the Billboard Hot 100, including 19 top 10s ...
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Morning Fix: Obama Inauguration Music Guide; Major Labels' HMV Rescue Plan; Myspace Rights Issue
January 21, 2013 12:20 PM EST Subscribe to Billboard.biz's free Morning Fix email and other newsletters HERE OBAMA INAUGURATION MUSIC GUIDE: KATY PERRY, ALICIA KEYS, Q-TIP & MORE Just as Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration drew stars from Beyonce to Aretha Franklin, ...
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Prince to Be Honored at Billboard Music Awards on May 19
January 18, 2013 4:24 PM EST The 2013 Billboard Music Awards are returning to Las Vegas on Sunday, May 19 and will honor the legendary artist Prince during a live ABC broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Prince will be honored with the Billboard Icon Award and is set to ...
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Prince to Be Honored at Billboard Music Awards on May 19
January 18, 2013 4:00 PM EST 50 5 0 0 The 2013 Billboard Music Awards are returning to Las Vegas on Sunday, May 19 and will honor the legendary artist Prince during a live ABC broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Prince will be honored with the Billboard Icon Award and is set t ...
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Prince Adds 'Surprise' Club Dates in Minneapolis
January 16, 2013 2:00 AM EST Six shows sold out. Prince has booked six last-minute shows at a Minneapolis jazz club this week in which he'll audition for a new drummer, host a jam session and perform a "surprise" or two. The "Purple Rain" icon will pl ...
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Destiny's Child To Release New Song On 'Love Songs' Compilation Album
January 11, 2013 10:51 AM EST 4 0 Beyoncé is keeping fans on their toes. The singer took to Facebook today (Jan. 10) to announce a forthcoming compilation album from Destiny's Child. "I am so proud to announce the first original Destiny's Child music in eight years!&q ...
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Beyonce Discusses New Album Collaborators, Writing Inspirations
January 10, 2013 3:40 AM EST R&B Superstar Talks Album No. 5 In GQ Cover Story In addition to setting the Internet ablaze with the sexiest pictures of the young year and introducing GQ correspondent Amy Wallace to "Business Beyoncé" for her February cover story , ...
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Jay-Z, The Bullitts to Score 'The Great Gatsby'
December 31, 2012 2:20 PM EST Jay-Z is confirmed to compose the score to "The Great Gatsby," alongside The Bullitts. Jeymes Samuel of The Bullitts took to Twitter yesterday (Dec. 30) to share the news. Jay-Z and myself have been working tirelessly on the score for the ...
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Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican Musician and Producer, Passes
December 31, 2012 12:10 PM EST Lloyd Charmers, an accomplished singer, pianist/organist and producer who played a significant role in popularizing reggae in England throughout a career that spanned six decades, suffered a heart attack on Thursday Dec. 27 while driving himself 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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Mayan Apocalypse Playlist: 15 Doomsday Songs For 12/21
December 20, 2012 9:20 PM EST The Mayan calendar's apocalypse date has been prophesied for Friday -- 12/21/2012 -- but what would the end of the world be like without a party with a potent playlist? We've chosen 15 songs about the universe's imminent demise rangin ...
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EDM Gets a Terrestrial-Radio Home on WHBA/Boston
December 20, 2012 8:42 PM EST Clear Channel Media and Entertainment launched its first Electronic Dance Music (EDM) broadcast station today replacing the adult hits format on WHBA-FM with a new station called Evolution 101.7. Clear Channel purchased the signal, which had been ...
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The Year In Pop 2012: Adele Repeats as Top Artist, Gotye Scores No. 1 Hot 100 Song
December 14, 2012 9:00 AM EST After her watershed success in 2011, Adele triumphs again in 2012. She becomes the only act to be both the top artist of the year and have the No. 1 Billboard 200 album ("21") two years in a row. In 2011, she was the first woman to notch t ...
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The Year In Pop: Adele Repeats as Top Artist, Gotye Scores No. 1 Hot 100 Song
December 14, 2012 8:23 AM EST After her watershed success in 2011, Adele triumphs again in 2012. She becomes the only act to be both the top artist of the year and have the No. 1 Billboard 200 album ("21") two years in a row. In 2011, she was the first woman to notch ...
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Neil Portnow Honored By Clive Davis, Randy Philips, Martin Bandier, Kevin Lyman, Others
December 10, 2012 9:10 AM EST The following video interview with Neil Portnow, CEO and president of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, is from the latest edition of Billboard magazine. In addition to a special feature package on Portnow, who is celebrating ...
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Trey Songz Brings Out Jeezy, Fabolous & Trinidad James At NYC Show
December 07, 2012 3:10 PM EST Elle Varner, Miguel make fans swoon before the headlining act. An overwhelming sentiment of desire billowed through the air Wednesday night (Dec. 5) at The Theater at Madison Square Garden for Trey Songz 's "Chapter IV" World Tour fea ...
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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' at 30: How One Album Changed the World
November 30, 2012 2:00 AM EST Steve Greenberg ( @steviegpro ) is the founder of S-Curve Records and a Grammy winning record producer who had an integral role in developing the careers of Hanson, Joss Stone and the Jonas Brothers, among many others. When executives of CBS Recor ...
