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Backbeat: Backstage at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards With Irving Azoff, Scott Borchetta, Madonna and More
May 20, 2013 4:46 PM EDT Scott Borchetta Bill Werde Julie Greenwald Liz Rosenberg Keith Caulfield Irving Azoff Shania Twain Taylor Swift Amber Rose Madonna Lo Green Digital and Mobile Record Labels TV / Film bbbiz No Media: amber_rose_wiz_khalifa_650x.jpg Amber Rose Wiz ...
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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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Shania Twain Extends Las Vegas Run with Fall Dates
May 06, 2013 9:03 PM EDT After nearly a decade-long hiatus marred by burnout, a painful divorce and physical problems that affected her ability to sing, country superstar Shania Twain said she's finding her groove as a Las Vegas headliner. On Monday, Twain announce ...
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Carly Rae Jepsen Wins Big at Juno Awards
April 22, 2013 12:23 AM EDT 73 92 1 0 Carly Rae Jepsen added two more Junos on Sunday night, one of seven trophies given out at Canada’s 42nd annual Juno Awards, which was televised live on CTV from Brandt Centre in Regina. The pop singer had already won an award at the previous day ...
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Is Kacey Musgraves' 'Follow Your Arrow' Too Racey for Country Radio? Programmers Weigh In
February 27, 2013 6:58 PM EST 1 54 69 0 Is country radio ready to accept a clever new song from up-and-comer Kacey Musgraves that advocates same-sex love and smoking a joint, "if you're into that?" The country music industry audience cheered for Musgraves, an ACM Female ...
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Exclusive: Lionel Richie Signs With Red Light Management
January 22, 2013 6:43 PM EST Legendary hit maker Lionel Richie has signed with Red Light Management for representation, Billboard.biz has learned. This is the second major signing of the young year for RLM, which recently added Tiesto to its growing list of clients. Best know ...
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Jenni Rivera Billboard Q&A Videos: The Singer Talks Career & Family
December 10, 2012 2:42 PM EST As Billboard continues to honor singer Jenni Rivera, who tragically died in a plane crash on Sunday (December 9), we bring you five exclusive videos of Rivera's extensive appearance on a panel at the April 2012 Billboard Latin Music Conferenc ...
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Jenni Rivera Billboard Q&A Videos: The Singer Talks Career & Family
December 10, 2012 2:35 PM EST As Billboard continues to honor singer Jenni Rivera, who tragically died in a plane crash on Sunday (December 9), we bring you five exclusive videos of Rivera's extensive appearance on a panel at the April 2012 Billboard Latin Music Conference, ...
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Shania Twain Kicks Off Vegas Run With First Show in 8 Years
December 02, 2012 3:00 PM EST Shania Twain has taken over Sin City. After an eight-year hiatus from performing, the crossover country star made a triumphant return to the stage last night (Dec. 1) at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, kicking off what will be a two-year residenc ...
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Shania Twain's 'Still the One' Vegas Show Debut: Photos
December 02, 2012 7:45 AM EST 2646719-shania-twain-7-617-409.jpg 2646719-shania-twain-7-617-409.jpg Shania Twain performs during the debut of her residency show 'Shania: Still the One' at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on December 1, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Person: ...
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Shania Twain's 'Still the One' Vegas Show Debut: Photos
December 02, 2012 7:45 AM EST The country queen makes her return to the stage in Las Vegas, kicking off a two-year residency at Caesar's Palace. Shania Twain launches her 'Still the One' concert in Las Vegas News Billboard Staff Shania Twain ...
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Best Selling Albums Since 1991 (Soundscan Era): Adele Joins Elite Club
November 29, 2012 12:00 PM EST Adele 's "21" joins a rare group of albums this week, as the XL/Columbia set steps past the 10 million U.S. sales mark according to Nielsen SoundScan. It becomes one of only 21 titles to reach that rare threshold since SoundScan start ...
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Where Does Adele's '21' Rank in the Best-Selling Albums of Nielsen SoundScan Era?
November 29, 2012 11:42 AM EST Adele's "21" joins a rare group of albums this week, as the XL/Columbia set soars past the 10-million U.S. sales mark, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It becomes one of only 21 titles to reach that rare threshold since SoundScan sta ...
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Adele's '21' Hits 10 Million in U.S. Sales
November 27, 2012 9:00 PM EST Adele 's mega-selling "21" album continues to rewrite the record books. This week, the XL/Columbia release pushes past the 10 million U.S. sales mark in only its 92nd week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In doing so, " ...
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Adele's '21' Hits 10 Million in U.S. Sales
November 27, 2012 8:08 PM EST Adele's mega-selling "21" album continues to rewrite the record books. This week, the XL/Columbia release pushes past the 10 million U.S. sales mark in only its 92nd week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In doing so, &quo ...
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Biggest No. 2 Hits Ever: The Top 40 Hot 100 Tunes To Not Hit No. 1
November 15, 2012 12:00 PM EST PSY's "Gangnam Style" joins the ranks of the hottest No. 2 hits ever. See the full list. This fall, PSY's "Gangnam Style" quickly became one of the most watched No. 2 Hot 100 hits ever as fans wondered if it make it to ...
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Shania Twain Rides into Vegas -- With 40 Horses
November 14, 2012 8:27 PM EST Country music star Shania Twain arrived on horseback Wednesday for a two-year headline gig at Caesars Palace, parading up the Las Vegas Strip with a herd of 40 horses. Promoters called the event a stampede, but hooves were kept to a steady, slow gai ...
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Music Star Hookups & Breakups
November 10, 2012 4:45 PM EST Photos Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Joel Vanity Fair Jessica Justin Timberlake Avril Lavigne Chad Kroeger Miley Cyrus Wiz Khalifa Engaged Rose Skrillex Ellie Goulding Split Danny Gokey Aretha Franklin Klum Seal Heidi Family Kenny G Live Bryan Ferry La ...
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Cledus T. Judd Parodies Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town on 'Parodyziac'
October 16, 2012 5:30 PM EDT Cledus T. Judd, the Georgia native who has won fans with parodies of songs by acts such as Tim McGraw, Shania Twain and Toby Keith, is back at it once again, with "Parodyziac," out today on Warner Brothers. Judd told Billboard that nobody ...
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George Strait's Next Tour To Be His Last 'Structured' Outing: 'The Road Warrior Days Are Over'
September 26, 2012 3:40 PM EDT George Strait is leaving the concert trail. The iconic country star announced plans for his last formal tour, the Cowboy Rides Away Tour, during a press conference Wednesday at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The tour, featuring opening ...
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Backbeat: Big Machine's Scott Borchetta On Taylor Swift Going Pop, Clear Channel Royalty Pact
September 24, 2012 12:55 PM EDT Big Machine Label Group CEO Scott Borchetta (left) who told Taylor Swift (right) when she was making her new album Red the she had "artistic license" to head in any music direction she wanted. (Photo: Andrew Hampp) Big Machine Label Grou ...
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2 Chainz' 'Based on a T.R.U. Story' Leads To Debut Discussion
August 23, 2012 3:20 PM EDT Rapper 2 Chainz' debut studio album, "Based on a T.R.U. Story," bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 147,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's a slightly more robust figure than had initially been projected ...
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Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' Reaches 10 Million in U.S. Sales
August 22, 2012 3:00 PM EDT Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" album becomes the latest release to join the 10 million-sellers club, as it crosses the mammoth threshold this week. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the band's debut set -- released in 2000 -- sold ...
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Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' Reaches 10 Million in U.S. Sales
August 22, 2012 1:50 PM EDT Linkin Park 's "Hybrid Theory" album becomes the latest release to join the 10 million-sellers club, as it crosses the mammoth threshold this week. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the band's debut set -- released in 2000 -- sold ...
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Trey Songz, 'Chapter V': Track-By-Track Review
August 21, 2012 5:55 PM EDT It's no secret that R&B has been slightly askew since the emergence of electronica music into the mainstream. Chris Brown , Ne-Yo and even Usher took advantage of the EDM wave and pushed aside the genre that made them stars. Trey Songz , on ...
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Vocal Problems: Why So Many Artists Struggle To Stay at Full Volume
August 20, 2012 2:00 PM EDT Imagine Dragons has a hit single on rock radio and a hotly anticipated album hitting stores in less than a month. Too bad the group's singer can't utter a word. The Las Vegas alt-rock band's frontman, Dan Reynolds, underwent surgery i ...
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Chart Moves: Gotye's 'Somebody' Conquers Yet Another Radio Format, Hitting No. 1 on Adult Contemporary
August 09, 2012 6:43 PM EDT As previously reported Carly Rae Jepsen leads the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth week with "Call Me Maybe." With yet another week atop the Hot 100 podium, the song passes the chart's prior champ, Gotye's "Somebody That I Us ...
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Tim McGraw, Faith Hill to Make It Happen in Vegas: 40 Shows, 10 Weeks
August 08, 2012 8:50 AM EDT Two country superstars, 10 weekends, 40 shows, one historic location. When Faith Hill sang "Let's Go To Vegas," it's doubtful she envisioned this. Hill and husband Tim McGraw unveiled Tuesday their plans for a much-talked-about r ...
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Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Team Up For 40-Show Vegas Run
August 07, 2012 3:16 PM EDT LAS VEGAS - Two country superstars, 10 weekends, 40 shows, one historic location. When Faith Hill sang "Let's Go To Vegas," it's doubtful she envisioned this. Hill and husband Tim McGraw unveiled Tuesday their plans for a much- ...
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40 Under 40: John Zarling
August 02, 2012 4:06 PM EDT John Zarling VP of Promotion and Media Strategy, Big Machine Label Group Website: bigmachinelabelgroup.com Twitter: @bigmachine Promotion With Imagination The Big Machine Label Group is one of the fastest-rising companies in the music industry, an ...
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Fun. Scores Historic No. 1 on Alternative Songs
July 31, 2012 8:05 AM EDT As 'Some Nights' reaches the chart's summit, fun. is just the third act to take its first two breakthrough chart entries to No. 1. Two format superstars had earned the honor back in the mid-'90s. Alternative can't have enoug ...
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Fun. Scores Historic No. 1 on Alternative Chart
July 30, 2012 6:52 PM EDT Alternative can't get enough fun. fun. -- Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff -- notches its second No. 1 in as many appearances on Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Alternative radio airplay chart, as "Some Nights," the titl ...
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Kitty Wells, Country Trailblazer, Dies at 92
July 16, 2012 4:20 PM EDT Before Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain or Taylor Swift, there was Kitty Wells , the original "Queen of Country Music." Wells, who died at her Nashville-area home Monday morning at the age of 92, enjoyed a career that ran the gamut ...
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Kitty Wells, Legendary Country Singer, Dead at 92
July 16, 2012 4:16 PM EDT Before Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain or Taylor Swift, there was Kitty Wells, better known as the "Queen of Country Music." Wells, who died at her Nashville-area home Monday morning at the age of 92, enjoyed a career that ran t ...
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Bubbling Under: Vicci Martinez's Voice Reaching Radio
July 13, 2012 10:37 AM EDT Each Friday, Billboard presents "Bubbling Under," a weekly look at new and noteworthy acts making their way toward Billboard chart success. Up this week: Vicci Martinez, Cheyenne Jackson, Miss Willie Brown and the FiNATTiCZ Vicci Martine ...
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Usher's 'Confessions' Album Hits 10 Million in U.S. Sales
July 05, 2012 12:40 PM EDT Usher's 2004 Confessions album hits a milestone sales achievement this week, surpassing 10 million in U.S. sales according to Nielsen SoundScan. The feat is notable in that it is only the 19th album to sell 10 million since SoundScan began tr ...
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Frances Preston, Former BMI CEO and Pioneering Female Exec, Dead at 83
June 13, 2012 10:13 AM EDT (Photo: Richard Patire) Frances Williams Preston, longtime president/CEO of BMI, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a pioneering executive in the music industry, died this morning in Nashville from congestive heart failure, according t ...
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Lionel Richie's 'Tuskegee' Becomes Year's Second-Biggest Album
May 24, 2012 5:50 PM EDT Singer's Country Set Has Outsold His Last Three Combined This week, Lionel Richie 's smash "Tuskegee" album becomes the second-biggest selling album of the year with a total of 789,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. The Mer ...
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Compelling Q&As At The Billboard Country Music Summit
May 23, 2012 6:35 PM EDT Insights Await From Nelson, Yoakam, Light Willie Nelson is inarguably one of the most important figures in the history of country music, but his sphere of influence in the worlds of songwriting, musicianship, interpretation, recording, touring and phi ...
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Business Matters: Tax Day $2.99 Albums A Hit for Google Music
April 27, 2012 5:26 PM EDT Google Play's Tax Day Deal Bumped Sales Selling digital albums for $2.99 won't help Google Music reach the company's initial projections, but it's one way for the young download store to move the needle. On April 17, Google Pla ...
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Chart Moves: Adele's 'Rumour' Rises; Linkin Park's 'Burn It Down' Debuts; Google Gooses Charts Again
April 26, 2012 10:26 PM EDT The Billboard Hot 100 As previously reported, with digital sales of 493,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, Maroon 5's "Payphone," featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, roars onto the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 3 (marking the band's bes ...
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Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert Lead CMT Nominations
April 23, 2012 1:27 PM EDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- With Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift atop the list, look no further than the CMT Music Awards nominations for proof country music's new favorite color is blonde. Underwood earned five nominations, L ...
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2012 CMT Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert Lead Nominees
April 23, 2012 12:50 PM EDT A trio of country's power women figure prominently in the nominations for the upcoming 2012 CMT Music Awards, with perennial fan favorite Carrie Underwood taking five nominations, Miranda Lambert following closely with four, and Taylor Swift wi ...
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Madonna, Lionel Richie Set For Big Billboard 200 Debuts
March 28, 2012 6:10 PM EDT Madonna 's 12th studio album, "MDNA," is on course to easily debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week. Industry sources suggest the set could sell between 300,000 to 350,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, ...
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Madonna's 'MDNA' Set for No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200; Lionel Richie Also Big
March 28, 2012 5:47 PM EDT Madonna's 12th studio album, "MDNA," is on course to easily debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week. Industry sources suggest the set could sell between 300,000 to 350,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday ...
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Happy Birthday, Mariah Carey, Chart Icon
March 27, 2012 12:05 AM EDT As Carey celebrates her 42nd birthday, here's a look back at some of her most impressive chart achievements. As Mariah Carey celebrates her 42nd birthday today, we've got the perfect present. Here's a look back at the most notable cha ...
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Backbeat: Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, The-Dream, Doc McGee, David Massey, More at Billboard's SXSW Showcase
March 16, 2012 4:49 PM EDT Lionel Richie (left), who headlined Billboard's SXSW showcase at Austin's ACL LIve Theater, with The-Dream, who also performed. ( Photo: Misha Vladimirskiy) At first, Lionel Richie thought he'd be playing an outdoor venue. The headl ...
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Chart Highlights: Pop Radio Is Having Some fun. With 'We Are Young'
March 05, 2012 4:25 PM EST Debuts this week include Lionel Richie and Shania Twain's remake of "Endless Love" and new tracks from John Mayer, Slash and Carrie Underwood Chart Highlights offers a sneak peek at a select group of Billboard charts every Monday. Fin ...
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12 No. 12 Country Hits for 2012
January 17, 2012 7:05 PM EST As 2012 gets underway, Chart Beat remembers songs that rose to No. 12 high points on Billboard surveys and, despite falling two spots shy of the top 10, remain cherished and notable. Last week, we recalled No. 12-peaking R&B/hip-hop hits, includ ...
