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Avril Lavigne postpones six U.S. dates
5/5/2008, Reuters
Stricken with acute laryngitis, Avril Lavigne has postponed six upcoming U.S. tour dates, according to a message on the pop-punk musician's Web site. The postponements...
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Laryngitis forces Avril Lavigne to postpone concerts
5/5/2008, AP
Avril Lavigne has laryngitis and has postponed shows on her national tour this week. The 23-year-old singer, whose hits include "Complicated" and "Girlfriend," backed out...
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Avril Lavigne Can't Sing...For Now
5/4/2008, E! Online
The Best Damn Tour? Fans are going to have reserve judgment. In news that will undoubtedly hearten Hilary Duff, rival Avril Lavigne has been rendered speechless after...
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Avril Lavigne Grants a Wish
4/24/2008, E! Online
Canuck Avril Lavigne seems to know a thing or two about Southern hospitality. During a concert stop in Biloxi, Miss., Monday, Lavigne teamed up with the Hard Rock Hotel and...
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Avril Lavigne to launch fashion line
3/9/2008, AP
Avril Lavigne, known for her pairing of frilly dresses and combat boots, will bring her style to the juniors department at Kohl's department stores. The edgy, pop-rock...
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Avril's Happy Branding
3/5/2008, E! Online
Avril Lavigne is looking to launch the best damn brand. The 23-year-old pop star has partnered with manufacturer Jerry Leigh to be the face of Abbey Dawn, a new...
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Lavigne steals Timberlake's thunder at MTV awards
11/1/2007, Reuters
Pop star Avril Lavigne took two
top prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, stealing
the thunder from her rival Justin Timberlake.
The 23-year-old rocker won the...
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Honda gets extra mileage from videos, downloads
10/14/2007, Reuters
Honda is launching a promotional
campaign that will tie its Civic model to dozens of songs and
music videos being released during the fourth quarter by Sony BMG.
Starting...
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Sheryl, Avril, Fiona Lose Girl Power
9/20/2007, E! Online
Is GirlFrenzy more like a GirlFizzle?
The one-off daylong music festival, set to take place in October and feature an all-estrogen lineup of singers, has been indefinitely...
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"Girlfriend" Power for Avril, Chantal
7/11/2007, E! Online
Harshing on someone else's girlfriend has suddenly become the least of Avril Lavigne's worries.
Embroiled in a plagiarism case over her hit tune, the pop-punker has...
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Avril Lavigne responds to plagiarism claims
7/9/2007, Yahoo! Music
Avril Lavigne has responded a lawsuit that has brought against her claiming she copied another song for her hit "Girlfriend."
As previously reported, Lavigne and co-writer...
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Lavigne fires back at plagiarism claims
7/9/2007, Reuters
Chart-topping Canadian pop singer
Avril Lavigne is firing back at accusations that she ripped off
other artists' work, calling the claims false and saying she...
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Suing Songwriters Don't Like Avril's "Girlfriend"
7/9/2007, E! Online
According to some, Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" is far from The Best Damn Thing.
Songwriters Tommy Dunbar, of the band the Rubinoos, and James Gangwer sued the...
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Five Years After Kid Porn Charges, Kelly Doubles Pleasure
6/6/2007, E! Online
Happy anniversary, R.
Nearly five years to the day since he was indicted on a slew of child pornography charges stemming from a well circulated sex tape, the R&B...
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High 5: Maroon Swoons Charts
5/30/2007, E! Online
It's never too soon for Maroon.
Five years after its smash hit debut, Maroon 5 colored the charts again with one of the year's top bows, It Won't Be Soon...
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Sexiness a must for today's lady singers
5/17/2007, AP
She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot.
Remembering...
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The single returns to haunt music biz
5/10/2007, AP
It sounds like a horror movie: a beloved friend is callously exterminated, then reincarnated in a different form to wreak havoc on the killer.
That's the nightmare...
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Joe, Monkeys Can't Touch Avril's Thing
5/2/2007, E! Online
For Avril Lavigne, the best just got better.
Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing spent a second week atop the album charts, easily outselling new releases from R&B...
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Avril Nails Charts
4/25/2007, E! Online
Avril Lavigne was the best damn thing on the charts this week. Literally.
The Canadian pop-punker debuted atop the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive time as her...
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Music blogs traffic in mainstream MP4 videos
4/20/2007, Reuters
By now the practice has become old
hat: an eagerly anticipated album gets distributed and devoured
by MP3 bloggers before it ever hits stores. But when Columbia
Records...
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Avril Lavigne the "Best" seller in U.S
4/20/2007, Reuters
Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne's
third studio album will top the U.S. charts when sales data are
issued Wednesday, while rock combo Nine Inch Nails will be...
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Lavigne brings back the edge with new CD
4/19/2007, AP
Avril Lavigne has gone through a few changes since she released her last CD three years ago.
The 21-year-old Lavigne is now married (to fellow Canadian rocker Deryck...
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Guitars for girls a growing trend
3/12/2007, AP
"I want it!" squealed 13-year-old Hiiaka Kaneao, pointing to a sparkly, hot pink, star-shaped bass guitar hanging inside a pink fur-lined booth.
Her high-pitched voice is...
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Music industry divided over digital future
1/22/2007, Reuters
With global music sales down for
a seventh straight year, the talk at an annual industry meeting
in Cannes, France, has become heated over how to develop
digital sales...
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Rock band Nickelback hitting road again
11/1/2006, Reuters
Canadian rock act Nickelback will
hit the road one last time to promote its hit album "All the
Right Reasons," which has sold four million copies in the
United States since...
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Global music sales down despite digital growth
10/13/2006, Reuters
Piracy and competition for consumer
spending drove global music sales down 4 percent in the first
half of 2006 despite the continued popularity of digital music,
an industry...
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Evanescence brings goth-lite to Gotham
10/11/2006, Reuters
Amy Lee cut a ravishing
figure onstage as Evanescence appeared before a sold-out crowd
of screaming fans Monday at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom.
Sporting a black tank top...
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Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
8/28/2006, Reuters
You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Concert, rehearsal venues get wired
7/22/2006, Reuters
It's 9 p.m. at The Gig
in Hollywood and a crowd of L.A. hipsters is trickling in to
catch the evening's act.
The bar itself is just one of several live music...
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Avril Lavigne: Sk8ter Bride
7/17/2006, E! Online
So, Avril Lavigne got her happy ending after all.
The
Canadian rock princess wed her boyfriend, Sum 41 frontman Deryck
Whibley, on Saturday at a private estate in...
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Can Older 'Idol' Singers Find Success?
3/23/2006, AP
When "American Idol" contestant Taylor Hicks belted out Stevie Wonder's golden oldie "Living for the City" there was scant age difference between the singer and the...
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Piazza Offers Medals Ceremonies, Concerts
2/11/2006, AP
There's a hole in the middle of every medal at these Winter Olympics for a reason: to honor the open piazzas. So it only makes sense that the city square at the heart of...
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An Unhappy 25th Anniversary
12/7/2005, E! Online
Music, activism, vigils.
Things that were so much
a part of John Lennon's life are being used to mark the 25th anniversary
of his death.
In New York City, fans of...
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Black Eyed Peas in Lennon Fundraiser
12/2/2005, AP
The Black Eyed Peas, The Cure and Avril Lavigne are among the artists recording songs by John Lennon to raise funds for Amnesty International.
The first four tracks will...
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Review: Liz Phair, 'Somebody's Miracle'
10/5/2005, AP
Is Liz Phair a commercial sellout, just ambitious, or a maturing musician?
Her last album, 2003's "Liz Phair," signaled the 38-year-old's foray into sleek commercial pop,...
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Bowie, Stefani among Fashion Rocks performers
8/9/2005, Reuters
David Bowie, Destiny's Child, Duran
Duran, Gwen Stefani, Nelly and Tim McGraw lead the lineup for
the Fashion Rocks concert, which will be held Sept. 8 at New
York's Radio...
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Record Co. May Settle 'Payola' Charges
7/25/2005, AP
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is expected to announce today an international "payola" settlement with a major record company to limit the industry's ability to...
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Music Acts Donate Concert Tickets
7/6/2005, AP
Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Maroon 5 and other music acts have donated concert tickets and special experiences in an online auction for Music Clearing Minefields, an...
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Pink Pops the Question
6/30/2005, E! Online
It took a few years, but Pink is finally ready to get her
engagement party started.
The three-time Grammy-winning star
took matters into her own hands over the weekend...
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Rocker Avril Lavigne engaged to Sum 41's Whibley
6/28/2005, Reuters
Punk rocker Avril Lavigne is
engaged to marry fellow Canadian Deryck Whibley, lead singer
and guitarist of the band Sum 41, Lavigne's spokeswoman said on
Tuesday.
Whibley,...
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Avril's Fiance Boi
6/28/2005, E! Online
Avril Lavigne could be getting her happy ending after all.
The pop-punk princess is engaged to her longtime boyfriend and
fellow rocker, Deryck Whibley of Sum 41, her...
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Indie label Wind-Up expands artist roster
6/17/2005, Reuters
On the cover of an "in case of
emergency" handbook in the reception area of Wind-up Records'
New York headquarters, someone has affixed a yellow Post-it
that reads: "1. Save...
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Kelly Osbourne Has New Album, No Regrets
6/15/2005, AP
Rehab. Her weight. Her first album. Verbally attacking pop stars like Christina Aguilera. Fighting with her brother on national television. Being a rock star's daughter....
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Avril Lavigne Stalker Sentenced To Jail
5/9/2005, USRN
A 31-year-old Seattle computer technician has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for stalking 21-year-old Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. According to CelebritJustice.com,...
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Digital and DVDs Boost Global Music Sales
3/22/2005, Reuters
Growing sales of DVD music
videos and a sharp increase in digital downloads kept the
global music market afloat in 2004 in what the International
Federation of the...
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Group: Recorded Music Sales Flat in 2004
3/22/2005, AP
Global sales of recorded music were essentially flat in 2004, with a reduction in audio sales offset by increases in DVD and digital music sales, the International...
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More Rockers Making Albums for Kids
3/18/2005, AP
Audiences at a recent They Might Be Giants concert were rocking out — or at least jumping up and down a bit before bedtime. Kids about kindergarten age filled the front...
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Korn Member Leaving Band for Religion
2/24/2005, AP
A founding member of Korn is leaving the band to focus on his religious beliefs. "Korn has parted ways with guitarist Brian `Head' Welch, who has chosen Jesus Christ as his...
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MusicCares Honors Brian Wilson
2/12/2005, AP
Beach Boys songs got a new twist from India.Arie and the Red Hot Chili Peppers at a gala in honor of the group's founder Brian Wilson.
India.Arie dueted with Wilson on...
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No Doubt, Linkin Lead Tsunami Show
2/10/2005, E! Online
Musicians want tsunami victims to know that the tragedy has not
been forgotten.
With news coverage fading fast six weeks
after the earthquake-generated waves killed...
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Avril Lavigne Tops Juno Awards Nominees
2/8/2005, USRN
Avril Lavigne leads the pack of nominees for the 34th Annual Juno Awards, Canada's version of the Grammys, which will be held April 3 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lavigne is up...
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Clive Davis in the Groove as Grammys Approach
2/4/2005, Reuters
Clive Davis can't help but dance.
Put on a record of one of his artists and his feet
automatically start to tap, then he'll get up from behind his
desk and groove.
With...
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Lavigne, McLachlan Hold Tsunami Benefit
1/31/2005, AP
Concert-goers and performers alike sang and danced as Canadian artists such as Avril Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan took the stage for a tsunami relief fundraiser.
A...
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Musicians Rally for Tsunami
1/7/2005, E! Online
The music world may have been slow to respond to the tsunami
tragedy, but a wave of upcoming events aims to help make up the
difference.
While several large-scale...
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Musicians Perform to Aid Tsunami Victims
1/7/2005, AP
Hip-hop rhymers, classical orchestras, church choirs, punk bands and creamy-voiced crooners from Paris to Hong Kong are taking up the fund-raising theme for victims of the...
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Rappers, Church Groups, Perform for Aid
1/6/2005, AP
From Paris to Beijing, Hong Kong to London and beyond, musicians are beating the drum — literally in their case — for victims of the Asian tsunami with special...
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UK Music Stars Rally to Raise Tsunami Aid Funds
1/3/2005, Reuters
Veteran pop star Sir Cliff Richard ,
flamboyant singer Boy George and other British musicians plan
to release a song to raise money for victims of the devastating
Asian...
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Songwriter Doesn't Mind Giving Away Work
12/21/2004, AP
Some people can't understand why Butch Walker would give Avril Lavigne a hit like "My Happy Ending" instead of keeping it for his own album, but the songwriter-musician...
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On the Go with Mario
12/18/2004, Reuters
The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Posts Third 'Hot' Week Atop Singles Chart
12/16/2004, Reuters
Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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Ludacris 'Lights' Up U.S. Albums Chart
12/15/2004, Reuters
A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Top 20 Concert Tours
12/15/2004, AP
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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AP Reviews Xzibit's New Disc
12/15/2004, AP
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Rapper Kanye West Leads Grammy Nominees
12/7/2004, Reuters
Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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Infinity Exec Exits Amid Pay Controversy
11/27/2004, Reuters
Infinity Broadcasting is not
commenting on a New York Times story that claims the company
fired its top Rochester, N.Y., programer for accepting gifts
from record...
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Alicia Keys Calls for African AIDS Action
11/26/2004, Reuters
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
Alicia Keys is calling on her peers in the music industry to
raise their voices to help millions suffering from AIDS in
Africa.
"Just for...
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Rock Acts 'Shine' on New Live DVD Series
11/23/2004, Reuters
The drummer of indie punk band
Fugazi has created a new DVD series that spotlights live
performances from notable rock acts in a given city, all
recorded in a single...
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Lavigne Says Fake Pop Starlets Are 'Pathetic'
10/29/2004, Reuters
With Ashlee Simpson in the news
this week following a disastrous lip-synching appearance on
"Saturday Night Live," Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne says
it's "pathetic"...
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Kidman, Eminem Get People's Choice Bid
10/26/2004, AP
Rapper Eminem and baritone Josh Groban now have something in common: They are among the nominees for favorite male singer in the People's Choice Awards.
Nominees for the...
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Usher, Linkin Park Win Radio Music Awards
10/26/2004, AP
Usher won Hip-Hop Artist of the Year and Hip-Hop Song of the Year at the Radio Music Awards Monday night. Linkin Park grabbed the Alternative Rock Song of the Year and Rock...
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Sum 41 Growing Up Despite Itself
10/19/2004, AP
Whether they like it or not, the punks from Sum 41 are growing up.
The Canadian foursome of 20-somethings has crafted a more focused and melodic new album, "CHUCK," with a...
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Next Big Thing? Ask Yahoo! Voters
9/23/2004, Reuters
Emerging artists are
getting a new route for breaking through with the debut of
Who's Next? -- a showcase and competition initiative by
Yahoo!'s music destination...
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Clapton, McCartney Join for Benefit Album
9/23/2004, AP
Paul McCartney , Eric Clapton , Sting and U2 are joining forces on a benefit album for Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
R.E.M ., Avril Lavigne , Coldplay and...
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Top Music Acts Rally for Imprisoned Activist
9/21/2004, Reuters
Live tracks from Pearl Jam, R.E.M .,
Ben Harper , Paul McCartney , Bonnie Raitt and Indigo Girls
highlight the track list for "For the Lady," a benefit album
for imprisoned...
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Usher Leads American Music Award Nods
9/14/2004, AP
R&B casanova Usher, whose album "Confessions" steamed up the charts with songs about sex, affairs and breakups, received a leading four nominations Tuesday for the American...
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Fashion Rocks at Radio City Hall
9/9/2004, AP
Fashion rocks — and Beyonce put on shimmery hot-pants and Rod Stewart wore a three-piece suit with a pocket square to prove it.
Beyonce and Stewart, along with Avril...
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Ashlee Erases Ex
8/25/2004, E! Online
Ashlee Simpson has shown no mercy on the charts. First, her
Autobiography destroyed the sales milestones of her more famous
sister, Jessica. Now, Ashlee's kicked her former...
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Ashlee Out-Shynes Competition
8/18/2004, E! Online
Not even the Godfather can take down a member of the Simpson
family.
Despite the arrival of three new top five
albums, most notably Shyne's Godfather Buried Alive,...
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Phelps Makes Golden Start, Greeks Suspended
8/14/2004, Reuters
Teenage American swimmer Michael Phelps
claimed the first of a hoped-for eight gold medals at the
Athens Olympics Saturday with a world record time and his
Australian rival...
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Simpson Reruns on Charts
8/11/2004, E! Online
The Ashlee Simpson Show may be over on MTV, but it's just
getting started on the album chart.
The Simpson sis got a
boost from last Wednesday's finale of her reality...
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Chris Rock Rolling Out New Album
8/2/2004, Reuters
Comedian Chris Rock is preparing to
release his first album in five years, "Never Scared,"
featuring a parody of OutKast's Grammy-winning anthem "Hey Ya!"
Due Aug. 31 via...
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Sony, BMG Combination Gets U.S. Antitrust Approval
7/28/2004, Reuters
U.S. antitrust authorities on
Wednesday approved a deal for record companies Sony Music and
BMG to merge, creating a rival to market leader Universal
Music.
The U.S....
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Ashlee: The No. 1 Simpson
7/28/2004, E! Online
Move over, Jessica, Ashlee Simpson 's second to none.
The 19-year-old singer-actress has officially emerged
from her big sister's shadow, as her first album,...
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Jay-Z Leads VMAs Noms
7/27/2004, E! Online
When it comes to the VMAs, the biggest problem Jay-Z may have
is where to put all those Moon Men.
In what could be a
last hurrah before his pending retirement from...
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Industry Awaits 'Bloodbath' at Sony BMG
7/25/2004, Reuters
The heavy lifting is about to begin
for BMG and Sony Music.
With the European Commission 's July 19 clearance of the
proposed merger of the two music giants, approval by...
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Jimmy Buffett Chills Charts
7/21/2004, E! Online
There's joy in Margaritaville today: Chief Parrothead Jimmy Buffett is chilling out on top of the album chart for the first time in
his three-decade career.
Buffett's...
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Music 'Majors' Left After Sony-BMG Merger
7/20/2004, AP
The Sony-BMG merger leaves four music "majors" with about 80 percent of the $32 billion global music market. They are:
_Universal Music Group: Artists include Sting,...
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European Union OKs BMG-Sony Music Merger
7/19/2004, AP
The European Union has approved the merger of Sony Music and Bertelsmann AG 's BMG unit in a deal that gives the four "majors" control of about 80 percent of the world...
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Sony, BMG to Lay Off 2,000 Staffers -Sources
7/18/2004, Reuters
About 2,000 staffers
worldwide will be let go as a result of the upcoming merger
between recording industry giants Sony Music and Bertelsmann
Music Group (BMG), sources...
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Banks Still Hungers for No. 1
7/14/2004, E! Online
Looks like 50 Cent isn't the only G-Unit soldier who can fly solo
on the charts.
Facing no real contenders, G-Unit rapper
Lloyd Banks easily repeated at number one with...
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Kravitz Performs at Prince Charles Party
7/13/2004, AP
Prince Charles hosted a party Sunday in Hyde Park for thousands of revelers, entertained by stars including Lenny Kravitz and Avril Lavigne .
Other acts at the outdoor...
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Musicians Honor Olympics on New Albums
7/12/2004, AP
Musicians Macy Gray, Lenny Kravitz and Avril Lavigne are among the voices welcoming the Olympics back to Athens in three albums recorded to honor the Games, record label...
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David Bowie Has Emergency Heart Surgery
7/8/2004, AP
Musician David Bowie underwent an emergency angioplasty to open a blocked heart artery in Germany and is recuperating, his spokesman said Friday.
Doctors discovered the...
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Fantasia: Latest Chart "Idol"
6/30/2004, E! Online
Believe it, the American Idol machine has minted another
number one single.
"I Believe"/"Chain of Fools," the inaugural
double-sided single from reigning Idol champ...
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Wilsons' Album Goes to the Heart of the Matter
6/26/2004, Reuters
For Ann and Nancy Wilson there
was only one reason to record a new studio album after more
than a decade's absence -- the hardcore Heart fans.
"We had been doing other...
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BMG, Hot in '04, Rebuilding Arista
6/25/2004, Reuters
Reports of the demise of Arista
Records have been premature.
The label -- which has lost many of its superstar acts to
other BMG labels in recent months as part of its...
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Beastie Boys End Six-Year Lull with No. 1 Album
6/23/2004, Reuters
Proving they can still fight for
their right to party, the Beastie Boys returned in style from a
six-year recording lull to top the U.S. pop album charts with
their latest...
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Beasties Ch-Check In at No. 1
6/23/2004, E! Online
Ch-check it out: The Beasties are number one.
As
expected, the Beastie Boys exerted their party rights with their sixth
studio album, To the 5 Boroughs, which got the...
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Bowie, Verdi Share Billing at Roskilde
6/22/2004, AP
Opera classics by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner will be performed at Denmark's annual Roskilde Festival, one of Europe's biggest outdoor rock...
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Merged Sony-BMG Would Be World's No. 1 - Report
6/19/2004, Reuters
Universal Music maintained its status
as the world's market leader in 2003, but a combined Sony/BMG
would have challenged its dominance.
The International Federation of...
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Q&A With Teen Singer Skye Sweetnam
6/18/2004, AP
Teen singer Skye Sweetnam grew up in a quaint Canadian town, but that doesn't stop her from belting out angst-ridden rocker girl songs like she comes from the gritty...
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Usher Unseats Avril
6/9/2004, E! Online
Eight is apparently not enough for Usher.
For the
ninth time in 11 weeks of release, the R&B crooner's incredibly
resilient breakout smash Confessions topped...
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Limp Bizkit's Durst Dissed By Avril Lavigne
6/4/2004, USRN
While Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has allegedly attempted to put the moves on both pop star Britney Spears and actress Halle Berry, we can also add singer Avril Lavigne...
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Avril "Skins" Usher
6/2/2004, E! Online
Thanks to Avril
Lavigne, it was the fall of the house of Usher on this week's album
chart.
The un-Britney's sophomore album, Under
My Skin, put the stops on Usher's...
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Tiki Lights Keep Glowing for Chesney
5/31/2004, Reuters
Kenny Chesney may be country's
reigning king of leisure, but when it comes to touring he is
big business.
As the summer amphitheater leg of Chesney's Guitars, Tiki
Bars &...
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Avril Lavigne Seeks to Showcase Artistry
5/25/2004, AP
Avril Lavigne knows her image: a moody, teen rock star with an acidic tongue, steely stare and tough-girl attitude.
"I have been labeled like I'm this angry girl —...
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On-Demand Channel Offers Music Videos
5/23/2004, Reuters
Waiting around to see your favorite
music videos on TV may become as old-fashioned as trying to
catch your favorite songs on the radio when those songs are
readily available...
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Frankee Deposes Eamon from Top Spot in UK
5/16/2004, Reuters
Hip-hop singer Frankee has knocked Eamon
off top spot in the U.K. pop charts with a song that is
believed to be a response to his expletive-filled lament about
his...
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Bertelsmann Posts $37 Million Profit
5/5/2004, AP
Media company Bertelsmann AG said Wednesday it swung to a profit of 31 million euros ($37 million) in the first quarter, and reaffirmed its forecast for improved...
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Year-Old iTunes Boosts Sales Outlook
4/30/2004, Reuters
Although it fell short of its
12-month sales goal of 100 million songs, Apple Computer says
its iTunes Music Store is now moving tracks at the rate of 140
million per...
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Tedeschi Happy With Touring, Performing
4/22/2004, AP
Take a pretty much unknown white chick belting the blues on an independent record label and you have the makings of a CD that's likely headed for the discount bin. But throw...
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Singer-Songwriter Lightman Wows Audiences
4/2/2004, Reuters
In the crowded field of
singer-songwriters, Toby Lightman appears poised for a
breakthrough.
Performing to packed houses in New York and Los Angeles and
at the South by...
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Canada Court Refuses to Crack Down on Music Swaps
3/31/2004, Reuters
People who swap songs on the Internet in
Canada can remain anonymous after a Canadian court decision on
Wednesday.
The Federal Court of Canada rejected a request from...
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Bertelsmann's BMG North America Does Label Remix
3/24/2004, Reuters
BMG North America on Wednesday said
it reorganized its U.S. labels and operations and put Arista
Records under the RCA Music Group umbrella.
Arista had been without a head...
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Avril Lavigne Blasts Hillary Duff During Radio Interview
3/23/2004, USRN
The rift between Avril Lavigne and Hillary Duff continues to intensify. Just a week after Lavigne told Newsweek magazine, "Hilary Duff's such a goody-goody, such a mommy's...
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Avril Lavigne Says New Album Is Darker & Heavier
3/22/2004, USRN
Avril Lavigne has been previewing songs from her upcoming album Under My Skin during her Avril Live And By Surprise mall tour. The singer has typically performed five of the...
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Rose Mines Turbulent Teen Years for CD
3/17/2004, AP
Plenty of musicians have used their bad behavior, depression and subsequent rehabilitation as fodder for their songs.
Few were 14 at the time.
Yet Katy Rose, who...
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Bell Tolls for Arista Records
3/12/2004, Reuters
RCA Victor Group's rebirth as a
stand-alone division of RCA Records is a harbinger of an
impending massive reorganization at sister label Arista
Records, according to...
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Anastacia Steals Show at German Music Awards
3/6/2004, Reuters
Anastacia made an emotional comeback
with a new album on Saturday, one year after breast cancer
surgery saved her life, in a show-stopping performance at the
German music...
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Singer Liz Phair Happy With Latest Album
3/1/2004, AP
Despite some critical badmouthing, singer-songwriter Liz Phair is happy with the results of her self-titled fourth album.
"I'm always the type of person that is wary to...
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Reid Named Chairman of Island Def Jam
2/10/2004, AP
Antonio "L.A." Reid, ousted from the top job at Arista Records barely a month ago, was named chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group on Tuesday, where he will oversee the...
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Reid Named Chairman of Island Def Jam
2/10/2004, Reuters
Record executive L.A. Reid bounced
back into another top industry position on Tuesday when
Universal Music Group, the world's biggest music company, named
him as chairman of...
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Music Award Madness
2/4/2004, E! Online
Beyonc
Knowles, multiplatinum sweetheart of the music award show circuit
this year, was exhausted. She'd just appeared on the Vibe
Awards and breathlessly arrived across...
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Clive Davis to Head BMG Music Labels
2/3/2004, AP
Legendary record executive Clive Davis has been named chairman and chief executive of BMG North America, where he will once again control Arista Records, the label he...
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AP Predicts Grammy Winners
2/3/2004, AP
The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop's eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Two...
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Clive Davis Re-Throned
2/3/2004, E! Online
Clive Davis is back on top again.
Just four years
after he was unceremoniously ousted
as president and CEO of Arista Records in favor of Antonio "L.A." Reid,
Arista...
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Grammys Planning Beatles Tribute
2/2/2004, Reuters
Sting, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill and
the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams have signed on for a Grammy
tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S.
television...
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Sony-BMG Merger Under Fire
1/31/2004, Reuters
Opposition to the proposed
merger of Sony Music and BMG is mounting in Europe.
Several organizations and individuals are expected to
object to the merger plan presented by...
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'Finding Nemo' Honored by Media Group
1/26/2004, AP
The movie "Finding Nemo" along with pop star Avril Lavigne and Elmo of "Sesame Street" were all honored by a media group for excellence in family entertainment.
Common...
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Lyor Cohen to Head Warner Music Group
1/25/2004, AP
Edgar Bronfman Jr. has lured Lyor Cohen away from Island Def Jam Music Group to head Bronfman's recently acquired Warner Music Group, it was announced Sunday.
The move...
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Jan. 23 in Entertainment History
1/23/2004, AP
On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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Angst-Ridden Public Sours on Musical Raunch
1/18/2004, Reuters
Christina vamps like a burlesque
stripper. Britney's gone from school girl to slut. Pink is
punk.
Many of music's reigning divas are partying like it's 1999,
even though...
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Head of BMG's Arista Records Steps Down
1/13/2004, Reuters
Antonio "L.A." Reid resigned on
Tuesday as head of Arista Records, estimated to have lost more
than $100 million in the past two years despite a roster of hit
artists...
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Arista President 'L.A.' Reid Exits
1/13/2004, AP
Antonio "L.A." Reid, who took the helm at Arista Records nearly four years ago and oversaw platinum successes from acts including OutKast, Pink and Avril Lavigne , has left...
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50 Cent Proves His Worth
12/21/2003, Reuters
Across the pop, R&B and rap
genres, among top singles and albums, 50 Cent dominates the
2003 Year in Music charts.
The rapper from Queens, N.Y. has the No. 1 song of the...
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Adult Programming Boosts Pop Vets
12/20/2003, Reuters
The year 2003 marks a time in
popular music where many adult artists were banished to the
confines of adult contemporary radio.
The format gave the primary support to such...
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New Artists Breaking Musical Stereotypes
12/17/2003, AP
Watching newcomer Fefe Dobson jumping around onstage to the rhythm of thrashing guitars, she looks like the typical pop-rocker girl, with a tough attitude and sneering...
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Bertelsmann, Sony Finalize Music Deal
12/12/2003, AP
Beyonce and Christina Aguilera will be singing for the same label under a final merger agreement announced Friday by Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) .,...
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Beyonc, OutKast Top Grammy Noms
12/4/2003, E! Online
Going solo proved to be a wise career choice for several of this
year's biggest Grammy nominees.
The move paid off today
for Beyonc,
Justin
Timberlake and even...
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Complete List of Grammy Awards Nominations
12/4/2003, AP
Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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Grammy Awards Nominees in Top Categories
12/4/2003, AP
Nominations in top categories for the 46th annual Grammy Awards announced Thursday:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in Love," Beyonce featuring Jay-Z; "Where Is the Love?"...
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Associated Press Q&A With Nick Lachey
11/13/2003, AP
Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees knows his fan base is mostly teenage girls, and he's OK with that. Those fans pushed the boy band's album sales to multiplatinum.
But the...
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Nick Lachey breaks free on solo record
11/12/2003, AP
Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees knows his fan base is mostly teenage girls, but he's OK with that. Those fans pushed sales of the boy band's "98 Degrees and Rising" and...
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Britney, Bruce Make Beautiful Music
11/7/2003, E! Online
Music pirates beware. Two music giants have just announced plans
to form a powerful alliance in the fight to save the recording
industry.
New York-based Sony Corp...
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Bertelsmann, Sony to Merge Music Cos.
11/6/2003, AP
Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) . announced a preliminary plan to merge their music businesses Thursday, setting the stage for a music company that would vie...
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Dido, Gray, Amos, And Lavigne Appearing On Benefit Release
10/27/2003, USRN
Dido, Macy Gray, Tori Amos, and Avril Lavigne are just a few of the women appearing on the upcoming Oh! From The Girls compilation album. The set is being put together by...
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Avril Lavigne To Launch 'My World' DVD
10/26/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne will celebrate the November 4 release of her first long-form concert DVD My World with a series of simultaneous screenings at AMC Theatres in 24 cities across...
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Molotov Leads MTV Latin Winners
10/24/2003, AP
Mexican rockers Molotov and talented newcomer Natalia Lafourcade were the big winners at MTV Latin's second annual music awards show.
Molotov, a rap-metal group whose...
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Mexico's Molotov Explodes at MTV Latin America Nods
10/24/2003, Reuters
Mexican rap-rock
band Molotov topped the second annual MTV Video Music Awards
Latin America Thursday with four wins, including video of the
year and best group. The awards...
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Avril, DMB, Guster, Sixpence & More On New Christmas Compilation
9/30/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne, the Dave Matthews Band, Guster, and Sixpence None The Richer are just a few of the big name acts appearing on the holiday compilation Maybe This Is Christmas...
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Avril Lavigne & The Neptunes Readying DVDs
9/21/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne and the Neptunes are going to each release a DVD later this year, under a deal Arista Records has made with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Lavigne's...
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Avril Lavigne Leads 'Radio Music Awards' Nominees
9/18/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne has a leading five nominations for the 2003 Radio Music Awards. Other nominees include 50 Cent with four, and Eminem and Coldplay who have three each. The...
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Avril Lavigne To Release Live Album DVD This Fall
7/14/2003, USRN
While most artists wait to put out a live album until several years into their careers, Avril Lavigne has decided one year on the scene is long enough. The 18-year-old...
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Foo Fighters, Avril Lavigne, Blue October On 'American Wedding' Soundtrack
7/10/2003, USRN
The soundtrack to the motion picture American Wedding is set to arrive in stores on July 22, 10 days before the third installment of the American Pie sequels hits theaters...
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Avril Lavigne Will Not Appear In 'Sk8er Boi'
7/10/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" may be the basis for an upcoming movie, but fans of the Canadian singer should not expect to see her in the film. Lavigne tells Rolling Stone,...
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Avril, Sum 41, Sarah McLachlan Set For Toronto SARS Benefit
6/20/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, and Sarah McLachlan are just a few of the artists who will help their home country of Canada, and especially the city of Toronto, by performing a...
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Avril Lavigne Contributes New Track To 'American Wedding' Soundtrack
6/18/2003, USRN
Previously unreleased music from Avril Lavigne, the Wallflowers, and New Found Glory can be found on American Wedding: Music From The Motion Picture, the accompanying...
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Avril Lavigne's 'Sk8ter Boi' Revealed
6/11/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" is none other than her bandmate, guitarist Jesse Colburn, according to the U.K. tabloid The Sun. The tabloid published photos of the couple...
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Avril Lavigne The Subject Of ABC-Family Television Special
6/8/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne is the subject of the new television special, Avril Lavigne: Anything But Ordinary, airing Sunday (June 8) on the ABC-Family cable network at 9 p.m. ET. The...
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Avril, Sum 41, Sarah McLachlan Set For Toronto SARS Benefit
5/29/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, and Sarah McLachlan are just a few of the artists who will help their home country of Canada, and especially the city of Toronto, by performing a...
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Avril Lavigne's 'Sk8er Boi' To Be Made Into A Film
5/29/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne's Top 10 track "Sk8er Boi" has been optioned by Paramount Pictures as the basis for an upcoming film. The movie, like the song, will center on a girl who...
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Pink, Avril Lavigne Featured On Arista's 'Ultimate Smash Hits'
5/28/2003, USRN
Pink's hit singles "Family Portrait" and "Just Like A Pill," and Avril Lavigne's Billboard Top 40 chart topper "I'm With You" are featured on the new 18-song collection,...
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U2, Coldplay, Avril Lavigne & Others Win Ivor Novello Awards
5/23/2003, USRN
U2, Coldplay, and Avril Lavigne were among the winners at the U.K.'s Ivor Novello Awards, which were handed out in London on Thursday, May 22. The awards, which recognize...
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Avril Lavigne Benefit Single Raises $100,000 To Date
5/22/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne's take on the Bob Dylan classic "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" has helped to raise more than $100,000 on behalf of the people of Iraq.
The song appears on the...
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Avril Lavigne To Release Live Album & DVD In The Fall
5/21/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne will release an album comprising live material in the fall. The majority of the as-yet-untitled upcoming album was recorded during Lavigne's recent North...
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Avril Lavigne's First North American Headlining Tour Ends
5/18/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne concludes her first ever North American headlining tour on Sunday (May 18) with a concert at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The "I'm With You" singer has...
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Avril Lavigne Begins Headlining Tour
4/9/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne begins her first-ever headlining tour on Wednesday (April 9) with a show at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Lavigne is looking forward to the tour since she...
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Avril Takes Home Four Juno Awards, Host Twain Wins Three, Our Lady Peace Also Honored
4/7/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne was the big winner at Sunday's (April 6) Juno Awards, Canada's equivalent to the Grammys. The Napanee, Ontario native took home top honors in the single of the...
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Avril Lavigne Leads Juno Awards Nominees
4/4/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne will head into the Juno Awards leading the field with six nominations on Sunday (April 6).
Lavigne is nominated as the new artist of the year, songwriter of...
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Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne Featured On 'Peace Songs'
3/31/2003, USRN
Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Bruce Cockburn, Moby, and Our Lady Peace are among the artists who have...
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Avril Lavigne Recalls Recording 'I'm With You'
3/27/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You" continues to burn up the airplay charts. According to Radio & Records magazine, the song is currently the most-played track on Hot AC...
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Avril Lavigne Is 'Losing Grip' For New Single
2/26/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne will release "Losing Grip" as the next single from her multiplatinum debut album, Let Go. The accompanying music video for "Losing Grip" began shooting on...
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The 45th Annual Grammy Awards Coming On Sunday
2/21/2003, USRN
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday (February 23) at Madison Square Garden in New York, and air on CBS from 8-11 p.m. ET (livep on the East Coast, tape...
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Avril Lavigne's Career Started In Hometown Church
2/21/2003, Yahoo! Music
Avril Lavigne's next public performance will be on Sunday (February 23) at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, where she is also nominated in five categories. And while the...
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Coldplay, Lavigne Score 'NME' Awards
2/18/2003, Yahoo! Music
Coldplay, Avril Lavigne, and Ryan Adams were among the winners at Thursday's (February 13) NME Awards in England. Distributed by the music magazine each year, the NME Awards...
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Avril Receives Six Juno Noms, Twain Gets Five
2/14/2003, Yahoo! Music
Avril Lavigne has been nominated for six Juno Awards, Canada's equivalent to the Grammys. A native of Napanee, Ontario, Lavigne was nominated as the new artist of the year,...
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50 Cent's 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'' Lands Atop The Album Chart
2/13/2003, Yahoo! Music
Rapper 50 Cent's Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', debuts on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. With only a weekend's worth...
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Avril, Pink & Clipse DVD Singles On The Way
2/11/2003, Yahoo! Music
Fans of Avril Lavigne, Pink, and Clipse will soon have a new way of getting close to the artists. Arista Records has announced that it will release DVD singles from these...
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John Mayer, Ashanti, Avril Lavigne & Others To Perform At Grammys
2/5/2003, Yahoo! Music
John Mayer, Ashanti, Avril Lavigne, the Dixie Chicks, and members of the New York Philharmonic will perform on the 45th annual Grammy Awards.
They join previously announced...
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Avril Lavigne Ties Chart Record
1/30/2003, USRN
Avril Lavigne scores her third consecutive Number One single on the Billboard Top 40 Monitor chart this week with "I'm With You," the third single from her...
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