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Mariah and Nick's Roller-Coaster Romance
5/13/2008, E! Online
Still no word of a honeymoon, but newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are planning a big blowout tonight. A source tells E! News that the two lovebirds are renting all...
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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon spill wedding beans to People
5/8/2008, AP
Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week — and they have the tattoos to prove it. The 38-year-old singer and the 27-year-old actor...
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Mariah Back From Bahamas and Ready to Warble
5/7/2008, E! Online
Hollywood's hottest newlyweds are home. A week after their under-the-radar Bahamas wedding, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have returned to the States and are primed to...
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A-List Secrets: Gettin' Hitched to Sell Albums?
5/7/2008, E! Online
Mariah got married just as her new album came out, and both Ashlee Simpson and Scarlett Johansson announced engagements close to their CD releases. This can't be a...
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Mariah Gives Us the Skinny...Sort Of
5/5/2008, E! Online
Yes, Mariah Carey looks sexy on the cover of Vibe. But the mag may as well be promoting her debut album from 1990. The June issue's blow-by-blow account of all the...
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Mariah Carey weds in secret?
5/2/2008, Yahoo! Music
Mariah Carey has married actor Nick Cannon in a secret wedding, according to reports today. The superstar singer apparently married 27-year-old Cannon yesterday in a "very...
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Mariah Blocks Our View to a Marriage
5/2/2008, E! Online
Here doesn't come the bride. Mariah Carey has pulled out of a scheduled appearance on The View next week, a show spokesman confirms to E! News. According to the...
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Mariah Carey marries Nick Cannon: reports
5/1/2008, Reuters
Top-selling recording artist Mariah Carey and popular rap singer and actor Nick Cannon married this week in the Bahamas, according to several media reports. The New York...
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Mariah Carey's new album enjoys huge early sales
4/17/2008, Reuters
Mariah Carey looks certain to debut at No. 1 on next week's U.S. pop album chart, based on massive first-day sales from a survey of leading music retailers. Preliminary...
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Music Review: Mariah returns with magic
4/14/2008, AP
Mariah Carey, "EMC2," (Island) As April brings new music from two of pop's biggest divas — Madonna and Mariah Carey — we'll hear once again about the Material...
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We Belong Together: Mariah & Madonna Eject Elvis
4/2/2008, E! Online
It's not a good day to be King. Mariah Carey and Madonna have both made chart history at Elvis Presley's expense. For decades, Elvis owned the record for most No. 1...
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Mariah fills in for sick Janet on 'SNL'
3/13/2008, AP
"Saturday Night Live" has replaced a flu-ridden Janet Jackson with another diva: Mariah Carey. Carey, 37, will fill in for Jackson on the March 15 "SNL" telecast, NBC...
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Mariah Takes Janet's Saturday Shift
3/12/2008, E! Online
Exit Janet, enter Mariah. The latter diva is pinch-hitting for the former on this weekend's Saturday Night Live after Jackson was forced to cancel her appearance due to...
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Mariah Talks Babies, Britney, Barack
3/2/2008, E! Online
Mariah Carey has a lot on her mind these days. In an exclusive interview, which airs Monday on Yo on E! as heard on E! Entertainment Radio, XM & Sirius, the Daydream diva...
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Grammy nominations in top categories
12/6/2007, AP
Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
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Clintons to be honored at VH1 gala
6/20/2007, AP
Former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, will join Mariah Carey and others as honorees at the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's 10th-anniversary...
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"Idol" underdog Sanjaya voted off show
4/18/2007, Reuters
Wannabe pop star Sanjaya Malakar,
the "American Idol" contestant best known for his wacky
hairdos, was booted from the hit show on Wednesday,
disappointing a hard core of...
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R&B singer Joe has Nothin' to show for absence
3/18/2007, Reuters
It seems like yesterday that Joe
was last on the R&B charts. Well, going on four years to be
exact. That's when the singer/songwriter released his last
album ("And Then...
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Jamie Foxx's concert tour a quiet blockbuster
3/9/2007, Reuters
Jamie Foxx is quietly enjoying one
of the most successful concert tours of the year, even if raw
numbers indicate otherwise.
The Oscar-winning actor/comedian/singer's...
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Highs and lows of recent Grammy Award ceremonies
2/9/2007, Reuters
The Grammy Awards are the music
industry's biggest bash, but the event long ago lost the TV
popularity race to "American Idol."
Last year, the two shows went head-to-head...
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GRAMMYWATCH: Who wins? The AP's take
2/7/2007, AP
Mary J. Blige has a leading eight Grammy nominations and her triumphant comeback was the feel-good story of the 2006. So it seems as if her coronation on Grammy night is all...
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Dupri Sets Sail for Island
2/7/2007, E! Online
Jermaine Dupri has just been voted on the Island.
The Grammy-winning producer-rapper has been named president of Island Records Urban Music, a newly created division...
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Island Records names Dupri head of urban music
2/7/2007, Reuters
Janet Jackson's boyfriend, record
producer Jermaine Dupri, has been appointed president of urban
music at Island Records, sources said on Tuesday. A formal
announcement from...
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Mariah Bares Some—Not All—for Playboy
1/29/2007, E! Online
Mariah Carey has emancipated herself from most-but not all-of her clothing as the cover girl for Playboy's March issue.
Leaked photos from the shoot made their way onto...
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Mary J. Blige the queen of R&B charts in 2006
12/25/2006, Reuters
It was a year marked by
head-scratching sales downturns as well as a revolving door for
the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
While R&B and hip-hop's command...
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Timberlake's Grammy Idol
12/15/2006, E! Online
For someone who's had less than glowing words for the goings-on at American Idol, Justin Timberlake seems to have no problem participating in a copycat competition.
The...
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Mariah Carey sues porn star
12/11/2006, Yahoo! Music
Mariah Carey is threatening to sue a porn star called Mary Carey, if she pursues plans to trademark her name.
The pop icon is understood to be concerned her fans will mix...
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Trademark battle: cash and Carey
12/11/2006, Reuters
Grammy-winning pop
singer Mariah Carey is trying to block porn star-turned
politician Mary Carey from trademarking her similar-sounding
stage name, saying that fans could...
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Nominations for 49th Annual Grammy Awards
12/7/2006, E! Online
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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Fur flies after Mariah Carey donates it to charity
11/23/2006, Reuters
A $7,500 fur coat donated by pop diva
Mariah Carey and intended for Mongolia's poor has disappeared,
a leading animal rights group said on Thursday.
Carey donated the...
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Mariah Carey snubbed at another awards show
11/21/2006, Reuters
Pop diva Mariah Carey, whose
commercial success has not translated into awards show acclaim,
was snubbed at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, despite
scoring three...
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People Choose Johnny, Jen, Vince
11/7/2006, E! Online
The people have spoken. Unfortunately, they seem to be repeating themselves.
Despite the potentially dramatic pairing of Isaiah Washington and recently outed Neil Patrick...
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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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Janet Jackson boyfriend leaves job as album bombs
10/25/2006, Reuters
Grammy-winning music producer
Jermaine Dupri has stepped down from a top post at Virgin
Records following disappointing initial sales of girlfriend
Janet Jackson's hotly...
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Universal Music sues two Web video sites
10/17/2006, Reuters
Universal Music Group said on Tuesday
it filed lawsuits against online video sharing sites Grouper
and Bolt.com for allowing users to swap pirated versions of its
musicians'...
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Scissor Sisters still sharp at top of UK charts
10/1/2006, Reuters
Flamboyant New York band the Scissor
Sisters dominated music sales in Britain for a second week as
they stayed at the top of both the singles and album charts.
Their...
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Kimmel to host American Music Awards
9/26/2006, AP
Jimmy Kimmel, host and producer of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," will bring his hosting talents to the American Music Awards for a third time, it was announced Tuesday.
"I am...
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Janet Jackson looks to reverse a trend
9/25/2006, AP
In case you've forgotten about the many magical moments in Janet Jackson's illustrious career, she's ready to remind you of each one — if you buy her new CD.
In the...
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Peppers, Peas, Mariah Spice Up AMAs
9/20/2006, E! Online
If the folks behind the American Music Awards are trying to
reverse the perception of being the most predictable award show out
there, well, they aren't doing themselves any...
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Multiple Music Award nods for many
9/19/2006, AP
For more than a dozen artists, nominations for the American Music Awards came in twos and threes.
Mariah Carey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Eyed Peas and...
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With radio not helping, music vets try trickery
9/13/2006, Reuters
When his "Modern Times"
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old
Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart.
Dylan benefited from...
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Richie finds groove with new creative partners
9/10/2006, Reuters
Lionel Richie, one-time member of
'70s soul group the Commodores, is back on the R&B charts for
the first time in 10 years.
His single "I Call It Love" is No. 23 on Hot...
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Webcast success story Thom stands her ground
9/8/2006, Reuters
The singer who toured the world
without leaving her basement is finally crossing the Atlantic.
An Internet-made sensation in the United Kingdom, Sandi
Thom scored a...
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Universal said to buy BMG for $2 billion
9/5/2006, AP
Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group has reached a tentative agreement with German media company Bertelsmann AG to acquire BMG Music Publishing for $2.05 billion, a person...
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Janet Jackson pays tribute to breakthrough disc
9/1/2006, Reuters
Don't call it a comeback.
Janet Jackson conceived her new Virgin Records release, "20
Y.O." (due September 26), as a celebration of the joyful
liberation and...
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MTV Awards uncut, live on the Net
8/31/2006, AP
MTV has managed to find entertainment in Ozzy Osbourne taking out the trash and Mariah Carey touring her house. On Thursday night, they hoped to squeeze a few more drops out...
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Don't forget the videos at MTV awards
8/30/2006, AP
It may be hard to notice amid all the cleavage and bling, the high-ticket swag and champagne-soaked after-parties. But at Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards, a few moments...
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VMA parties are a contest all their own
8/30/2006, AP
As the MTV Video Music Awards approached Thursday, the fiercest competition for the top honor included Diddy, Missy Elliott, Pharrell, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Simpson and...
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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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Madonna vs. Mariah?
6/22/2006, Yahoo! Music
A spokesperson for Madonna has denied she "laughed hysterically" after hearing news of poor ticket sales for Mariah Carey's upcoming U.S. tour.
Reports in the American...
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Carey caps off 'Emancipation' run
5/26/2006, AP
It was starting to look grim for fans who were hoping Mariah Carey would tour to support "The Emancipation of Mimi."
She certainly didn't need to. Since its release last...
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China music festival rocks in a hard place
5/12/2006, Reuters
To see their favorite rock bands
perform live in Beijing, 21-year-old Liu Tao and his friends
had no qualms about boarding a train for 20 hours and sleeping
rough for a few...
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Mariah Rings Up Pepsi
4/19/2006, E! Online
Mariah Carey may be taking her role as pop idol a bit too
literally.
The multiplatinum-selling singer has teamed up
with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice...
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Mariah's Swell Smell Deal
4/6/2006, E! Online
Mimi is emancipating yet another product into the world.
Mariah Carey has signed a deal with Elizabeth Arden Inc. to
develop and market her own fragrance line, with the...
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Mariah Headed For Broadway
4/5/2006, Yahoo! Music
Mariah Carey may have flopped on film, but perhaps Broadway will be kinder to her. The diva has in fact revealed that she is in talks to appear in and write material for an...
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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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More pop artists turning to rap producers
3/18/2006, Reuters
DJ Premier was surprised when he got
the phone call last spring. It was RCA Records, saying that
Christina Aguilera wanted the producer, best known for his
gritty work with...
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Soul Train Rolls with Carey, Legend
3/6/2006, E! Online
A movie deal. Check. A new jewelry line. Check. Another bunch of
music awards. Check.
Not a bad week's work for Mariah Carey,
who capped a busy seven days--and an...
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Producer builds hits for Carey, Blige, others
3/3/2006, Reuters
Songwriter/producer Bryan Michael
Cox is a music lover who plays jazz piano in his spare time.
But right now he is on a quest to save R&B.
"Several years ago nobody was...
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Mariah Pulls a J.Lo
3/3/2006, E! Online
As Mariah Carey well knows, all that Glitters may not be
gold. But that's not stopping the Mimi from putting out some real
sparklers.
The comeback queen is following...
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Rolling Stones to Hold Concert in China
2/27/2006, AP
The Rolling Stones will hold their first-ever concert in China in April, Chinese promoters said Tuesday, three years after canceling a pair of shows on the mainland because...
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Mariah Carey Returning To The Silver Screen
2/27/2006, E! Online
Mariah Carey apparently subscribes to the old adage: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
After making a musical comeback with her award-winning, chart-topping...
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Curious George Goes to the Album Charts
2/15/2006, E! Online
There's some serious monkey business going down on the album
charts.
While Grammy winners got their traditional
post-ceremony sales spikes, the top branch of the...
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'American Idol' Crushes Grammys in Ratings
2/9/2006, AP
Some humbling news for the pros: By a wide margin, TV viewers prefer the amateurs.
Nearly twice as many people watched "American Idol" than the Grammy Awards Wednesday...
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Kelly Clarkson gets Grammy, omits Idol thanks
2/8/2006, Reuters
Kelly Clarkson beat out singers
including Mariah Carey, Sheryl Crow and Paul McCartney to
become the first contestant from "American Idol" to win a
Grammy on Wednesday but...
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U2 Dismantles Mariah, Kanye at Grammys
2/8/2006, E! Online
Sometimes, the members of U2 can't make it on their own--they
need help hauling all those heavy Grammys around.
The
veteran Irish rockers were the big winners Wednesday...
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U2 Wins Grammy Award for Album of the Year
2/8/2006, AP
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members U2 captured the Grammy Award for album of the year for the disc "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."
It was the band's second major award...
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John Legend Wins Best New Artist Grammy
2/8/2006, AP
In the least suspenseful award of the night, John Legend won the Grammy for best new artist.
He beat out nominees Ciara, Fall Out Boy, Keane and SugarLand. Legend was...
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Green Day Wins Best Record Grammy
2/8/2006, AP
Green Day upset Kanye West and Mariah Carey to win record of the year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" — a year they won best rock album.
Green Day bested a strong...
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U2 Wins Song of the Year
2/8/2006, AP
U2's ballad "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" won the Grammy Award for song of the year.
Song of the year honors the songwriter, not necessarily the artist,...
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Clarkson Surprises With Grammy Performance
2/8/2006, AP
Early on during the Grammy Awards on Wednesday night, Kelly Clarkson bested music industry veterans Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani, Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt to win the best...
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Funk pioneer Sly Stone could steal show at Grammys
2/8/2006, Reuters
The biggest mystery at Wednesday
night's Grammy Awards has nothing to do with how many of
music's top prizes leading nominees Mariah Carey, Kanye West
and John Legend will...
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Mariah Carries the Momentum Into Grammys
2/7/2006, AP
In less than a year's time, Mariah Carey managed to escape pop's most dreaded fate — faded superstar — to become its reigning queen, ruling the record charts with...
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John Legend deserves best new artist Grammy
2/3/2006, Reuters
Every year, one of the most
heavily debated Grammy Award categories is that of best new
artist.
While all of the candidates vying for the coveted statuette
on February 8...
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R. Kelly: Soul (Train) Man
2/3/2006, E! Online
The Teflon R. Kelly is cruising on the Soul Train.
The R&B star, embroiled in an ongoing kiddie porn case, leads the nomination list for the 20th Annual Soul Train Music...
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R. Kelly leads Soul Train Music Award nominees
2/2/2006, Reuters
R&B singer R. Kelly, the soulful
crooner who let his libido loose in a passionate album, led
contenders for the 20th annual Soul Train Music Awards, which
honor the leading...
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Madonna and Gorillaz to Open the Grammys
2/2/2006, AP
The Grammy Awards will open with a meeting of the Material Girl and the virtual world.
Madonna and the Gorillaz will perform together for the first time at the 48th Annual...
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Q&A With Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters
1/30/2006, AP
Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters, once described by bassist Nate Mendel as an "accidental" band, now have ten years under their belt, are playing bigger shows than ever and are up...
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Blige Back on Foxx's Tail
1/25/2006, E! Online
Another week, another game of musical chairs between Mary J. Blige
and Jamie Foxx.
Ever since their albums opened in the top
two spots on the Billboard 200 late last...
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Fiddy's 2 Live Suit
1/20/2006, E! Online
Forget da club, 50 Cent's going to be spending time in da court,
thanks to a song-stealing beef.
Fiddy, whose real name is
Curtis Jackson, is being accused in new...
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Carey, West, Legend to Perform at Grammys
1/18/2006, AP
Mariah Carey, Kanye West and John Legend will perform at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.
Each has eight nominations, including album of the year for Carey ("The...
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Il Divo's brand of 'popera' an international hit
1/15/2006, Reuters
Chalk up Il Divo as the
latest act to show that worldwide platinum-plus success can
come without benefit of radio airplay.
The quartet, which performs what has been dubbed...
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Britney Spears tops worst-dressed list
1/10/2006, Reuters
Pop singer Britney Spears on
Tuesday topped an annual Hollywood worst-dressed list compiled
by a fashion designer who called her an "over-the-hill Lolita."
Mr. Blackwell's...
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Kaisers, Blunt head nominations for Brit music awards
1/10/2006, Reuters
Kaiser Chiefs and James Blunt led the
field with five nominations apiece when the shortlist was
announced on Tuesday for the Brit Awards, the British music
industry's big...
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Jackson Souvenir Suit Tossed
1/5/2006, E! Online
Michael Jackson apparently has other things to worry about than
some missing memorabilia.
A federal judge has tossed a $10
million lawsuit brought two years ago by the...
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Carey Caps '05 by Capping Fiddy
1/4/2006, E! Online
Album sales were slow for the week and down for the year, but the
final lap proved to be a neck-and-neck thriller.
After
spending nearly the entire year as the...
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Digital Music Sales Up During Down Year
1/4/2006, AP
The music industry can boast sales of more than 1 billion units in 2005, but only digital sales were a bright spot in an otherwise down year, according to year-end figures...
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Diversity marks Grammy-nominated albums
12/30/2005, Reuters
A comeback story, a living
legend, an established frontwoman making her solo debut, the
world's biggest rock band and an opinionated rapper recorded
the projects that make...
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Blige Breaks Through, Bests Foxx, B.I.G.
12/28/2005, E! Online
Looks like Mary J. Blige made Santa's nice list.
The
Queen of Hip-Hop Soul handily held off strong challenges from Jamie Foxx
and the Notorious B.I.G. to lead the...
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"Idol" Rerun: Bo Battles Carrie on Charts
12/21/2005, E! Online
Nothing quite captures the holiday spirit like American Idol
stars fighting for stocking-stuffer supremacy.
And once again
Bo Bice's strong showing was no match for the...
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AP Music Writer Picks Top 10 Albums
12/19/2005, AP
Here are the albums that helped wear out the iPod battery of AP Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody in 2005.
1. "The Emancipation of Mimi," Mariah Carey: It's time for all the...
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Mariah leads on year-end charts
12/18/2005, Reuters
You do not need to read an
analysis of the 2005 charts to know that Mariah Carey made an
impressive comeback, but a closer look at Billboard's year-end
surveys suggests this...
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Pussycat Dolls purr their way up club play chart
12/17/2005, Reuters
It is no surprise that the Pussycat
Dolls' "Don't Cha" sits atop Billboard's year-end Hot Dance
Club Play Singles chart: Dancefloors young and old, gay and
straight,...
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Top Rock Albums of 2005
12/16/2005, AP
One writer's top 10 rock albums of 2005:
1. "Apologies to the Queen Mary," Wolf Parade: For the second straight year, the debut of an indie Montreal-based band tops this...
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Britney Spears tops Yahoo's annual Buzz Index
12/15/2005, Reuters
For the third time in four years,
singer Britney Spears is No. 1 -- as far as Internet users are
concerned.
Spears topped Yahoo's annual list of the most-searched...
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Charts: Last "Call" for Eminem?
12/14/2005, E! Online
If he really is retiring, then Eminem is going out with a bang.
The rapper's greatest hits collection, the possibly
prophetically titled Curtain Call, bowed on top of...
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Kanye, Shakira celebrating New Year with MTV
12/12/2005, Reuters
Kanye West, Shakira, Maroon 5's Adam
Levine and Fall Out Boy lead the lineup for MTV's 14th annual
New Year's Eve broadcast, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET.
Common,...
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Mariah's Grammy Whammy
12/8/2005, E! Online
The emancipation of Mariah
Carey from all things that
Glitter seems
complete.
The songbird soared with eight
Grammy nominations
Thursday, including an Album of the...
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Brown, Shakira Upstaged on Charts
12/7/2005, E! Online
Chris Brown and Shakira got the hype, but it was a batch of old
favorites that got the sales.
In its fifth week, the 20th
installment of Now That's What I Call Music!...
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Green Day, 50 Cent Bag Billboards
12/7/2005, E! Online
Green Day had quite a night at the 2005 Billboard Music
Awards, taking home six trophies in all--a feat matched only by 50 Cent,
who also racked up a half-dozen trophies,...
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Kanye West can't be upstaged by famous friends
12/4/2005, Reuters
50 Cent is lighting up
movie houses, but Saturday night at the Gibson Amphitheatre,
Kanye West proved that he's hip-hop's brightest star: His
100-minute set showed the...
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System "Hypnotizes" Charts
11/30/2005, E! Online
There's no bucking the System.
System of a Down has
made chart history, becoming the first band to debut two different
studio albums at number one in the Billboard 200...
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50 Cent, Green Day Up for "Billboard" Gold
11/30/2005, E! Online
It's rock vs. rap for this year's Billboard Music Awards,
with underdog Green Day hoping to out-trophy 50 Cent, who had near total
domination of the 2005 sales charts.
...
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Madonna's "Confessions" Gobbled Up
11/23/2005, E! Online
As is her wont, Madonna will be stuffing plenty of stockings this
holiday season.
The Material Girl scored her third
consecutive chart-topper with Confessions on a...
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Madonna's new album rules pop charts
11/23/2005, Reuters
Venerable pop icon Madonna danced
to the top of the U.S. pop album charts for the sixth time in
her career on Wednesday with her third consecutive No. 1
release,...
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AMAs Reward Destiny's Child, McGraw
11/22/2005, E! Online
The members of Destiny's Child may have gone their separate ways,
but that didn't stop the band from picking up a pair of awards at
Tuesday's American Music Awards.
The...
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LIFEbeat to Honor World AIDS Day
11/15/2005, AP
LIFEbeat — the Music Industry Fights AIDS will honor World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 with an Internet auction featuring some 1,000 items from stars in music, film, theater and...
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Mariah Carey Takes Four At 'Vibe' Awards
11/14/2005, USRN
Vocalist Mariah Carey was the big winner at the Vibe Awards ceremony, the celebration of urban culture that went off without a hitch on Saturday (November 12) at Sony...
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Mariah Tops Melee-Free Vibe Awards
11/14/2005, E! Online
Mariah Carey was the feel-good story at this weekend's Vibe Music
Awards. That the show went off without any stabbings, hospitalizations
or arrests made all involved feel...
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Hip-hop stars on best behavior at awards show
11/12/2005, Reuters
The furniture stayed intact and
tempers were kept in check on Saturday at the third annual Vibe
awards, an urban music- and fashion-themed ceremony marred last
year by a...
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Lohan, Duff, Crow Added to AMAs
11/1/2005, AP
Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff and Sheryl Crow have been added to the lineup of performers for the "2005 American Music Awards."
The 33rd annual special will air live from the...
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Jackson Gets Cracking
10/28/2005, E! Online
Michael Jackson is taking a break from his Bahrain getaway and
getting down to business.
The entertainer has reportedly
been in London recently, working on his charity...
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'Gold Digger' mines another week on top
10/20/2005, Reuters
For the seventh week straight, Kanye
West's "Gold Digger" featuring Jamie Foxx is in the top spot on
the Billboard Hot 100.
Chris Brown's "Run It!" is heating up the Hot...
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Keys Plugs In at No. 1
10/19/2005, E! Online
Nothing like a stripped-down Alicia Keys to get music fans in a
tizzy.
The nine-time Grammy-winning R&B songstress--known
for such hits as "If I Ain't Got You," "You...
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Music Biz Sings for Hurricane Victims
10/18/2005, E! Online
How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
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Norah and Wyclef Sing for Relief
10/13/2005, E! Online
Hurricane Katrina's news coverage may have come and gone, but the
Hollywood benefits live on.
Grammy winners Wyclef Jean and
Norah Jones are the latest celebs to be...
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Vibe Awards creators say the show must go on
10/8/2005, Reuters
For the chief executives at Vibe
magazine, the answer was obvious. The show must go on.
The show in question: the Vibe Awards. Now in its third
year, the music- and...
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Universal Music vows it's not the same old song
10/6/2005, Reuters
Universal Music, the world's largest
record company, said on Thursday it is transforming itself into
a broader entertainment company that derives more revenue from
untapped...
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Kanye West still 'Gold' on U.S. singles chart
10/6/2005, Reuters
Kanye West's "Gold Digger" featuring
Jamie Foxx logged a fifth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Hot
100 singles chart Thursday, while Mariah Carey's "Shake It Off"
was No. 2...
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Singer 'Babyface' and Wife End Marriage
10/6/2005, AP
Add Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife to the growing list of celebrity bust-ups. Edmonds and his wife Tracey issued a statement Wednesday announcing the end of their...
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Michael Jackson in Suing Mood
10/4/2005, E! Online
Michael Jackson wants a former business partner to beat it.
From his Bahrain getaway, Jackson has dispatched his legal
minions to Los Angeles Superior Court to file a...
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Disturbed Rules the "Day"
9/28/2005, E! Online
Disturbed has given Bon Jovi the fist.
While the
latter scored a career-best sales week, it wasn't enough to keep
Disturbed from landing its second straight number one....
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List of MTV Europe Music Awards nominees
9/28/2005, Reuters
Following is a list of
nominees for the 12th annual MTV Europe Music Awards, which
will take place November 3 at the Atlantic Pavilion in Lisbon.
MALE
50...
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Charts: West Hits a Wall
9/21/2005, E! Online
The people have spoken: Paul Wall is the new chart champ.
The Houston rapper helped push Kanye West's latest to number one by
guesting on the Late Registration track...
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Mariah Carey Tops AMA Noms
9/20/2005, E! Online
Apparently Mariah Carey and American Music Award nominations
belong together.
The R&B diva led the AMA field with
four nominations in all, including nods for Best...
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Michael Talks--and He's Feeling Good
9/19/2005, E! Online
In his first post-trial interview, Michael Jackson made like James Brown.
"I'm feeling good," the pop star proclaimed.
Speaking with the Associated Press in a phone...
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Kanye Out-Bangs Stones
9/14/2005, E! Online
Not even the World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band could roll Kanye
West from the top of the charts.
The wave-making rapper's
Late Registration easily held off the new...
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Michael Recruits Pals for Relief Song
9/13/2005, E! Online
With a little help from his friends, Michael Jackson is going to
try and heal the Gulf Coast.
The popster, who's currently
enjoying a lengthy vacation in the United...
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Gap Band's Wilson ready for second act
9/10/2005, Reuters
Scheduling conflicts waylaid a
proposed duet with Mariah Carey, and songs produced by Pharrell
and Scott Storch did not make the final cut. But Charlie
Wilson's debut album...
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Katrina Benefit Telethon Won't Be Censored
9/9/2005, AP
The producer of Friday's one-hour telethon to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims said no special precautions will be taken to edit out political statements — even though...
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Telethon Producer: No Kanye Rerun
9/8/2005, E! Online
Hurricane Katrina may be long gone, but the storm surrounding Kanye
West's controversial off-script rap lingers.
The hip-hop
star's impromptu anti-President Bush,...
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Katrina telethon stars expected to skirt politics
9/8/2005, Reuters
The last time rapper Kanye West
appeared on a TV show to raise money for Hurricane Katrina
victims, he accused U.S. President George W. Bush of racism.
This time, producers...
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Ladies of Soul Don't Show
9/8/2005, E! Online
Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott were
the big winners at Wednesday's 2005 Lady of Soul Awards. Too bad none of
them showed to collect their...
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Kanye Registers on Top
9/7/2005, E! Online
Kanye West might not be NBC or President Bush's favorite rapper,
but they're the exceptions.
The Grammy-winning hip-hop star,
who generated controversy last Friday when...
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Ciara, Amerie Up for Lady of Soul Awards
9/7/2005, AP
Ciara, Amerie, Fantasia and Destiny's Child were up for multiple honors at the Lady of Soul Awards, with special honoree Aretha Franklin set to make a much anticipated...
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Rapper West debuts at No. 1 on US charts
9/7/2005, Reuters
Kanye West was top of the class
on Wednesday as his second release "Late Registration" opened
at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts.
After a few weeks of relatively low-key...
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Stars Pledge Help for Katrina Victims
9/2/2005, AP
Celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno, Master P and Dave Matthews are contributing star power to relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
DeGeneres, a...
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Destiny's World Domination
9/1/2005, E! Online
Nothing like going out with a bang.
Destiny's Child,
the multiplatinum trio who recently announced their break-up plans, were
the big winners at this year's World Music...
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Usher, 50 Cent Up for World Music Awards
8/31/2005, AP
Usher, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and The Game were among the recording artists up for multiple honors Wednesday night at the 2005 World Music Awards, which selects winners based...
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Hilary, Mariah Make Noise on Charts
8/31/2005, E! Online
Hilary Duff is big. Mariah Carey is bigger.
As Duff's
Most Wanted logged its second straight week atop the album chart,
Carey made history again over on the singles...
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Diddy Promises the Ultimate Party for VMAs
8/25/2005, AP
Scoring an invite to one of Diddy's dazzling, decadent bashes is a notoriously difficult get. But on Sunday, Diddy is relaxing his stringent admittance rules for a...
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Duff Rebuffs All Comers
8/24/2005, E! Online
We just can't get enough of that Hilary Duff.
The
17-year-old singer-actress' new best-of, Most Wanted collects all
her greatest hits from both her previous albums, and...
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Kelly Tapped for VMA Duty
8/23/2005, E! Online
R. Kelly won't be trapped in a closet for long.
MTV is
bringing the R&B star out of the closet and onto the stage at the 2005
MTV Video Music Awards, the network...
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R. Kelly Joins Lineup at MTV Awards
8/23/2005, AP
The MTV Video Music Awards have been defined by stirring performances, shocking surprises and sexual shenanigans. Now the network has booked an act that might provide all...
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Stefani MIA for MTV?
8/19/2005, E! Online
The MTV Video Music Awards could be minus a certain Hollaback
Girl.
Despite six nominations, Gwen Stefani is going to skip
this year's awards, because, according to the...
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Staind Books "Chapter" at No. 1
8/17/2005, E! Online
No disrespect to Harry Potter, but J.K. Rowling isn't the
only one who knows how to write a great chapter.
New England
rockers Staind have landed their third...
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AP Casts Its Ballot for MTV's VMAs
8/16/2005, AP
When MTV descends on Miami on Aug. 28 for the annual Video Music Awards, it will bring a seemingly endless lineup of rappers, rockers, teeny boppers and even...
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Coldplay, 50 Cent to Play MTV Awards Show
8/16/2005, AP
Coldplay and 50 Cent have joined the list of performers for the "2005 MTV Video Music Awards," to be presented Aug. 28 at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami.
"The...
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Faith Fires Up the Charts
8/10/2005, E! Online
There's definitely no King of the Hill on this week's chart!
With her new album Fireflies, country crossover star
Faith Hill scored her third consecutive number one on...
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Ciara Nabs Lady Soul Train Noms
8/9/2005, E! Online
All Ciara's ladies will be on the floor for the 10th annual
Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards next month.
The "1, 2
Step" singer leads all nominees this year with five...
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Music retailers set for annual shindig
8/9/2005, Reuters
The National Association
of Recording Merchandisers, the retail trade group grappling
with a depressed music business, kicks off its annual
convention Thursday at the San...
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"Now 19" Outguns Young
8/3/2005, E! Online
Now! might be leaving its teens, but it can still mix it up
with a young hood.
After giving the series its seventh
number one bow last week, Now That's What I Call...
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Carey, Killers Join MTV Awards Roster
8/3/2005, AP
Mariah Carey and The Killers have joined the list of performers for the MTV Video Music Awards. The 2005 Video Music Awards show, hosted by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, will air...
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"Now 19" Clobbers Kelly, Carey
7/27/2005, E! Online
Leave it to a teen to knock R. Kelly for a loop.
Now That's What I Call Music! 19, the latest edition in the
world's most popular hits compilation series, used its star...
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Green Day Leads VMA Field
7/25/2005, E! Online
Green Day's boulevard of broken dreams may soon be paved with
Moon Men statuettes.
The punk rockers led the field in
nominations for the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards...
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Kelly Outslugs Thug, Bow Wow
7/20/2005, E! Online
It was a slim victory for R. Kelly--or, more precisely, a victory
over Slim.
The R&B star extended his chart reign a second
week by holding off new debuts by rappers...
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R. Kelly "Trapped" at No. 1
7/13/2005, E! Online
R. Kelly is out of the closet and onto the charts.
Despite a litany of legal troubles, most involving his purported
penchant for videotaping sexual encounters, the R&B...
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Strait to the Top
7/6/2005, E! Online
Not even Coldplay can mess with Texas.
The Brit band's
three-week run at number one came to a halt at the hands of Lone Star
State favorite son George Strait. His...
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George Strait 'Somewhere' at top of U.S. charts
7/6/2005, Reuters
Country veteran George Strait
earned his third consecutive No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts
Wednesday, while British rock band Coldplay slipped to No. 3
after a three-week...
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'Babyface' Delights 500 at Acoustic Gig
7/2/2005, AP
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, who's launching a new album later this month after more than five years out of the spotlight, performed an invitation-only acoustic session for...
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Luther Vandross' Swan Song
7/1/2005, E! Online
Luther
Vandross wasn't just a singer. He was a wedding
day. A
radio-show song dedication. A makeout session.
Vandross, whose
smooth voice earned him eight Grammys
...
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Lineup for London Live 8 Concert
7/1/2005, AP
The full lineup for Live 8 in London:
Coldplay, Dido, Annie Lennox, Elton John, Keane, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Ms. Dynamite, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Razorlight, R.E.M,...
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Live 8 Shows Could Draw One Million Fans
7/1/2005, AP
Nearly everyone in the world can tune in Saturday to Live 8, the all-star concerts urging a political solution to African poverty. "We want to stand shoulder to shoulder, to...
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Coldplay, Bo Bice Rule Charts
6/29/2005, E! Online
Coldplay still owns the summer's most sizzling album. And Carrie
Underwood still owns Bo Bice.
After going selling more than
1 million copies in its first two weeks,...
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Coldplay Too Hot for Foos, Backstreet
6/22/2005, E! Online
The Foo Fighters set a band sales record and Backstreet is
back--alright!--but nothing was as hot as Coldplay on this week's album
chart.
In its first week out, the Foo...
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Mel B a Maybe for Live 8
6/21/2005, E! Online
Thanks to Scary Spice, Live 8 is in danger of a girl power
deficit.
Melanie Brown, the Scary fifth of the former
international chart-topping pop group the Spice Girls,...
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Destiny's Child, Linkin Park Join Live 8
6/17/2005, AP
Destiny's Child and Linkin Park have been added to the lineup for the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia on July 2.
The additions were announced Thursday, one day after...
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Mariah Carey Sets A Record On The Singles Charts
6/13/2005, USRN
Mariah Carey's hit single, "We Belong Together," from her The Emancipation Of Mimi album, set the all-time one-week Billboard Hot 100 audience record with more than 190...
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Live Aid Organizers Announce New Shows
5/31/2005, AP
Twenty years after the Live Aid concerts, musical superstars are joining in a five-city spectacular to push a political solution for African poverty.
"We don't want...
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Carey, Nine Inch Nails Set for MTV Awards
5/21/2005, AP
Mariah Carey will perform at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, joining Eminem and Nine Inch Nails to complete the lineup.
Hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the 14th annual awards show will...
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Mariah Carey Debuts At Number One, 400,000 Copies Sold
4/21/2005, USRN
Mariah Carey's the Emancipation Of Mimi debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 album chart with over 400,000 copies sold. This the best opening sales week in her career,...
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Mariah Massacres 50 Cent
4/20/2005, E! Online
Mimi has emancipated the charts from Fiddy.
Mariah
Carey's comeback album, The Emancipation of Mimi, debuted at
number one with sales of 404,000, ending the six-week...
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Mariah Carey Wants To Be Recognized As A Songwriter And Producer, Too
4/11/2005, USRN
Mariah Carey has written or co-written over 160 songs, including her hits "Vision of Love" and "Dreamlover," which is why she's annoyed when people are still surprised to...
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Mariah Carey Says Ex-Husband Only Allowed Her To Go To Gay Clubs
4/7/2005, USRN
Mariah Carey, whose new album is titled the Emancipation Of Mimi, says she didn't have much freedom during her marriage to record mogul Tommy Mottola. In an interview with...
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Mariah Carey Ads Say The Voice Will Be Back, But She Says It Never Left
3/28/2005, USRN
Posters for Mariah Carey's upcoming CD, the Emancipation of Mimi, declare "The Voice is Back" on April 12. But even though ads for the new CD place a new emphasis on the...
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Counting Down the Grammys
2/14/2005, AP
107: Total number of Grammys awarded
62: Celebrities named in opening credits
20: Live performances
11: Awards given out during live telecast
8: Grammys won by Ray...
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Mariah Carey Unveils New Single On Her Website
1/14/2005, USRN
Mariah Carey has posted a sound clip of her new single, "It's Like That," on her official website. The new song--which also features Jermaine Dupri and Fat Man Scoop--is...
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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
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