Then & Now

  • U2

    By | Then & Now – Wed, Apr 15, 2009 12:57 PM EDT

    2009 No Line On The Horizon

    U2's current album comes five years after its last--due to various factors, including a scrapped start in 2006 and then a prolific burst of writing carrying it past its original planned 2008 release. In the works for summer 2009 is a worldwide tour. The band also sat down with Yahoo! for a three-part interview, talking about what it's like to play music in the biggest rock 'n' roll band in the world.

    See Part 2 and Part 3 of our U2 interview, too.  


     


    2004 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

    The band maintains a traditional rock sound on its 11th release, with Bono going so far as to say it is their "first rock album." Singles "Vertigo" and "All Because Of You" helped the record gain both critical and fan approval.


     

    2000 All That You Can't Leave Behind

    u2's 10th studio album is notable for its return to a more traditional sound, after several releases exploring alternative and dance vibes. The band netted seven Grammy Awards for the album and its

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  • Kelly Clarkson

    By | Then & Now – Sun, Mar 22, 2009 10:56 AM EDT

     

    2009 All I Ever Wanted--back on top

    Kelly's fourth album, released in March 2009, lands at the top of the album charts its first week of release. At the beginning of the year, first single "My Life WOuld Suck Without You" hits the airwaves and is available for download. On January 28, 2009, Billboard announced that the single went from Number 97 to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making the biggest leap to the top in the chart's history.
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    2007 My December--controversy

    Kelly's third album was written while on tour for Breakaway. Worn out with her busy schedule and feeling at a low point, she poured her feelings into her songwriting. Controversy ensued when rumors began to circulate that Clive Davis, the head of Kelly's label, was unhappy with the noncommercial, darker feel of the record and demanded significant changes. The label denied the rumors; however, Kelly maintained they were true. She fired her manager and canceled touring for the album. She further revealed in a

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  • Rush

    By | Then & Now – Thu, Mar 5, 2009 1:46 PM EST

    2007 Snakes And Arrows: Still going strong

    After making their grand comeback in 2002, the band released another live album and a freewheeling EP of cover tunes (Feedback), followed several years later by their 18th studio offering. Peart says his songwriting for this record was based on his reflections on faith, and he further explores and reveals parts of his journey mourning his wife and daughter. A live album of the same name would emerge in 2008, and a compliation, Retrospective 3 is newly available this year.

    2002 Vapor Trails: Comeback

    Peart returns to the band, and Rush returns to the rock scene with their 17th studio album. Some of Peart's personal healing process seems to surface on this record, notably the song "Ghost Rider" which alludes to his travels across North America while in mourning.

    1998 Different Stages: Personal Tragedy

    In 1997, drummer Neil Peart's daughter and only child, Selena, tragically died in a car accident. His wife Jacqueline Would die of cancer

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  • Mariah Carey

    By | Then & Now – Sat, Jan 31, 2009 7:57 PM EST

    2009 The Ballads--And beyond

    Carey celebrates 2009 with the release of a compliation of her hit love songs, The Ballads. She also performs "Hero" at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball after Barack Obama is sworn in as the first African-American president in history on January 20. Talk on the street hints at plans for her next studio album to come later this year.

    2008 E=Mc2--Breaking records

    Carey's 11th release debuts at No. 1 on the sales charts--her highest first-week sales to date--and, with her No. 1 lead single, "Touch My Body," Carey would beat Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most No. 1 singles. Shortly after the release of her album, Carey marries boyfriend Nick Cannon.

       

    2005 The Emancipation Of Mimi

    Carey's "We Belong Together," co-produced by her long-time collaborator Jermaine Dupri, becomes one of the biggest singles in history. This album also includes "Shake It Off" and the set's debut track "It's Like That."

        

    2002 Charmbracelet

    Though Carey's

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  • Kid Rock

    By | Then & Now – Wed, Jan 14, 2009 11:59 AM EST

    2007 Rock N Roll Jesus--First No. 1 Album

    This release became Kid Rock's first album to go number 1 in his career. On this album, Kid Rock branches out from rap into other genres, including another foray into the country world. The uptempo Southern-rock hit "All Summer Long" gave him his first top 10 hit on the Country charts. He is nominated for two Grammys for this record.

     

    2006 Kid And Pam Get Hitched--And Unhitched

    During an upswing in their on-again, off-again romance, the couple threw a surprise wedding following rumors that Anderson was pregnant. The ceremony took place on a yacht near St. Tropez (two additional ceremonies--one in Beverly Hills, one in Nashville--followed). Five months later, the couple divorced.

    2006 Live Trucker

    This live release features Kid Rock's greatest hits from shows circa 2000-2004. Highlights include a duet with country star Gretchen Wilson, plus the late Joe C.'s last two performances on stage ("Devil Without a Cause" and "Early Mornin' Stoned

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  • How The West Was Two

    By | Then & Now – Sun, Jan 11, 2009 7:26 PM EST

    2002 "Peter Gabriel" - Don't Give Up

     Stage 46 is basically afictionalized-but-not-really-all-that-fictional account of astarry-eyed aspiring film-maker, Ben, who naively believes that aproduction assistant job on a TV talent show called The Next Singing Starwill be his big Hollywood break. He's mistaken. Instead he spends hisdays getting his head chewed off, almost literally, by his clinicallyobese and ethically unsound boss, Jill, a mean-tempered harpie whoexpects him to fetch her donuts and fudge her budgets. Jill, of course,could be modeled on any nasty show-business soulsucker--characters likeher are not at all uncommon in entertainment. Ditto for T, thepromiscuous travel coordinator who shows up to the office insee-through stripperwear, decorates her desk with empty whiskeybottles, and sleeps with every male bigwig at the network. There's alot of women in showbiz like T, too.

    Hollaback Girl

    The Sweet Escape 

    Rich Girl 

     

     

    2005 "Peter Gabriel" - the first digital download to

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