G-Unit Records, the label run by rapper 50 Cent, endured some chinks in its armor last year.
Releases by Lloyd Banks (U.S. sales of 321,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan) and Mobb Deep (267,000) sold less than expected.
“As a crew we’ve seen record sales fall off,” says Young Buck, the Nashville native born David Brown “But […]
Michael Jackson is hoping to make $500 million from a reformation of the Jackson 5, it has been claimed.
The embattled pop superstar, who is currently working on new solo material with Will.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas fame, is hoping to make a dramatic comeback in Las Vegas.
According to reports, Jacko and his brothers will play […]
Iconic rock band Aerosmith will perform in India’s financial and film hub of Mumbai, its first performance in the country, the group said on its official Website. The five-member band, with at least 14 albums to its credit and an envious career spanning over four decades, will hold the concert on June 2, according […]
James Brown’s body was placed in a crypt Saturday at the Beech Island home of one his daughters, family and friends of the soul singer said.
White balloons were released and Brown’s adult children and other family members and friends sang and prayed over the singer’s body, said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who presided over […]
George Strait led the nominees announced Monday for the Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations, including entertainer of the year and top male vocalist.
Vocal duo Brooks & Dunn got seven nominations and Rascal Flatts had six. The announcement was made at the Country Music Hall of Fame and aired live on CBS’ […]
Music in a variety of stripes in South Africa played an integral role in fighting apartheid in the ’90s, and poet-turned-songwriter Mahlasela served as a central figure. Today the singer/guitarist maintains a powerful voice in his country’s embrace of freedom and justice. With his second ATO release, Mahlasela delivers 16 impassioned tunes infused with […]
After jazz legend Sergio Mendes of Brazil and Chaka Khan of the U.S. entertained Jakarta people on Friday and Saturday at the Java Jazz Festival 2007, Jamie Cullum of Britain would get his chance tonight at 8:00 p.m.to please people at the festival.
An official at the festival said Sunday Cullum’s show was expected to lure […]
Britney Spears is not on suicide watch, her manager has insisted.
The troubled pop star is understood to have entered rehab for a third time in a week last Wednesday, after very publicly shaving her head.
Over the weekend, pictures of her apparently attacking a car with an umbrella were published in the global media, prompting further […]
A British court ruled on Wednesday that U.S. rap star Sean “Diddy” Combs had breached an agreement with a London-based record producer not to use the alias “Diddy” in Britain.
But the judgment did not take the potentially more serious decision to order the performer to change his alias or stop using the hugely popular […]
Michael Jackson is “reviewing and evaluating” proposals for his future including several offers to perform in Las Vegas, his spokeswoman said Tuesday, but he doesn’t feel any pressure to make a quick decision. Raymone K. Bain confirmed that, after a period of globe-trotting, Jackson is currently living in Las Vegas.
“Mr. Jackson has been presented […]
Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child is joining the Chicago production of “The Color Purple,” producers announced Tuesday.
Williams will play the role of Shug Avery, a sexy blues singer.
The stage version of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel will open in Chicago on April 17. It’s still playing on Broadway.
Several of the stars of the New York […]
Seal lost his bid Wednesday to overturn a British court ruling ordering the Grammy-winning singer to pay his ex-manager commissions on earnings from his first two albums.
Court of Appeal Judge Roger Toulson dismissed Seal’s challenge to a High Court ruling in June that his former manager John Wadlow was entitled to unpaid commissions due under […]
One of the big guns of the Wild West days of freely downloading music and movies over the Internet is going straight.
Settling lawsuits around the world, the company behind software called “Kazaa” said Thursday it will redesign its pioneering file-sharing program to block customers who try to find and download copyrighted music and movies. It […]
British pop star Lily Allen has shocked young fans by boasting how she trashed a dressing room in a drunken frenzy.
The ‘Smile’ singer has posted photos of the wrecked room - used during a recent Australian tour - on her MySpace internet page.
She writes of the Sydney antics: “We got pretty drunk, went to […]
