Whitney Houston is not the only one thrilled with the debut of “I Look To You,” which arrives at no.1 on Billboard’s 200 Albums chart today. Longtime mentor and industry exec Clive Davis is calling this week’s debut “surprising”.
“It’s surprising in view of the fact that she’s had such incredible selling albums, but this is [...]
BeBe and CeCe Winans are not only sharing inspirational messages from the recording studio on Twitter, the duo gave fans a chance to witness a video shoot via pictures and messages Friday.
Tweeting during the shoot, CeCe Winans wrote “It’s HOT out here ya’ll! And this crew is working it! Did I say it was [...]
Michael Jackson is back on top as the King of the Pop charts!
As predicted, Jackson dominates Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart with over 300,000 copies of his “Number Ones,” “Thriller” and “The Essential Michael Jackson” sold.
But it is the King of Pop’s domination of the top 10 that is most important.
According to Billboard, [...]
Sade Adu, the reclusive “quiet storm” soul signer who takes notoriously long breaks between releases, has regrouped with the band that bears her name and is recording her first album of new material since 2000’s “Lovers Rock,” Billboard.com sources confirmed.
The group is in the studio through June. Sony has not set a release date but [...]
The top spot on this week’s Billboard album chart belongs to Chrisette Michele. Never heard of her? Neither have many other people because Michele has scored the lowest first-week sales total in Nielsen SoundScan’s 18-year history.
Her second album, Epiphany, only sold 83,000 copies in its initial week of sales. Only two other albums have debuted [...]
The real Slim Shady is not only standing up, he’s coming back. And, most important, setting a date for his ever-elusive resurgence.
Eminem has at long last pinned down May 19 for the release of Relapse, his first new studio album in more than four years.
As the announcement has been such a long time coming for [...]
Chris Brown has gone country ladies and gents.
“I wanted to do something more along the country line. That’s a bigger and different audience for me,” Brown told Billboard this week after being named Artist of the Year.
Surprisingly, Chris Brown has teamed up with one of Country music’s top stars — Tim McGraw !
Brown and McGraw [...]
Soul icon Lionel Richie has recruited R&B singer Akon and rapper Ne-Yo for his upcoming studio album.
“Just Go” is due out on February 17 via Island. The first single, “Good Morning,” has just been sent to urban adult-contemporary radio stations.
Both Akon and Ne-Yo share writing credits with Richie on the follow-up to 2006’s “Coming Home,” [...]
The-Dream
Barely a year out from the release of his Def Jam artist debut, the-Dream returns Dec. 16 with his sophomore set, “Love vs. Money.” “In the beginning I was just having fun. I didn’t want people thinking too hard, I just wanted them to gravitate toward my lyrics,” the-Dream tells Billboard.com. “But this time my [...]
The real Slim Shady is not only standing up, he’s coming back.
Four years after his apparent curtain call, Eminem has announced that he has returned to the studio and may release a new album by the end of the year.
“I’m concentrating on my own stuff right now, just banging out tracks,” the artist born [...]
Prince will release his first book, “21 Nights,” in October. The lush coffee table book of photographs depicts Prince during his 21 night-stand at London’s O2 Arena in 2007. Included with the book is a new CD of his music.
The photographs, which show Prince doing things such as lounging on a bed in his [...]
R. Kelly is to issue 10 new instalments of his cult video series “Trapped In The Closet.”
The original “hip-hopera” became a huge hit two years ago, especially in the U.S. where the DVD sold almost 250,000 copies.
Following the story of a man named Sylvester (Kelly), the drama featured 12 cliffhanger episodes with bizarre plot twists [...]
Winans signs distribution deal with Central South Distribution
One of the founding members of `90s gospel super group Winans Phase 2, Marvin Winans Jr. has officially launched his own recording label, M2 Entertainment with an exclusive agreement with Central South Distribution.
“I believe Central South Distribution is the company I have been looking for,” says [...]
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