NEW YORK (Reuters) – Neil Sedaka was one of rock 'n roll's first superstars with hits like “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen,” “Oh! Carol,” “Calendar Girl,” “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” and “Laughter in the Rain.”
Now, after more than half a century singing and writing songs, he looks back at his legacy with an album, “The Music of My Life,” containing original new songs.
Sedaka, 70, the son of a Brooklyn
Courtesy of NME — Rapper looks to Gill Scott-Heron and Nina Simone for inspiration
Kanye West has revealed he is currently in the studio recording new material.
Speaking on his Kanyeuniversecity.com blog, West hinted that he'll be taking a further step away from rap on the album, and likened himself to a “true poet”.
“I'm so happy to be back in the studio making new music. I will bring you the best
Omarion is passionate about the art of making music, and the art of dance. The music entertainer’s third studio release Ollusion, out today on his own label Starrworld Entertainment, encompasses all of this, plus the singer’s new vibe. Noted music stars Gucci Mane and Jay Rock also make guest appearances on Omarion’s Ollusion, which features hits “I Get It In,” “Hoodie,” and “Speedin.”
Starpulse writer Claudine Paul caught up with an assured, excited, and yet philosophical Omarion (more…)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Scottish singer Susan Boyle narrowly failed to claim honors for the year's best-selling album in the United States on Wednesday, but still has another sales week to wrest the title from country starTaylor Swift.
Boyle's debut album “I Dreamed a Dream” already the year's best seller in Britain, has sold 2.98 million copies after five consecutive weeks at No. 1, tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Alicia Keys' album “The Element of Freedom” topped the R&B chart in its first week of sales, but fell short of Susan Boyle to land at No. 2 on the Top 200 Albums chart, her label said on Wednesday.
The album, which is Keys' latest release since her 2007 “As I Am,” sold more than 417,000 copies in the week since it hit stores, earning the singer her fifth straight chart topping debut, said Sony
David Bowie’s The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars has topped a new list of the gayest albums ever recorded.
The 1972 classic beat out eponymous 1980s albums from The Smiths, Tracy Chapman and the Indigo Girls to top the new countdown in gay magazine Out.
The top 10 also features Judy Garland’s live album Judy At Carnegie Hall, The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead, Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Madonna’s Immaculate Collection and She’s So Unusual (more…)
NEW YORK (AP) — The top album of the decade came from an act that’s not even around anymore — ‘N Sync.
Billboard magazine says the boy band led by Justin Timberlake had the decade’s best-selling album with “No Strings Attached,” which sold more than 10 million copies.
The most popular song of the decade was Mariah Carey’s ballad “We Belong Together.”
Rapper Lil Wayne’s “Rebirth” album has been delayed again - to 2010. The experimental rock album was set to hit music stores in time for Christmas after experiencing several delays, but now it will be a New Year release.
The highly-anticipated record was initially due for release in May, but was pushed back five times.
Lil Wayne denied rumors record label bosses were attempting to axe the project, blaming the delays on issues with sample clearances and his heavy workload (more…)
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Jenni Rivera has established herself as a major star with her saucy take on Mexican brass-based banda music, into which she incorporates stories from her own life and gives voice to a hard-partying, hard-loving persona.
Rivera released her long-awaited mariachi album, “La Gran Senora,” December 1 on Fonovisa. While it's less autobiographical than her previous work, Rivera says that a mariachi
LONDON (AP) — In the contest, she finished second. But on the charts, she’s number one.
Susan Boyle’s debut record, “I Dreamed A Dream,” entered the British album chart in the top spot Sunday. The 48-year-old Scottish songstress famously finished second on “Britain’s Got Talent,” but the variety show launched a career that has seen her win success on both sides of the Atlantic.
According to the Official Charts
