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  • Boyle's "Dream" continues at No. 1 on album chart

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 4:23 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" held on to the No. 1 slot on the U.S. album chart Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Velvet Underground reunites -- to talk

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 5:47 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock band Velvet Underground was celebrated for its legendary influence in fusing art and music in New York of the 1960s with a rare public reunion of three of the surviving members at the New York Public Library. Full Story »

  • Music labels bet Vevo.com is next MTV

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 3:55 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a grainy black and white Web video, similar to footage from an in-store security camera, you can make out the muscular frame of rapper 50 Cent, smashing dozens of TV sets with a baseball bat. Full Story »

  • Peas, Kings of Leon top iTunes best sellers of 2009

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 1:56 am ET  
    The Black Eyed Peas perform a medley of their hits at the 2009... Reuters

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Apple's iTunes on Tuesday released Rewind 2009, its lists of the year's best and best-selling media. Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" was the best-selling song at the country's leading music retailer. Kings of Leon's "Only by the Night" was the best-selling album and also was named best album of the year. Full Story »

  • Acclaimed trumpeter Marsalis composes Blues Symphony

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 11:57 am ET  

    ATLANTA (Reuters) - Acclaimed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, arguably the world's most prominent jazz musician, is set to premiere a major new project -- composing a Blues Symphony for orchestra. Full Story »

  • Billboard's one-hit wonders of the decade

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 2:34 am ET  
    Canadian singer Daniel Powter performs on stage at the MTV Video... Reuters

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - They came, they conquered ... they were never heard from again. After reaching the Hot 100's Top 10 with their very first singles, none of these acts managed to crack the Top 25 for the rest of the decade. But hey, four minutes of fame is better than nothing. Full Story »

  • Pink to headline 2010 Wireless festival in London

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:30 pm ET  

    LONDON (Billboard) - American pop singer-songwriter Pink will headline the 2010 Wireless festival in London's Hyde Park on July 2. Full Story »

  • Vinyl's comeback makes musicians want to sing

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 2:50 pm ET  
    Wilco's 2009 self-titled release is seen with a CD copy of... Reuters

    TORONTO (Reuters) - As music lovers approach a new decade in this still-young century, a recording technology once considered old and obsolete -- vinyl -- has been making a strong comeback. Full Story »

  • Deschanel, Ward reteam for follow-up album

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 7:00 pm ET  
    Actress Zooey Deschanel attends the "A Time for Heroes Celebrity... Reuters

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - The country-folk duo of M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel, known as She & Him, is slated to return in 2010, proving that the 2008 collaboration wasn't just a one-off affair. Full Story »

  • Rock band Yes plots winter U.S. tour

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:26 pm ET  

    DETROIT (Billboard) - Progressive-rock veterans Yes return to the U.S. in February for an 18-date run of small venues that kicks off February 2 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and wraps 26 days later in Boca Raton, Fla. Full Story »

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