Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne's Rebirth will reportedly chart next week with one-day estimates showing the rapper's experimental rock album selling up to 150,000 copies.
According to estimates, Wayne's new album should lead the pack of new releases next week.
Cash Money/Universal Motown's Lil Wayne long-awaited rock album, Rebirth, hit yesterday, and looks on track for between 140-150k in fi… Continue
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Melanie Fiona didn't bring home the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Grammy for her soulful ballad "It Kills Me" this past weekend, but her nod in that category seems like a sign that she's poised for great things ahead. The song has been the #1 R&B/Hip-Hop record for the last four weeks, and she's currently on tour with Alicia Keys — all of which ma… Continue
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In this week's Sales Wrap, the Hope For Haiti compilation stands firm at No. 2, Michael Jackson resurrects into Top 10 and Corinne Bailey Rae sails into the charts.
The Hope For Haiti compilation, which features Jay-Z and Rihanna, slid down one slot this week moving to No. 2 with 142,900 records falling short to Lady Antebellum's Need You Now which debuted atop the charts with 481,000. After t… Continue
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Usher will perform during the introduction of the 2010 NBA All-Stars while Shakira and Alicia Keys will team up for the halftime performance at the 2010 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 14. The event will air live at 8:00 pm ET on TNT, among other networks.
Shakira will perform her current single, "Give It Up To Me" as well as the title song off her latest album, "'She Wolf." Alicia Keys wi… Continue
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LOS ANGELES — The energy was electric Monday night (February 1) at Henson Studios as more than 80 of music's biggest stars gathered for a charity remake of "We Are the World" in support of Haitian earthquake relief.
"I feel like a kid in a candy store," Wyclef Jean said, speaking to the press about the idea of remaking such an iconic song, which is getting productio… Continue
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“You look like you need some help,” Rihanna joked with Ellen DeGeneres after the talk-show host dressed up like the pop star on her show Monday. Last night’s Grammy winner also revealed her newest tattoo which reads, “Never a failure, always a lesson,” and performed “Don’t Stop the Music” and “Hard.”… Continue
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It looks like the planned March release forDrake's hotly anticipated official debut LP, Thank Me Later, may not happen. It's already February and the 23-year old said he's still recording his opus.
"Not yet," Drake said Sunday night at the red carpet of the Grammy Awards, when asked if he was done recording. "I got a couple more things."
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Rap mogul Jay-Z has expressed his desire to take his marriage with R&B super star Beyonce to the next level by talking about becoming a father.
Although he did not say when, Jay said he would like to create his own family.
"I'd like to be a dad some day and I love children. You start your life with expectations and dreams, then life unfolds and it doesn't always turn out the way you im… Continue
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Sunday night's 52nd annual Grammy Awards featured performances and appearances from some of the biggest names in the music business, from Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Lil Wayne and the Jonas Brothers.
But there was at least one notable absence: Hip-hop tastemaker Kanye West, who was not only missing from the performance of "Forever" (which also features Drake, Lil Wayne and E… Continue
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Beyoncé made history at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. In addition to being the evening’s biggest winner, the singer became the most awarded woman in one night in the 52-year history of the awards show.
Beyoncé collected six trophies on Sunday, including Song of the Year for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).” “I’d love to thank my family for all of their support, including my h… Continue
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LONDON — At precisely 10:30 p.m. here in London — two and a half hours before the start of Friday night's (January 22) "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon — Rihanna was finally in the same room as Jay-Z, Bono and The Edge, her three collaborators on "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)," the song they had recorded just three days earlier in studios all around the world.… Continue
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Jay-Z, Rihanna, and U2’s Bono and The Edge debuted their charity single “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) – Version 1.0” live in London during tonight’s “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon. The Swizz Beatz production is now available to… Continue
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Beyoncé dedicated her performance of “Halo” to the people of Haiti at tonight’s “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon in London. “Haiti we can see your halo, we pray you won’t fade away,” she sang while Coldplay’s Chris Martin accompanied her on piano.
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Mary J. Blige wore all black as she stood in the middle of the stage in New York, singing with conviction and hope during Friday night's (January 22) "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" telethon.
The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul sang "Hard Times Come Again No More" during the emotional event.
" 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary," she sang with mi… Continue
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