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Timbaland Denies Suicide Attempt

Joseph412 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:40:50 +0000

Timbaland appeared on Ryan Seacrest’s syndicated radio show today (Aug. 25) to deny reports that he had attempted suicide. TMZ reports that the producer went missing last night and a police report listed the incident as a “possible suicide attempt,” but Timbaland told “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” that he only decided to “take a drive” and was surprised by the attention.

Timbaland Denies Suicide Attempt @ Billboard.com.

Sean Penn Urges Wyclef Jean to Exit Haiti Race

Joseph412 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:37:40 +0000

“So many of us on the ground wondered where he was when that kind of attention was so necessary and absent, and why he was NOT helping to keep this desperate situation in the news.”

Sean Penn Urges Wyclef Jean to Exit Haiti Race | Billboard.com.

Eminem Won’t Budge From No. 1 on Billboard 200, Lil Wayne Tops Digital Songs

Joseph412 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:35:12 +0000

While the Billboard 200 album chart’s top 10 welcomes six debuts, none can push Eminem’s “Recovery” out of the top slot (116,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan; down 12%). The set thus spends its seventh non-consecutive week at No. 1 — the most weeks atop the list since Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” strung together 11 non-consecutive frames in the penthouse in late 2008 and early 2009.

Eminem Won’t Budge From No. 1 on Billboard 200, Lil Wayne Tops Digital Songs | Billboard.com.

Eminem, Rihanna Continue to ‘Love’ Life Atop Hot 100

Joseph412 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:30:15 +0000

Eminem and Rihanna’s “Love The Way You Lie” lies atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a sixth week, maintaining its standing as airplay continues to increase, reaching a new high of 154.6 million listener impressions, according to Nielsen BDS.

Read more @ Billboard.com.

Swell Season Pays for Counseling for Fans Who Saw Suicide

Joseph412 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:27:36 +0000

The Swell Season is paying for grief counseling sessions for hundreds of music fans who watched in horror as a man jumped to his death during the band’s concert in California a week ago.

Read more @ Billboard.com.

‘X-Factor’ Admits to Auto-Tuning Contestants

Joseph412 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:46:08 +0000

The admission that producers on the British show have improved contestants’ voices followed comments made by viewers on Internet forums about the apparent vocal production. Gamu Nhengu, 18, was praised by judges for her rendition of “Walking on Sunshine” but some viewers easily spotted the production tweaks.

Read more @ Billboard.com.

Kanye West Promises New Track Every Week Until Christmas

Joseph412 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:41:28 +0000

“I’m calling it good Fridays. Yall know every Friday yall gone have a new joint from our family. We look at the game completely different now,” West tweeted.

Read more @ Billboard.com.

Music-Slam Radio #30: The Quintilis Mix

Joseph412 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:01:22 +0000

Gang Starr – Royalty
Fat Joe – I’m Gone
Astrud Gilberto – The Gentle Rain (RJD2 Remix)
Pet Shop Boys – Only The Wind
The Game/50 Cent – How We Do
Esthero – Superheroes
Lupe Fiasco – I’m Beamin
Black Moon – I Got Cha Opin’(Remix)
Zero 7 – Destiny
Air/Beth Hirsch – You Make It Easy
Talib Kweli – Everything Man

Rage Against the Machine target Arizona law

Joseph412 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:05:50 +0000

Militant rockers Rage Against the Machine said on Wednesday they would headline a concert to raise money for organizations challenging a new Arizona law that targets illegal immigrants.

Read more @ Reuters

Rapper Ice-T vents over New York driving arrest

Joseph412 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:03:00 +0000

“Some… rookie cop…made the arrest of his… career today,” Ice-T, whose real name is Tracy Marrow, said on Twitter after being arrested during a routine traffic stop in Manhattan.

Read more @ Reuters

Eminem leads U.S. album and singles charts

Joseph412 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:59:53 +0000

The album sold 195,000 copies during the week ended July 18, taking its total to 1.5 million. He becomes the first artist to log a four-week stretch at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Susan Boyle began a six-week stint in November.

Read more @ Reuters

Amy Winehouse Eyes January for New Album Release

Joseph412 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:56:51 +0000

After years of keeping her fans waiting, Amy Winehouse has promised that she’ll release a new album by January of next year.

Read more @ Billboard.com.

Rick Ross Is Back with ‘Teflon Don’ and Bigger Than Ever

Joseph412 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:55:03 +0000

Releasing a rap album with a guest list that reads like the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 is a common move, but not without its risks. Big-name guests can move units and chart positions, but many rappers get overshadowed by their more famous counterparts, and the person who should be the lead winds up coming across as an understudy.

Read more @ Billboard.com.

Pink Rushed to Hospital After German Stage Fall

Joseph412 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:52:01 +0000

Pink was taken to hospital after an accident during her show in Nuremberg, Germany last night (July 15).

The singer fell out of a harness that was supposed to carry her across the crowd and she was dragged into a barricade. Footage on YouTube shows that she was still at the stage level when the accident happened.

The-Dream Tried To Take Life Following Christina Milian Split

Joseph412 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:48:06 +0000

Earlier this week photos surfaced of The-Dream and his bikini clad assistant, Melissa Santiago, intimately frolicking in the Carribean, sparking reports that the singer had split with Christina Milian, his wife of ten months.

Eminem sells 741,000 copies of new album in U.S.

Joseph412 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:56:12 +0000

Eminem will blast in at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart on Wednesday with the biggest week for a single release since 2008, according to sales data from Nielsen SoundScan.

Read more @ Reuters

Prince To Release ’20Ten’ For Free In Europe

Joseph412 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:28:07 +0000

In the U.K., Prince has signed up with tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror and its associated Scottish title the Daily Record for the CD giveaway. More than 2.5 million copies will be distributed on July 10 with the newspapers.

Jay-Z, Eminem Add More Shows In Detroit, New York

Joseph412 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:35:39 +0000

Just hours after presale tickets for Eminem and Jay-Z’s “Home And Home” tour went on sale, another show has been added in Detroit at Comerica Park on Friday, September 2 and in New York at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, September 14. Tickets go on sale to the public tomorrow, Friday, June 25, 2010 at LiveNation.com.

The same day tickets go on sale, Eminem and Jay-Z perform together on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater building on “Late Show with David Letterman.” The performance was taped on Monday, June 21, and will broadcast on Friday, June 25, at 11:35 pm on the CBS Television Network.

Here are the date for the Jay-Z and Eminem “Home And Home” Tour:

Sept. 2: Detroit, MI (Comerica Park)
Sept. 3: Detroit, MI (Comerica Park)
Sept. 13: New York, NY (Yankee Stadium)
Sept. 14: New York, NY (Yankee Stadium)

Credit: Billboard.com

Drake and Tom Petty lead U.S. album charts

Joseph412 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:12:54 +0000

Drake’s “Thank Me Later” sold 447,000 copies during the week ended June 20, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It’s the third-best sales week of the year, surpassed only by the opening rounds of Sade’s “Soldier of Love” (502,000 in February) and Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” (481,000 in January).

Read more @ Reuters

New music videogames offer instrument instruction

Joseph412 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:10:49 +0000

“They have to go beyond what they’ve done before, because honestly, it’s just more songs at this point,” IGN editor Hilary Goldstein says. “They have to give something that’s a tool you can take away and impress chicks with. And ultimately that’s what gamers want to do.”

Read more @ Reuters