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Feist Dominates Juno Awards !

This has been Leslie Feist’s year, with the catchy “1234″ landing in an iPod commercial and becoming a smash download, her performance on Saturday Night Live and impressive worldwide sales of her latest album, The Reminder. She was also photographed by the famed Annie Liebovitz for Vanity Fair in November 2007. Feist’s second album garnered […]

Mariah Carey Makes History !

With her 18th chart-topping single “Touch My Body,” Mariah Carey has officially outrun Elvis Presley in the Billboard charts record this week.
“I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world,” Carey told The Associated Press on Tuesday via phone from London. “That’s […]

Mariah beat Madonna ! or the other way around …

Madonna and Mariah Carey are set to slug it out this week on U.S. iTunes, as both the pop dames’ lead singles off each of their forthcoming LPs became available.
Mariah got the upper hand, as “Touch My Body” was thrown onto the online music store sometime Monday afternoon (along with pre-orders of E=MC²), while Madge’s […]

Queen and Paul Rodgers return with a new album - The Cosmos Rocks

The Cosmos Rocks is the first studio in 13 years to carry the Queen name, their first album without the vocals of Freddie Mercury. It will be released on 1 September 2008 and will contain tracks written by Rodgers and fellow band members, May and Taylor.
The album has been written and recorded by guitarist Brian […]

Lenny Kravitz’s daughter staring in Jay-Z’s new music video

Lenny Kravitz may be the coolest rocker on the planet but he still knows how to embarrass his daughter Zoe, who has landed a mint role as the star of Jay-Z’s new music video.
“I’m so proud of Zoe“, Lenny told us at his Sony Ericsson gig at Koko in North London.
“The video she has done […]

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Madonna

Madonna spoke of being possessed by magic as she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday along with Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrumental group The Ventures.
“I felt like I had been possessed by some magic and luckily for me I have […]

Jay-Z and Mary J Blige Team for Heart of the City Tour

Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige will tour this spring in what will be one of the most potent urban music bills in recent memory.
The “Heart of the City” outing begins March 22 in Miami.
With only 10 dates confirmed, the pair are set to play 26 shows across the country in support of their latest releases.
“The […]

Arctic Monkeys - NME Awards Winners 2008

Yesterday (28 February 2008) took place in London, the third edition of “NME Shockwaves” Awards.
Arctic Monkeys won the Best British Band,Best Track - (’Fluorescent Adolescent’) and Best Video - (’Teddy Picker’) awards.

Here are the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 Nominees and Winners:
Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys - WINNER!
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse
Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers - WINNER!
Kings Of […]

Oscar 2008 - Nominations and Winners

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 was presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
Here are the 80th Academy Awards - Nominations and Winners for music categories.

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

 
“The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant […]

Brit Awards 2008 Winners and Performances

Here are the winners of the 2008 Brit Awards.
Outstanding Contribution To Music
Paul McCartney
British Single
Take That: Shine
Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange
Album: Beautiful World
International Album
Foo Fighters: Echoes Silence Patience…
Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear
Where: Seattle, Washington
Top Track: The Pretender
British Male Solo Artist
Mark Ronson
Top Track: Valerie
Album: Versions
British Female Solo Artist
Kate Nash
Top […]