KT TUNSTALL: EYE OF THE 'TIGER' September 11, 2010
- Features At a recent media showcase in London, KT Tunstall offered an unusual description of the songs from her forthcoming third album: "Like Eddie Cochran working with Leftfield," she told the assembled press. » Full Story
'EASY A': MAKING THE GRADE September 11, 2010
- Features Much like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "The Breakfast Club," Screen Gems' John Huges homage "Easy A" comes with a strong soundtrack, which will be released Sept. 14 on Madison Gate Records. » Full Story
CORIN TUCKER: HIP MAMA September 11, 2010
- Features While Corin Tucker admits being a parent has changed some of her views, she makes it clear that her new solo album, "1,000 Years," out Oct. 5 on Kill Rock Stars, is not "mom rock." » Full Story
GLOBAL PULSE September 11, 2010
- Features Bombay Bicycle Club is hoping for an international breakthrough...the Corrs violinist Sharon Corr is back with a debut solo album...English folk-rocker Richard Thompson recorded new album "Dream Attic" live on tour. » Full Story
6 QUESTIONS WITH STEPHEN CHRISTIAN September 11, 2010
- Features The Anberlin frontman talked with Billboard while he was in Germany about the band's new album, "Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place," and how he'll hit the books as he hits the road. » Full Story
NELLY: STILL HOT IN HERRE September 11, 2010
- Features For rapper Nelly's teenage daughter, the biggest validation that her father is still "cool" came only last week—from Taylor Swift. » Full Story
KE$HA'S TAKING OFF September 11, 2010
- Features Ke$ha becomes the 11th solo female to collect at least four Billboard Hot 100 top 10s from a debut album as "Take It Off," from her introductory set, "Animal," bounds 16-10. » Full Story
CEE LO: VIRAL SMASH TO HIT SINGLE? September 11, 2010
- Features Cee Lo Green's viral smash, "Fuck You," may seem like it came out of the blue. But in reality, the singer sat on the song for almost a year before it made its explosive arrival. » Full Story
WHOLE FOODS: ADDED VALUE September 11, 2010
- Features Whole Foods' Artist Discovery Series has picked its next spotlight act. The campaign will focus on pop/folk duo the Weepies and its Nettwerk album, "Be My Thrill" (Aug. 31), which will be the first full release streamed on the company's Whole Story blog. » Full Story
JEREMY CAMP'S FIRE September 11, 2010
- Features After a successful detour as a Christian rocker, Jeremy Camp returns to his music roots on "We Cry Out: The Worship Project." » Full Story
'TEENAGE' TOPS; CD SINGLES SEE SURPRISING SURGE September 11, 2010
- Features As expected, Katy Perry is crowned queen of the Billboard 200 as her second Capitol effort starts atop the chart with 192,000 sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. » Full Story
EL DEBARGE: FACING THE MUSIC September 04, 2010
- Features The last time El DeBarge released an album, it was 1994. The Internet was starting to come into its own. Nielsen SoundScan was just 3 years old. YouTube, iTunes, Facebook and Twitter weren't even blips on anyone's radar. Not to mention that R&B and its fan base have changed radically since then. » Full Story
STONE SOUR: HAUNTING THE AIRWAVES September 04, 2010
- Features Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor isn't impressed by what he hears when he turns on the radio these days—if he turns on the radio, that is. » Full Story
MAVIS STAPLES: ONE LESS LONELY WOMAN September 04, 2010
- Features Sixty years into her career, Mavis Staples overflows with enthusiasm for music, family and food. At 71, the voice of civil rights gospel group the Staples Singers is converting a new generation of fans, thanks not only to her energy and talent, but to collaborations with artists like Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, who produced her new studio release, "You Are Not Alone," due Sept. 14 on Anti-. » Full Story
LOS INQUIETOS DEL NORTE: DIRECT CONNECITON September 04, 2010
- Features If you're searching on the iTunes or Amazon websites for "Vamos a Darle Con Todo: Coleccion de Corridos," the new album by Los Inquietos del Norte, you won't find it—yet. » Full Story
IRON AGE September 04, 2010
- Features Veteran hard rock act Iron Maiden celebrates its second top 10 album and best rank on the Billboard 200 with the arrival of its new studio set, "The Final Frontier," at No. 4. » Full Story
ANN & NANCY WILSON: GOTTA HAVE HEART September 04, 2010
- Features Currently on the road, Nancy Wilson of Heart says the travel aspect of touring remains "just as hard. But the sweeter thing is to still be doing it." » Full Story
TED LEO: BOTTLED IN HUMOR September 04, 2010
- Features Ted Leo & the Pharmacists' video for "Bottled in Cork" chronicles the act's hilarious quest to launch an "American Idiot"-esque stage production based on its indie-leaning guitar rock. » Full Story
RAPPING THE TRUTH September 04, 2010
- Features Missy Elliott says she was 14 when she did it the first time. Eve was 11. Diamond was 14, while Yo-Yo and Lady of Rage were 15 and 12. » Full Story
NATALIE GRANT: OH MY GOD, BECKY August 28, 2010
- Features Natalie Grant is the first to admit she could easily be classified as a "Becky," the name Christian radio programmers coined years ago to describe their target demo: a woman in her 30s or 40s, married with kids, a typical soccer mom. » Full Story
ISAAC DELGADO: AMOR IN TRANSLATION August 28, 2010
- Features In 1956, Nat "King" Cole emerged from a plane in Havana holding a pair of maracas and began a series of dates at the club Tropicana. For the first of Cole's three subsequent Spanish-language albums, 1958's "Cole Espanol," he was coached by Bebo Valdes, then the pianist with the Tropicana's Armando Romeu Orchestra, to phonetically sound out the lyrics. The suave but quirky charm of Cole's notable American accent and the swing of the musicians who joined him on great songs by Latin composers and Spanish translations of popular English numbers made the trilogy of Cole's "Espanol" albums a hit in Latin America and beyond. » Full Story
6 QUESTIONS: NICK CAVE AND JIM SCLAVUNOS August 28, 2010
- Features Australian post-punk hero Nick Cave has skipped from project to project during his 37-year career, but he's always maintained his pasty-faced, black-clad persona. An especially dark and sexual vibe runs through the latest album by his band Grinderman, "Grinderman 2," due Sept. 14 on Mute. Cave and drummer Jim Sclavunos spoke to Billboard about establishing Grinderman as a band and the universality of "No Pussy Blues." » Full Story
FANTASIA: MOVING FORWARD August 28, 2010
- Features Fantasia has endured a roller coaster couple of weeks, as the mainstream and tabloid media have veered from one controversy (the singer being named in a divorce case that includes sex tape allegations) to the next (her being hospitalized for a "medical overdose"). But that isn't stopping the former "American Idol" champ from honoring a previously scheduled promotional tour in support of her third album, "Back to Me" (J Records, Aug. 24). » Full Story
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS: DANCE FEVER August 28, 2010
- Features An honor previously fit only for a King and a Prince is also bestowed upon Enrique Iglesias. With a 2-1 lift on Hot Dance Club Songs for "I Like It," Iglesias collects his seventh No. » Full Story
VOICING SUPPORT FOR BONE MARROW CAMPAIGN August 28, 2010
- Features Even before high-profile Latin artists united in song to aid earthquake victims in Haiti and Chile, dozens of them lent their voices to a cause aimed directly at U.S. Hispanics: bone marrow donation. » Full Story
RYAN BINGHAM: 'STAR' STRUCK' August 28, 2010
- Features Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett swept the awards season earlier this year, winning an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for their original song "The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart." And if there's one superstition even musicians in Hollywood adhere to, it's this: Don't mess with a winning streak. » Full Story
EMINEM'S BACK AT NO. 1; ALBUM SALES SLIP, AGAIN August 28, 2010
- Features Eminem's "Recovery" rebounds to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after two weeks of sitting in the runner-up slot. It climbs back up with 133,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan (down 13%). It's the most weeks at No. 1 for an album since Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" claimed six straight frames at the top in December and January. » Full Story
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