Delayed digital releases annoy iTunes users
Music-Slam.com Growing numbers of fans are protesting online when labels delay the digital release of hit radio singles. But these consumer complaints are doing little to stop record companies from deferring…
2006
Hip-hop DJ gets deal to dismiss charges
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 27, 5:52 PM ET A judge on Thursday agreed to dismiss criminal charges against a former hip-hop radio disc jockey who insulted…
‘Kazaa’ makers settle piracy lawsuits
One of the big guns of the Wild West days of freely downloading music and movies over the Internet is going straight. Settling lawsuits around the world, the company behind…
McCartney’s first guitar sold for $614,000
An American collector has bought Paul McCartney's first acoustic guitar for 330,000 pounds ($614,000) at auction. The guitar used by the former Beatle was bought by Craig Jackson at an…
Franz Ferdinand Upset ‘Top Of The Pops’
Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos marked his band's final appearance on the soon-to-be-cancelled British TV show Top Of The Pops by wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a swear word, according…
Hits package, Radiohead singer lead charts
Joining eight of its predecessors, the multi-artist compilation "Now 22" debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday, while Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke grabbed the No. 2 spot…
Furtado’s “Promiscuous” stays strong on charts
Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" featuring Timbaland led the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a fourth week Thursday, while Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" held at No. 2 but replaced Furtado atop the…
India.Arie’s “Testimony” debuts at No. 1
India.Arie earns her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "Testimony: Vo. 1, Life & Relationship." The album from Universal Motown sold 161,000 copies in its first week in…