Rap, rock, classical — music to Obama’s ears
Music-Slam.com Bob Dylan. Yo-Yo Ma. Sheryl Crow. Jay-Z. These aren’t musical acts in a summer concert series: They’re artists featured on Barack Obama’s iPod. “I have pretty eclectic tastes,” the Democratic…
June 2008
Winners of the 2008 BET Awards
Complete list of winners of the 2008 BET Awards: Female R&B artist: Alicia Keys Male R&B artist: Chris Brown Group: UGK
`Jacob the Jeweler’ gets 2 1/2 years in US prison
The New York businessman known in the hip-hop world as “Jacob the Jeweler” was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for lying to investigators looking into a…
Kanye Lashes Out Over Bonnaroo Experience
Claiming “this is the most offended I’ve ever been,” a livid Kanye West has taken to his blog to offer his side of the story for why he wound up…
Radiohead Live Album Arrives On iTunes
Radiohead has released a live video album exclusively on iTunes to coincide with the band’s run of U.K. outdoor concerts. “In Rainbows – From the Basement”, released June 24, features…
Coldplay Cruises To No. 1 On The Billboard 200
As expected, Coldplay tops The Billboard 200 with “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” which shifted a whopping 721,000 first-week U.S. copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Read…
Coldplay rule U.S. charts
Coldplay scored its first No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart Thursday, and preliminary sales data indicate the British rock band will claim the top spot on the albums tally…
Lil Wayne tops the 1 million mark with first-week sales of ‘Tha Carter III’
Like a superhero arriving in the nick of time, rapper Lil Wayne has swooped in to stem the tide, however briefly, of both the record business’ general slump and the…