Mariah Breaks Leona’s Spirit
Music-Slam.comLester Cohen/WireImage.com She's no Einstein, but Mariah Carey can certainly add up the numbers for a nuclear chart-topping debut. Carey's E=MC2 energized the charts, giving the pop diva her sixth…
Amy Winehouse Up For Songwriting Awards
Amy Winehouse leads the nomnations for next month's Ivor Novello songwriting awards. The singer is up for three awards with "Love Is A Losing Game" and "You No I'm No…
Sparks battling sore throat, leaves Keys tour
Jordin Sparks is battling an acute vocal cord hemorrhage, and has dropped off the just-launched Alicia Keys tour while she recovers. The 2007 "American Idol" winner was forced to cancel…
Top 10 music acts going green with compost and biodiesel
Going green has become a focus in recent years for many artists who are trying to help save the environment with everything from carbon offsets, to giving away autographed compost…
Guns N’ Roses “negotiating” to release album
Guns N' Roses is "in negotiations" for the release of its decade-in-the-making album "Chinese Democracy," according to a post on the band's Web site (http://web.gunsnroses.com/). The message did not elaborate…
Music biz wary of satellite radio merger
There's only one Howard Stern, but music formats offered by satellite radio broadcasters Sirius and XM frequently overlap. So a long-gestating merger of the two companies -- expected to be…
How to save the album
By Quincy Jones Ever since Shawn Fanning launched the original Napster -- and even more so now that legitimate downloading has taken off via iTunes -- I've been hearing lots…
Streisand cancels planned performance in Israel
Barbra Streisand has canceled a planned performance in Israel for an event marking the Jewish state's 60th anniversary, citing personal obligations, her publicist said on Tuesday. Read the rest at…