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| Musical Notes |
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| The place for "What's Goin' On" in the Music Industry |
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Former Beatles member George Harrison, Black Sabbath, ZZ Top, the Sex Pistols, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Patti Smith, John Mellencamp, Prince and Jackson Browne are among the nominees on the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot. |
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Bob Dylan re-recorded two old tunes, "Cold Irons Bound" and "Down in the Flood" for Columbia's Masked and Anonymous soundtrack, out July 22. The music legend also stars in the movie. |
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Attemting to give Apple's iTunes a run for its money, a new Internet music download site for PCs called BuyMusic.com debuted July 22 with a catalog of more than 300,000 songs. |
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What the...?: So Now You Care |
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Eminem played two special concerts July 12 and 13 in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, at Ford Field with 50 Cent and Missy Elliott. The shows were his only North American concert dates this year. |
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RCA Records will release the previously unheard Elvis Presley recording of "I'm a Roustabout" on the upcoming compilation Elvis 2nd to None, due out October 7. The news came as fans prepared to mark 26 years since his death. |
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Organizers for the July 30 Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto Concert, headlined by the Rolling Stones, sold 500,000 tickets for the Downsview Park venue. Also on the bill were AC/DC, Rush, the Flaming Lips, Justin Timberlake and the Isley Brothers, among others. |
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Joshua Gracin has bowed ot of the American Idol tour to return to military duty. The now group of nine kicked off the tour July 8 in St. Paul, Minnesota. |
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| Island Records is planning to release The Best of Barry White, which assembles 12 of the soul legend's greatest hits into one disc as part of the label's 20th Century Masters/The Millenium Collection. It hits stores on August 19. |
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Lenny Kravitz has formed Roxie Records, a label named in honor of his late mother, to be distributed through Warner Bros., Billboard reports. Kravitz remains with Virgin Records, which will release his new album, Funk, in the fall. |
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Top 10 Singles - Billboard.com |
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Top 10 Albums - Billboard.com |
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1. "Baby Boy," Beyonce f/Sean Paul
2. "Get Low," Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz f/Ying Yang Twins
3. "Shake Ya Tailfeather," Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
4. "Stand Up," Ludacris f/Shawnna
5. "Damn!," YoungBloodZ f/Lil Jon
6. "Here Without You," 3 Doors Down
7. "Right Thurr," Chingy
8. "Why Don't You & I," Santana f/Chad Kroeger
9. "Holiday In," Chingy f/Ludacris & Snoop Dogg
10. "Rain On Me," Ashanti |
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1. Chicken 'n Beer, Ludacris
2. Speakerboxx/The Love Below, OutKast
3. 2nd to None, Elvis Presley
4. Life for Rent, Dido
5. Some Devil, Dave Matthews
6. Sacred Love, Sting
7. Too Hot for TV, Da Band
8. The R in R&B Collection: Vol. I, R. Kelly
9. Metamorphosis, Hilary Duff
10. The Long Road, Nickelback |
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Norah Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Shania Twain and Sinead O'Conner are among the artists contributing tracks to Just Because I'm a Woman, an all-star, all-female tribute album to Dolly Parton due out October 14. |
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Two surveys recently taken suggest that the music biz ignores adults, according to Billboard. Music sales were 16 percent lower than last year among the 36- to 50-year-old set, according to NDP Intellect, while Pricewaterhouse Coopers estimates that musical selections for older listeners will be increasingly limited. |
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| GreatMusicSites.com |
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Billy Bob Thornton has inked a new album deal with Sanctuary Records Group, home to the Allman Brothers and KISS, among others. His second album, The Edge of the World, is due out August 5. |
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| 50 Cent and Missy Elliott were among those honored June 24 at the third annual BET Awards at the Kodak Theater in L.A. 50 won Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and Best New Artist. Elliott was named Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. In addition, Michael Jackson awarded James Brown with BET's Lifetime Achievement Award, while Magic Johnson was honored with the BET Humanitarian Award. |
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| On the Edge Without Angelina |
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| Country group Alabama has already grossed $15 million in ticket sales before their 40-city Farewell tour hit its stride. The trek ends in mid-November. |
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| Prince is set to release Prince Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas, his first official concert DVD, on August 19 via his NPG Music Club Website, as well as traditional outlets. |
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| Alison Krauss & Union Station lead the nominations for the 14th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards with 13 nods. The Del McCoury band is close behind with 12. The trophies will be handed out October 2. |
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Multi-hyphenate Sean "P. Diddy" Combs revived his Bad Boy Records label in a distribution deal with Universal to release the soundtrack to Bad Boys II. The album consists entirely of previously unreleased tunes from the likes of Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, and Snoop Dogg. |
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| What the...? MovieCat Reviews About Cat |
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Velvet Revolver, the new band featuring Guns N' Roses' Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, with Suicidal Tendencies' David Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland, will release an album this fall. |
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Liz Phair will launch her first major tour in for years on July 21. The tour, starting in San Francisco, is in support of her latest self-titled release. |
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David Bowie will kick off a Reality world tour in Europe this October before heading stateside in December, Billboard reports. The tour is expected to coincide with the release of his new album in September. His "Rebel Rebel" is on the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle soundtrack, out on June 24. |
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Elton John is in talks to sign up for a $54 million engagement at Las Vegas' state-of-the-art Colosseum at Caesar's Palace once Celine Dion completes her run there. |
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Floetry picked up best single and album by a group and Missy Elliott won best song and music video of the year at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards August 23. |
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| My Radio Station |
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Courtney Love's first solo album under her new three-album deal with Virgin Records has a release date. America's Sweetheart will hit record store shelves October 28. |
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From Celine to Elton |
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