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As forecast last week, Daft Punk is heading for its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with its new "Random Access Memories."
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Electro, Dance
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Last August, Paul McCartney threw his support behind Pussy Riot, the Russian all-girl punk collective convicted with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, early on in the band's case.
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Classic Rock, Rock
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The 2013 Billboard Music Awards pump big sales gains on the charts this week, thanks to blockbuster performances from the likes of Bruno Mars, Jennifer Lopez and Ed Sheeran. The show aired on May 19 from 8-11 p.m …
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Vancouver's pop-rock band Marianas Trench -- now a headlining arena act in Canada after a dozen years of hard work, and whose frontman Josh Ramsay co-wrote Carly Rae Jepsen's ubiquitous "Call Me Maybe" …
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Hip-hop
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Paris Hilton will be releasing her second album on Cash Money, the label co-founded and operated by Ronald "Slim" Williams and Bryan "Birdman" Williams.
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Pop
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Three days before One Direction's debut 3D feature film, "This Is Us," hit theaters on Aug. 30, the best-selling boy band will release a new book that also captures its ascent to stardom.
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Pop
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The duo dominates for a third week with 'Can't Hold Us'; Daft Punk scores its first top 10; and Justin Timberlake rules at radio
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Columbia Records will release the soundtrack for the documentary "Twenty Feet from Stardom" on June 18, four days after the film opens theatrically.
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Soundtracks
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As forecast, Vampire Weekend notches its second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as "Modern Vampires of the City" debuts atop the list this week. The set sold 134,000 copies in its first week, according …
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Pop, Rock
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It's got a lot of big sounding songs," Taylor Hanson tells Billboard about the album, out June 18. "We really thought of the audience when we did them – we imagined the interaction with the crowd.
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As it prepares for its second Orion Music + More festival, taking place this year June 8-9 on Belle Isle in Detroit after starting last year in Atlantic City, Metallica also has its sights on future projects -- including …
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Metal
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Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first. The 26-year-old country singer won the show's mirror ball trophy Tuesday.
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