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Daft Punk's new album, "Random Access Memories," is heading for a big sales week and the act's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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Electro, Dance
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z are reported to be expecting their second baby. Multiple sources have confirmed with E! Online that the singer is pregnant.
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Hip-hop, Pop, Relationships
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"Ooh La La," Britney Spears' bubblegum contribution to the upcoming soundtrack for "The Smurfs 2," wiggled its way online on Friday (May 17), exactly one month after the song was announced. Click …
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Pop
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Last fall, when their irrepressible hit "Thrift Shop" started to blaze up the charts and they were about to begin the tour for their first album, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had a dilemma: how to sell a …
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Hip-hop
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A new, eco-friendly music festival will debut this September at Arrington, VA's Oak Ridge Farm.
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Pop
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Summerfest is adding to its already massive lineup for the Milwaukee-based music festival, with '90s rockers Meat Puppets and Cracker joining the mid-summer party, along with indie band Rogue Wave among others.
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Shows
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With its fourth album, "Golden," lodged atop the Billboard 200 after its first week on sale, it wouldn't appear to be an opportune time for Lady Antebellum to have a break on the horizon.
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Country
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Emeli Sandé was the big winner Thursday at the 58th Ivor Novello Awards, held in central London.
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Pop
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Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" had tough competition as it opened the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday night: Justin Timberlake.
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Pop
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Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe."
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Classic Rock
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Two artists make 10-position jumps straight into the top 10 on the Social 50 this week, as both Demi Lovato and Avril Lavigne return to the region.
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Pop
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With a 39-7 catapult on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "#Beautiful," featuring Miguel, becomes the 27th top 10 hit for Mariah Carey. The singer was previously tied with Whitney Houston for the fourth-most top …
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