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fun. Has No. 1 New Album in the Country

It's official: fun.'s Some Nights is the top-rated new album in the country this week. The band's second album, Some Nights, debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Their debut set, Aim and Ignite, debuted and peaked at No. 71 in 2009... Read More...

Kristin Chenoweth Going on Tour, Returning to Hometown

Kristin Chenoweth is taking the long way home. The Tony Award-winning singer and actress announced Wednesday that she'll kick off her first ever concert tour on May 9 in Seattle and it will end June 24 in Broken Arrow, Okla., the town she grew... Read More...

Bon Iver Releases New Music Video for "Towers"

Bon Iver has released the new music video for "Towers," in addition to adding new tour dates including The Red Rocks with Feist.  Nabil Elderkin, the filmmaker responsible for Bon Iver's epic "Holocene" video, directed... Read More...

Keane Announces New Album Set to Release in May

FINALLY. British alt-rockers Keane have announced that its fourth album, Strangeland, will be released on May 8 in the U.S. on Cherrytree/Interscope, and one day earlier in the U.K. The follow-up to 2008's Perfect Symmetry will be supported by a... Read More...

WATCH: Kevin Hammond Covers fun.'s "We are Young"

Amidst all the current buzz for fun. following the release of their new album, Some Nights, a video surfaced this weekend of Wisconsin-native Kevin Hammond covering their popular song, "We Are Young (featuring Janelle Monae)." Hammond is... Read More...

WATCH: Ben Rector Covers Whitney Houston's "Dance"

Whether you're a Whitney Houston fan or not, anyone can appreciate this recent cover of her hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" by the incredibly talented Ben Rector. Rector is currently on tour with NEEDTOBREATHE and if you've never... Read More...

The Civil Wars' 'Barton Hollow' Flies to No. 10 on Charts

As earlier reported, Adele's 21 spends a 21st nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 730,000 (up 207%) in the week after the Feb. 12 Grammy Awards.    Whitney Houston's Whitney: the Greatest... Read More...

Adele Hits 21st Week at No. 1

Adele's 21 album hits a number of major milestones this week on the Billboard 200 chart, as it basks in the glow of the British diva's multiple Grammy Award wins on Feb. 12. The album sold 730,000 copies in the U.S. last week (ending Feb. 19... Read More...

WATCH: Music Video from Josh Ritter's New EP

Josh Ritter’s new EP, Bringing in the Darlings, is out today. So is the video for the single, “Love is Making Its Way Back Home”, which comes in the form of a stop-motion animation. Twenty artists, editors, directors and product... Read More...

Rihanna, Chris Brown Reunite for TWO Songs

So not only is Chris Brown lustily serenading Rihanna on the remix of her song "Birthday Cake" but she appears on a new version of his song "Turn Up the Music," complete with giggles at the end — presumably because they... Read More...

Maya Rudolph a Hit on SNL; Lindsay Lohan on March 3

Maya Rudolph returned to her old Saturday Night Live stomping grounds as host and got a little help from friends Amy Poehler and Justin Timberlake.  After a "14-month hiatus," the latest installment of "Bronx Beat" reunited... Read More...

Adele to Have Biggest Sales Week, Civil Wars Enter Top 10

Adele's 21 is shaping up to have an even bigger week than first thought.   Presently, the set is now projected to sell somewhere in the range of 650,000 to 680,000 by week's end on Sunday, Feb. 19, according to industry sources (up... Read More...

The Black Keys Ready to Get Back in Studio

El Camino isn't three months old yet and the North American tour hasn't even begun, but the Black Keys' next album is "already on the books," according to Dan Auerbach.    "We don't know when it would... Read More...

Bonnaroo Announces 2012 Lineup

The 11th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival organizers have announced a great lineup, drawing from an astounding range of music scenes to create what is sure to be another incomparable 4-day weekend. The festival will be held on June 7 –... Read More...

Young the Giant's "Cough Syrup" on Upcoming 'Glee' Episode

NEW YORK, NY – Young The Giant’s hit single “Cough Syrup” will be featured in the opening scene of the winter finale of Glee February 21 on FOX. Things heat up as the New Directions go head to head with the Dalton... Read More...

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