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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...

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...

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...

887K Whitney Houston Tracks Sold Through Sunday

"I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston's biggest hit, sold 195,000 downloads in the week ending Sunday, up from 3,000 copies the week before, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Presumably, most were sold after the singer's death... Read More...

WATCH: Taylor Swift, Civil Wars Premiere "Safe & Sound" Video

The music video for "Safe and Sound" by Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars premiered tonight on MTV. The track is featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming and highly-anticipated film The Hunger Games. Watch the video below: Get... Read More...

Why Didn't Skrillex Perform at Grammys?

While Skrillex was raking in the awards as DJ/producers David Guetta and Deadmau5 performed on a banner night for dance music, the wub-master's stage absence felt a little puzzling. According to Billboard, the Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites DJ... Read More...

Civil Wars' New Video Premieres Monday After Grammy Wins

A big week for The Civil Wars gets even bigger. After snagging two Grammy awards on Sunday night for Best Folk Album and Best Country Duo/Group Performance, the duo (Joy Williams and John Paul White) performed part of their hit song "Barton... Read More...

LISTEN: Fun. Premieres 'Some Nights' One Week Early

Some Nights, the sophomore LP from fun., features the band's buzzing single “We Are Young [ft. Janelle Monáe]", which spent nearly all of last week at the top of the iTunes “Top Songs” chart surpassing LMFAO,... Read More...

WATCH: Bon Iver-Roots Jam Session

Rumors confirmed. Evidence has finally arrived in the form of a web-exclusive clip from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon showing Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon and The Roots' ?uestlove, longtime Twitter pals, jamming together on the Late... Read More...

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