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album stories: 48 news summaries

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Hip-Hop? Heck, No! Black Singer Embraces Country

Only two CMA Hall of Famers are black, but she's not dissuaded

Jun 15, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liz Toussaint is a rising country music star, but her journey was a bit unorthodox: The black singer grew up in Chicago with a hip-hop DJ for a brother and an R&B pianist for an uncle. “You're supposed to be a hip-hop queen,” her brother once told... More »

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entertainment • country music • album • Jay-ZTV • Liz Toussaint

 Idol Runner-Up Comes Out 

Signs record deal, too

Jun 9, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert finally came out to Rolling Stone, Us reports. “I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay,” says Lambert in the June issue, out tomorrow. “I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another... More »

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entertainment • music • reality TV • American Idol • Rolling Stone • homosexuality • album • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • gay

 Boyle Will Still Earn Millions 

Despite losing reality competition, a record deal is expected

Jun 1, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle may be in the nuthouse, but she won't likely end up in the poorhouse. Simon Cowell knows a goldmine when he sees one, and will still sign the Britain’s Got Talent second-place finisher to his label, sources tell the Mirror. “Simon knows Susan has a massive... More »

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entertainment • music • reality TV • Simon Cowell • album • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

(Newser) - A Chris Brown collaborator says the disgraced singer is focused on music despite facing felony assault charges, People reports. “He's predicting this will be his biggest album,” said songwriter Robert Allen of Brown’s upcoming effort, Graffiti. “He wants this to be his masterpiece.” More »

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entertainment • music • assault • Rihanna • album • Chris Brown • songwriter • Robert Allen

album review

 Costello Goes a Little Country  


May 29, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elvis Costello's new Secret, Profane & Sugarcane CD has a spare, country feel to it—T. Bone Burnett returns as producer—and critics generally think it hits the mark.
  • Glen Boyd, Blog Critics: A little too much "filler" among the bright spots, but those bright spots are
... More »

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music review • album • Elvis Costello • Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

 Yorn Sees 
 Bardot in 
 Scarlett 

Singer records new album with Johansson

May 28, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson is the new Brigitte Bardot, says Pete Yorn, who enlisted the actress to join him on an upcoming album. A dream moved him to echo the 1960s collaborations of Serge Gainsbourg and Bardot, the singer-songwriter tells Rolling Stone. “So who is Brigitte Bardot?” Yorn says he asked... More »

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entertainment • music • Scarlett Johansson • Brigitte Bardot • album • collaboration • Pete Yorn • Serge Gainsbourg

(Newser) - Kanye West says Jay-Z’s new album, Blueprint 3, will not feature the Auto-Tune effects West himself has relied on in the past, MTV reports. “We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album to make the point that this is an anti-Auto-Tune album,” said... More »

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music • Kanye West • hip-hop • rap music • album • Jay-Z • Auto-Tune • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

MUSIC REVIEW

 Ciara Lost on Fantasy Ride 


May 21, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ciara's tiny voice can't survive in the spaces her producers leave on her new album, Fantasy Ride, but the disc does provide a few fascinating diversions. Some critical opinions:
  • "That's what you get with Fantasy Ride," Tom Breihan writes on Pitchfork. "A few brilliant left turns
... More »

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entertainment • hip-hop • singer • Beyonce • music review • album • R&B • Jay-ZTV • Ciara

 Coldplay Will Give 
 Concertgoers Free CDs 

Live album distributed at all remaining 2009 dates

May 1, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Coldplay will give away a free copy of its new live CD to every audience member at shows this year, BBC reports. Starting on May 15 in Florida, the band will give fans the nine-track LeftRightLeftRightLeft as a "recession-busting mark of gratitude." The album, which includes live versions... More »

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music • download • concert • Coldplay • rock music • album • concert tour • Chris Martin

(Newser) - Prince’s new album, Lotusflow3r, is actually three separate discs: two by the Purple One and one by his protégé, Bria Valente, all for sale exclusively at Target for $11.98. And depending on who you ask, that’s a good deal—or not.
  • Jody Rosen is thrilled
... More »

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Minneapolis • rock and roll • Prince • music review • album • funk • Lotusflow3r • Bria Valente

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Who Gave Guy a Shiner? 

Plus, credit crunch hits Cleese's divorce, and more

Mar 23, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Uh-oh. Guy Ritchie showed up with a black eye after a night out in London, the Sun reports. No word on where the mystery shiner came from… could this have anything to do with his less-than-flattering nickname for tough ex-wife Madonna? More gossip:
  • The recession has hit celebrity divorces.
... More »

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television • Roseanne Barr • Katie Holmes • Victoria Beckham • celebrity • gossip • Amy Winehouse • sitcom • primetime TV • Madonna • divorce settlement • TV series • album • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • John Cleese

album REVIEW

 U2's Latest Good, Not Great 

'No Line on the Horizon' features some experimentation, some classic U2

Feb 27, 09 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - At its best, U2’s latest album has the band both pushing forward with a dense, atmospheric sound courtesy of producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois—but in other moments, Bono and company are content to lazily rehash their stadium-pop formula, critics say.
  • “The album lacks a unified
... More »

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Bono • music review • album • the Edge

 Spinal Tap Is Back 

First new album since 1992

Feb 4, 09 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Smell the glove one more time, guys. Spinal Tap is making another comeback. David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel, who became mock rock legends in the 1984 mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, are recording their first new album since 1992, reports the Sun. It will be on sale... More »

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music industry • reunion • Rob Reiner • This Is Spinal Tap • album

music review

 Fierce? Nah, 
 She's Just 
 Too Good 


Feb 2, 09 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Beyoncé’s new album, I Am…Sasha Fierce, “is something of a mess," Sasha Frere-Jones writes in the New Yorker. Musically, Beyoncé belongs in the "Genius Lounge," but her fierce alter-ego only emerges on the record to offer tame advice. "... More »

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music • pop music • Beyonce • Sasha Frere-Jones • album • rhythm and blues • President Obama

 Clarkson Soars to Top of Charts 

New single rocketed from 97th spot in Hot 100

Jan 29, 09 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson’s new single has jumped from No. 97 to No. 1 , breaking the record held by Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” for the largest leap to the top spot, Billboard reports. “My Life Would Suck Without You” sold 280,000 digital downloads in one week and is climbing... More »

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music • radio • Kelly Clarkson • celebrity • digital downloads • record • music sales • Billboard charts • album • Hot 100

OPINION

 Best Overlooked Albums of '08 

Catfish Haven and El Perro Del Mar in top 10

Dec 26, 08 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Catfish Haven's Devastator tops Spin's year-end list of overlooked albums. George Hunter's "old-soul blues exposes other rock'n'roll kings as pretenders to the crown." The top 10:
  1. Catfish Haven, Devastator: Hunter's voice is "a husky amalgam of Joe Cocker's world-weary croon and Bill Medley's baritone bombast."
... More »

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music • Brazil • rock and roll • blues • album • Best of 2008 • El Perro Del Mar

 U2 Gets a Line on New Release 

Band's 12th studio effort is due March 3

Dec 19, 08 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - U2’s hotly anticipated new album is finally on the horizon: No Line on the Horizon is set for release March 3, E! Online reports. The band delayed the release to polish the songs and add two tracks. Although U2 worked with its “usual suspects,” guitarist the Edge... More »

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Bono • U2 • album release • rock music • album • the Edge

 Brit's Circus Tops the Charts 

Will be singer's fifth No. 1

Dec 10, 08 11:06 AM CST
(AP) - Britney Spears' latest CD, Circus, has landed her back at a familiar position—No. 1. The singer's comeback CD—make that her second comeback CD—will top the album charts next week, according to her label, Jive. Though Nielsen SoundScan does not release its official figures until today, estimates... More »

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music • Britney Spears • pop music • celebrity • album release • album • album sales


 Winehouse 
 (Sort of) 
 Recording 
 New Album 

Singer's new album will be 'emotional'

Dec 9, 08 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - No matter where Amy Winehouse finds herself after a night of partying, she’ll be able to record songs for her new album. Her label has shelled out more than $220,000 to book three studios in various parts of London for the troubled pop star. And thanks to her... More »

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music • celebrity • Amy Winehouse • studios • album

 Grammy Noms 
 a 'Blessing': 
 Hudson 

Debut album receives four nods

Dec 5, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Amid family tragedy, Jennifer Hudson found herself “blessed” with four Grammy nominations, People reports. “It’s been a childhood dream of mine to release an album,” Hudson said in a statement. “I'm extremely honored and humbled.” The nods came on the same day Hudson's estranged... More »

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music • American Idol • awards • celebrity • award show • Jennifer Hudson • Grammy Awards • album

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