Shania Twain takes over the No1! NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - In one of the last weeks for the big-time album debuts on the charts this year, Shania Twain, the latest Now That's What I Call Music collection, Ja Rule, Matchbox Twenty, and Audioslave all entered in the top 10 of the latest US Albums chart. It didn't take long for Shania ...
| Westlife win at web awards LONDON, UK (Interactive Music Awards) - The win tops a good few days for Westlife Westlife reigned supreme at the first Interactive Music Awards, which honours artists for their presence on the web. The Irish group walked away with the event's People's Choice award, just days after they won two prizes ...
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Sir Cliff's song is world's second most popular LONDON, UK (BBC World Service) - Sir Cliff Richard has emerged ahead of The Beatles, Queen and John Lennon in a poll to find the world's most popular song. His 1979 hit We Don't Talk Any More is currently second in a poll compiled by the BBC World Service, ahead of such classics as The Beatles' Yesterday ...
| Tom Jones to get lifetime Brit Award LONDON, UK (Brit Awards Website) - Singer Tom Jones will be given an outstanding contribution prize at the 2003 Brit Awards, organisers have announced. The 62-year-old performer will receive his award at the London ceremony in February. It honours a music career which began in 1964, with the Welshman ...
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Jay-Z Tops Chart! NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - Jay-Z has debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album sales chart with his latest effort, The Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse. More than 545,000 copies of the album were sold, according to sources. This is the fifth album by the hip-hop giant to debut at Number One, ...
| Ashanti Leads American Music Awards 2002 Nominations LOS ANGELES (AMA Website) - R&B singer Ashanti leads the nomination pack for the upcoming 30th annual American Music Awards, which will be held Jan. 13 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. She's up for a total of five awards. Nominees in 20 categories were announced at a Tuesday (Nov. 19) morning ...
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Nickelback & Furtado Honoured By SOCAN TORONTO, Canada (Nelly Furtado Fans Website) - Nelly Furtado was honoured last night by SOCAN - the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. The songstress received nods for "I'm Like A Bird" and "Turn Off The Light" for achieving the highest number of plays on domestic radio. Furtado's ...
| Toni Braxton To Announce AMA Nominees LOS ANGELES (AMA Website) - R&B singer Toni Braxton and JC Chasez of 'N Sync will join executive producer Dick Clark in announcing the nominees for this year's American Music Awards. They'll read the names of the nominees starting at 9:30 a.m. PST Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. ...
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VH1 Big In 2002 Awards Nominees LOS ANGELES (VH1/Top40 Charts) - The Osbournes, Avril Lavigne, Nelly, Destiny's Child's Beyonce Knowles, and Sheryl Crow are among the artists receiving two nominations apiece for the VH1 Big in 2002 Awards, set for Dec. 15 in Los Angeles. The awards, which specialize in quirky categories like Can't ...
| 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards Winners BARCELONA, Spain (Top40-Charts/Radio1/MTV Europe) - Rapper Eminem has capped the most successful week of his career with three MTV Europe Music Awards at a ceremony in Barcelona. He was named best male artist, beating off competition from last year's winner, Robbie Williams, plus best album and best ...
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NME's Top 100 LONDON, UK (NME) - On Monday we told you about The Official UK Charts Company poll that voted Queen's 1975 hit 'Bohemian Rhapsody' the greatest hit of the last 50 years. Well apparently it's list season in the UK because NME Magazine has now come out with what they feel to be the 100 Greatest Singles ...
| Justin Timberlake Lands At No. 2 - No Match For Eminem's 8 Mile NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - Justin Timberlake's debut solo effort, Justified, was no match for Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack, falling short of first-week expectations and landing at No. 2 on The US Albums chart behind 439,423 in sales. While Justified's numbers are nothing to shake a stick at, industry ...
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Stars gear up for MTV fiesta BARCELONA, Spain (MTV Europe, P. Diddy Fans Websites) - Some of the biggest stars in pop and rock are converging on Barcelona to take part in the year's biggest pan-European music awards ceremony. Eminem, Robbie Williams, Whitney Houston and Enrique Iglesias will all perform at Thursday's MTV Europe ...
| VH1 Big in 2002 Awards LOS ANGELES (VH1) - Drea de Matteo and Michael Imperioli of "The Sopranos" will host the VH1 Big in 2002 Awards. The December 15 award ceremony pays tribute to "those moments and people that captivated and inspired us in 2002," according to the cable channel. Categories include "Can't Get You Out of ...
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Pop chart celebrates golden jubilee LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - Fifty years after it first came into existence, the UK pop singles chart is still going strong and will celebrate its half century on Thursday. Created with the launch of music magazine NME, the chart is still adhered to as the indicator of which artists are flavour of the week, ...
| Queen top of the pops (again!) LONDON, UK (Radio 2) - The band's 1975 hit heads a list compiled to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK charts, to be broadcast by BBC Radio 2 on Saturday night. The operatic rock song, which regularly makes it to the top of listeners' charts, came in ahead of two other usual suspects - John Lennon's ...
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The 36th Annual CMA Awards (List of 2002 Winners) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CMA Awards) - Winners of the Country Music Association Awards (2002): Entertainer: Alan Jackson Male Vocalist: Alan Jackson Female Vocalist: Martina McBride Horizon Award: Rascal Flatts Vocal Group: Dixie Chicks Vocal Duo: Brooks & Dunn Single: "Where Were You (When the World Stopped ...
| Em Debuts At No. 1 NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - With just three new songs on the soundtrack, the soundtrack to Eminem's first film, 8 Mile, still debuted at No. 1 on The US Albums with 702,226 in first week sales, as expected by industry observers. The soundtrack, which features just one song actually from the film, includes ...
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Westlife set for tenth number one! LONDON, UK (Westlife Fans Website) - Westlife look set to storm to the top of the UK singles chart at the weekend. Unbreakable is on course for the number one spot. It will be their tenth UK number one. Last week's number one, DJ Sammy, should drop to number two. Nelly's Dilemma, which features Kelly ...
| The Osbournes To Host American Music Awards NEW YORK (MTV/Osbournes Fans Website) - Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly, and Jack Osbourne will be the first "family" to ever host the American Music Awards come Jan. 13. The three-hour event, in its 30th year now, will originate from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and air on ABC. "We are going to give the ...
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