P.O.D., Steven Curtis Chapman, Rebecca St. James Garner Dove Awards Nominations
NASHVILLE (Top40 Charts) - P.O.D. doesn't always play up its Christian aspects, but that didn't stop the hard rock group from getting three nominations for the Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards - including Artist of the Year. Finalists were announced Wednesday (Jan. 23) morning in Nashville. P.O.D. ...
| Moulin Rouge wins Golden Globe for musical and Beautiful Mind wins drama prize!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - The hyperactive musical Moulin Rouge was named best musical or comedy movie and took two other awards at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony. A Beautiful Mind won best drama, as well as the best actor award for Russell Crowe, who portrayed schizophrenic mathematician John Nash. ...
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Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' Poised To Hit Number One In The U.K. Again
LONDON, UK (BBC/Radio 1) - The late George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" looks likely to hit Number One in the U.K. for a second time. According to the BBC, the posthumous reissue of the single--which topped the charts in both Great Britain and the U.S. in 1971--is selling well enough to place it at Number ...
| MTV Asia awards appearances
NEW YORK (MTV Asia) - Westlife, Blue and Pink are all confirmed to appear at the first ever MTV Asia awards. They will be joined by the likes of P.O.D. and Cirque Du Soleil at the event, which takes place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on February 2. Mandy Moore and Ronan Keating will host the ceremony, ...
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Gorillaz storm the Brits Awards
LONDON, UK (BBC/Radio1) - Gorillaz lead the way at this year's Brit Awards with six nominations, dotmusic can confirm. Damon Albarn's virtual hip-hop collective were unveiled as the frontrunners for the coveted awards at Abbey Road Studios this afternoon. The band have been nominated for gongs in high-profile ...
| Tom's a 'People' Person
LOS ANGELES (ABC.com) - Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, ER and Friends were some of the big winners at the People's Choice Awards on Sunday night. Roberts took home the favorite motion picture actress award � her eighth win in the category. Hanks won favorite motion picture actor and favorite dramatic motion ...
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American Music Awards Winners
LOS ANGELES (Top40-Charts) - The 29th Annual American Music Awards were primarily dominated by women, as Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys, and the late Aaliyah each earned two AMAs on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, country singer Tim McGraw made a strong showing for the men, notching victories ...
| Michael Jackson To Appear At American Music Awards - U2 To Perform At GRAMMY Awards
NEW YORK (ABC.com) - After weeks of squabbling over who gets Michael Jackson to appear on their awards show, the powers that be at the American Music Awards have announced that the King of Pop will indeed join the ABC show. Jackson has just been confirmed to accept his Artist of the Century Award and ...
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Linkin Park Have Year's Top Album
NEW YORK (Top40-Charts) - Linkin Park's debut record, Hybrid Theory, was the best-selling record of 2001, according to SoundScan, the music industry's record keeper of sales for all music products.
Hits like "One Step Closer" and "In the End" propelled the California alternative metal quintet to sales ...
| 2001 Chart & Sales Feats: 'NSync, Puddle Of Mudd, Dixie Chicks and More!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - After an absolutely record-shattering year on the Billboard charts in 2000, albums released in 2001 had a very tough act to follow.
Although record-setting acts from last year like 'NSync and Britney Spears - who own the records for highest one-week sales (No Strings Attached ...
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U2 Earns Eight GRAMMY Nominations; Soul Singers Close Behind
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts)- It was another beautiful day for members of U2, as the veteran Irish band and its acclaimed album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, picked up a leading eight nominations for the upcoming 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The group snagged nominations in the top three categories -- ...
| AMA Battles Almost As Fun As Show
NEW YORK (ABC.com) - Britney Spears, Kid Rock, Usher, Mick Jagger and Cher will all perform on next week's American Music Awards, while Sean "P. Diddy" Combs tries his hand at being a television host. But none of that promises to be quite as fun as the backstage bickering that has consumed music's two ...
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2001 On The Charts: The No. 1 Debuts
NEW YORK (Top40-Charts) - As 'NSync proclaimed with its newest hit single this summer, pop ruled the charts this year. Pop fans helped send seven albums to the No. 1 spot in their first week in stores, just edging out the rock acts, who were represented by a respectable six No. 1 debuts. All in all, ...
| Nas Lands At No. 8 In Year's Final Chart; Creed Remains At No. 1
NEW YORK (AP) - While Creed's Weathered tied Shaggy's Hotshot for the most weeks at No. 1 in 2001 at five, Nas' Stillmatic crashed into the top 10 on the final Billboard 200 chart of the year at No. 8. The only other top 20 debut this week was Lil' Bow Wow's Doggy Bag, which hit No. 11. Elsewhere in ...
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Robbie and Nicole take UK Christmas top spot
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - Robbie Williams and actress Nicole Kidman have beaten a little-known club singer in the race to top Britain's Christmas pop music charts, the chart compilers revealed on Sunday. Williams and Kidman were number one with a remake of the Sinatra classic "Somethin' Stupid," the ...
| Shaggy and Dido lead album sales
LONDON, UK (BBC) - Dancehall reggae artist Shaggy has produced the year's biggest selling album in the US, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has said. Hotshot has sold 5.5 million copies since January - followed in second place by both Enya's A Day Without Rain and 'N Sync's Celebrity, ...
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2001 Top 40 Charts Superlatives: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - 2001 in music saw its fair share of eyebrow-raising events, comments, and mishaps - onstage, offstage, in the studio, and beyond. In part one of our third annual not so serious look back at the year, we look at The Good. Oops! ? They Did It Again: For the second year in a ...
| No Doubt's Rock Steady To No. 9 On The Billboard 200
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - No Doubt just squeaked into the top 10 on next week's The Billboard 200, as the band's fifth album, Rock Steady, debuts at No. 9 with 254,787 in first-week sales. The band's last album, 2000's Return of Saturn debuted at No. 2 upon its release, but also on 200,000-plus units ...
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Robbie and Nicole top UK pop charts
LONDON (Top40 Charts) - Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman have shot straight to the top of the UK charts with their cover of the Sinatra hit "Somethin' Stupid." The duo knocked dance music newcomer Daniel Bedingfield off the number one spot that he had dominated for two weeks, according to the Official ...
| Train And Cake Lead California Music Awards Nominees
LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts) - Train and Cake are the leading nominees for the California Music Awards, which were announced on Thursday (December 13). Train was nominated for six awards: outstanding album (Drops Of Jupiter), outstanding single ("Tell Me"), outstanding rock pop album (Drops Of Jupiter), ...
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