TRL Ending In November

When MTV first started out they played music videos 24/7. Then they started dabbling in crappy reality and dating shows. Then youtube was invented, internet killed the video star, and TRL became the last stronghold of the music video on the network(even if they only showed a couple second snippet). After 10 years, MTV is putting the show to rest.

Dolly Parton Saves The Day

Add Dolly Parton to the list of artists who's catalogue is prestigious enough to get a Broadway or Las Vegas show. On opening night, technical difficulties threatened to piss the audience off but Dolly saved the day.

Kanye West/50 Cent Rivalry Heats Up

Oh brother. Does 50 Cent actually think he's funny?

Billboard To Celebrate 50 Years

Before August 4, 1958, Billboard Magazine tracked the top songs in the nation separately for airplay and sales. The sales were calculated by tallying up figures reported by retailers. Airplay came from radio stations and juke boxes. What made the Hot 100 so special was that it incorporated all of the statistics to determine what songs were really #1 in America. "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson was the first number one. Now, fifty years later, Billboard is set to celebrate their birthday with an anniversary issue of their magazine as well as showcasing chart milestones for the past half century.

Bloc Party Says Early Digital Release A Success

This Thursday, Bloc Party digitally released their third album, Intimacy, two months before the physical release is set to hit stores. Lead singer Keel Okereke said of their decision, "We finished [Intimacy] a few months ago and we thought, 'Why do we need to sit on it for six months after it's done?' It seems that post-'In Rainbows' there are no rules about this sort of thing anymore." Even their record labels agree. Okereke commented that their British indie label, Wichita Recording, were, "really into this idea, just as much as we were."

Killers Announce Third Album's Title

The Killers have announced that their forthcoming third studio album is to be called Day And Age. It gets its name from one of its tracks, "Neon Tiger" and is to be released in November (and leaked in September). Stuart Price, aka the Thin White Duke, who has previously remixed "When You Were Young", "Mr. Brightside", and produced Madonna's Confessions On A Dancefloor will be producing the record.

Here's "Neon Tiger".

Issac Hayes Dies At Age 65

Best known for his 1971 #1 hit "Theme From 'Shaft'", Issac Hayes passed away Sunday. Not only did he write, produce, and perform his chart topper, Hayes went on to win both an Oscar and a Grammy for the track. You might have also heard him as the "voice of Nick At Nite" as well as Chef on South Park. Collin Stanback, A&R executive at Stax said of Hayes, "A lot of artists owe Isaac his career because a lot of music was based on his foundation".

Britney Returns To VMAs, Charts

Chatting with comedian Russell Brand and oblivious to the elephant mumbling around behind them, Britney Spears takes her first steps toward a proper comeback in a recent VMA ad. Will she perform? So far, only Lil Wayne and the Jonas Brothers are slated, but anything could happen. A Spears performance would give the network a ratings boost. Her 2007 appearance lip syncing and swaying to "Gimme More" put the show 23% more viewers than 2006. Spears also reports that her next studio album is due out in six to nine months. "I think it is more urban," she says in an interview with OK! Magazine. "I'm writing every day, right here at the piano in this living room. This is my best work ever."

Amy Winehouse To Release Bond Theme No Matter What

After being rejected in favor of Alicia Keys and Jack White to compose and perform the theme for the latest James Bond film, "Quantom of Solace", Amy Winehouse vows that she will release hers anyways. Wanting to prove the move makers wrong, Winehouse plans to release it the same day as the official track for an epic chart showdown. Talking to Britain's New Magazine she said, "If they want a worldwide hit I have them all up here (pointing to her beehive)."

Soundtrack To Mama Mia! Tops US Charts

Abba's greatest hits compliation, Gold, remains at #1 in the UK, an incredible feat considering it was released 16 years ago. Due to chart rules in the US, older albums can only chart on the album catalouge chart, which Gold currently sits atop. On the Billboard 200 however, the soundtrack to the film "Mama Mia!" is #1 after five weeks in the charts already. This is the second #1 soundtrack to do so in 2008 after "Juno" did so in January.

Artist formerly known as Hannah Montana tops the Billboard LP chart


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