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UK album sales see 3.5% annual decline

4 hours ago | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

UK album sales fell by 3.5% to 128.9 million in 2009, the BPI has announced. The modest decrease was attributed to a "healthy stream of key releases", including albums from Susan Boyle, Lady GaGa, Michael Bublé and the Black Eyed Peas. Digital album sales accounted for 16.1m sales, 12.5% of the overall albums market. "Despite difficult trading conditions and the ever-present competition from illegal downloading, UK music sales remained relatively resilient during 2009," (more) »

- By David Balls

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Susan Boyle's Reign on Billboard Hot 200 Continues

11 hours ago | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Susan Boyle extends its reign on Billboard Hot 200 with her debut album "I Dreamed a Dream". According to Nielsen SoundScan, the effort has added another 137,000 copies, bringing a total of 3,104,000 units in its six weeks on sale.

The average number of "I Dreamed a Dream" hints that the Susan hysteria in the U.S. has started to die down. It means that whoever release new albums in the coming weeks may have the chance to end her six-week reign on the chart.

The U.S. albums chart has no newcomers this week. The runner-up position belongs to Lady GaGa's "The Fame" with 82,000. The third place is secured by Alicia Keys' "The Element of Freedom" with 80,000.

Mary J. Blige falls two spot from No. 2 to No. 4 with her "Stronger With Each Tear" album. Taylor Swift rounds the Top 5 with "Fearless" which becomes the best-selling album of 2009 for selling almost »

- AceShowbiz.com

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36th People's Choice: Full Winners List in Music Category

13 hours ago | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

After announcing Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban as early winners in music category, the 36th Annual People's Choice Awards rolls out its full list of musicians who manage to walk away with trophies in their hands. Leading the pack is Lady GaGa.

The dance queen receives double victory. She wins over Adam Lambert, Demi Lovato, Kris Allen and Susan Boyle in Favorite Breakout Music Artist. She grabs her second award in Favorite Pop Artist after facing off Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Black Eyed Peas.

Losing the battle against Lady GaGa in Favorite Pop Artist and Carrie Underwood in Favorite Country Artist, Taylor Swift is voted Favorite Female Artist by music lovers. She blocks the likes of Beyonce Knowles, Britney and Pink to win the prize and denies Carrie from scooping her second award.

"What a beautiful, beautiful way to start out a new decade," the »

- AceShowbiz.com

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'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Precious' nab NAACP Image award nominations

19 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

Six  was the magic number for NAACP Image Awards nominations announced Wednesday (Jan. 6).

ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," the film "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" and the TNT's telepic "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story" led with six nominations apiece.

In music, however, Jay-z and Maxwell led the way with five nods each.

The nominations were announced at a press conference that featured Tay Diggs, comedian Wanda Sykes, "Brothers Star" Michael Strahan, Tatyana Ali and Kyle and Chris Massey.

The 41st NAACP Image Awards will air live beginning at 8 p.m. Et on Friday, Feb. 26 on Fox.

Check out the nominees:

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

"30 Rock" (NBC)

"Everybody Hates Chris"(CW)

"Glee"(Fox)

"Tyler Perry's House of Payne"(TBS)

"Ugly Betty"(ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Daryl "Chill" Mitchell - "Brothers"(Fox)

Donald Faison - "Scrubs"(NBC)

Dulé Hill - "Psych"(USA Network)

Lavan Davis - "Tyler Perry's House of Payne »

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"Precious" Leads NAACP Image Awards Nominations

22 hours ago | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

"Precious" leads the nominations for the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards earning eight noms including Best Director for Lee Daniels, Best Actress for Gabourey Sidibe, Supporting Actress for Mariah Carey, Monique, and Paula Patton, and Best Supporting Actor for Lenny Kravitz.

"Precious" also got nods for Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Independent Film. Other films nominated were "Invictus," "Michael Jackson's This Is It," "The Blind Side," and "The Princess and the Frog."

Winners will be announced Feb. 26 on Fox.

Here's the complete list of nominees for the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards:

Motion Picture Categories

Outstanding Motion Picture

. "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

. "Invictus" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

. "Michael Jackson's: This Is It" (Columbia Pictures)

. "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

. "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

. Denzel Washington , "The Taking of Pelham 123" (Columbia Pictures »

- Manny

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Pink and Lady Gaga to Add Their Girl Power to Grammy Night

22 hours ago | www.actressarchives.com | See recent Actress Archives news »

Two new Grammy acts have been announced, and they're sure to increase the girl power of the Grammys by ten-fold. Both Pink and Lady Gaga are now scheduled to perform at the show. Both are expected to be upstaged by Gaga's costumes.Other newly announced performers include Dave Matthews Band, Green Day and Zac Brown Band. The newest round of performers join, Beyonce, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Antebellum, Maxwell and Taylor Swift, who had already been locked in as performers at the show.The 52nd Annual Grammy will air live from the Staples Center on January 31st. This newest round of performers confirms that all the nominees for album of t »

- By Actress Archives

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Six Collaborations Britney Spears Should Do In 2010

6 January 2010 10:33 AM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

As you've probably heard by now, there's a fairly good chance that, come March, we'll have a new Britney Spears single on our airwaves. Not much is known about the song, except that it's apparently produced by current "It" guy David Guetta (perhaps you've heard "I Gotta Feeling," the ultra-ubiquitous song he did for the Black Eyed Peas).

There's reportedly also an album due this summer, featuring work by Darkchild and 21-year-old producer/musician Jon Asher, who recently told the New York Post that it will be "Epic … music that has meaning. Something that truly moves you."

Sounds epic indeed. So while Spears' label, Jive Records, told MTV News that they "cannot confirm" anything, we here in the Newsroom figured that it's never too early to begin rampant speculation about Brit Brit's new project. Which is why we've complied a wish list of artists and producers we can only dream she'd collaborate with. »

- James Montgomery

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Susan Boyle Is Billboard #1 For Sixth-Straight Week

6 January 2010 8:16 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Lady Gaga takes #2 spot in slow week of album sales for everyone.

By Gil Kaufman

Susan Boyle's <i>I Dreamed a Dream</i>

Photo: Sony Music Entertainment

It's becoming clear that you can't stop Susan Boyle, you can only hope to contain her. Actually, nobody has even been able to do that yet. The "Britain's Got Talent" star will hold on to the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart for an amazing sixth week in a row, thanks to another 137,000 units shifted, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. And while her sales over the New Year's week dipped by more than 70 percent, Boyle still managed to steam past the 3 million mark in just six weeks.

With no other new releases dropping in the last week of 2009, the rest of the top 10 consisted of the usual suspects, all of whom took serious double-digit hits as consumers appeared to snuggle up and avoid the post-Christmas sales. »

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Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga Top SoundScan's Year-End Charts

6 January 2010 2:30 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

The Beatles, Black Eyed Peas and Susan Boyle also top the list.

By James Montgomery

Taylor Swift's <i>Fearless</i>

Photo: Big Machine Records

Well, the final numbers have been crunched and the end result is something we pretty much suspected all along: 2009 was a very big year for Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and the late, great King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

On Wednesday (January 6), Nielsen SoundScan released their sales figures for 2009, and while some of the data is downright depressing — total album sales (including digital) dropped more than 12 percent — we prefer to focus on the positive: Swift, Gaga and Jackson (not to mention Susan Boyle, the Black Eyed Peas and the Kings of Leon) moved a whole lot of units over the past 12 months.

Swift's Fearless was the year's top-selling album, moving more than 3.2 million copies, holding off a late-year charge from Boyle, whose I Dreamed a Dream sold some »

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Lady GaGa Is Set to Perform at 2010 Grammys

5 January 2010 11:58 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

Lady GaGa will be seen among the performing acts at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Organizers for the coveted awards show has confirmed on Tuesday, January 5, that the 2010 Grammy Awards nominee for Album of the Year will take on the Staples Center's stage on Sunday, January 31, 2010.

The 23-year-old is the latest to be added to the performers line-up along with Green Day. She joins previously announced Maxwell, Pink, Beyonce Knowles, Black Eyed Peas, Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift. The four latter acts are expected to perform their latest hits at the Grammys. Other performers are to be unveiled at a later date.

Grammys' performance aside, Lady GaGa is to become a comic book character in Bluewater Production's latest series "Fame", MTV has reported. The dance electronica singer has been chosen to star in "Fame" considering the fact that her latest achievements and influences in the music industry, in addition to her unique clothing choice, »

- celebrity-mania.com

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Pink, Lady GaGa join top acts lined up for Grammys

5 January 2010 9:35 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Pink and Lady GaGa will perform at the upcoming Grammy Awards. The provocative pop dynamos will join The Dave Matthews Band, Green Day and the Zac Brown Band at the Los Angeles entertainment industry hallmark event. Top acts Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Antebellum, Maxwell and Taylor Swift are also in the line-up, with more performers to be unveiled at a later date. At the Grammys, Beyonce, The Peas, Lady GaGa, Dave Matthews and Taylor Swift are up for Album Of The Year. The star-studded show is set for the Staples Center and will be broadcast live on CBS on January 31. »

- Philippa Bourke

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Lady GaGa and Green Day Confirmed to Rock 2010 Grammy Awards

5 January 2010 7:08 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

After announcing that Pink, Dave Matthews Band and Zac Brown Band as performers, organizers for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards throw in two other big names to the already star-studded line-up. The latest musicians set to sing at the event are Lady GaGa and Green Day.

They will be joined by previously-confirmed musical guests Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas, Lady Antebellum, Beyonce Knowles and Maxwell. Among those singers, Taylor is rumored to take double duties. She reportedly will not only sing but also present an award during the biggest event in the music industry.

More acclaimed music acts are promised to be brought to the stage of Staples Center in Los Angeles, California where the award is going to take place on January 31. "Don't fret yet! We'll be announcing more performers in the coming weeks," so people from the event wrote on Twitter. Also, presenters and special segments will be unveiled on a later date. »

- AceShowbiz.com

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'Nine' Blog Giveaway - Who Wants to See a Broadway Show?

5 January 2010 2:28 PM, PST | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »

You might have heard about a not-so-little movie called Nine, now out in theaters from the makers of Chicago. Based on the Tony-award-winning musical, the film's a lavish reworking of a certain Italian director's classic, and features an all-star cast including Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, and the Black Eyed Peas' own Fergie. Check out the HD trailer here, and find tix here. Plus, if you're in New York and jonesing to see a real live Broadway musical, the studio behind Nine, the Weinstein Company, and the company Playbill, have graciously offered Fandango this here blog giveaway...we'll be giving away two pairs (or 4 tix altogether) to see a Broadway show of your choosing (depending on availability, but most...

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Lady Gaga and Dave Matthews Band to Perform at Grammys

5 January 2010 2:19 PM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

Nominees Lady Gaga, Dave Matthews Band, Green Day, Pink, and the Zac Brown Band have joined the list of performers for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards telecast on Sunday, January 31.

See photos Lady Gaga's wildest outfits

Previously announced performers and fellow nominees include Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Antebellum, Maxwell and Taylor Swift.

See photos of the 2010 Grammy nominees

"Extra" wants to know: Which performance are you most excited about?

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Lady GaGa, Green Day, Dmb tapped as Grammy performers

5 January 2010 9:21 AM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

Grammy nominees Dave Matthews Band, Green Day, Lady Gaga, P!nk and the Zac Brown Band will join previously announced performers like Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift as performers at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The the two-and-a-half hour ceremony show will be broadcast live from Los Angeles' Staples Center on Jan. 31 via CBS. With this announcement, the Recording Academy has confirmed that all five Album of the Year nominees will be taking the stage: Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, the Dave Matthews Band, and Taylor Swift. As previously reported, Beyonce leads this pack and all »

- Katie Hasty

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Lady Gaga, Dave Matthews added to Grammys lineup

5 January 2010 9:12 AM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

Lady Gaga, the Dave Matthews Band and Green Day have joined the roster of performers at the Grammy Awards.

Pink and the Zac Brown Band, who like the others are Grammy nominees, will also perform at the Jan. 31 show. They join Beyonce, Taylor Swift, the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Lady Antebellum in the lineup.

The addition of Lady Gaga and Dave Matthews to the show means that all five album of the year nominees will perform at the Grammys. Swift, Beyonce and the Black Eyed Peas are the other nominees.

Green Day is up for three awards, including best rock album and best rock song ("21 Guns"). The Zac Brown Band also has three nominations, including best country album ("The Foundation") and best new artist. Pink, meanwhile, is in the running for two Grammys, for best female pop vocal ("Sober") and best pop vocal album ("Funhouse").

The Grammys will air »

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Nine

5 January 2010 6:33 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

First a confession. I dislike musicals. No, that’s untrue. I loathe musicals. I loathe them in much the same way that I loathe Ryanair baggage charges. Or root canal surgery. Or the post-pub, Cro-magnon wank-a-thon, Danny Dyer's Hardest Men. I just cannot see the appeal. All that breathy over enunciation. The razzle. Yeah! The dazzle. Yeah! Yeah! The big, lungy singing and the high kicking and the weary and ultimately rather tragic "raciness". The ridiculous sub ‘Ello ‘Ello accents, the painful exposition and the “amusing” asides. The in-jokes and all the self-congratulatory back-slapping and gurning. All that stage school, theatrical bonhomie. I may be missing the point entirely but it all just baffles me. Musicals, to me, feel like the rather embarrassing, screeching aunt-at-a-wedding. Over cooked, slightly desperate and just to painful to watch. So going to see Nine, the new film from the director of Chicago, Rob Marshall, »

- Nick Clarke

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Lady Gaga, Green Day, Pink To Perform At Grammy Awards

5 January 2010 6:04 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Dave Matthews Band and Zac Brown Band also added to roster for January 31 show.

By Gil Kaufman

Lady Gaga performs at the 2009 American Music Awards

Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage

The 52nd annual Grammy Awards added some heavy artillery to the roster of performers taking the stage on January 31: nominees Green Day, Lady Gaga and Pink. The trio of superstars, plus Dave Matthews Band and the Zac Brown Band, were announced on Tuesday (January 5).

They will perform at Los Angeles' Staples Center alongside a previously announced slate that includes Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Maxwell and Lady Antebellum. More artists and presenters will be revealed soon, according to a press release from the Recording Academy.

2010 Grammy Performers Announced

With the addition of Gaga and Dmb, all five nominees for Album of the Year — which also include Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas and Swift — are now slated to play live on the show. »

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Lady Gaga, P!nk, Green Day, and More to Perform at Grammys

5 January 2010 5:11 AM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

The Recording Academy has added to an already stellar lineup of performers for the "52nd Annual Grammy Awards." Dave Matthews Band, Lady Gaga, P!nk, Green Day, and Zac Brown Band will be taking the mic. As previously announced, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, The Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, and country act Lady Antebellum will also have their chance to showcase their nominated hits in the spotlight. . Each of the performers are nominated for multiple awards on the big night. With five nominations is Lady Gaga. Not far behind are Green Day and the Zac Brown Band, with six apiece. Dave Matthews Band and P!nk are each up for two trophies. With this announcement, all five Album of the Year nominees (Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, the Dave Matthews Band, and Taylor Swift) will entertain the crowd and home audience. The "52nd Annual Grammy Awards" will be televised live on CBS on Sunday, »

- TheInsider

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Pink, Dave Matthews Band and More Added to Performers Line-Up of 2010 Grammys

4 January 2010 11:40 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

More big stars have been booked to rock the January 31 ceremony of Grammy Awards. The newly-announced musical guests are Pink as well as Zac Brown Band and Dave Matthews Band.

They will be joined by previously-confirmed performers Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas, Lady Antebellum, Beyonce Knowles and Maxwell. Among those singers, Taylor is rumored to take double duties. She reportedly will not only sing but also present an award during the biggest event in the music industry. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced in the coming weeks.

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards is going to be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. In its nominations list, Pink, Dave Matthews Band and Lady Antebellum scoop two nods each. Zac Brown Band receive three gongs, Taylor Swift gets eight nods, Black Eyed Peas and Maxwell are nominated in six categories, while Beyonce Knowles leads the pack with ten. »

- AceShowbiz.com

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