AP - Apr 18, 2006
Stars rarely cede the spotlight, even briefly. But after Heather Headley made the successful (and rare) leap from Broadway luminary to pop star — her 2002 album, This Is Who I Am, was a best-seller...
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Crank up the band, it s party time at the Copacabana. In a battle of retro pop and opera for chart supremacy (now there s a phrase we don t write often enough), Barry Manilow fended off Andrea Bocelli...
More »AP - Feb 7, 2006
There will be a bit more breathing room this year for the A-list celebs who attend Clive Davis swank pre-Grammy shindig. Tuesday night s exclusive party and concert is being moved to the Beverly Hilton...
More »Reuters - Feb 3, 2006
While the eight Grammy Award nominations John Legend received for his debut album Get Lifted have certainly raised his status, the profile of some of his colleagues has risen as well. Songwriter/producer...
More »Reuters - Jan 20, 2006
Singer/songwriter and Broadway star Heather Headley jokes that instead of In My Mind, her sophomore album should have been called Caught Up. That s because during the three years after the 2002 release...
More »AP - May 5, 2005
Eight stories above the Carnegie Hall stage, Skitch Henderson sits at his desk, poring over a Gershwin score. At 87, the one-time bandleader for the Tonight Show is conducting his Carnegie-based New...
More »Reuters - Dec 16, 2004
Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop from the top of Billboard s Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as his hit tune Drop It Like It s Hot featuring Pharrell logged a third week at No. 1. The cut stems from Snoop...
More »Reuters - Dec 7, 2004
Chicago rapper Kanye West, who survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of commercially successful Grammy Award contenders...
More »Reuters - Jun 25, 2004
Reports of the demise of Arista Records have been premature. The label -- which has lost many of its superstar acts to other BMG labels in recent months as part of its integration into the RCA Music...
More »Reuters - Jun 22, 2004
Extended in her leading role in Disney s Aida through the show s planned Sept. 5 closing, R&B singer Deborah Cox is contemplating stepping into another musical in 2005. Dreamgirls approached me, she...
More »Reuters - Apr 30, 2004
Kenny Gamble says more unreleased material from the Philadelphia International vault is in the offing. On tap: a Patti LaBelle live set and albums by the Dells and Jean Carn. These releases would go...
More »AP - Feb 3, 2004
The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop s eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of O Brother, Where Art Thou? Two years later, the rap funksters...
More »Reuters - Jan 2, 2004
Another Grammy season is quickly approaching -- faster this time around thanks to the accelerated date for the 46th annual awards show (Feb. 8). The good news: R&B and hip-hop are well represented in...
More »Reuters - Dec 13, 2003
Some industry observers will bet you half a buck they know who will win this year s Grammy Award for best new artist. Standing out commercially in a wide-ranging field of nominees, rapper 50 Cent is...
More »E! Online - Dec 4, 2003
Going solo proved to be a wise career choice for several of this year s biggest Grammy nominees. The move paid off today for Beyonc, Justin Timberlake and even OutKast, whose album is made up of...
More »AP - Dec 4, 2003
Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: 1. Record of the Year: Crazy in Love, Beyonce featuring Jay-Z...
More »AP - Dec 4, 2003
Nominations in top categories for the 46th annual Grammy Awards announced Thursday: 1. Record of the Year: Crazy in Love, Beyonce featuring Jay-Z; Where Is the Love? Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake...
More »E! Online - Dec 1, 2003
Fiddy s sitting pretty at the top of the list of Billboard Music Award finalists. The G-Unit Crew team leader pulled down nods in six categories for the 2003 Awards, including those for Artist of...
More »USRN - Sep 12, 2003
(9/12/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- R&B singer and actress Heather Headley married former New York Jet Brian Musso on September 6 at Musso s home outside of Chicago, according to the Associated Press. The couple...
More »USRN - Aug 25, 2003
(8/25/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Hip-hop soul duo Floetry was the top winner at the ninth annual Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards presentation, held Saturday (August 23) at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena,...
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