Jack Johnson

Coldplay was the hottest iTunes album download this year: Its Viva la Vida was crowned the best-selling album of 2008, while Leona Lewis s Bleeding Love was named the top-selling single. Coldplay s CD... More »

Mellow music king Jack Johnson gave summer a gentle sendoff Sunday night, turning a massive stage at UCLA's Intramural Field into a breezy beachfront shack. All that was missing was the sound of... More »

Going green has become a focus in recent years for many artists who are trying to help save the environment with everything from carbon offsets, to giving away autographed compost bins, to philanthropy... More »

The charts are officially Jacked! For the second straight week, Jack Johnson and Michael Jackson have the country's bestselling albums and held down the top spots on their respective charts. For... More »

Talk about the passion. Hot off an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a shiny, happy, if temporary reunion with ex-drummer Bill Berry, R.E.M.'s remaining trio of Michael Stipe, Peter... More »

British rock band the Arctic Monkeys and their Las Vegas counterparts The Killers triumphed on Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the UK music industry s biggest night of the year. Striking a blow for guitar... More »

Previously unreleased tracks from Jack Johnson and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder will see the light of day on the soundtrack to the Johnson-spearheaded surfing documentary A Brokedown Melody. The... More »

During the lengthy encore of his 2 1/2-hour show Friday at Los Angeles Greek Theater, Ben Harper confessed: I have been accused of playing too long. That s usually by the record company or the critics... More »

The calendar might say it s spring break season, but this week s album charts is all about high school and report cards. For the second time since its release 10 weeks ago, the Disney Channel s High... More »

The new mantra of the music industry? Don t trust anyone over 16! Kids are a potent new army of music fans, a trend that became obvious a few weeks ago when the top three discs on the Billboard album... More »

Figures. Now that he s out of Cash Money, Juvenile s Check is bouncing right to the top. The New Orleans rapper, who rose to prominence on the Cash Money label, has seen his inaugural Atlantic release... More »

An absent Sex Pistols. A backstabbing Blondie. And a kinder, gentler Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. Crazy, but that s how it went Monday night at New York s Waldorf Astoria Hotel as those seminal... More »

Ne-Yo s so sick that he can t be denied. The rookie R&B crooner, whose debut single So Sick already topped the Billboard Hot 100 radio, now has a number one album to go along with, as In My Own Words... More »

Mickey is one happy mouse right about now. Building momentum with Radio Disney airplay, the soundtrack to the Disney Channel movie High School Musical officially finished its seven-week trek to... More »

There s some serious monkey business going down on the album charts. While Grammy winners got their traditional post-ceremony sales spikes, the top branch of the Billboard 200 was occupied by a cinematic... More »

Tis the season to be jolly, except for most of the bands that played Saturday s first night of LA modern rock station KROQ s Almost Acoustic Christmas concert. Nine Inch Nails, System of a Down and Korn... More »

Tis the season to be jolly, except for most of the bands that played Saturday s first night of LA modern rock station KROQ s Almost Acoustic Christmas concert. Nine Inch Nails, System of a Down and Korn... More »

Jack Johnson, Howie Day, Citizen Cope and O.A.R. are among the artists contributing to a new compilation intended to aid victims of natural disaster. Rock for Relief is scheduled for a January 31 release... More »

Some of the biggest names in modern rock, including Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay, the White Stripes, System Of A Down and Korn, have signed on for Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM s annual... More »

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week s ranking is in parentheses. The list is... More »

The music industry has a new scapegoat for its revenue problems: album cover art. A big barcode splashed on the cover of an 80s compilation CD is being mistakenly scanned by British retailers instead... More »