AP - Sep 20, 2008
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards happen Sunday night, but the Hollywood action is already in full swing. Some run-up highlights: ___ A MAJOR MASHUP: Josh Groban has raised us up, and now he s going to...
More »AP - Jul 10, 2008
The All-Stars of music are coming to Yankee Stadium, too. Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow will sing the national anthem before baseball s All-Star game on Tuesday night, and classical pop star Josh...
More »AP - May 6, 2008
Josh Groban has been teased by family and friends about landing on People magazine s most beautiful list but he doesn t mind. I always had a really great time flipping through the magazine and...
More »AP - Jan 20, 2008
U2, Patti Smith, 50 Cent, John Legend and Josh Groban are contributing to the soundtrack of this year s Sundance Film Festival. Yes, Josh Groban he of fresh face, lyrical baritone, and last year...
More »E! Online - Jan 3, 2008
She may not have finished the year the way she wanted, but Mary J. Blige certainly started 2008 on the right note. Blige's Growing Pains was expected to debut atop the final chart of 2007, but Josh...
More »E! Online - Dec 19, 2007
Holiday sales might be depressing, but it's no blue Christmas for Josh Groban. He just broke a chart record Elvis set back when Eisenhower was President. Josh Groban's Noël claimed an unprecedented...
More »E! Online - Dec 12, 2007
Blake Lewis can't jingle Josh Groban's bells. The beatboxer became the second Idol star in three weeks to lead new debuts on the weekly pop chart, but neither he nor season-six champ Jordin...
More »Reuters - Dec 7, 2007
Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Garth Brooks, Harry Connick Jr., Whitney Houston and Sarah McLachlan. They are just a few of the multiplatinum artists whose Christmas albums failed to reach No. 1 on...
More »Reuters - Nov 30, 2007
Disappointing sales performance during Thanksgiving weekend has merchants feeling pessimistic about music's prospects for the holiday selling season and worried about what will happen to CD sales...
More »E! Online - Nov 28, 2007
The Grinch might be stealing Christmas from music retailers, but thanks to Josh Groban and Oprah, there's still some singing in Whoville. For the sales week kicked off by Super Tuesday—the...
More »AP - Apr 13, 2007
Barbra Streisand welcomed Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) to her bluff-top Malibu estate for a fundraising dinner that took in $1.3 million for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee....
More »Reuters - Mar 30, 2007
It's apropos that soulful songstress Angie Stone is recording her debut for Concord Music Group's reactivated Stax Records imprint at the stomping grounds of another soul soldier: Marvin Gaye....
More »Reuters - Mar 2, 2007
Producer/songwriter David Foster is proof that you can go home again. Although this native of Victoria, British Columbia, has lived in Malibu, California, for years, he spends much time in Canada. The...
More »E! Online - Dec 28, 2006
Most rappers start beefs to help sell albums, but Nas is topping the charts thanks in part to a truce. Several years back, the Nas-Jay-Z feud got ugly when the two rap stars began attacking each other...
More »E! Online - Dec 20, 2006
At age 29, Taylor Hicks was the oldest contestant to win American Idol. Unfortunately, he released his debut disc in a week that favored the Young. Peach State rapper Young Jeezy single-handedly spanked...
More »Reuters - Nov 24, 2006
Two popular rap acts occupied the top two spots on the U.S. album charts Wednesday, with the Game s Doctor s Advocate coming in at No. 1. The release moved 358,000 copies during the week ended November...
More »E! Online - Nov 22, 2006
The charts got Game...and vice versa. The erstwhile Dr. Dre and 50 Cent protégé scored big as his latest solo outing, Doctor s Advocate, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 pop...
More »E! Online - Nov 15, 2006
Now that s what I call a stampede. With the Country Music Association Awards airing last week, the latest pop chart was supposed to be a Nashville-happy affair. Instead, the latest installment in Now...
More »Reuters - Aug 31, 2006
When Warner Music Group created a record label with Sean P. Diddy Combs last year, industry insiders said the company was taking a big risk with a star who may have lost his hit-making touch. They questioned...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »Reuters - Jul 22, 2006
It s 9 p.m. at The Gig in Hollywood and a crowd of L.A. hipsters is trickling in to catch the evening s act. The bar itself is just one of several live music venues scattered throughout the city that...
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