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Singer Avril Lavigne cancels trip for concert in Hiroshima

Kyodo News InternationalJune 15, 2013 10:49
Canadian singer Avril Lavigne has canceled her trip to Japan next month where she was to attend a peace concert in Hiroshima, the prefectural government said Friday. Lavigne's agent has informed the local government of the cancellation, citing the singer's own wish without elaborating, it said. Lavigne was to perform July 31 in the World Peace Concert to be held from July 27 to Aug. 5 ahead of the 68th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6. ==Kyodo

Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks

The Canadian PressMay 21, 2013 09:15
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19: UNITED STATES 1. Macklemore 2. Daft Punk, "Get Lucky — Radio Edit" (Columbia Records) 3. Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive" (Interscope Records) 4. Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors" (RCA Records) 5. P!nk, "Just Give Me a Reason" (RCA Records) 6. Macklemore 7. Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX, "I Love It (Original Version)" (Big Beat Records/Atlantic) 8. Bruno Mars, "When I Was Your Man" (Atlantic Records) 9. Selena Gomez, "Come

"The Voice" loses Shakira, gets Christina Aguilera back

Agencia EFEMay 17, 2013 12:02
Los Angeles, May 17 (EFE).- Colombian singer Shakira will leave NBC's "The Voice" and Christina Aguilera will return to take her place next season, the Web site E! News said. "It was a hard decision for me to make, because I'm really fond of the coaches, the people in production and everybody around me," the 36-year-old superstar told E! News.

Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks

The Canadian PressMay 14, 2013 14:01
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12: UNITED STATES 1. Macklemore 2. Daft Punk, "Get Lucky — Radio Edit" (Columbia Records) 3. Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive" (Interscope Records) 4. Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors" (RCA Records) 5. P!nk, "Just Give Me a Reason" (RCA Records) 6. Macklemore 7. Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX, "I Love It (Original Version)" (Big Beat Records/Atlantic) 8. Bruno Mars, "When I Was Your Man" (Atlantic Records)

Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks

The Canadian PressApril 30, 2013 13:00
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, April 22, to Sunday, April 28: UNITED STATES 1. Daft Punk, "Get Lucky — Radio Edit" (Columbia Records) 2. Macklemore 3. Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive" (Interscope Records) 4. Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors" (RCA Records) 5. Macklemore 6. P!nk, "Just Give Me a Reason" (RCA Records) 7. Bruno Mars, "When I Was Your Man" (Atlantic Records) 8. Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z, "Suit 9. Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX, "I Love It" (Big Beat Records/Atlantic)

Britney Spears goes "Ooh La La" for "Smurfs 2"

April 17, 2013 15:32
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears is going "Ooh La La" for the Smurfs with a song for upcoming summer movie "The Smurfs 2," movie studio Sony Pictures said on Wednesday. "I have always loved the Smurfs as a kid and now my boys are the biggest Smurfs fans EVER. I wanted to surprise them with a song in the movie," the pop singer and mother of two said in a statement. Her recording "Ooh La La" will play at the end credits for "The Smurfs 2," a part animated, part live family comedy due for release on July 31.

Timberlake enjoys third week at No. 1 on Billboard album chart

April 12, 2013 15:06
Singer Justin Timberlake continued his reign at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart for the third consecutive week on Wednesday, keeping new entries by The Band Perry and Tyler, The Creator from the coveted No. 1 slot.Timberlake's “The 20/20 Experience” sold 139,000 copies last week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, bringing the album's total US sales to 1.43 million since its debut on March 19. Country music group The Band Perry entered the chart this week at No.

Pearl Jam rocks Chile's Lollapalooza

April 7, 2013 14:15
Santiago, Apr 7 (EFE).- U.S. rock band Pearl Jam kept the soul of grunge alive at the close of the first day of the 3rd edition of Chile's Lollapalooza music festival. The death of Nirvana leader and legend Kurt Cobain 19 years ago and of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley in 2002 had left this subgenre of rock without key stylists and almost resulted in its slipping into oblivion. After a long day of music on Saturday, though, the thousands of music fest attendees - both Chileans and foreigners - were delighted with almost 30 numbers played by the Seattle band.

Justin Timberlake releases new album, announces follow-up

March 19, 2013 02:00
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justin Timberlake celebrated the release of his first album since 2006 with a lively show in Los Angeles, whetting fans' appetites by confirming media reports that he would release more new music soon. At an intimate album release party for "The 20/20 Experience" on Monday, Timberlake took the opportunity to clear up media reports that he would be releasing a second volume of music later this year.

Newcomers and veterans celebrated in pre-Grammy festivities

February 10, 2013 08:00
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Music's biggest names gathered to celebrate the trailblazers and veterans of their industry at music producer Clive Davis's annual pre-Grammy party, remembering Whitney Houston and honoring the work of Epic Records' L.A. Reid. Last year's pre-Grammy festivities was marred by the sudden death of Houston in a bathtub at the same hotel a few hours before Davis' party.
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