Three-peat for Dizzee Rascal atop British singles charts
AFP - Monday July 21, 06:20 AM
LONDON (AFP) - London rapper Dizzee Rascal sat atop the British singles charts for a third week running Sunday, while McFly's latest song entered the rankings at number two.

Black Kids are all right with blog buzz
Reuters - Sunday July 20, 04:33 PM
NEW YORK (Billboard) - The first chapter of the Black Kids' story reads like an indie rock fairy tale.

Enrique Iglesias unveils bold arena tour
Reuters - Sunday July 20, 03:25 PM
MIAMI (Billboard) - Co-headliners of different genres are no longer an oddity in the U.S. Latin market.

UK pop star enjoys new life as hit songwriter
Reuters - Sunday July 20, 03:08 PM
NEW YORK (Billboard) - UK Singer/songwriter Cathy Dennis stormed America at the beginning of the '90s with top 10 hits "C'mon and Get My Love," "Just Another Dream," "Touch Me (All Night Long)" and "Too Many Walls," and spent 67 weeks on the Billboard 200 with her debut album "Move to This."

Music retailer thrives serving captive audience
Reuters - Sunday July 20, 02:57 PM
NEW YORK (Billboard) - As music retailers struggle to stay in business, a Los Angeles firm is doing nicely targeting a demographic that gets bigger every year -- prisoners.

"Hot" Mexican musical genre picks up steam in U.S.
Reuters - Sunday July 20, 01:12 PM
MIAMI (Billboard) - Mexico's music from the hotlands -- better-known by its Spanish term, "musica de tierra caliente" -- has long played second fiddle to its more popular cousin, duranguense.

Siberian emo fans protest planned ban: report
AFP - Sunday July 20, 06:58 AM
MOSCOW (AFP) - Dozens of black-clad emo music fans protested Saturday in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk against plans by Russian lawmakers to ban their style from the country's schools, REN TV television reported.

Heartland rockers Hinder back with 2nd album
Reuters - Saturday July 19, 07:30 PM
NEW YORK (Billboard) - After moving nearly 3 million copies of its 2005 debut album, "Extreme Behavior," Oklahoma City rock band Hinder is eyeing another big release with its new album, "Take It to the Limit."

Miranda Lambert's revenge tale shoots up chart
Reuters - Saturday July 19, 06:48 PM
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Country star Miranda Lambert says she is shocked -- pleasantly so -- that her domestic-abuse tale "Gunpowder & Lead" has become her first top 10 entry on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

Nelson, Marsalis an odd couple on album chart
Reuters - Saturday July 19, 05:45 PM
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The left-of-center pairing of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis finds the country and jazz icons cooking up some sweet music -- as well as notching career milestones on their respective belts.