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Usher, Alicia Keys and OutKast are competing at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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Headliners include members of Black Eyed Peas, Train, Mary J. Blige, David Ortiz, Danica Patrick, and others.
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ATLANTA (Billboard) - Mariah Carey was the big winner at   the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta Friday, winning   five prizes, including top R&B/hip-hop artist.
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Some of the biggest names in music are competing at the Ivor Novello songwriting awards.
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The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour is the 'top-grossing tour in history' according to Billboard magazine.
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Country veteran George Strait's "50 Number Ones" hits package ruled the U.S. pop albums chart for a second consecutive week, as new releases from Celine Dion, rapper Mos Def and pop-punk band Sum 41 debuted in the top 10, according to sales data issued Wednesday.
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By Simon Young  On March 22 the people showed their power. Well, some of them, anyway.  March 22 was the official Bum Rush the Charts day, an initiative designed to show the power of social media.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three albums are poised to enter  the Billboard 200 next week with opening weeks of more than  100,000 copies.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Paul McCartney, George Harrison and the songs of John Lennon can all be found in the top 15 of the U.S. pop album chart, the biggest confluence of ex-Beatles in years.
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Headliners include Mary J. Bligs, David Ortiz, Danica Patrick, members of Black Eyed Peas, Train, and others.
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Top-selling bands The Beatles, Oasis, U2 and Westlife go head-to-head in the album charts.
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Rihanna&#39;s &quot;Umbrella&quot; begins a  seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, having  successfully fended off Shop Boyz&#39; &quot;Party Like a Rockstar,&quot;  which drops from No. 2 to No. 4.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Usher and Alicia Keys lead the pack  of multiple-award finalists for the Billboard Music Awards, to  be held Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and  set to air live on Fox.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Welcome to the best sales week of  this still-young 2005.
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Despite another week of tough competition, Usher and Alicia Keys held onto the top slot of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a fourth week in a row with "My Boo."
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American artists swept the board at the MTV Europe music awards last night, highlighting the global influence of the US television network.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Few artists can sustain an   extraordinary career that, despite a few bumps along the way,   has fans anticipating your every move after 20 years.