Billboard CD reviews: Underwood, Spears, Eagles
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After a debut album that sold 6  million-plus copies, Carrie Underwood is under significant  pressure to keep the momentum going.
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There are certain axioms of pop culture. "American Idol" judges will be mean. Prince will rock. Super Bowl ads will be more violent than the Super Bowl itself.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - A spiffed up version of Usher's  "Confessions" and new releases by country mainstay George  Strait and rock acts Good Charlotte and Korn took over the top  four slots on the U.S. pop albums chart, according to sales  data issued Wednesday.
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Country music fans continue to be a fickle bunch. Country sales were up 12 percent last year, with three albums among the year's overall top sellers &#151; a good year on Music Row.
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The Eagles are back with their first studio album in 28 years, and, for better or worse, it appears the legendary U.S. rockers have barely changed.
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Real's recent marketing campaign purporting to promote choice in digital music fails to rally music fans. Instead, the blitz provokes nasty comments from Apple users and cries of hypocrisy from critics. By Katie Dean.
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LOS ANGELES  - There was an audible grumble traveling through the Nokia Theatre about 15 minutes into the venue's inaugural headlining set Thursday. The Eagles had just played their fourth consecutive new song to open the show.
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Male Artist: Josh Groban, Lenny Kravitz, Michael McDonald, Usher. --Female Artist: Sheryl Crow, Avril Lavigne, Jessica Simpson. --Band, Duo or Group: Evanescence, Nickelback, OutKast.
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Britney Spears surprised fans when she showed up at KIIS Los Angeles Dec. 30 to play a new song, "Mona Lisa." She also told the top 40 station's listeners that she will have a new album out this summer.
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Midlake, Otis Taylor, and Lucinda Williams round out this week's reviews of new albums.
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Country music acts are one of the few highlights in an off year for concert tours. At least seven of the 25 top grossing tours this year are likely to be country artists &#151; up from five last year and only two a few years ago, according to the industry trade magazine Billboard.
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The field of chart-topping potential winners was wide open as four acts from different genres led the pack of nominees for Monday's 2006 Billboard Music Awards.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Country star Tim McGraw lived it  up on top of the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week  Wednesday, while Ray Charles, Jill Scott and LL Cool J entered  the pop albums chart in the next three spots.
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We review releases by Paul McCartney, Maroon 5, and Bruce Springsteen.
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'Air' and 'Arcade Fire' offer new albums this week.
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Britney Spears hasn't had a hit in years. MTV stopped playing music videos years ago.
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Eminem, Destiny's Child, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Jon and Chingy face off with new albums next week as the record industry gears up for the make-or-break holiday season.