Streets have 'album of the year'
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The Streets, aka British rapper and songwriter Mike Skinner, top a poll to find the year's best album.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Following are reviews of some newly released albums as compiled by the music publication Billboard.
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The new year will begin with a bang when six-time Grammy Award nominees Red Hot Chili Peppers hit the road with special guests and five-time nominees Gnarls Barkley in January.  One of the most-nominated artists this year, Warner Bros.
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Rolling Stone magazine claims to have the answer in a special issue hitting newsstands tomorrow. The list-happy music magazine, which has previously offered its rankings of the top albums of
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Picking the greatest ever hip-hop album is a tall order and Entertainment Weekly admits its list marking 25 years since the birth of mainstream rap is subjective, with Eric B & Rakim at No. 1.
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Scottish alternative rock act Franz Ferdinand has won the 2004 Nationwide Mercury Prize with its eponymous debut album. The annual music-industry award, recognizing the UK or Irish album of the year, was presented last night (Sept.
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Like many bands flush with the success of a debut album, the Killers have spent the better part of the year in the road in support of "Hot Fuss."
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Police, Roger Waters, Kanye West, and the Smashing Pumpkins led an all-star lineup of environmentally conscious rockers and rappers at yesterday's Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, performing for a sold-out crowd of 52,000.
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The cream of the UK's hip-hop and garage scene is honoured at an awards ceremony in London.
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'Air' and 'Arcade Fire' offer new albums this week.
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The stories readers have been talking about this year.
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Scottish art rockers Franz Ferdinand, widely lauded as the band of the moment, scooped the most nominations for the NME Awards to be held next month.
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There is something quite comforting  about a new Pet Shop Boys album.
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Band could become magazine's most decorated of the decade after notching up a record seven nominations
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Irish rock band U2 has revealed the  names of six of the 11 tracks, including first single  "Vertigo," on its as-yet-untitled album, due Nov. 23 via  Interscope.
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R&B singer Usher, who scored the biggest album of the year and four No. 1 singles, picked up 11 trophies at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday, with Alicia Keys, OutKast and Grammys frontrunner Kanye West also sharing in the spoils.
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The hip-hip duo took top honors Wednesday as the recording industry handed out its first awards for music sold through Internet-music services like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.