Music Review: The Reconquest of America by a Swedish Pop Royal
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At the Highline Ballroom on Tuesday night Robyn was greeted as a conquering hero. And she performed like one too.
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Users are not our enemy At the Norwegian summer resort of Kristiansand in Norway last week, representatives of all corners of the British (and global) music business came together to think the unthinkable.â¦
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The new breed of pop singers loves to tell us about the burdens of stardom. Their music is better when they don't.
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"American Idol" champion Carrie  Underwood's Grammy victories on Sunday underscored the growing  impact of the hit TV talent search on U.S. pop culture.
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Exactly ten years ago I was sitting in a small but cosy flat in the west of   Helsinki, waiting to interview its owner. He was busy in the tiny kitchen,   which lay just past the entrance hall decked out with dozens of cups and   shields won at Karate competitions, preparing a cappuccino for each of us. As   you've probably guessed, his name was Linus Torvalds - the trophies belong to   his wife.
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Daniel McGinnâs âHouse Lust: Americaâs Obsession With Our Homes,â raises several provocative questions that strike at the covetous soul of Americaâs culture.
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"American Idol" champion Carrie Underwood's Grammy victory on Sunday further underscored the growing impact that the smash hit TV talent competition is having on U.S. pop culture.
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"American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood's Grammy victory on Sunday underscored the growing impact that the TV talent show that tracks the rise and fall of musical wannabes is having on U.S. pop culture.
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Twenty years after releasing &quot;Born in the USA,&quot; Bruce Springsteen returned to the anti-war anthem as he and other artists kicked off a multistate tour aimed at helping to oust President Bush.
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Swedish politicians and pop stars  joined China&#39;s President Hu Jintao and Sweden&#39;s King Gustav XVI  in welcoming back a replica of the ill-fated 18th century cargo  ship Gotheborg from a two-year voyage to China.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The singer who toured the world   without leaving her basement is finally crossing the Atlantic.
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Some Swedes may need a lip retread. Sweden's state-owned pharmacy Apoteket is looking for volunteers to pucker their way into the record books.
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Shakira may get high grades in singing and swiveling her hips, but what about ancient Western history? For the past month, the Colombian pop star has attended a class at the University of California, Los Angeles, called ÂIntroduction to Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations from Prehistory to Circa A.D. 843.Â
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It was billed as a &quot;celebration&quot; of Europe&#39;s musical tastes but there was an overwhelming American tang to the MTV Europe Music Awards last night.
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Fans who grew up listening to Americanized versions of Beatles' albums will find "The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1" to be a guilty pleasure.
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Taylor Hicks, below, the 2006 winner of âAmerican Idol,â has followed Ruben Studdard, the 2003 winner, out the door of J Records, The Associated Press reported. âTaylor is going to record on his own for the next album,â said Liz Morentin, a public relations representative for J, a label within Sony-BMG. Mr. Studdard left his contract with the label late last year but remains under contract with 19 Entertainment, a company managed by Simon Fuller, creator of âIdol.â Mr. Studdardâs last album, âThe Return,â sold only 236,000 copies. Mr. Hicksâs self-titled album, released in December 2006, reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart and sold 699,000 copies, failing to reach the million mark achieved by the debuts of previous âIdolâ winners, Nielsen SounScan reported.
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Joe Cole was shredding Sweden&#039;s defense so effortlessly he had confident England fans singing &quot;God Save the Queen&quot; before halftime. Not so fast. The Swedes have been flustering England for nearly 40 years now, and this game would be no different.