Mika calls loved, loathed album a "Marmite record"
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Mika Penniman, the Beirut-born singer  who stormed the charts in adopted home Britain with his single  "Grace Kelly," is learning fast that overnight success can  quickly fade with some withering reviews of his debut album.
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Singer George Michael has issued a stinging reply to uncomplimentary remarks made by Elton John, which he said were garnered from gossip on the &quot;gay grapevine.
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Having a No. 1 album just isnât what it used to be. This week Alicia Keys is back atop the Billboard chart with âAs I Amâ (J), but the 61,000 copies it has sold is barely above the historic low for a No. 1 album, Nielsen SoundScan reported. The âJunoâ soundtrack, on Rhino, fell to No. 2, with 55,000 sold. New releases dot the chart this week. The Mars Volta, which revels in head-spinningly complex progressive rock, opened in the third spot with 54,000 sales of âFrances the Muteâ (Universal); the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine reached fourth place with âScream Aim Fireâ (Jive), selling 53,000; and the â2008 Grammy Nomineesâ compilation (Hip-O/Universal) moved 50,000, opening at No. 5. The remix album âHannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Partyâ (Disney) bowed at No. 7, and Vampire Weekend, the acclaimed New York indie band, reached No. 17 with its self-titled debut on the XL label.
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p2pnet.net News Opinion:- Music fans with a particular interest in the pomp-rock experimentation of U2, one of those bands who formed the background to my early adulthood without ever persuading me that I wanted to purchase any of their albums, are
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - As the release of a new album  approaches, most artists begin to wax philosophical about art,  life and the messages they hope to convey with their music.
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LONDON (Billboard) - Sony BMG has hit out at "ludicrous" press reports stating the company dropped Annie Lennox after a 25-year association.
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Even before the release of her heralded "Back to Black" album last year, Amy Winehouse's reputation as a tortured soul threatened to overshadow her music.
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Il quattordicesimo album solista dell'ex Beatle 'Memory Almost Full' &egrave; il primo album distribuito digitalmente attraverso iTunes. Sar&agrave; pubblicato dall'etichetta di Starbucks
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Singer George Michael has written to a British celebrity magazine to rebuke Elton John for making unflattering comments about his personal life.
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Singer George Michael has issued a  stinging reply to uncomplimentary remarks made by Elton John,  which he said were garnered from gossip on the "gay grapevine."
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From dirt-poor Brazilian kids  to autistic adults in Switzerland to in-the-know Finnish jazz  aficionados, Mika Kaurismaki&#39;s latest music documentary &quot;Sonic  Mirror&quot; follows the legendary drummer and composer Billy Cobham  as he unites them all through infectious, can&#39;t-stop-moving  rhythm.
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New releases from Velvet Revolver, St. Vincent, Class of 3000 and Kelly Willis.
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Ever wish you could traverse 42 years of pop music history in 37 minutes? R. Luke DuBois' new CD employs "time lapse phonography" to reduce hit songs to a string of tiny, amorphous sound clips that highlight big shifts in musical taste. By Alexander Gelfand.
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Three new albums prompt the question: How do we explain playing something (a lot) that we donât even like that much?
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Blog: The groundbreaking musician is seems to be acknowledging the demise of the old CD-focused business model by giving his new album away with a U.K. newspaper before releasing it to the rest of the world.
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Following a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning album can be a daunting task for any artist. Kelly Clarkson's path to releasing her latest CD, "My December," has been especially torturous.
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The semi-reformed rappers explain their latest rad moves, including temporarily ditching vocals and laying down tracks for The Mix-Up, which has been affectionately labeled "porn music."