Alanis releasing first album in four years
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Alanis Morissette is putting the finishing touches on her first album of new material in four years, which will come out next spring.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Sheryl Crow is coming back with a  vengeance. After sitting out much of 2004, she has not one, but  two albums ready to go for 2005.
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Just as New York is rebuilding from  the World Trade Center attacks, so too is singer Suzanne Vega,  whose comeback album recalls the pain and resilience of the  city she calls home.
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Now that Fergie has helped transform  the Black Eyed Peas from ground-level hip-hoppers to  globe-trotting pop wonders, the 31-year-old singer is  refocusing on her dream deferred -- solo success.
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After making headlines for everything but music, Britney Spears is back with an album industry insiders say should top the charts despite her. Now Spears is hoping that the release of âBlackout,â her first studio album in four years on October ...
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Jessica Simpson is in the early  stages of recording a country album in Nashville, a project  slated for a 2008 release via Columbia Records.
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Her self-titled debut album sparked a chorus of "that girl can sing" nearly 15 years ago, as did her 1994 follow-up, "A Moment."
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Amy Winehouse is to stage her first public performance since entering rehab at the Brit Awards.
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Spoon and Suzanne Vega return with new records.
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U.S. album sales in 2004 were up for the first time in four years, in a 52-week comparison with 2003, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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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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Chris Isaak is happy enough to be  spending the year trotting around the world promoting his new  compilation, "The Best of Chris Isaak." But he's really  chomping at the bit to get back in the studio to finish first  album of all-new material since 2002.
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Mandy Moore is taking a walk on the  slightly wild side with a new album borne out of heartbreak and  frustration.
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New releases from Suzanne Vega, Tegan and Sara, The Magic Numbers and Aly & A J.
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While recording her upcoming  album "Back to Basics," a project inspired by music and images  from the '20s, '30s and '40s, Christina Aguilera had a secret  weapon -- bright red lipstick as shiny as a fire engine.
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Singer-actress Lindsay Lohan is set to record her second album this summer and says it will have urban pop sound.
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Gwen Stefani will unveil her first solo material early next month in the form of the single "What You Waiting For?"