Scarlett Johansson unveils debut album
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Actress Scarlett Johansson says Tom Waits has given the thumbs-up to her debut album, which features covers of 10 tunes written by the notoriously persnickety musician.
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The artist formerly known as Cat Stevens will release his first pop album in 28 years this fall.
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Scarlett Johansson has denied claims that divalike demands cost her the lead role in a big-budget revival of "The Sound of Music," a spokesman for the actress said Thursday.
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Last week was another miserable one for music sales, but with one modest highlight: The indie-heavy âJunoâ movie soundtrack rose one spot to the top of the Billboard chart, becoming the first album in Rhino Recordsâ three-decade history to reach No. 1. After the announcement of four Oscar nominations for âJuno,â including best picture, the soundtrack sold 65,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, bumping Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), which moved 60,000, to No. 2. In the fourth straight week of very low sales, Natasha Bedingfield opened at No. 3 with 50,000 copies of âPocketful of Sunshineâ (Epic), Mary J. Bligeâs âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) sold 45,000 to reach No. 4, and Radiohead dropped one spot to No. 5 with âIn Rainbowsâ (ATO), moving 35,000. Cat Powerâs new âJukeboxâ (Matador) reached No. 12 with 29,000 copies sold.
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Debut single now available for purchase at the iTunes Music Store.
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English musician Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is eyeing a November U.S. release date for his first album of pop music in 28 years.
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Power pop couple Jennifer Lopez and  Marc Anthony will perform their first public duet at the Grammy  Awards this month, organizers of the event said on Thursday.
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Amy Winehouse is to stage her first public performance since entering rehab at the Brit Awards.
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Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson sparked a photographer frenzy at the Louis Vuitton show on Sunday, as designer Marc Jacobs took Paris fashion week to its final phase with shimmering, slim outfits.
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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?"
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Colombian pop/rock star Juanes  will release the first single from his new album &quot;La Vida Es  ... Un Ratico&quot; on September 4, ahead of the album&#39;s October 23  release.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Pop vet Dionne Warwick will  release her first Christmas album. "My Favorite Time of the  Year" is also the inaugural release from newly established DMI  Records. Warwick is the first artist to sign with the Pasadena,  Calif.-based label.
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Scarlett Johansson is booking passage for "The Island," director Michael Bay's sci-fi thriller starring Ewan McGregor.
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The singer's new album shows that pop music Svengalis, weird and controlling  as they may be, are sometimes necessary
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Scarlett Johansson will return to the past again in "Mary Queen of Scots."
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POP band Abba have been reunited publicly for the first time in 23 years at the Swedish premiere of hit musical Mamma Mia.
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A live album originally released by  Ike and Tina Turner in 1969 will make its CD debut in a  three-disc career retrospective billed as the couple&#39;s first  boxed set.