"Idol" finalist McPhee eyes January for album
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"American Idol" runner-up Katharine  McPhee is eyeing a January 30 release for her RCA debut,  tentatively titled "Never Saw It Comin'."
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The singerâs attempt to include his blues-rock stylings with his pop songs yielded mixed results at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.
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Eminem, Destiny's Child, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Jon and Chingy face off with new albums next week as the record industry gears up for the make-or-break holiday season.
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Maroon 5's members cannot wait to begin work on the follow-up to their multi-platinum debut, "Songs About Jane," but guitarist James Valentine told Billboard.com, "We just can't beat the life out of this record yet."
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Rohit Sarang of Bombay, India, was a Chris Daughtry fan but is eager to see if Katharine McPhee or Taylor Hicks is crowned the latest &quot;American Idol.&quot; Leong Ai Syn of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, shares the anticipation.
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The Beastie Boys are moving ahead  with plans for a vocal version of their latest album, the  all-instrumental &quot;The Mix-Up.&quot; Adam &quot;MCA&quot; Yauch said the trio  is &quot;talking to some different artists who might do kinda like  remixes and put vocals on it, so it wouldn&#39;t be us doing vocals  on it.
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&quot;American Idol&quot; finalists Taylor  Hicks and Katharine McPhee sing for the hearts and votes of  television viewers on Tuesday in a nail-biting showdown that  pits passion against poise.
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After more than two decades working his way up &#151; behind the scenes &#151; in the music industry, Simon Cowell sits center stage. Cowell's withering putdowns of the overconfident and undertalented &#151; first on Britain's "Pop Idol," then on "American Idol," which began its fourth season Jan. 18 &#151; have made him a celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic.
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While the next American Idol season doesn't kick in till January, fall is anything but a hiatus as five of the show's offspring prepare to roll out albums during a five-week span starting Nov. 2.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - After failing to crack the million mark with her last two albums, Janet Jackson is wary of using the "c" word to describe her upcoming release, "Discipline," which hits stores on February 26.
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Katharine McPhee, who struggled with bulimia for five years, says she's not counting calories on the "American Idols Live" tour.
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Because of the way the calendar breaks, album sales are trailing 2004 in the early weeks of the new year, but a rapper named the Game could help even the score.
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The new &quot;American Idol&quot; will be named tonight. Katherine McPhee and Taylor Hicks each performed three songs in last night&#039;s sing-off, staged in front of more than 3,000 fans at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
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Katharine McPhee, who joined the "American Idols Live" tour last week after a bout of bronchitis and laryngitis, has fractured her left foot.
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It was less than two years ago that John Legend won a Grammy for best new artist. Now the soul crooner is paving the way for new artists on his own label, including his kid brother.
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Proof's record label will release a new album next year by the rapper and Eminem confidante who was shot and killed during a dispute at an after-hours club.
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The coalition of the willing-to-rock is growing. Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson and Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash have joined the nearly 20 other musicians trying to unseat President Bush in November.