Billboard Music Awards Strike Flat Note in Ratings
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Ratings tumbled for the Billboard Music Awards, which Fox aired Dec. 8 from Las Vegas.
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The globe-spanning Live Earth pop music extravaganza fell flat for television viewers in the United States and Britain, drawing far smaller audiences than the Princess Diana tribute concert a week earlier.
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The 59th annual Primetime Emmys and its farewell salute to "The Sopranos" was a ratings dud, averaging just over 13 million viewers, the second-lowest number on record for the awards, Nielsen Media Research reported on Monday.
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Can they really call it an awards  show if most of the winners don't turn up?
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R&B singer Usher, who scored the biggest album of the year and four No. 1 singles, picked up 11 trophies at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday, with Alicia Keys, OutKast and Grammys frontrunner Kanye West also sharing in the spoils.
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Can they really call it an awards show if most of the winners don't turn up?
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Those synthesized tunes that send people grabbing for their cell phones and annoy patrons in restaurants and theaters have been recognized as part of the music industry by Billboard Magazine.
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Television network ABC has sold out commercial time for Hollywood's Oscars awards show, pulling in an average price of &#36;1.6 million for a 30-second spot, media sources said on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Despite another week of tough  competition, Usher and Alicia Keys held onto the top slot of  Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a fourth week in a row  with "My Boo."
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Country star Tim McGraw lived it up on top of the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week Wednesday, while Ray Charles, Jill Scott and LL Cool J entered the pop albums chart in the next three spots.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - When a veteran country act releases  a new record, expectations about radio airplay -- or the lack  of it -- are usually realistic.
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The BET Awards are known for show-stopping performances, and they came one after another on Tuesday.
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R&amp;B singer Usher has won 11 awards at Wednesday night&#39;s Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Other big winners included Alicia Keys with 7, OutKast with 5 and Kanye West with 4. Chart-bursting singer, Usher
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - TV is generally concerned with winning the eyes of an audience, but ears can be just as important these days. Network and cable shows continue to put a premium on the music behind the stories, with indie and even unsigned artists as likely to get heard as any giants of the back catalog.
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The Grammy Awards are the music industry's biggest bash, but the event long ago lost the TV popularity race to "American Idol."
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ABC's red-hot Sunday lineup put a serious ratings dent in NBC's marquee awards show, the Golden Globes, but NBC nevertheless won the week of Jan. 10 among adults 18-49 by a slim margin.
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Last nightâs MTV Video Music Awards was tame by MTV standards. There were no Britney and Madonna make-out sessions, no wardrobe malfunctions and no real surprises.