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Marie Osmond, the singer/entertainer/Nutrisystem spokeswoman known for her 1970s television show and current Las Vegas show with brother Donny Osmond and a recent stint on “Dancing with the Stars,” has suffered a tragic loss today with the death of her 18-year-old son by apparent suicide. Twitter is alive with condolences and prayers, and the Associated [...]

This week, Steve Jobs awarded a prize to the person who downloaded the 10 billionth song from iTunes. It wasn’t Lady Gaga or Beyonce, though, and the prize didn’t go to a download-happy Jr. Highschooler. The winning song was “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash, and it was downloaded by a 71-year-old grandfather, [...]

Rolling Stone reports that Lil Wayne’s “Rebirth” album has been pushed again, and that the new release date is “unclear.” A video for “On Fire” is out, though, so you can get an advance taste of the rock-inspired album.

A new clip has arrived for “On Fire,” Rebirth’s recent single that, as Rolling Stone previously reported, [...]

Reports Billboard.biz:
Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream” reigns for a sixth straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 137,000 (down 73%) according to Nielsen SoundScan, bringing her cumulative sales total up to 3,104,000. However, while that is a huge sales sum — especially considering it was totaled in just six weeks [...]

Vic Chesnutt, discovered by REM’s Michael Stipe and regarded with respect by many of the biggest names in the music industry, passed on on Christmas Day from a drug overdose. It isn’t yet known if it was accidental or deliberate.
(From the full article at RollingStone.com)Neutral Milk Hotel’s reclusive Jeff Mangum released a statement that [...]

Billboard’s got some amazing year-end round-ups right now, and looking at them inspired us to see what else was out there. It turned out that everyone is doing it, so why shouldn’t we? In the spirit of comprehensive coverage, here are the Top 10 Top 10s for music in 2009:

Billboard’s round-up of round-ups. Charts, stories, [...]

Brittany Murphy, one of the stars of the 90’s teen classic Clueless and ex-girlfriend of Ashton Kutcher, died this morning from cardiac arrest. According to Yahoo’s OMG: “A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman told Access (Hollywood) that they responded to a 911 call made from the 1800 block of N. Rising Glen Road — the [...]

You’ve probably seen the now-famous image above and others documenting Kevin Federline’s transition from “K-Fed” to “K-Fat,” but with the help of Celebrity Fit Club on VH1, he’s really slimmed down.
According to Yahoo’s OMG, “Most of that fat is apparently in the past now: Federline has reportedly lost 50 pounds as a contestant on the [...]

Susan Boyle, the big winner of “Britain’s Got Talent” who’s taken YouTube by storm with the video of her first performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserables,” is celebrating the success of her first album, “I Dreamed a Dream.” According to Billboard:
This past week, Boyle’s “Dream” held on to the No. 1 slot [...]

The story that’s getting the most buzz online today after last night’s American Music Awards is Jennifer Lopez falling while attempting to leap off the back of a dancer during her big comeback performance. According to The Chicago Sun-Times:
During an athletic performance of her new song “Louboutins,” Lopez walked up the backs of five dancers, [...]

Did you hear the one about tween star Justin Bieber’s fans causing a near-riot that shut down a Long Island mall? According to the Associated Press:
Police on Long Island had to shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up, and got a little too wild.
Girls [...]

Leona Lewis’ new album, “Echo,” is ready to launch, and she’s been tapped to record the theme song for James Cameron’s new movie, “Avatar,” which must be exciting for the 24-year-old star. With exposure like this, it’s tempting to forget that she’s really only been in the public eye since winning the X-Factor in [...]

Jay-Z has made the news repeatedly in October, first by making his debut appearance at London’s Alexandra Palace, then feuding with Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, and most recently by moving into Broadway with Will Smith. Since he’s also at the top of our charts (well, he’s in the number 2 spot, but that’s pretty close) with [...]

Kanye West has has a colorful year, what with getting spoofed as a gay fish on South Park and interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs. He’s back in the headlines now for pulling a 14-minute video directed by Spike Jonze from his Website and allegedly being dead. Pulling the video was probably a [...]