Music News

  • Oops, Britney does it again on singles chart

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oops, Britney Spears has done it again, with the U.S. pop singer cementing her comeback with a new single, "3," rocketing to No. 1 in its debut week.

    October 15, 2009, 2:33 pm
  • Swiss curator tops art power list, Hirst slumps

    LONDON (Reuters) - Several prominent collectors disappeared altogether and Britain's Damien Hirst went into freefall in the latest list of contemporary art's 100 most powerful figures.

    October 15, 2009, 2:06 pm
  • Redstone sells more Viacom, CBS stock to pay off debt

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sumner Redstone plans to sell more than $945 million of stock in CBS Corp and Viacom Inc, two media companies he controls, to pay off loans that threatened to unravel the media mogul's empire.

    October 15, 2009, 1:02 pm
  • Michael Buble beats KISS on album chart

    LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Billboard) - After only three days of sales, Michael Buble's new album topped the Billboard 200 chart, while rock legends KISS finished in second place, the highest album-chart position of their career.

    October 15, 2009, 12:55 pm
  • "3" to 1: Britney beats odds to debut atop Hot 100

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Britney Spears' single "3" will be at the pinnacle of the Billboard Hot 100 to be released Thursday (October 15), making her the first recording artist in more than three years to debut at No. 1 on the chart.

    October 15, 2009, 12:52 pm
  • Polanski said working to finish new movie from jail

    LONDON (Reuters) - Director Roman Polanski is finishing work on his latest film from a Swiss jail where he is fighting extradition to the United States on a 1977 sex charge, writer Robert Harris was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

    October 15, 2009, 11:12 am
  • New York Times scraps plan to sell Boston Globe

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co said it has given up its plan to sell The Boston Globe and related businesses after drastic cuts it imposed on the daily newspaper earlier this year improved its financial position.

    October 15, 2009, 10:41 am
  • Jackson mum says no reality show for Michael's kids

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, on Wednesday denied a magazine report that his three children will appear in a TV reality series, saying the pop star would not have wanted them to be in the public eye.

    October 15, 2009, 10:14 am
  • NY Times scraps plan to sell Boston Globe

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co said it has given up on its plan to sell The Boston Globe and related businesses.

    October 15, 2009, 8:29 am