Reuters – Chris Brown will perform at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards for the first time since beating his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 on the eve of the music industry’s biggest night, which threatened to derail his music career.
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Chris Brown returns to Grammys; Rihanna also to perform
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Reuters – Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse James on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry’s top awards.
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Jesse Jackson adds voice to Grammy protest
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ContributorNetwork – Etta James’s sultry voice provided an entire generation’s worth of inspiration to modern songstresses.
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Etta James, a Life and Legend
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AP – It’s been a decade since Texas native Kelly Clarkson was plucked from obscurity and turned into the nation’s first American Idol.
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Ratings king ‘American Idol’ ready for 11th season
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Reuters – Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has ended weeks of speculation in the music press and confirmed the title of his next album — “Kisses on the Bottom.”
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McCartney’s new album called "Kisses on the Bottom"
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Reuters – Music producer and TV personality Simon Cowell has poached singer Alesha Dixon from hit BBC show “Strictly Come Dancing” to judge alongside him on “Britain’s Got Talent,” which airs on the rival ITV channel.
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Cowell poaches "Strictly" judge in UK ratings battle
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Reuters – Paul McCartney will kick off 2012 with an album of cover tunes and two original songs, he said on Monday, offering fans a glimpse of the music that inspired one of the biggest rock bands ever, the Beatles.
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Paul McCartney to cover songs that inspired Beatles
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AP – The executors of Michael Jackson’s estate will no longer have to pay some legal expenses and other costs out of their own pockets after a judge approved changes Monday to the estate that has earned hundreds of millions of dollars since the pop star’s death.
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Judge shifts expenses from Jackson executors
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AP – An Oscar-winning composer and Grammy-winning rapper will handle the music at the 84th annual Academy Awards.
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Oscars tap Zimmer, Williams as music consultants
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