Alicia Keys named top R&B artist of decade (Reuters)

Reuters - With seven No. 1s on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs tally and four consecutive chart-toppers on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Alicia Keys walks off as Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the decade.

Alicia Keys finds "freedom" from Motown sound (Reuters)

Reuters - A music industry desperate for bankable superstars has all but anointed Alicia Keys as heir to the golden era of Motown, when Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson and others made it seem easy to pump out timeless R&B hits.

Chart-topper Solis named Latin artist of the decade (Reuters)

Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi marries attorney (AP)

AP - Pop diva Gloria Trevi has married a lawyer in a cathedral ceremony in her northern Mexican hometown.