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Toby Keith tops decade-end country charts (Reuters)

Reuters - Consistent with the genre's commercial history, country music over the past decade largely revolved around male artists, led by Toby Keith, who finishes the 2000s as Billboard's top country artist and ranks as the genre's top songwriter of the past 10 years.
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:52:54 GMT


Calif. school team's success linked to Snoop Dogg (AP)

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Crenshaw High School football quarterback, Marquis Thompson practices at the Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles. He, and six others on the team, went through rapper Snoop Dogg's Snoop Youth Football League. Snoop started a kiddie football league five years ago in South Los Angeles, now the league has turned beleaguered Crenshaw High School's Cougars into contenders for the state bowl championship and Snoop players are getting attention from major college recruiters. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Football has long been the athletic stepchild at inner-city Crenshaw High School. Trophy cases are crammed with basketball awards. Gym walls are lined with hoops championship flags.



Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:14:37 GMT


K'Naan song chosen as official 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem (Yahoo! Music)

Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME.com - 'Wavin' Flag: The Celebration Mix' will be used globally during the tournament
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT


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

Singer Alicia Keys poses for a portrait while promoting her new album 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.



Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:44:11 GMT


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