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Eminem named artist of decade on U.S. charts (Reuters)

Rap artist Eminem performs during the 2006 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles June 27, 2006. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - Eminem has earned Billboard's artist of the decade title, just slightly more than 10 years after he made his Billboard Hot 100 debut.



Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:51:27 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


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


Kool & the Gang gives rare US concert in Havana (AP)

US band Kool & the Gang performs on stage at the imperialist Plaza in Havana, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. Robert 'Kool' Bell,' his brother Khalis Bayyan, saxophonist Dennis Thomas and drummer George 'Funky' Brown became one of the few U.S. musical groups to play in Cuba in recent memory, despite Washington's travel restrictions and the island's communist government's ambivalence toward Rock and Roll, Hip Hop and other kinds of American music. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - American R&B pioneers Kool & the Gang helped Cuba get its funk on, bringing their eclectic mix of sounds Sunday to an open-air stage a stone's throw from the sparkling waters of the Caribbean.



Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:17:42 GMT


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