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.

The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes (AP)

AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Dec. 21, 2009:

10 a cappella singers ready for pop stardom (AP)

AP - Imagine this: By day you're a typical businessman, working the 9 to 5. Your nights and weekends, however, are spent sharing a stage with nine other guys just like you — performing a cappella songs in small venues while recording an album under Atlantic Records.

Rockers Def Leppard developing cartoon series (Reuters)

Reuters - British metal veterans Def Leppard are getting animated about their career.