Review: Mary J. Blige delivers soulful album (AP)

AP - Mary J. Blige, "Stronger withEach Tear" (Geffen Records)

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.

Toby Keith tops decade-end country charts (Reuters)

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.