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

Reuters - Veteran singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solis finishes the decade as Billboard's top Latin artist, an achievement earned by his combined performance on the Top Latin Albums and Hot Latin Songs charts during the past 10 years.
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:55:17 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


Linkin Park, Nickelback top decade's rock charts (Reuters)

Frontman for Nickelback Chad Kroeger performs during the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto June 21, 2009. REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - Linkin Park's trademark anthemic hooks came to represent a core sound in rock music in the 2000s, so it's no surprise that the band ranks as the top act of the decade on Billboard's Rock Songs and Alternative Songs decade-end tallies.



Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:53:57 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


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