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Omarion: The Birth of a Mogul

Timothy Cooper | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dna, Michael Jackson, Timbaland, Soul, Chris Stokes, Grammys, Gold, Washington DC, Lil Wayne, Atlanta, Fat Albert, Film, Music, Los Angeles, Pop Music, 2010, Michael Jackson Death, Hip Hop, The Nicholas Brothers, Paltinum, Fred Astaire, Soul Music, James Brown, Grammy Awards, Gucci Mane, Omarion, B2k, You-Got-Served, Entertainment News
Timothy Cooper

As the airwaves knock to his lead single, I Get It In, superstar Omarion is looking to establish himself as a major force in the industry.

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25 Recordings Added To Grammy Hall Of Fame (VIDEO)

Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Slidepoll, Bob Marley, Pop Music, Best Recordings, Best Albums, Gene Kelley, Music, Jose Feliciano, Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Bo Diddley, George Carlin, Isley Brothers, Grammy Hall of Fame, Best Music Ever, Best Songs, Music Industry, Beach Boys, Grammys, James Brown, Entertainment News

It might be a Man's World, but there's always room for California Girls. A list of 25 recordings has been announced for the 2010 Grammy Hall of Fame ...

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Bon Jovi's Sambora Scores Philanthropic Points Home In New Jersey

Joe Favorito | Posted 11.23.2009 | Sports

Read More: Pop Music, Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi, New Jersey, Music Philanthropy, Heather Locklear, Los Angeles Lakers, Basketball, New York Knicks, Bon Jovi, Brain Tumors, Sports Philanthropy, Sports News
Joe Favorito

Sambora, who spends most of his time rocking the world as lead guitarist for Bon Jovi, has never forgotten the ties that were formed during his days as a basketball player and student in suburban New Jersey.

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Lady Gaga Performs At 2005 NYU Talent Show (VIDEO)

Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lady Gaga Talent Show, Pop Music, Lady Gaga Nyu, Lady GaGa, Music, Entertainment News

Before she was Gaga, she was Stefani Germanotta, a dark-haired music student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts who happened to sing and play the piano...

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Melting Pop? Latin Music in America Is Sounding More Like Pop

Mike McCready | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Latin Pop Music., Pop Music, Latin Music, Spanish Language Music, Entertainment News
Mike McCready

I've noticed a minor trend in Spanish language music becoming more influenced by American and British Pop. I think we're going to hear more of it in the near future.

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Stop Using America's Top 40 for Torture

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Guantanamo, Pop Music, David Letterman Extortion, Torture Popular Music, Music for Torture, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Torture, Media News
Eric Dezenhall

Call me a socialist, but I have believed for decades that the Department of Justice should actively monitor Top 40 Hits because certain songs could lead upstanding citizens to confess to crimes that they did not commit.

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My Wrestle With The Reluctant Reader

The Huffington Post | Dean Pitchford | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Twitter, Young Adult Literature, Boys' Books, Books, Young Adult Books, Author Signings, Boys, Texting, Pop Music, Children's Books, YA Books, Author Readings, Kids' Books, Bookstore Signings, Books News

For over twenty-five years I have worked at creating the most compressed form of popular art -- the three-minute pop song. Recording artists, publish...

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Music's Biggest Quitters: 20 Who Quit

Spinner | Spinner Staff | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Perry, Monkees, Prince, Zack De La Rocha, 000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant, Michael Nesmith, Kiss, Music, Rock, Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Ace Frehley, Judas Priest, Tom Fogerty, Rob Halford, John Lennon, 10, Quitters, Jason Newsted, Brian Wilson, Metallica, Beach Boys, Cat Stevens, Rage Against the Machine, Abba, Izzy Stradlin, Holly Johnson, Fugees, D'arcy Wretzky, Dee Dee Ramone, Pop Music, Lauryn Hill, Noel Gallagher, Beatles, D'arcy, Guns N Roses, Ramones, Mase, Entertainment News

They say winners never quit, but in the music biz there's something to be said for going out at the top of your game. Whether they left for greener p...

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Blake Lewis & "HEARTBREAK ON VINYL" Album Release

prefixmag.com | Ivan Mitchell | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: American Idol, Blake Lewis, Pop Music, Music, New Music, Heartbreak on Vinyl, Blake Lewis Sophomore Album, Blake Lewis Heartbreak on Vinyl, Entertainment News

Heartbreak On Vinyl includes a more pronounced synth pop and as Lewis describes it, an "indie pop dance record with a 80's nostalgic feel."...

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Life After Print: URB Magazine 2.0

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Magazi, Print Journalism, Music Business, Print, Web, Death of Print, Websites, Death of Newspapers, Media, Music, Hip-Hop, Paper, Print Media, Web 2.0, Social Media, Pop Music, Hip Hop, New Media, Media News, Music Industry, Web Video, Media News
Raymond Leon Roker

While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.

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Goodwill Is Rad

Jim Gibbons | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Thrift Stores, Pop Music, Shopping, Job Creation, Goodwill, At-Risk-Youth, Living News
Jim Gibbons

I read recently that Paramore, the Grammy-nominated, pop-punk band, do their shopping at a down-to-earth location: the Franklin, Tennessee, Goodwill Store.

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Stupidity and Sex: What Celebs Do To Get Noticed

Mira Veda | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pop Music, Vma, Shakira, Kanye West Taylor Swift, Music, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Entertainment News
Mira Veda

I get it: times are tough and demand is high for irrelevant mindless content. I mean, what else would we talk about if we didn't have Kanye's idiocracy?

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Taylor Hanson Isn't Burning Down Any Hotel Rooms

Jon Chattman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star Wars, Pop Music, Mmmbop, Isaac Hanson, Hanson, Tinted Windows, Cheap Trick, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Fountains of Wayne, Smashing Pumpkins, Pop, James Iha, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

Hanson's become much more than the "MMMBop" boy band from 1997. As he and his brothers hit the road, I spoke with Taylor on their new record and tour

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Don Blanquito: Get Down, Dirty, and Feel the Beat (VIDEO: Explicit)

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pop Music, Explicit Content, Nightclubs, Madonna, Rio De Janeiro, Don Blanquito, Youtube, American Idol, Music, Hollywood, Brazil, Rio, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Put down your guns rappers, mover over Justin, there's a new man around with a Brazilian urban sound, he's a man possessed and poised to be heard.

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iTunes Dominates Music Sales; Apple Sells One Out Of Every Four Songs Sold In U.S.

MacWorld | Peter Cohen | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Ndp, Pop Music, Apple, Music Sales, Music, NDP MusicWatch, Itunes, Ndp Group, Rap Music, Musicwatch, Business News

The iTunes Store can claim 25 percent of all music sold in the U.S., according to the NPD Group, up from 21 percent in 2008 and 14 percent in 2007. Wa...

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Steely Dan Does It Again

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Pop Music, 1970s Music, Walter Becker, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, New York News
Thane Rosenbaum

Steely Dan wraps up its series of New York concerts (the Rent Party '09 Tour) at the Beacon Theatre this week proving that their music remains as timeless as ever.

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My Exclusive Interview with Sir Tom Jones, in Which I Fail to Learn How to Be More Like Tom Jones

Tony Sachs | Posted 08.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Chrissie Hynde, Pop Music, Janis Joplin, Sir Tom Jones, Tom Jones, Duffy, Mariah Carey, Mardan Palace, Iggy Pop, Kings of Leon, Sexy, Chelsea Piers, Seal, Style News
Tony Sachs

With enough schooling, who's to say that dudes such as myself can't learn to channel our inner Tom Jones and use that mojo to turn otherwise sane women into panty-flinging hysterics? I went to the source.

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The Untouchable Michael Jackson

Rebecca Walker | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Icon, Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Musicians, The Artist's Life, Entertainment News
Rebecca Walker

We use his death, as we used his life, as a mirror. There is no room for Michael. It is still, tragically, all about us.

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WATCH: Pop Music Quiz - Singer-Songwriters

Shawn Amos | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Blunt, Singer-Songwriter, Pop Music, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Rhett Miller, Pop Culture, Neil Young, Elton John, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

I met with Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller to test this guy's Pop Culture I.Q. Here's the test I gave him -- five questions about singer-songwriters.

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I Won Tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial Service

Anne Dunev | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Italian, John Lennon, Dodger Stadium, Central Park, Thriller, Staples Center, Music, Memorial, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Entertainment News
Anne Dunev

I personally know what it was like to receive the email that opened with "Congratulations" and invited me to retrieve a voucher good for two tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial.

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Just A Thriller?

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Class Warfare, Racism, King of Pop, Pop Culture, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Prince, Entertainment News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

One man embodies what I would term the deep power of pop culture/music as no other before him.

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A Eulogy for Michael Jackson's Childhood

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Thriller, Sexual Abuse, Music, Pedophilia, Michael Jackson Neverland, Child Molestation, Pop Music, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Heart Attack, Jackson Five, Michael Jackson Dies, Music Industry, Celebrity, Michael Jackson Cardiac Arrest, Michael Jackson Died, Celebrities, Bad, Entertainment News
Michelle Haimoff

Jackson would have been better off if "I Want You Back" wasn't in our iTunes libraries. He would have been better off if Off The Wall had never come out. If no one had ever heard of Bad or Thriller.

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Michael Jackson... The Man Who Rocked The Desert

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arab World, Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Boycott, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Madonna, Popular Culture, Moonwalk, World News, Michael Jackson Dies, Entertainment News
Faisal J. Abbas

In the 80's and 90's, Saudi record stores didn't sell -- in public -- Michael Jackson material, claiming his albums were banned. Yet, in secret, his music was sold and exchanged extensively.

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Lessons Learned from Michael Jackson

Jane Shure | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Pop Music, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Michale Jackson, Living News
Jane Shure

Michael's actions reflected an inner structure based on compartmentalization and dissociation. His external image spoke volumes of a person who needed to mask his true self.

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A Fellow Gary Native and Ex-Motown Recording Artist Remembers the King of Pop

Eric Deggans | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Media, King of Pop, Gary Indiana, Hriller, Death, Entertainment News
Eric Deggans

My life and Michael Jackson's have run along somewhat parallel lines for years, back to our earliest days growing up in the shadow of steel mills in Gary.

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