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American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez was asked by Billboard to be a part of a tribute to Whitney Houston marking the one year anniversary of the award-winning singer’s death. And Sanchez, who says Houston was her biggest inspiration, was honored to be chosen to sing one of the vocal legend’s greatest hits.   “Everything that [...]

He’s not yet 19 and Justin Bieber’s already made it to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart five times. That’s a new record for an artist under 19, toppling Miley Cyrus as the record holder (she had four #1s, according to Billboard).   Bieber will be turning 19 on March 1, 2013.   [...]

Tell us something we didn’t know…   Billboard has named “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen the 2012 Rising Star. The Canadian singer-songwriter gained a huge following after her “Call Me Maybe” caught on – largely thanks to a tweet by Justin Bieber – spawning hundreds of “Call Me Maybe” videos performed by everyone [...]

Billboard has named Katy Perry the 2012 Billboard Woman of the Year. The popular Grammy nominated singer will receive the award at the 2012 Billboard Women in Music event to be held November 30, 2012 in New York City. According to Billboard, the award is given to a “trailblazing female recording artist over the past [...]

Carrie Underwood’s fourth album, Blown Away, enters the Billboard 200 at number 1. According to Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan, the American Idol winner/Grammy winner’s Blown Away has already sold 267,000 units, making it her third album in a row to debut in the top spot. Billboard also reports Underwood’s Blown Away had the 2nd biggest [...]

This is one record unlikely to be broken – at least not anytime soon…   The Glee cast has become the first and only act to have 200 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to Columbia Records. Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” was the first Glee song to make the Billboard Hot 100 back [...]

Billboard reports Adele’s 21 is showing no signs of going away anytime soon. The album has now sat firmly in the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart for 17 weeks in a row, making it the longest streak since The Bodyguard pulled off a 20 week run back in 1993. So, can Adele’s 21 [...]