Reuters - The first fruit of Beck's work with producer Danger Mouse has hit the Web.

AP - A husband and wife who once worked for Latin music star Alejandro Sanz took a plea deal Monday just as their blackmail trial was about to start.

Reuters - A lineup of Latin mega-stars including Shakira, Ricky Martin and Alejandro Sanz performed simultaneously on stages in Buenos Aires and Mexico City at the weekend, raising awareness for the needs of poor children in Latin America.

Reuters - Solange Knowles wastes no time setting the record straight about comparisons to older sister Beyonce on her upcoming second album, "Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams."

Reuters - Pop singer Janet Jackson said on Monday she will hit the road for the first time in seven years with the Canadian launch in September of her "Rock Witchu" arena tour through North America.

Reuters - Oscar-winning "American Idol" castoff Jennifer Hudson plans to release her self-titled debut album in September, with the first single, "Spotlight," hitting U.S. radio outlets in June, her label said on Monday.

Reuters - Napster Inc., the digital music service, on Tuesday opened the world's biggest MP3 download store with more than 6 million songs in a direct challenge to Apple Inc's iTunes store.

AP - A judge on Monday denied a new trial for a Santa Monica-based air charter service that was ordered to pay $20.25 million for secretly videotaping Michael Jackson and his lawyers as they flew to the pop star's surrender on molestation charges in 2003.

AP - Kenny Chesney may not have wanted online voters to decide one of country music's top awards, but he still asked his fans to click for him.

AP - If prosecutors can prove a videotape features R. Kelly and an underage girl, the R&B superstar's child pornography trial could end with him receiving a lengthy prison sentence.

Reuters - Neil Diamond topped the British album charts on Sunday, days after he accomplished the same feat in the United States.

AP - Kevin Federline's attorney can't complain about the intense interest in his client's child-custody battle with Britney Spears.

E! Online - Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz got hitched Saturday night under tents and amid tight security, but E! News has an insider's account of the top-secret wedding ceremony and reception.

E! Online - Keith Urban lost out to Kenny Chesney for Entertainer of the Year, but wife Nicole Kidman's burgeoning belly practically upstaged everyone at Sunday's 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

AP - Like other country music stars, the guys from Montgomery Gentry aren't buying the idea that Sunday was the last time they'd see Garth Brooks perform for a while.