Reuters - These days, it's not unusual to
find Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo and other contemporary R&B
artists residing on the U.S. singles chart -- especially in its
upper echelons. But that wasn't always the case. -- read full article
Reuters - The 50th-anniversary Hot 100 Song
chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard
Hot 100 since the singles chart's inception in August 1958
through July of this year. -- read full article
Reuters - "La Bamba" was the first
Spanish-language song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
singles chart, and its universal catchiness has led to big
business for the hundreds-of-years-old Mexican folk tune. -- read full article
Reuters - The legendary moment in April 1964
when the Beatles claimed the top five places on the U.S.
singles chart -- with "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout,"
"She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "Please Please
Me" -- was not the first transatlantic victory for a UK act.
But it was the one by which all future chart contenders -- of
any nationality -- would be judged. -- read full article
Reuters - British successes on the U.S. singles
chart have always been well documented back home -- but almost
as celebrated are the great UK bands that never made it on
Billboard's Hot 100. -- read full article
E! Online - Jessica Simpson's week got off to a rough start when her live performance on Good Morning America suffered a technical malfunction. But things are definitely looking better right now.
AP - Cameras flashing and films rolling, a crowd of paparazzi surrounded a police escort, trying to get the perfect shot of Britney Spears' little sister as she left the Los Angeles International Airport.
E! Online - It isn't exactly a stretch to picture Matthew McConaughey kickin' back, just chillin', his favorite tunes spinning in the background. Or tromping through African villages in search of a guitar-strumming buddy, for that matter.
Reuters - Rapper T.I.'s "Whatever You Like"
began a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart Thursday, while Pink's "So What" rose one place to No. 2,
swapping places with Rihanna's "Disturbia."
AP - Kanye West's notoriously fickle temper boiled over Thursday, resulting in his arrest for apparently helping smash a paparazzo's camera on the floor at Los Angeles International Airport.
