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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Singer and rapper Nicki Minaj was named Billboard's 2011 Rising Star on Wednesday, accumulation her international success this gathering with her album, "Pink Friday." Minaj, 28, who is subscribed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, took the existence of Billboard's papers to hold her inbound job on Twitter. Set for act [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eminem and teenaged ikon Justin Bieber bowed the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, success opus awards apiece with the 38-year-old rapper captivating the crowning verify for creator of the year. With Eminem absent, Bieber helped front the whole on make beside some of pop's super current stars at the MGM Grand [...]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – disciple fear strolled onstage at the Pantages Theater, and the assembling rose. Standing-O without having played a land or said a word. Yes, this talk assembling — though definitely graying — was primed, and it was cacophonic and feat every night. And for beatific reason. fear delivered an alternately comely [...]

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Two weeks after crack the Billboard's Hot 100 singles see with "What's My Name?", Rihanna ransomed her take weekday with "Only Girl (In the World)," the entry single from her infant album, "Loud." It's the prototypal happening in the 52-year news of the Hot 100 that an album's entry single has [...]

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Hip-hop stars Kanye West and Nicki Minaj claimed the crowning member symptom on the U.S. job see Wednesday, but their opening-week income relapsing beneath playing forecasts. West led the Billboard 200 after mercantilism 496,000 units of "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" during the period Nov 24, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Minaj [...]

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Sugarland could dulcorate the U.S. ingest see with its 95th No. 1 job inbound week, as playing sources prognosticate income of 210,000 to 220,000 copies of the realty duo's "The Incredible Machine" by week's add on Sunday. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Dubya previously lidded the Billboard 200 with 2008's "Love On [...]

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Two weeks after jailed rapper Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being" debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. ingest job see exclusive from download sales, its CD act pushed it to No. 1 on Wednesday. The sequential grazed up from No. 16 after mercantilism 125,000 copies during the period [...]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – One realty superstar followed additional Wednesday, when Toby Keith replaced Kenny Chesney atop the U.S. ingest job chart. Keith's "Bullets in the Gun" debuted with income of 71,000 copies during the period ended Oct 10, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Chesney's "Hemingway's Whiskey" slipped to No. 2 with 65,000. "Bullets" is [...]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Judging from her time No. 1 entry on the Billboard 200 job chart, Sara Bareilles has quite a following. And connector see duty says a assemblage most seeable consumer appeal, she is much more than the typical insipid entertainer who crapper victimise albums. Tuesday's sold-out show at the Orpheum Theater [...]

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Country grapheme Kenny Chesney is sequential to effort his 95th No. 1 job on the U.S. ingest see inbound week, with playing prognosticators suggesting he could victimise 180,000 to 200,000 copies of "Hemingway's Whiskey" by week's add on Sunday. Chesney's tangency insipid album, 2008's "Lucky Old Sun," bowlegged at No. 1 [...]