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Nearly 40 years after breaking up, The Beatles are still breaking records for album sales.Consumers in North America, Japan and the U.K. bought more than 2.25 million copies of the Beatles' re-mastered albums in the first five days after their Sept. 9 release.

Daughtry's sophomore album, Leave This Town, enters The Billboard 200 at #1. This makes the band's leader, Chris Daughtry, the first American Idol alumnus to land back-to-back #1 albums. Daughtry rang the bell for two weeks in early 2007. Kelly Clarkson is the only other Idol alum to notch two #1 albums, and hers weren't consecutive.

The Beastie Boys canceled all scheduled concerts and delayed their next album release while member Adam "MCA" Yauch is treated for a cancerous tumor in a salivary gland, Yauch says in a video statement to fans.

Whitney Houston premiered tracks from her upcoming album I Look To You last night at London’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Clive Davis, who discovered the singer and shepherded her career, was also on hand to present nine unfinished songs from the LP, Billboard reports. Houston also officially unveiled the album’s cover art today.

The first post-"American Idol" albums from Kris Allen, Adam Lambert and Jason Castro are expected this fall, in time for the holiday season.

Susan Boyle has cut a trimmer figure and the first track for her new album.
The overnight Scottish singing sensation was seen in a blue T-shirt and pants looking slimmer and switched on for her touring engagements.
She has cut her first track - and Britain's Got Talent's judge Simon Cowell is tickled pink.

A 30-second snippet of Michael Jackson rehearsing two days before his death was released Thursday, part of more than 100 hours of footage that could be turned into live albums, a movie and a pay-per-view special, the promoter said.

Michael Jackson had two albums in the works at the time of his death, Billboard reported Thursday. He was reportedly crafting a pop album as well as a collection of classical compositions.

Singer songwriter Nelly Furtado is set to release her first album recorded entirely in Spanish, according to reports.

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In February 2008, Paula Abdul told Rolling Stone she was working on her first album since 1995’s Head Over Heels when she premiered the video for “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow,” and promised a second new track would drop in June. Nearly a year later, that second single has finally arrived: Abdul appeared on ...