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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 ...

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To help fans get amped for Depeche Mode’s new album Sounds of the Universe, the band has teamed up with Apple to feature the first “iTunes Pass” dedicated to an artist. Starting today, fans can purchase the pass for $19, which will give them access to exclusive songs, remixes, videos and more that’s doled ...

It’s not every day we get a press release for an album that isn’t due out for another seven months, but Diddy isn’t your typical artist, a point he’s reiterating with his upcoming concept album Last Train to Paris. Although the album won’t come out until September 22nd, Diddy already boasts, “I’m ushering in a ...

A few months ago, four tracks from the upcoming U2 album ‘No Line on the Horizon’ leaked onto the Internet. In order to prevent the full album from leaking before launch, U2 organized “private hearings” for the press, but these failed. Today, ten hours after the album leaked, downloads on BitTorrent are 100K - and counting.

The Top 50 Global Selling Albums of 2008. Coldplay was #1 with 6.8 million albums sold followed by AC/DC.

We’ve already spotlighted our five-star review of Bruce Springsteen’s new Working on a Dream (here’s a reminder: “Springsteen finally reignites his early infatuation with the pop symphonies of Roy Orbison and Phil Spector”). Also out today, Franz Ferdinand’s Tonight, the band’s third album which picks up largely where the last one left off ...