• 5 Artists Who Became Songwriters After They Debuted

    Just because someone's an excellent performer doesn't mean they're an excellent songwriter as well. Some artists are talented enough to have debuted as both excellent performers and songwriters, such as the Beatles, but some artists were only comfortable writing their own material after they were established as performers. Here are five artists who eventually became great songwriters after they debuted.

  • Iggy Azalea Runs Digital Downloads Chart

    Iggy Azalea was the basis for a controversial headline from Forbes magazine this week ("Hip Hop is Run By A White, Blonde, Australian Woman"). That might be a totally inaccurate statement, but she is running the Digital Downloads charts at the moment.

  • The Black Keys and Michael Jackson Have Shootout for Top of Billboard 200

    Patrick Carney had a busy week of trashing everybody from Justin Bieber to TMZ, but he also sniped at those behind the new Michael Jackson album, referring to it as "bulls--t." The popular theory of course is that Carney was irritated his own band's new album might not take the top spot on the Billboard 200 this week because of the competition. Did he have reason to be worried?

  • Court Rules Katherine Jackson Must Pay $800,000

    It's been a while since we've written about the Jackson family's lawsuit against AEG Live, but things may be winding down for good. Superior Court judge Yvette Palazuelos ruled Monday that Katherine Jackson, mother of pop star Michael Jackson, should pay $800,000 of the legal fees for AEG Live, whom she had sued for allegedly negligently hiring doctor Conrad Murray.

  • Seven Classic Albums With Anti-Climactic Closers

    A properly sequenced album should feel like a movie; the beginning grabs your attention, the action rises, and the finale explodes. Many album closers commit to this arc (“A Day in the Life” from Sgt. Pepper’s is an excellent example) but some albums leave us hanging at the end, even the great ones. Here are seven classic albums with anti-climactic endings.

  • Amy Winehouse, Holograms and Lawsuits

    An Amy Winehouse hologram concert series might be in the works, but first the promoter has to sue to make sure no one else will do it, or anything like it. Alki David is the owner of Musion, the hologram-development company that has generated 3D models of performers including Tupac Shakur for its performance with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre at the Coachella Music Festival. He alleges that the hologram-Michael Jackson that appears during Cirque de Soleil's Michael Jackson: One performance in Las Vegas is an infringement on patents held by Musion.

  • Michael Jackson's Thriller Re-Enters Hot 100

    The Billboard Hot 100 got a retro shake up this week. Likely due to the absolute spookiest day of the year that is Halloween, Michael Jackson's "Thriller," which is now heavily tied in with the holiday, reentered into the charts at No. 42 this week.
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