• Happy 23rd to Francesca Battistelli

    No - it's not Franny's birthday being celebrated, it's her 23rd Dove Award nomination! This week, she got the nod for Pop/Contemporary Album of the year for her #1 selling album, 'If We're Honest,' which hit stores in April of this year.
  • Mike Donehey Says No Man is an Island

    Tenth Avenue North's Mike Donehey shares what the phrase "no man is an island" means to him in a video that says more in four minutes than many people say in a lifetime.
  • Lee Brice is Hitting the Road

    With a new album on the way ('I Don't Dance' - due out on September 9th), Lee Brice has a lot of great music to share. And share he is doing! Not only is he going on the That's My Kind of Night tour with Luke Bryan, he's also got some other dates in between at fairs all over the country.
  • Annie Lennox Announces New Album 'Nostalgia,' Shares Tracklist, Cover

    In an exclusive interview with Billboard, former Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox revealed the tracklist, album cover, and release date for her next album. The album is titled Nostalgia and features covers of American standards, largely from the '30s and '40s, by artists such as Billie Holiday, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and George Gershwin.
  • Nicki Minaj Has More Hot 100 Singles Than Michael Jackson, Thanks To 'Anaconda'

    Here's a bit of news that I totally didn't expect: as of yesterday, rapper Nicki Minaj has appeared on more Billboard Hot 100 singles than the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. Though Jackson's two posthumous singles "Slave to the Rhythm" and "Love Never Felt So Good" gave him his 49th and 50th charting singles earlier this year, he was beat out by Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda," which became her 51st charting single when it debuted at no. 19.
  • Lil Wayne Freestyles Over SportsCenter Theme [WATCH]

    After performing with Drake(and special guest 50 Cent) in Hartford, Connecticut last night, Lil Wayne stopped by the ESPN HQ in Bristol this morning to reveal the cover and release date of his forthcoming Tha Carter V. He sat down with First Take's Skip Bayless, Cari Champion, and Steve A. Smith to talk about his plans for the album then decided to perform a freestyle riff of the SportsCenter theme (not to be confused with his song "SportsCenter.")