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The Juno Awards celebrated Canadian music stars old and new Saturday night as first-time winner Carly Rae Jepsen and veteran Leonard Cohen both scored major prizes while moody R&B singer the Weeknd led the field at a dinner gala where the bulk of the trophies were handed out. More...

Madonna's latest cinematic effort, "W.E.," isn't exactly wowing the critics, but maybe the singer will have better luck with her return to music. The "Material Girl" songbird announced during a recent interview that her next album -- the first since 2008's "Hard Candy" -- will be released in...

NEW YORK – A singer-songwriter steeped in Brill building tradition, a rock band that exulted in singing "School's Out" and a growler whose writing is widely respected by his peers are set to achieve rock 'n' roll immortality. Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper and Tom Waits lead the latest class to be...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Charlie Sheen brought his verbal war against Warner Bros. and the executive producer of "Two and a Half Men" to the courtroom on Thursday, filing a $100 million lawsuit seeking to recoup his salary and wages for the show's cast and crew. The breach of contract lawsuit...

Fresh off his weekend Grammy win, singer Bruno Mars pleaded guilty to cocaine possession on Wednesday but avoided jail in exchange for probation, community service and drug counseling. Mars, 25, who had a breakthrough year in 2010 with hits "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade", made a brief...

24th day of 2011 - 341 remaining Monday, January 24, 2011 DIAMOND DAY The lights dimmed, the crowd was hushed, the stage was laden with floral gifts, and the music played. Do you hear it babe? It was Neil. It was a Beautiful Noise. It made me feel good, If You Know What I Mean. He sang...

- A judge has given a Mexican singer accused of raping a teen a six-day extension to present evidence in the case, state media reported. In a hearing Saturday that was closed to the media and the public, pop singer Kalimba signed a statement stating that he was innocent of the charges, lawyer...

-- A Mexican singer who is accused of raping a teen is scheduled to testify Saturday, state media reported. Pop star Kalimba will testify in a private hearing before a judge in the state of Quintana Roo, the state-run Notimex news agency reported. Prosecutors allege he raped a 17-year-old girl...

Country singer Willie Nelson was arrested Friday on charges of marijuana possession by the U.S. Border Patrol in Sierra Blanca, Texas, CNN has confirmed. No further details were available, and a message left for Nelson's publicist has not been returned.

Phil Collins says he has little desire to create more music beyond his new disc of Motown covers, Going Back In the new issue of Rolling Stone, on stands in the digital archives this Friday, Phil Collins says he believes that he may have lived past lives -- and that he's contemplated suicide...

Soul singer Solomon Burke has died at the age of 70 in the Netherlands, his Dutch representative said Sunday. Hailed by Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler as "the greatest soul singer of all time," Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Burke joined the Atlantic...