Last night at the AMA’s Taylor Swift took home the largest amount of awards, five in total. The awards included “Artist of the Year” and “Best Female Artist in Pop/Rock.”
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Taylor Swift Cleans Up Again
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Kings of the Woodies
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Kings of Leon won Woodie of the Year at MTVu’s Woodie awards at New York City’s Roseland ballroom. Read about some of the other winners here.
Bon Jovi Hits #1
Thursday, November 19th, 2009This week Bon Jovi’s new album The Circle lands the #1 spot on the Billboard album chart. This is the tenth top 10 album for the veteran rockers. In the meantime, Andrea Bocelli’s My Christmas and Carrie Underwood’s Play On do the switcheroo, switching spots on the chart with Bocelli climbing to #2 and Underwood falling to #3.
WHO’s Playing the 2010 Superbowl?
Monday, November 16th, 2009Taylor Swift Makes History!
Thursday, November 12th, 2009At the Country Music Awards this week, Taylor Swift made history by becoming the youngest artist ever to win the Entertainer of the Year award. You can read more here.
Carrie Underwood–Queen of the Charts
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Carrie Underwood’s new album Play On grabs Billboard’s #1 spot on the album chart this week. Last week’s #1, Michael Jackson’s This Is It falls to #2 while Andrea Bocelli’s My Christmas takes claim of the #3 spot.
Getting Down with Motown on Its 50th Birthday
Friday, November 6th, 2009A two-night event to celebrate Motown’s 50th anniversary is taking place in Detroit on Nov. 20-21. Legends like Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and the Temptations are set to perform for this concert benefiting the Motown Historical Museum. Part of the event will be televised during the Detroit Lions’ game during halftime on Thanksgiving, where you can see some of today’s younger Motown stars. You can read more here.
The Pixies Meet…Weird Al?
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009At a December 8th show at L.A.’s Echoplex, The Pixies will be performing a benefit concert with Weird Al. The show is in support of Winston’s Village. You can read more about that here.
The Clash to Re-Release “London Calling”
Monday, November 2nd, 2009The Clash have announced that they’ll be re-releasing their album London Calling this December to commemorate the album’s 30th anniversary. The re-release is expected to be some sort of CD/DVD package. Read more here.
The World Series…Not Just An Exciting Place for Sports
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Tonight at the World Series John Legend will perform the National Anthem. Before that, New York natives Alicia Keys and Jay-Z will perform “Empire State of Mind.”