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Ginuwine is set to return in the first quarter 2009 with a new single and album. The as-yet-untitled project will be released by Notifi Records, with distribution through Warner Bros. Notifi is headed by CEO Ira Dewitt.
In addition to singer/songwriter/producer Tank, who is executive producing the album, Ginuwine is collaborating with Next founding member RL [...]

Beyond marking Christina Aguilera’s first decade in the business, the Nov. 11 Target exclusive “Keeps Getting Better: A Decade of Hits” serves as a sneak preview for the artist’s next RCA studio album.
Aguilera tells Billboard the as-yet-untitled set will arrive in summer 2009 and will be mostly produced by Linda Perry.
“With my last album, I [...]

Pharrell Williams, Of Montreal, Deerhoof, David Banner and Paul Oakenfold are among the disparate names joining forces for the Maroon 5 remix album “Call & Response,” due Dec. 9 via A&M/Octone.
Also contributing new versions are Swizz Beatz, Mark Ronson, the Roots’ Questlove, Cut Copy, Just Blaze and Tiesto among others.
“I’ve always found it really interesting [...]

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Toby Keith - That Don’t Make Me A Bad Guy
“In a world of copycats, Toby Keith stands alone —”I created my niche,” he says. That said, his new album is not exactly like the last or the one before that, and is pleasantly surprising in its evolution. Despite [...]

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Various Artists - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“The genius of the “High School Musical” machine becomes more apparent in its third installment—the first for the big screen. As seniors Troy (Zac Efron), Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) and Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) graduate from fictitious East High, they also [...]

Product Information, Audio Previews, Reviews and More On: The Cure - 4:13 Dream
“The Cure’s 13 studio albums have established Robert Smith as a master craftsman of the beautifully calculated mess. The lush arrangements on “4:13 Dream” don’t build a Wall of Sound so much as a whitewater, where heavily distorted guitar and effects [...]

The non-singing members of Led Zeppelin apparently aren’t waiting around for Robert Plant to sign off on a reunion tour and/or album. In an interview with BBC Radio, bassist John Paul Jones said he and guitarist Jimmy Page and drummer Jason Bonham “are trying out a couple of singers.”
“We want to do it,” he said. [...]

AC/DC will earn its second No. 1 album — and first chart-topping debut –
as “Black Ice” will bow atop The Billboard 200 tomorrow (Oct. 29). The Columbia set sold a whopping 784,000 units in its first week of U.S. availability, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The entry marks the second biggest sales week of the year, trailing [...]

In another setback on her “Rock Witchu” tour, Janet Jackson has lost her opening act: LL Cool J. The rapper’s publicity firm announced yesterday (Oct. 27) that he has dropped out as the headliner for Jackson because of unnamed scheduling conflicts.
It’s the latest problem on Jackson’s tour, her first North American outing in seven years. [...]

Usher plans to make his next album a “worldwide entertainment experience.”
The singer, who launches his One Night Stand Ladies Only tour on Sunday in Atlantic City, N.J., told Billboard.com during a conference call that his follow up to this year’s platinum “Here I Stand” will be “all about adapting new musical styles in creating a [...]

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Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology
“Ryan Adams enjoys yapping about White Lion and Tesla more than his own music, but that’s just fine when he’s releasing albums as strong as “Cardinology.” Constant recording and touring with his band the Cardinals has brought welcome focus to Adams’ muse; [...]

Product Information, Audio Previews, Reviews and More On: Hank Williams III - Damn Right Rebel Proud
“Hank Williams III has always respected his lineage, but he gives it even more love at the outset of his poignant and pugnacious sixth album. “The Grand Ole Opry Ain’t So Grand” not only forwards a vehement argument [...]

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John Legend - Evolver
“John Legend made his mark by showing up fully coated in vintage Philadelphia soul, but this aptly titled third album finds him shelving his silky throwback vibe for a collection of tracks more interested in 808s and heartbreak. “Evolver” opens with shiny 1984 club-bounce (”Green [...]

Elvis Presley may have left the building several decades ago, but his earning power is far from diminished with Forbes.com ranking him the top-earning dead celebrity for the second year in a row.
Presley pulled in $52 million in the past year, helped by increased visitors to his Graceland estate to commemorate the 30th anniversary of [...]

Although Interscope says no release date has been scheduled, Amazon.com is listing a Dec. 23 street date for Eminem’s new album, “Relapse.”
The rapper confirmed the project’s existence in a recent interview on Shade 45, his branded Sirius satellite radio station. He also played a song from the album, titled “I’m Having a Relapse.”
“For the last [...]