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NEW YORK – Indie-rock producer Jacquire King had long been an admirer of Norah Jones' smoky, seductive voice, but the man behind acclaimed albums from Kings of Leon to Tom Waits never thought the two would ever inhabit the same musical orbit, let alone work together on a CD.

HOLLYWOOD – Kicking off another typical seven-day work week in the offices of his management company, 19 Entertainment, Adam Lambert fixed his gaze on his own pretty face. Scattered across his publicist's desk were proof sheets from a photo session with the singer, who will release his debut album on RCA Records, "For Your Entertainment" on  Monday. The shots captured Lambert in typical glam-god poses: Peacock, street tough, space oddity, freaky adventurer in the boudoir of the damned.

LOS ANGELES – Kris Allen knows he's not garnering as much attention as Adam Lambert – and that's OK with him.

NEW YORK – Marianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that's found her constantly reinventing herself. But when her band played "As Tears Go By" on her fall U.S. concert tour, she found herself flashing back to where her wild ride all began.

Members of Bon Jovi were supposed to be taking it easy this winter, basking in adulation and just letting the money roll in.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It’s been Taylor Swift’s year, and Wednesday was her night as she became the youngest person and the first solo female act in a decade to win the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year award.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Pop-country has made superstars out of acts such as Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and more, but the term is not particularly endearing in Nashville, even to the artists who have come to define it.

NEW YORK – Members of the band Gossip know precisely when they hit the big time.

WASHINGTON – Michelle and Barack Obama sat one table over from J. Lo and Marc Anthony, and all four of them were rocking in their seats as Sheila E. shook the house – well, really the tent.

NEW YORK – Michael Bublé recently received a cassette tape of his first performance ever, but it didn’t bring back pleasant memories.

Steve Martin is less known for playing with Earl Scruggs on a 2001 remake of Flatt & Scruggs’ “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” than he is for, say, “King Tut,” but that isn’t a slight.

NEW YORK – Jimmy Cobb could hardly imagine he would be making history when he arrived at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio 50 years ago for the first of two recording sessions with Miles Davis.

NEW YORK – Lee Daniels had so much faith in Mariah Carey's acting that when the director's first choice to play a dowdy, no-nonsense social worker – Oscar-winner Helen Mirren – backed out, he quickly asked Carey to step in.

NEW YORK – It’s the diversity of his roots that Mika says propelled him to a global audience.

NEW YORK – Nelly Furtado’s last record, the multiplatinum, dance-flavored “Loose” was mostly recorded at night. The CD showcased the party girl in Furtado, showcasing her vocals over Timbaland-produced beats designed for clubs.

DETROIT (AP) – Eminem’s music publisher wants a bigger slice from Apple.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ricky Skaggs doesn’t mind saying so. Before he was a first-class picker, he was a first-class brat.

BOSTON (AP) — Mary Travers, who as one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped popularize such tunes as “Puff (The Magic Dragon)” and “If I Had a Hammer,” died in a Connecticut hospital Wednesday after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72.

For those who believe in “Yesterday,” the entire Beatles catalog arrives this week.

NEW YORK – When Jay-Z released his first "Blueprint" CD on Sept. 11, 2001, the rapper couldn't have known how monumental, and tragic, the day would turn out to be.

NEW ORLEANS – Though they have nearly four decades of music behind them, Frankie Beverly and Maze are still considered one of the recording industry's best kept secrets.

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — One month after a lavish public memorial for Michael Jackson, the pop singer's family prepared to inter him privately Thursday in a mausoleum filled with legendary entertainers.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Just two days shy of the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, entertainer Jamie Foxx brought some music and laughter to New Orleans with his “Blame It” tour.

NEW YORK – The world's first Hasidic reggae superstar is getting a little unorthodox.

SPRINGFIELD – The Con Men did it again.