LADY GAGA

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys led the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a fifth week on Thursday with Empire State of Mind.

Apple's iTunes on Tuesday released Rewind 2009, its lists of the year's best and best-selling media. Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow was the best-selling song at the country's leading music retailer. Kings of Leon's Only by the Night was the best-selling album and also was named best album of the year.

MySpace expanded its presence in the entertainment market on Thursday with the British launch of its music service, as the social networking site seeks to reinvent itself after being eclipsed by rival Facebook.

R&B singer Beyonce led the field of Grammy contenders with 10 nominations on Wednesday, closely followed by teen country sensation Taylor Swift with eight, and both will compete for coveted album of the year.

Michael Jackson's three children, reality TV mom of eight Kate Gosselin and former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin were picked Wednesday as some of the most fascinating people of 2009 -- according to Barbara Walters.

The Grammy contenders for 2010 were announced Wednesday evening. R&B singer Beyonce led the list with 10 nominations followed by 19-year old country singer Taylor Swift with eight.

Veteran showman Barry Manilow, who unveiled a new Las Vegas act on Tuesday, said that when it comes to today's hit singers, he most admires original acts such as controversial dance queen Lady Gaga.

Michael Jackson's surprising death made him the most searched term online in 2009. Michael Jackson is the only search term to appear on all three (Google, Bing and Yahoo) search engine's top 10 lists, and at the top of the three lists. On Yahoo, it ended singer Britney Spears' four-year reign as the most searched term.

U.S. music retailers are realizing a dream week with Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream ringing cash registers far beyond expectations and Adam Lambert's album stirring sales after his sexually charged TV performance.

Adam Lambert's racy public outing as a solo artist at Sunday's American Music Awards has grabbed headlines and helped send downloads of his debut album soaring worldwide.

Country music band Gloriana won the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Sunday night at the American Music Awards 2009, beating favorite Pop singer Lady Gaga.

Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the American Idol tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position.

Adam Lambert may have lost the battle to be crowned American Idol but the glam rocker with soaring vocals says he got what he wanted from the TV singing contest -- an album deal, exposure and a chance to make and present music his way.

For Lady Gaga, it takes effort to be successful but most importantly, she considers it the proper way to treat her fans.

Pop star Beyonce and hip hop artist Jay-Z will perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, being held in the German capital to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Berlin hosts the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, where German pop rock band Tokio Hotel will perform alongside U.S. rapper Jay-Z and Latin pop star Shakira.

Lady Gaga and former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert co worked in a song that will be featured on Lambert's album For Your Entertainment.

British R&B singer Jay Sean's single Down returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on Thursday, just a week after Britney Spears' No. 1 debut bumped him to runner-up status.

Twitter has been kind to a motley crew of actors, TV personalities and pop stars whose fame online outstrips that of the outside world. And it's all about getting personal.

Two weeks after the cancellation of her Fame Kills tour with Kanye West, Lady Gaga has announced the details of a solo tour.

Michael Jackson picked up five American Music Awards on Tuesday, almost four months after his sudden death turned him into the biggest-selling artist of the year, organizers said on Tuesday.