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Some singers do not age so gracefully, no longer able to hit the notes they once did.
Performing in Coldplay — performing in the world’s biggest band — could get comfy. Too comfy, even.
Arnold George Dorsey has been a popular singer for more than 40 years, charting nine Top 40 hits and selling more than 150 million albums.
At 72, Engelbert Humperdinck is nearly twice my age. But when the “Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)” crooner performs this weekend, I’ll be alongside all the white-haired gals who’ll be singing, dancing and throwing their underwear on stage. Here are some reasons why:
Jennifer Hudson says she's honored by Grammy nods
Jennifer Hudson says she's honored to be a Grammy nominee. The Oscar-winning actress and singer, who has been in seclusion since the killings of her mother, brother and nephew, was nominated Wednesday for four Grammy awards for her self-titled debut album.
Says Hudson: "It's been a childhood dream of mine to release an album, so
Dixie Chicks singer sued for defamation
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines is the target of a defamation lawsuit by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys slain in 1993.
Maines spoke out for three people convicted of the slayings and alleged the stepfather was instead involved in the killings.
Terry Hobbs, stepfather of Steve Branch, who was killed in 199
First a top hit, now Grammy nod: M.I.A. firmly pop
Though M.I.A. has been hailed by critics since she made her debut in 2005, her fiery lyrics, which speak against corrupt political systems and talk of revolution and violence, have always ensured her a place far outside of music's mainstream _ until recently.
Her song "Paper Planes," an incendiary song about the frustrations
Boy George guilty of false imprisonment
A jury convicted pop singer Boy George Friday of falsely imprisoning a male escort.
Norwegian Audun Carlsen had alleged he was restrained with handcuffs by the musician at the singer's London apartment on April 28, 2007.
Carlsen, 29, also accused the former Culture Club frontman of swinging a metal chain at him as he fled t
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