"British music definitely had a good year in the United States last year, " says Mark Sutherland, international bureau chief at US music bible Billboard.
Neither one of these albums can be found in the children's music charts at Billboard.
Baauer's song reached the top of the US Billboard music charts thanks to its views on YouTube.
Check the slideshow to see what these celebrities and more wore to the Billboard Music Awards in the slideshow.
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The commission specifically cited celebrities Cher and Nicole Richie for potty-mouth language in the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards, which aired on Fox.
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The commission specifically cited celebrities Cher and Nicole Richie for potty-mouth language in the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards, which aired live on Fox.
One case before the court involves Fox Television broadcasts of the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards in which Cher and Nicole Richie uttered expletives.
All in all, the outfits of the singers and the occasional actors at the Billboard Music Awards have been ho-hum save for a bright spot in between the forgettable ensembles.
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Lady Gaga is one of the best-selling music artists of all time: 23 million albums and 64 million singles sold worldwide, Five Grammy Awards, 13 MTV Video Music Awards, Billboard magazine's Artists of the Year, Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, No. 1 on Billboard's list of top moneymakers, and Forbes title of the world's most powerful celebrity... the list goes on.
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Reuters notes that the letter will be published this weekend in Billboard, the music industry trade magazine.
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Sites such as Pitchfork.com, CMJ and Billboard embed its music-playing widget.
Rihanna's collaboration with Jay-Z and Kanye West, "Run This Town, " is currently at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart.
"The Beatles Anthology" DVD, released in April, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's music video chart and marked the biggest music video DVD box set debut in the SoundScan era.
Like Michael Jackson, who died in 2009, and Whitney Houston, who died last month, Jones was someone younger generations looked up to as "the first person who made them interested in music, " said Phil Gallo, Billboard's senior correspondent.
Silvio Pietroluongo, director of charts for Billboard, said the conundrum the music industry faces is that while albums aren't selling nearly as well as before, the music is bigger than ever.
"The younger the president, the more we see a connection to pop culture and to music, " said Phil Gallo, senior correspondent for Billboard.
Last week the Nielsen Company and Billboard released their annual year-end report on music sales.
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"Country Girl, " the first single off Palmer's self-titled 2007 debut album, made her the first African-American female in 20 years to hit Billboard's country chart, according to Country Music Television.
That taste-making in popular music is going on three decades now, but yesterday Megan Vick of Billboard.com did a nice piece reminding us of a new note.
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To be fair, country music's popularity has been on a steady incline for more than 20 years, Billboard country chart manager Wade Jessen says.
Contestants from the show, including Kelly Clarkson, Jordin Sparks and Carrie Underwood, have gone on to have legitimate, sustained music careers, made money from touring and have spent time on the top of the Billboard charts.
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