Enrique Iglesias, Daddy Yankee Lead Latin Into Crossover... December 10, 2010
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Latin Latin music danced in 2010. It was a year of upbeat songs in which urban, tropical and pop music came together as never before, whether in collaboration by stars from historically segmented Latin genres or mixes from young artists built on bachata and other traditionally tropical rhythms.
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Lady Antebellum Leads Year-End Country Charts December 10, 2010
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Country The trio -- Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood -- leads several of Billboard's country and pop year-end tallies. The year-end music recaps are based on chart performance during the chart year that began with last year's Dec. 5 issue and ended with the Nov. 27, 2010, issue.
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Eminem's 'Recovery' Earns the Rapper Top... December 10, 2010
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R&B/Hip-Hop Thanks to the popularity of his hit "Love the Way You Lie" featuring Rihanna -- this year's chart-topper on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs recap -- and his earlier single "Not Afraid," Eminem ends the year reigning over multiple recaps: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists-Male and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artists.
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Bon Jovi: Billboard's Top Touring Act of the Year December 10, 2010
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Rock & Pop For the second time in three years, Bon Jovi ranks as the highest-grossing touring act. The band's achievement, this year and previously in 2008, demonstrates that, remarkably, the group is hitting its touring peak 26 years after releasing its debut album.
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James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies of Cancer December 10, 2010
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Jazz Jazz saxophonist James Moody, who recorded more than 50 solo albums as well as songs with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Lionel Hampton and B.B. King, has died. He was 85.
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Year-End: Online Video's Most Viral Artists of 2010 December 10, 2010
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Digital & Mobile Justin Bieber collected 1.07 billion streams through Dec. 7. TubeMogul's figures include streams from YouTube and MySpace for the five biggest publishers of music video content (EMI, Hollywood Records, Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group).
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AirCheck: Lady Gaga Tops Australian Radio In 2010 December 10, 2010
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Rock & Pop From Jan. 1 through Dec. 6, Lady Gaga generated more than 37,000 spins Down Under, nudging out second-placed Pink (36,982 spins) and Powderfinger (36,163 spins), who were by some distance the most played local artist.
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Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live! - Fall 2010
The Music App Summit
October 5, 2010
San Francisco, CA
Mobile Entertainment Live! The Music App Summit, presented by Logic Wireless, brings together the key players revolutionizing mobile music apps for today's leading smartphones to network and discuss new applications, ideas and technologies that will drive your business forward! Find out what the future will hold for the mobile entertainment business at this one-day
conference - the official mobile entertainment event of CTIA-Enterprise & Applications, guided by Billboard's global editorial team and an advisory
board of industry experts. Click here for registration information
