AP - When "American Idol" contestant Taylor Hicks belted out Stevie Wonder's golden oldie "Living for the City" there was scant age difference between the singer and the 32-year-old song.

AP - Shakira, the Colombian pop music whirlwind, is to begin her world tour in Spain, the singer said Thursday.

Reuters - The amateur pop singers of "American Idol" hit another ratings high note on Tuesday as Fox television's talent-contest sensation scored its biggest audience yet for a performance episode of the show.

AP - Remember how easy it was to spend a roll of quarters on arcade games? Soon, some online gamers will be able to similarly play "Bejeweled" or "Zuma" at 25 cents a pop.

Reuters - The amateur pop singers of "American Idol" hit another ratings high note on Tuesday as Fox television's talent-contest sensation scored its biggest audience yet for a performance episode of the show.

Reuters - After nine consecutive weeks of sales increases, the soundtrack to the Disney cable TV movie "High School Musical" returned to the top of the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday.

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer London, England (AHN) - "Material Mom" Madonna has just broken another music industry record by becoming the female artist with the most number one singles in the UK charts. Madonna's latest single Sorry solidified her reign as a Pop Queen by flying off...

Playbill - The McCarter Theatre and Paper Mill Playhouse's co-production of director Tina Landau's A Midsummer Night's Dream - sweetened with music and live performances by the pop trio GrooveLily - comes to life March 21 in Princeton.

Reuters - DJ Premier was surprised when he got the phone call last spring. It was RCA Records, saying that Christina Aguilera wanted the producer, best known for his gritty work with rap heavyweights Gang Starr, the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas and KRS-One, to work on the pop singer's forthcoming album.

Reuters - DJ Premier was surprised when he got the phone call last spring. It was RCA Records, saying that Christina Aguilera wanted the producer, best known for his gritty work with rap heavyweights Gang Starr, the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas and KRS-One, to work on the pop singer's forthcoming album.

AP - Here lies Neverland. Trains once packed with laughing children no longer roll around the grounds. The arcade that pulsed with rap music, the curse words edited out, has fallen silent. No one waits at the gate with ice cream for youngsters to arrive.

AP - Here lies Neverland.

E! Online - As staffers at Michael Jackson's fantasyland California ranch were paid Thursday for the first time since before Christmas, the pop singer's spokeswoman announced his main house was to be closed.

E! Online - As staffers at Michael Jackson's fantasyland California ranch were paid Thursday for the first time since before Christmas, the pop singer's spokeswoman announced his main house was to be closed.

AP - Shakira, the queen of Latin American pop music, is to be immortalized with a 5-meter (16-foot) iron statue in her home city on Colombia's Caribbean coast.

Reuters - Michael Jackson has shuttered his Neverland Valley Ranch home and laid off staff, but contrary to media reports the pop star has not shut down the estate for good, his spokeswoman said on Friday.

AP - Michael Jackson has closed the house on his Neverland Ranch and laid off some of the employees there but has not completely shuttered the sprawling estate, the pop star's spokesman said late Thursday.

Reuters - A former goat herder and male stripper has sold twice as many records as Madonna in recent weeks to become the first Arab to top the British pop singles chart since records began 44 years ago.

Reuters - Pop star Michael Jackson has made arrangements to pay employees at his shuttered Neverland Valley Ranch for the first time since December, avoiding legal action by the state of California, authorities said on Wednesday.

Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday upheld its proposed $550,000 fine against 20 CBS television stations for a stunt involving pop singer Janet Jackson briefly exposing her breast during the 2004 Super Bowl football game halftime show.