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Yet another scale Il Divo has mastered: scaling the heights of success. The operatic quartet’s new album, “The Promise,” debuted atop the UK charts, their third collection to hit the No. 1 spot. The album (which was released in the U.S. last Tuesday) features Leonard... 

Birth name Taylor Alison Swift Born December 13, 1989 (1989-12-13) (age 18) Origin Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States Genre(s) Country pop Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar Years active 2006 – present Label(s) Big Machine Associated acts Kellie... 

Birth name Eilleen Regina Edwards Also known as Eilleen Twain (1967-1992) Shania Twain (1993-present) Born August 28, 1965 (1965-08-28) (age 43) Windsor, Ontario Genre(s) Country pop Years active 1993–present Label(s) Mercury Nashville Associated acts Alison Krauss, Anne... 

Kenny Chesney has won entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards two years in a row. Will he make it three straight? Not if Brad Paisley, George Strait, Keith Urban or Sugarland have something to say about it. Paisley, in fact, is the defending winner of the best... 

It’s difficult to overestimate Quincy Jones’s contribution to American music. Over the last 60 years he has excelled as a musician, composer, record producer, arranger, conductor and media company executive. In a career studded with landmarks, Jones produced Michael Jackson’s... 

Jimmy Carl Black, drummer, vocalist and self-anointed “Indian of the group” of Frank Zappa’s The Mothers of Invention, has died at age 70. Black, a native of El Paso, Texas, died Saturday of cancer in Siegsdorf, Germany, according to Roddie Gilliard, a British musician... 

The BBC’s highest-paid celebrity has lost more than $2 million after being suspended without pay for a series of abusive telephone calls made by himself and another of the broadcaster’s stars. Talk show host Jonathan Ross, 47, and comedian Russell Brand, 33, have been... 

At a celebration/concert for Prince’s new book, late night had turned into early morning, the bar was closing and party organizers were deciding what decorations to pack up first. But Prince was still on stage — and still captivating the exclusive group of about 200 fans... 

Lee Ann Womack’s 2005 disc, “There’s More Where That Came From,” was arguably the best album of her career. It won her three Country Music Association awards, including album and single of the year, and was praised by critics for its deft take on classic country. But...