;t been encouraging — there’s even talk that the multihyphenate diva could find herself dealing with her very first flop. It remains to be seen how “4″ will do on the charts, but if fans pay attention to the music, then Beyonce should have no worries. If anything, “Run the World (Girls)” is the anomaly of the disc, which has few tracks geared for the clubs. Instead, Beyonce — just a few months shy of 30 — offers a be…
NEW YORK – With 16 Grammys, millions of records sold, several defining hits and a superstar husband among her accomplishments, Beyonce has nothing to prove. But sometimes, even queens need to show what it means to be royalty. And on Sunday night, Beyonce arrived at the Roseland Ballroom to give fans and critics alike a reminder that despite chatter that might try to suggest otherwise, she remains the head diva in the music world, and she made he…
LOS ANGELES – Beyonce Knowles, Russell Brand, David Duchovny and “King’s Speech” director Tom Hooper have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film academy said Friday it has invited 178 film-industry workers to join its ranks this year. Documentarian Tim Hetherington, who was nominated for an Oscar this year and then killed in Libya two months after the ceremony, was invited posthumously to…
DENVER (Billboard) – Seen through the eyes of a music fan, Apple’s new iCloud feature is hardly a groundbreaking digital music experience. But stared through the eyes of the music industry, it’s revolutionary. The licensing deals that record labels and publishers struck with Apple to initially make music available in iCloud allow them to share in the value of an Apple product or service, beyond the mere purchase of music itself. S…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Spotify, the European digital music service, has inked a U.S. licensing deal with Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, according to four people familiar with the talks. Universal Music, which is owned by media giant Vivendi SA, reached the agreement with Spotify more than two weeks ago, said one person, who asked not to be named as the discussions were private. Spotify, which was founded by Swedi…
PILTON, England (Reuters) – Pop star Beyonce takes the main stage at Glastonbury on Sunday as the closing act, hoping to repeat husband Jay-Z’s success in 2008 and help a huge crowd banish thoughts of mud and the long trip home. Around 180,000 people crammed on to Worthy Farm in picturesque southwest England for three days of music and fun at one of the world’s biggest music festivals. The abiding memory for many this year will be t…