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Madonna’s no beautiful stranger to spy films – she’s acted up a storm as Breathless Mahoney in 1990’s “Dick Tracy” and contributed one song to the 1999 spy spoof “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.” Now she’s going for the real thing – shaken, not stirred – with the title track to the 20th James Bond film, “Die Another Day.” “We are thrilled that Madonna, who is recognized as the world’s most exciting songwriter and performer, has agreed to compose and sing the song for the first James Bond movie of the new millennium,” said the film’s team of… Read more »

Vivendi Universal today announced that its new subsidiary, MP3.com EUROPE, has launched fully localised European music websites as the first step in its plans to become the leading music portal in Europe. Local sites have been launched in the UK, France, Germany and Spain, with further European website launches planned in 2002. MP3.com EUROPE operates under its own newly-established management team based in London. MP3.com EUROPE will offer the largest available collection of online music from unsigned artists, as well as content from major, and independent record labels, distributed by a wide selection of services. Today MP3.com EUROPE already has… Read more »

First they tried it with George Michael, then Ricky Martin. Now MTV will use Sean “P. Diddy” Combs to educate youth around the world about HIV on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day. The campaign, titled “Staying Alive,” will broadcast to nearly 600 million people across the globe from Spain to Korea carrying the message that HIV doesn’t discriminate and anyone who isn’t safe can become infected with the potentially deadly disease. “Staying Alive” will feature seven young people from around the world discussing how HIV or AIDS has affected their lives. “The stories are very relatable. (‘Staying Alive’ features) everything… Read more »

Hundreds of revelers at a London nightclub were delighted when a businessman offered to pay for drinks all round – and ended up with a bill for more than 42,000 pounds ($59,000). The 39-year-old German-born fruit importer, who chose to remain anonymous, strolled into Brown’s nightclub in Covent Garden, central London, on Saturday night and insisted on buying birthday drinks for the club’s owner, Richard Traviss. “I asked for a glass of champagne and he presented me with nine bottles,” Traviss was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail newspaper on Wednesday. “I thought to myself, ‘Who is this guy?”‘… Read more »

Britney Spears’ third album, “Britney”, debuts at no. 1 on the album sales chart this week with 745,744 units sold, more than doubling last week’s top selling album. This gives Britney Spears the second best selling album of 2001 according to Soundscan (the no. 1 best selling album of 2001 goes to her label mates *NSYNC). Beyond all of this, Britney also becomes the first solo female performer in the history of The Billboard 200 to have her first three albums debut in the no. 1 spot. Britney demonstrates the artist’s global appeal with debuts at number one in Canada,… Read more »

Lenny Kravitz has purchased a Miami-area estate for $9 million, one of the largest price tags ever for a home in the area, according to the Miami Herald. The nine-bedroom Mediterranean mansion, on the waterfront in the exclusive Sunset Island neighborhood, boasts an 1,800 square-foot master suite, Turkish bath, home theater with stadium seating, recording studio, and a three-story guest cabana. Kravitz will live there with his 12-year-old daughter. The newspaper reports that local real estate agents consider the sale to be among the most pricey ever in Miami-Dade County. Others on the list include include the Gianni Versace mansion… Read more »

Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, the principal members of Tears For Fears, have put aside 10 years of bad blood in favor of collaborating together again. The duo separated in 1990 after friction described by Orzabal to LAUNCH as “a boil that was lanced finally, and it was pretty bloody.” But the necessity to keep in touch due to ongoing Tears For Fears business concerns, coupled with mellowing with age by both artists, recently reunited the pair. Orzabal tells LAUNCH, “It was very strange, very strange, indeed. But at the same time you think, ‘Well what the hell am I… Read more »

Sting, the Grammy award-winning Universal Music artist and performer, has partnered with Vizzavi for its first music European-wide webcast. Vizzavi is the rapidly growing internet portal formed by Vodafone Group plc, the world’s largest mobile network operator, and Vivendi Universal, one of the world’s leading media companies. The concert is the actual recording of Sting’s much anticipated new album due for release later this year. This is no ordinary event – the recording will be Sting’s first “live” album since 1986’s Bring on the Night and will be comprised of both his solo work, as well as the hits from… Read more »

An eyeball-catching performance on the Latin Grammy awards program not only lifts recordings sales but can transform careers, according to recording executives hoping their musicians pull a Ricky Martin. Executives at Sony Music and BMG said the Latin Grammys, a $4 million production to be broadcast on Tuesday in the United States and 120 other countries, is a venue that can overcome barriers of language, genre and country. Martin’s 1999 performance on the long-running U.S. Grammy awards program mightily boosted sales of his self-named album and other recordings and was widely seen as making the Puerto Rican native an international… Read more »

Colombian rock artist Juanes was nominatedTuesday for six Latin Grammy awards, including record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and best new artist, the Latin Recording Academy announced. The 27-year-old artist “was stunned, those guys kept saying my name again and again.” Juanes began his music career with a band in Colombia 15 years ago. Even though he never considered giving up, the most trying part of his journey to success was having patience, he told reporters after the announcements. Another strong contender in the Sept. 11 awards in Miami will be Spanish artist Alejandro… Read more »