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Tori Amos’s latest effort, Strange Little Girls, will debut at Number Four on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart. The album has sold more than 110,000 copies in its first week of release. Strange Little Girls features Amos’s interpretations of Neil Young’s “Heart Of Gold,” Tom Waits’ “Time,” Eminem’s “’97 Bonnie & Clyde,” Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy The Silence,” and Slayer’s “Raining Blood,” among others. All 13 songs are taken from the viewpoint of different women, as Amos told LAUNCH. “You wake up every day and you choose what you have in your life, your books, the things that you think… Read more »

Zomba Recording Corp., home of Jive Records acts Britney Spears, ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys, has acquired indie label Mojo Records as part of a push to diversify its artist roster and beef up its catalog offerings. The purchase gives closely held Zomba such perennial ska-punk favorites as Goldfinger and Reel Big Fish. Santa Monica, Calif.-based Mojo is home to swing revivalists the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, whose 1997 album “Zoot Suit Riot” went double platinum. “Mojo has developed an array of credible, commercially successful artists who have succeeded by building fans through the traditional, painstaking, foolproof method of relentless touring,”… Read more »

P. Diddy and Bad Boy Entertainment, along with Arista Records, announce the release of Faith Evans, FAITHFULLY for November 6. Executive produced by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Faith Evans and Todd Russaw and produced by top tastemakers such as Mario Winans, Buckwild, Vada Nobles, The Neptunes, Battlecat and others the album is bound to restore your faith in music. The scorching first single, “You Gets No Love” will set the charts on fire. “You Gets No Love,” with its unique way of expressing love through a fun yet sophisticated sound, will create a trend that very few will be able… Read more »

Altering the title of Bush’s new single-“Speed Kills” to “The People That We Love”-might not be the only change Bush has to make on its forthcoming album Golden State. Another track on the October 16 release, “Head Full Of Ghosts,” contains the lyrics, “I’m at my best when I’m terrorist inside,” a line that Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale noted “is the worst line on the album in this time.” Bush’s Rossdale enacted his own preemptive strike for the song and its controversial line. He told LAUNCH what was behind the lyrics. “The fact that a lot of the time we’re… Read more »

While choosing new tunes for her upcoming album, one of Whitney Houston’s old hits inspired some feelings of patriotism. According to her label, Houston, who had been in the process of picking songs for the LP with Arista CEO L.A. Reid before last Tuesday’s terrorist strikes, decided to do her part to help the country recover by agreeing to have her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” re-released. Houston has waived her royalty rights to the recording and instead the proceeds will be split between the New York Firefighters Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Fraternal Order of Police Fund,… Read more »

Hailing from Houston, TX, Destiny’s Child is one of the best-selling female groups of all time. They have sold more than 21 million albums and singles worldwide. Now, Beyonce, Kelly and Michelle – a.k.a. Destiny’s Child – are about to top girls’ toy wish lists everywhere, with the introduction of Destiny’s Child dolls from Hasbro Inc.. Today, they gave an in-person sneak peak of their likenesses at Hasbro’s New York showroom. Each Destiny’s Child doll will cost approximately $12.99, and will be available at retailers nationwide this fall. The doll launch marks the next step in Hasbro’s association with Destiny’s… Read more »

Columbia Recording artist Maxwell’s eagerly-awaited third full-length album, Now, is debuting at the #1 slot on the Billboard Top 200 Album Sales chart with first week’s sales of more than 296,000 units, according to SoundScan. It’s Maxwell’s first #1 debut (his last full-length studio album, 1998’s Embrya debuted at #3) and best single week’s sales figures to-date. In celebration of the release of Now, Maxwell is following up his recent SRO New York 7 concerts-a precedent-setting series of seven sold-out performances in seven different venues across Manhattan (for a total of 20,000 tickets sold)-with his first major national tour in… Read more »

Original pop princess Debbie (now Deborah) Gibson, who scored massive pop hits in the late Eighties with “Shake Your Love” and “Lost in Your Eyes,” will meet a new generation of screaming teens when she opens up for ‘N Sync on six dates of their current Pop Odyssey tour. Gibson, who released her latest album, M.Y.O.B. (Mind Your Own Business) on her Golden Egg label earlier this year, will open for the ‘N Sync boys from August 16th to 27th. ‘N Sync, Deborah Gibson Tour Dates: 8/16 – Indianapolis, RCA Dome 8/18 – Pittsburgh, Heinz Field 8/20 – Columbus, OH,… Read more »

The A.J. McLean who entered rehab for alcohol abuse and depression isn’t the real A.J. McLean, his mother says. Denise McLean, the Backstreet Boy’s mother, still calls her 23-year-old son “Alex,” and recalls that as a little boy, he dreamed of stardom. “A.J. is the bad boy, crazy boy on stage that… does, you know, makes all those pelvic thrusts and does all this stuff to drive the girls crazy,” she says in an interview with ABC News’ “20/20,” scheduled to air at 10 p.m. EDT Friday. “And A.J. is the one that got the tattoos, and A.J.’s the one… Read more »

Proper Management, in conjunction with GET Management and the Creative Artist Agency, announces the Songs 4 Worship – The Tour set for this fall with 10 shows in 10 days beginning on Oct. 11, featuring worship leaders Michael W. Smith, Darlene Zschech, Don Moen, Nicole C. Mullen, Caedmon’s Call and Watermark. “Worship music is a true passion of mine,” said Smith, who is releasing his first worship project on Sept. 11, “so to be on tour with this group is such an honor. We are all going to be on stage together every night with the goal of corporate worship,… Read more »