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Warner Bros. Nashville president Jim Ed Norman has confirmed that Giant Records will close its offices today (April 13) after eight years of operation as a country label. Warner Bros., which initially co-owned Giant with talent manager Irving Azoff, has signed an agreement to purchase the label’s remaining shares. All Giant artists will be transferred to the Warner Bros. Nashville roster initially, and an evaluation of the talent pool will take place in the coming weeks, but no artists were let go today. According to a list Giant provided country.com in January, its roster then consisted of Clay Walker, the… Read more »

Straight from mainstream radio into your CD player, the sixth installment of Sony/Epic’s compilation series “Now That’s What I Call Music!” blasted its way to the top of the album charts this week, knocking late rapper Tupac Shakur back into the hereafter. “Now 6,” as it’s commonly called, sold more than 525,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, according to rankings data from SoundScan. The album includes such heavy-rotation faves as Britney Spears’ “Stronger,” U2’s “Beautiful Day” and Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me.” The “Now 6” debut is the strongest yet for the series, all of which have gone platinum. “Now… Read more »

Eminem avoided jail time when a judge sentenced him on Tuesday to two years’ probation for carrying a concealed weapon. But the rapper must refrain from excessive alcohol or drug use for those two years, undergo counseling, avoid “assaultive behavior” and can’t own or possess firearms or other weapons. Macomb County Circuit Judge Antonio P. Viviano also told Eminem he must get the court’s permission if he wants to leave the continental United States during that period. Prosecutors had sought a jail sentence of four to six months after Eminem pleaded guilty to the felony in February in a plea-bargain… Read more »

A London publicity firm is forming the world’s first “man band,” a pop group consisting of five musically talented men over the age of 50. “If you look at Tom Jones, Elton John and Mick Jagger, these guys are getting better as they get older,” said Kizzi Nkwocha, an executive at 15 Minutes, the company launching the project. “We’re not sure why no one has thought of this before. Instead you have all of these young musical butterflies. They look beautiful for a few days and then they die.” “If you look at Tom Jones, Elton John and Mick Jagger,… Read more »

In the aftermath of his acquittal on gun-possession and bribery charges, Sean Combs doesn’t just plan to change his life – he’s going to change his name, too. In an effort to break from his past, the artist formerly known as both Puffy and Puff Daddy now wants to be known as P. Diddy, he told MTV News Wednesday morning (March 28) in his first on-camera interview since his acquittal on gun possession and bribery charges. “No more Puff Daddy – the first week in June we’re gonna have a name change ceremony,” Combs said. “I’m not doing it as… Read more »

The pop icon’s latest video, for the song “What It Feels Like for a Girl,” which was directed in a handheld style by her husband, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie, has been deemed too violent to make its way into regular rotation on MTV or VH1. The networks have opted to air the video, which features the Material Girl as an angry woman on a crime spree and ends in a car crash that may or may not be fatal, just one time, a decision they say is irrevocable. MTV News will air the four-and-a-half-minute video… Read more »

A jury acquitted Sean “Puffy” Combs on all charges against him Friday evening, bringing to an end a 15-month ordeal that began after a shooting in a New York nightclub. Rapper Jamal “Shyne” Barrow was convicted of two counts of assault as well as reckless endangerment and gun possession. But he was cleared of the most serious charge he was facing, attempted murder. Bodyguard Anthony “Wolf” Jones was cleared of all charges against him. The jury spent three days deliberating after a six-week trial in which witnesses said Combs waved a gun inside Club New York on December 27, 1999,… Read more »

Chart-topping Arista rap group Outkast has vacated its opening slot on Eminem’s European tour and will return to the U.S., as group member Big Boi prepares for the birth of his child. The Atlanta-based duo was to support Eminem in Brussels; Paris; Manchester, U.K.; and London starting Monday (February 5), then cap the run with a solo performance Feb. 11 at the London Astoria. “We are incredibly pleased for Big Boi and wish him and his girlfriend all the best with the birth of their child,” says an Arista spokesperson, who adds the label is “working to get Outkast back… Read more »