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You know an awards show is unique when Now That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 5 and the Beatles are nominees in the same category. But one way next week’s 2001 Billboard Music Awards is like the others is in its recognition of R&B newcomer Alicia Keys, who is the leading contender with nominations in eight categories. Keys – whose “Fallin’” helped her debut album, Songs in A Minor, top the charts when it was released in June – was named Best New Artist at MTV’s Video Music Awards in September, is the leading nominee in the American Music Awards… Read more »

Nelly Furtado will visit a Los Angeles-area high school next week to offer advice on the music industry to students. The event, at Santa Monica High School on December 3, is part of the Grammy Foundation’s Mentor Sessions. Previous participants include the Dave Matthews Band, Seal, Moby, Mary J. Blige, and Alanis Morissette. Furtado remains on the road in support of her hit debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, featuring the singles “I’m Like A Bird” and “Turn Off The Light.” She performs Sunday (December 2) at the My VH1 Music Awards in Los Angeles and has several radio-related festival appearances lined… Read more »

Carlos Santana is hard at work on the follow-up to his 1999 mega-seller Supernatural, but Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas-who co-wrote and sang on that album’s Grammy-winning single, “Smooth”-says the guitar legend is taking a different path on this outing. Thomas, who’s helping Santana write a couple of songs for the album, said that rather than featuring a bunch of guest singers as Supernatural did, the new album will focus more on the Santana band. “I can’t imagine him doing the exact same thing again,” he says. “He has two unbelievably talented vocalists that are with his band, a guy… Read more »

U2 wraps up the latest North American leg of its Elevation world tour this weekend, with shows Friday (November 30) in Atlanta, Saturday (December 1) in Tampa, and Sunday (December 2) in Miami, just down the road from Fort Lauderdale, where the tour opened on March 24. U2 guitarist the Edge said that the tour, supporting the Grammy-winning album All That You Can’t Leave Behind, has been exhausting at times but enjoyable throughout. “I’m having the best time, as we all are,” he says. “It’s been such a thrill to play this album live and to kind of just see… Read more »

In a world where artistic lifespans are often judged in terms of fads, most pop music acts last no longer than the trends that briefly catapulted them to fame. And those are just the ones that are lucky enough to end up in the “where are they now?” files. It’s rare to find a band like the Bee Gees, who started their musical career when nine-year-old brother Barry was joined by his six-year-old twin siblings Robin and Maurice. The group scored their first No. 1 hit in their native Australia back in 1966 and broke out to a world audience… Read more »

Demanding diva? Spoiled superstar? “Not me,” insists sultry Latin actress-singer Jennifer Lopez. She says she’s just a “cool, nice person” who wants to make people feel good, who behaves like a professional and who never does anything “that is going to make it hard for me to sleep at night.” Two hit albums, a handful of movies, her own fashion line, and a wardrobe of plunging outfits have powered Lopez, 31, to mega stardom in less than two years. She has just played her first live pop concert – “the fulfillment of probably my biggest childhood dream” – which will… Read more »

Alicia Keys, the 20-year-old hip-hop star who made a big splash this year with her debut album, scored five American Music Award nominations on Tuesday, easily outdistancing her nearest rivals. Ten acts, including late R&B singer Aaliyah, country star Tim McGraw and boy band ‘N Sync, picked up two nominations each, organizers said. The awards, now in their 29th year, will be handed out on Wednesday, Jan. 9, during a ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. ABC will broadcast the event that night. Winners are determined by a national survey of about 20,000 Americans, who choose from… Read more »

Singer Jessica Simpson sang at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday (November 2). Simpson and her pianist Rob Lewis performed “God Bless America” and “His Eye Is On The Sparrow”-the latter from her latest Columbia Records album, Irresistible-in front of President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush, and a roomful of dignitaries. On Saturday (November 3) Simpson performed “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch of Game Six of the World Series at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona. Simpson wasn’t the sole musician performing on Saturday: Two-time Grammy winner Melissa Etheridge was on hand to perform… Read more »

Four-time Grammy Award winner Janet Jackson is set to release All For You – Special Limited Edition, as part of a brilliant-boxed set, which will include new music, award-winning videos, as well as behind the scenes footage and live performances. Set for release on November 20th, the CD and DVD will be packaged together, along with a 24-page booklet with new photos of Janet from her “All For You World Tour 2001.” “Janet Jackson’s brilliant visual sense and style in music video along with her multi-platinum All For You album is represented dynamically in this new DVD/album package,” says Ray… Read more »

The board of the academy that presents the Grammys, the music industry’s highest honors, has approved a $650,000 payment to settle claims that its chief executive sexually assaulted and physically abused a female employee, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and representatives of academy president and chief executive, Michael Greene, had no comment on the report, which cited Grammy sources. “We don’t have a statement. Today, we’re focusing on the Latin Grammys,” NARAS spokesman Ron Roecker said, referring to the planned announcement Tuesday of the winners of the organization’s second annual Latin… Read more »