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The video for the hit “Lady Marmalade” won best video of the year at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday in a ceremony largely devoid of the sort of unscripted disruptions that have marked the show in the past and which included a surprise appearance by Michael Jackson. “Marmalade,” featuring pop and hip-hop divas Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, Pink and Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, won the top honor at the 18th annual awards given out by cable’s Music Television, beating out U2, Eminem and Janet Jackson among others. The video also won best video from a film, from… Read more »

Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice” shot up the competition by bringing home six “Moon Man” trophies – including breakthrough video and best direction – Thursday night during the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. But “Weapon of Choice,” directed by Spike Jonze and featuring Christopher Walken dancing up a hotel’s walls, was shut out of the prestigious video of the year prize, which went to Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya and Pink for “Lady Marmalade.” Last year’s big winners ‘N Sync walked away with four trophies for “Pop,” including the coveted Viewer’s Choice… Read more »

‘NSYNC, Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child, Alicia Keys and Ja Rule are among the artists who are lending their voices this week to an all-star remake of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” to benefit AIDS research. U2 frontman Bono and hip-hop/R&B producer Jermaine Dupri are organizing what Dupri has called a “We Are the World”-like project. Backstreet Boys, Wyclef Jean, Christina Aguilera, No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani and the Roots’ ?uestlove are also participating in the recording, according to organizers. Jennifer Lopez, Radiohead, Jagged Edge and Usher may also contribute, Dupri told MTV News last week. Hundreds of artists are in… Read more »

Free music downloading is hotter than ever, said researchers on Thursday who found more than 3 billion files were downloaded on four leading file-swapping services in August, topping Napster at its peak. Several peer-to-peer services, which enable users to trade music, video and other files over the Web, have sprung up recently to fill the void left by song-swap service Napster, which has seen activity die due to music industry lawsuits. “Despite the millions of dollars spent trying to kill off pirate networks, the popularity of peer-to-peer file-sharing continues to grow,” said Matt Bailey, the Webnoize analyst who led the… Read more »

It’s two days until ground zero, when artists, a few lucky fans and music biz bigwigs will descend on the Metropolitan Opera House in New York for the 18th annual MTV Video Music Awards. While the night of the show is traditionally characterized by glitz and glamour, the feeling in the air Tuesday, the first day of rehearsals, more closely resembled the frenzied first day of a high school stage production than the controlled chaos the VMAs have come to represent. The sweeping stage flaunted its massive video screen and raised circular podium, though all its other accoutrements remained under… Read more »

MTV personality Carson Daly is suing Motorola, claiming the company reneged on a $1 million deal to promote cell phones, pagers and other products. The breach-of-contract lawsuit, filed Thursday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, accuses Motorola of breaking a promise to renew a contract with the host of “Total Request Live” because of economic woes. The company, “motivated by declining earnings and the effect of the same on its advertising budget, reneged on its agreement,” the suit says. Daly claims that as part of a tentative agreement reached in January, he agreed to not make commercials for any of… Read more »

Good thing Erykah Badu wasn’t around to pick up her Album of the Year trophy at Tuesday night’s Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards – she’d have to mail it to Jill Scott. Show organizers said Thursday (August 30) that Badu’s Mama’s Gun was erroneously announced as Soul/R&B Album of the Year during the taping of the ceremony at Santa Monica (California) Civic Auditorium, and the award actually belongs to Scott for Who Is Jill Scott? Words & Sounds Vol. 1. Katie Jones, supervising producer at Don Cornelius Productions, said the winner was “read incorrectly” during the award’s presentation. She… Read more »

The ‘NSYNC/Jackson 5 machine has been turned on once again. A scheduling conflict that caused the younger fivesome to pull out of their performance of “Dancing Machine” with the reunited legends on September 7 at New York’s Madison Square Garden has been resolved, ‘NSYNC announced Thursday (August 30). ‘NSYNC were originally slated to rehearse their MTV Video Music Awards performance on August 29 and 30 – the same days Jackson had hoped they could rehearse for his “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years” concert. ‘NSYNC rearranged their schedule to make it work. The group even found time to… Read more »

Zomba Records, the powerful independent record label that is home to the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears, said Thursday it had settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with online music company MP3.com Inc., a unit of Vivendi Universal. “The parties have settled the litigation between them and resolved their differences to their mutual satisfaction and have entered into a licensing arrangement for the My.mp3 service,” Zomba said in a statement. The terms were not disclosed. The settlement with Zomba comes just about a week after more than 50 music publishers and songwriters, including country artist Vince Gill’s publishing companies filed yet… Read more »

The artwork for Michael Jackson’s much-anticipated Invincible album will feature a close-up black & white photo the singer’s left eye and raised eyebrow. The album, due out October 30, will be Jackson’s first full studio release in eight years. The album’s first single “You Rock My World” shipped to radio stations on Friday (August 24), ahead of schedule. Sony Music and Epic Records moved the song’s delivery date forward after two radio stations in New York City “leaked” it early. If you haven’t yet heard the track, you can download a copy at michaeljackson.com. In other Jackson news, the “King… Read more »