Nominations for the American Music Awards were announced today, and British singer Adele leads the pack with four nominations, including Artist of the Year and Favorite Female Artist.
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne and country group The Band Perry were right behind Adele with three nods apiece. Perry will perform on the show, as will Pitbull.
October 4, 2011 When it comes to her health, Adele can't catch a break. She has been forced to cancel her upcoming tour of the U.S. because she's got a hemorrhage in her vocal cord. Adele was forced to scrap her North American tour due to laryngitis, and to postpone a handful of dates on her UK tour due to a chest infection
Chanteuse Adele, whose smash album ’21′ has sold an estimated 10 million copies and is the best-selling album of 2011 in both the US and the singer’s native UK, recently told Spinner that she’s mended fences with the man who broke her heart and inspired the songs on the record.
“We’re becoming friends again,” she told a London audience this week. “It’s alright, I know what I’m doing. Enough time has gone by now.”
September 6, 2011 If you are really wanting to see an Adele show, you might want to cross your fingers that she's not sick the night before. She rescheduled her entire North American tour earlier this year because she came down with laryngitis, and now she's had to call off the first two shows of her September UK tour, again due to illness.
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The last time Kelly Clarkson cut a duet with a country star, the result was her number one hit with Jason Aldean, ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay,’ so it’s only natural that, during a recent Web chat, she was asked if she’d consider teaming up with any other artists.
As it turns out, Clarkson had already considered the question — and she’d love to return to Nashville for a duet with Miranda Lambert.
Was Jessica Simpson doing a little drunken dancing during a concert earlier this week by British singer Adele?
August 16, 2011
August 3, 2011 Adele has the best-selling single ("Rolling in the Deep") and album (21) so far in 2011. She told ABC News Radio that she has a feeling people connect to her honesty about the troubles in her love life, saying "I don't think there's one person on earth that hasn't had their heart broken." Not only that, but she sings about her own experiences, writing her own songs.
For the first time in seven years, music sales have posted an increase -- and the surprising charge is being led by Adele, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry.
The pop trio boasts the top-selling albums of 2011, with Adele's '21' coming out on top with 2.52 million copies sold, Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' in second with 1.54 million units, and Katy Perry boasting more than five million in digital singles sales.
Adele has had a couple of amazing years, and she could hardly be blamed for wanting to take a little time to soak it all in for awhile -- but she isn't planning to slow down.
June 27, 2011 Beyonce performed at the massive Glastonbury Festival in the UK over the weekend, and her performance marked the first time a female has ever been the headliner at the show. She's getting rave reviews, not to mention loads of personal satisfaction.
“I always wanted to be a rock star, and tonight we are all rock stars … I sti
