Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/music entertainment Music News en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:15:36 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/music http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston_funeral ap/20120214/us_whitney_houston_funeral AP entertainment Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:15:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston_funeral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.adb130dde7d549eb8c59423dddcadb8a-adb130dde7d549eb8c59423dddcadb8a-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=QvZMHfljN3wtTzf9enjQLw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Evelyn Rios cries after reading a poem she wrote and posted on a makeshift memorial for the late singer Whitney Houston outside of New Hope Baptist Church, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Newark, N.J. As a young girl, Houston sang in the choir at New Hope Baptist Church. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Feb. 11. She was 48. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)" border="0" /></a>AP - A hearse under heavy police escort arrived late Monday at a funeral home officials said was handling the arrangements for late pop star Whitney Houston.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston_funeral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.adb130dde7d549eb8c59423dddcadb8a-adb130dde7d549eb8c59423dddcadb8a-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=QvZMHfljN3wtTzf9enjQLw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Evelyn Rios cries after reading a poem she wrote and posted on a makeshift memorial for the late singer Whitney Houston outside of New Hope Baptist Church, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Newark, N.J. As a young girl, Houston sang in the choir at New Hope Baptist Church. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Feb. 11. She was 48. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston ap/20120214/us_whitney_houston AP entertainment Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:43:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.163e96ec500e4e52a86df8b7804c9d0a-163e96ec500e4e52a86df8b7804c9d0a-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=CkHuicy081mmULjoN5zuEQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A man sings a Whitney Houston song as fans light candles and gather outside the Whigham Funeral Home, in Newark, N.J., Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The 48-year-old pop star was found dead in the bathtub in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, hours before she was supposed to appear at a pre-Grammy gala. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Whitney Houston's death has created heartrending echoes of tragedies past: The painstaking investigation that follows the shocking loss. Why was Houston found underwater in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, beyond resuscitation?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.163e96ec500e4e52a86df8b7804c9d0a-163e96ec500e4e52a86df8b7804c9d0a-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=CkHuicy081mmULjoN5zuEQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man sings a Whitney Houston song as fans light candles and gather outside the Whigham Funeral Home, in Newark, N.J., Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The 48-year-old pop star was found dead in the bathtub in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, hours before she was supposed to appear at a pre-Grammy gala. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/music_nm/us_usa_whitneyhouston nm/20120214/us_usa_whitneyhouston Reuters entertainment Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:42:56 GMT Reuters - Whitney Houston's body arrived in her home state of New Jersey on Monday night, ahead of a funeral expected later this week for the pop superstar whose blockbuster career was often overshadowed by drug and alcohol abuse. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_people_pauly_d ap/20120214/us_people_pauly_d AP entertainment Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:43:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_people_pauly_d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.fdfd9400c6fa4941996c8828ef44772d-fdfd9400c6fa4941996c8828ef44772d-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=li2IrZBHWu2HnKNIKd04lw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2011 file photo, DJ Paul 'Pauly D' Delvecchio performs during the iHeartRadio music festival in Las Vegas. Delvecchio will become a resident DJ at The Pool at Harrah's, the swimming pool/nightclub at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City. His debut performance is scheduled for March 31, with another on April 28. A Harrah's spokeswoman says the casino hopes to have him perform at least nine times during the year. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A "Jersey Shore" cast member is taking his act south.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_people_pauly_d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.fdfd9400c6fa4941996c8828ef44772d-fdfd9400c6fa4941996c8828ef44772d-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=li2IrZBHWu2HnKNIKd04lw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2011 file photo, DJ Paul 'Pauly D' Delvecchio performs during the iHeartRadio music festival in Las Vegas. Delvecchio will become a resident DJ at The Pool at Harrah's, the swimming pool/nightclub at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City. His debut performance is scheduled for March 31, with another on April 28. A Harrah's spokeswoman says the casino hopes to have him perform at least nine times during the year. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_fea_ny_fashion_week_betsey_johnson ap/20120214/us_fea_ny_fashion_week_betsey_johnson AP entertainment Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:52:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_fea_ny_fashion_week_betsey_johnson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.ee1b439ba4b646eca147a7babf0c621f-ee1b439ba4b646eca147a7babf0c621f-0.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=ynHUG1.3QgvItVKkE6kbrQ--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="The Betsey Johnson Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /></a>AP - Betsey Johnson is taking her fun and funky persona back to the 1960s.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_fea_ny_fashion_week_betsey_johnson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.ee1b439ba4b646eca147a7babf0c621f-ee1b439ba4b646eca147a7babf0c621f-0.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=ynHUG1.3QgvItVKkE6kbrQ--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="The Betsey Johnson Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston_body ap/20120214/us_whitney_houston_body AP entertainment Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:19:03 GMT AP - Police say Whitney Houston's body has been taken to a Los Angeles-area airport for a flight to New Jersey. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys_chris_brown ap/20120213/us_grammys_chris_brown AP entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:39:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys_chris_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.c46f2387fbb14cb5bfb6ab435e2e65e7-c46f2387fbb14cb5bfb6ab435e2e65e7-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=gbK_suQNHgFPgPVi.5dprg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Chris Brown performs during the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Grammy Awards' warm embrace of Chris Brown three years after his assault of Rihanna has drawn the ire of viewers who claim the controversial R&B star shouldn't have been rewarded with such attention.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys_chris_brown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.c46f2387fbb14cb5bfb6ab435e2e65e7-c46f2387fbb14cb5bfb6ab435e2e65e7-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=gbK_suQNHgFPgPVi.5dprg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chris Brown performs during the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston_obama ap/20120213/us_whitney_houston_obama AP entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:17:44 GMT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama's thoughts and prayers are with Whitney Houston's family, especially her daughter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/music_nm/us_grammys_tv nm/20120213/us_grammys_tv Reuters entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:14:59 GMT Reuters - A bumper 40 million U.S. viewers watched Sunday's Grammy Awards, drawn in by the death of Whitney Houston and the performance comeback of Adele, and kept watching by a controversial religious stage act by rapper Nicki Minaj. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys_ratings ap/20120213/us_grammys_ratings AP entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:49:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys_ratings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.cf445d9b97ae4e73a129a528b134260c-cf445d9b97ae4e73a129a528b134260c-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=uja84hIACqa198NYWp_piw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Adele poses backstage with her six awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. Adele won awards for best pop solo performance for 'Someone Like You,' song of the year, record of the year, and best short form music video for 'Rolling in the Deep,' and album of the year and best pop vocal album for '21.' (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sunday's Grammy Awards telecast made sweet music in the ratings, delivering for CBS its largest audience since 1984 and beating last year's viewership by 50 percent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys_ratings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.cf445d9b97ae4e73a129a528b134260c-cf445d9b97ae4e73a129a528b134260c-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=uja84hIACqa198NYWp_piw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="Adele poses backstage with her six awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. Adele won awards for best pop solo performance for 'Someone Like You,' song of the year, record of the year, and best short form music video for 'Rolling in the Deep,' and album of the year and best pop vocal album for '21.' (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/eu_france_first_lady_statue ap/20120213/eu_france_first_lady_statue AP entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:56:33 GMT AP - Residents are blasting a plan to erect a statue with a face modeled on that of French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in this small town east of Paris. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys ap/20120213/us_grammys AP entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:07:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.4f68dc5c94124c8b9da2d1097179d725-4f68dc5c94124c8b9da2d1097179d725-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=DcDU2fzV7fr67Toma3Zpdg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Rihanna, left, and Chris Martin of the band Coldplay perform during the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - The splintered music world truly coalesces only one night of 365 for the Grammy Awards, and this year was united in the triumph of recovered British soul singer Adele's trophy haul and the tragedy of Whitney Houston's death.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_grammys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.4f68dc5c94124c8b9da2d1097179d725-4f68dc5c94124c8b9da2d1097179d725-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=DcDU2fzV7fr67Toma3Zpdg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rihanna, left, and Chris Martin of the band Coldplay perform during the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/music_nm/us_grammys_fashion nm/20120213/us_grammys_fashion Reuters entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:02:22 GMT Reuters - The show must go on. Despite Whitney Houston's shocking death a day earlier, music stars came out to celebrate Sunday's Grammy Awards with typical red carpet flash and over-the-top fashion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120212/music_nm/us_usa_whitneyhouston_clivedavis nm/20120212/us_usa_whitneyhouston_clivedavis Reuters entertainment Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:18:25 GMT Reuters - Music producer Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party is typically one of the most fun-filled highlights of the week leading to the music industry's top awards, but this year's event quickly turned into a tribute for Whitney Houston, who died earlier in the day. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/music_nm/us_blues_museum nm/20120213/us_blues_museum Reuters entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:26 GMT Reuters - A few blocks from the Mississippi River levee where a homeless W.C. Handy composed "St. Louis Blues" more than 100 years ago, the first national blues museum in the United States is taking shape. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120212/music_nm/us_madonna_mia nm/20120212/us_madonna_mia Reuters entertainment Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:54:15 GMT Reuters - While phoning into Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show on Friday, Madonna blasted M.I.A. for flipping the bird during their Super Bowl halftime performance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/music_nm/us_grammys_musiccares nm/20120211/us_grammys_musiccares Reuters entertainment Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:15:59 GMT Reuters - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney racked up yet another honor on Friday when he received the MusiCares' 2012 Person of the Year award at a star-studded ceremony hosted by Grammy organizers ahead of this weekend's major music awards. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/music_nm/us_grammys_dancemusic nm/20120210/us_grammys_dancemusic Reuters entertainment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:32:03 GMT Reuters - Dance music steps out of its niche and joins the Grammy party on Sunday, crowning its journey from the underground rave scene to the mainstream music industry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/music_nm/us_adele nm/20120210/us_adele Reuters entertainment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:42:28 GMT Reuters - Adele wowed fans on Friday in her first public singing outing since throat surgery in November, putting to rest fears that her distinctive husky voice may have been damaged. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_opera_review_la_traviata ap/20120213/us_opera_review_la_traviata AP entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:14:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_opera_review_la_traviata"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120212/capt.069d90b251e94c90b442b7dbbf5e902d-069d90b251e94c90b442b7dbbf5e902d-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=BCxbTUWLI1aRJkP__pFwFQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="In this Feb. 9, 2012 photo provided by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Laquita Mitchell plays 'Violetta' during a dress rehearsal of 'LaTraviata' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. (AP Photo/Carol Rosegg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Homeless, financially strapped and lacking musical leadership, the New York City Opera still managed to do something that just weeks ago had seemed in doubt: It launched its season.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/music/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_en_mu/us_opera_review_la_traviata"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120212/capt.069d90b251e94c90b442b7dbbf5e902d-069d90b251e94c90b442b7dbbf5e902d-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=BCxbTUWLI1aRJkP__pFwFQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Feb. 9, 2012 photo provided by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Laquita Mitchell plays 'Violetta' during a dress rehearsal of 'LaTraviata' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. (AP Photo/Carol Rosegg)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)