Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Music news notes from VOA's Mary Morningstar


Click here to see more details on the following musical updates:

Britney Spears' "Womanizer," the first single from her upcoming album Circus, zoomed up 95 places to become the Number 1 song on Billboard's Top 100 Chart--the biggest one-week gain in the chart's history.

Janet Jackson resumed her "Rock Witchu Tour" October 15 in Washington, D.C.

Madonna (herself a new film director) and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are divorcing after less than eight years of marriage.

Singer Patti LaBelle, after a hiatus of 32 years, releases Back To Now-- her first new album in 32 years!

Sony Legacy will release a four-CD, 71-track box se--Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia--on October 21, showcasing songs, released between 1967 and 1983, by a host of stars representing the "The Philly Sound".

And see


The new album releases as of the 20th of October . . .


Musical events, festivals, and benefits . . .


A list of the week's award presentations and winners . . . and


Who's going on tour.

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