• Juvenile Wednesday's 'Reality Check' tops Billboard album chart

  March 15, 2006
  Juvenile Wednesday chalked up his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with "Reality Check," which also topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
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  'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell reveals his winner prediction

  March 13, 2006
  Unlike last season in which he openly claimed that Carrie Underwood would walk away as America's newest Idol, American Idol judge Simon Cowell isn't ready to definitively predict who will win this season's fifth edition of the smash-hit Fox reality series, but he has revealed that he has narrowed the list down to just three possibilities.

• Brad Paisley leads Academy of Country Music Awards nominees

  March 8, 2006
  Brad Paisley topped all nominees for the Academy of Country Music Awards with six nods announced in Nashville Wednesday morning.
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  Simon Cowell dishes about 'American Idol 5's Top 24 semifinalists

  February 20, 2006
  Now that the identities of American Idol 5's semifinalists have been revealed, judge Simon Cowell has begun weighing in with his own thoughts about the show's twenty-four fifth season semifinalist singers, as well ousted twins Derrell and Terrell Brittenum.

• Beyonce's 'Check On It' top Billboard singles chart for fourth week

  February 16, 2006
  Beyonce's "Check On It" featuring Slim Thug chalked up its fourth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 singles charts Thursday.
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  'American Idol' winner Carrie Underwood to sing at NBA All-Star game

  February 15, 2006
  Three-time Grammy winner John Legend and "American Idol" champ Carrie Underwood were named Wednesday as halftime entertainers for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game.

• Beyonce's 'Check on It' tops Billboard singles chart for third week

  February 9, 2006
  Beyonce's "Check on It" featuring Slim Thug spent a third week atop the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 singles charts.

• Barry Manilow tops Billboard album sales chart, Mary J. Blige second

  February 8, 2006
  Barry Manilow's "The Greatest Songs of the '50s" is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, giving him his first chart topper in 29 years.

• Simon Cowell's band Il Divo band tops Billboard 200 album chart

  February 1, 2006
  Simon Cowell's band, Il Divo, has hit the No. 1 position on The Billboard 200 album's chart with "Ancora."

• Fox's 'American Idol 5' returns with more shrieks, slight tweaks

  January 17, 2006
  The fifth season of Fox's American Idol juggernaut will premiere this evening, and while the new season won't feature any of the more significant "higher age limit" changes of seasons past, American Idol's producers have once again slightly tweaked the top-rated show's smash-hit formula.

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