• 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.

• Mary J. Blige's 'Breakthrough' debuts atop album sales chart

  December 28, 2005
  Mary J. Blige's "Breakthrough" is her third No. 1 album and leads a trio of R&B debuts in the top slots of the Billboard 200 albums chart.
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  'Idol 4' winner Carrie Underwood named Oklahoman of the Year

  December 26, 2005
  "American Idol" winner and country music superstar Carrie Underwood has been named Oklahoma magazine's "Oklahoman of the Year."

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