P. Diddy pushes back release of new album

October 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pop queen Madonna's new album Celebration has topped European album chart. The new album has beaten Muse's The Resistance to reach the topspot of Billboard's European Top 100 Albums countdown.

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sir Paul McCartney has singed a contract with Mercury Records for his soon-to-be released live album. The deal will see the Universal-owned Mercury Records release McCartney's Good Evening New York - recorded in a New York baseball stadium earlier this year - in the UK.

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson nearly scrapped the release of his superhit album 'Thriller' that went on to become the biggest-selling record in history. The King of Pop, in lost tapes from an interview in early 1980s, revealed he thought of cancelling the album because it "sounded so cr*p." "Thriller sounded so cr*p.

September 25th, 2009 LONDON - British band Spandau Ballet are all set to release their first single in 20 years.he band, which released their last studio album in 1989, had initially agreed on a string of gigs after their reunion in March this year, however they have now hit the studio. The group, which has international hits like Gold and True to their credit, have recorded a new single, Once More, and will release an album with Mercury Records in November.

September 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Rumours are abuzz that rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs may change label companies when his five-year contract with Warner Music ends in April. According to sources, Combs, 39, who had started Bad Boy Records as a joint venture with Warner Music in 1993, is even putting the release of his new album on hold, until he signs a new contract.

September 11th, 2009 JAY-Z risked paying Def Jam Records $5 million (£3.3 million) for nothing when he agreed to buy the rights to his album THE BLUEPRINT 3 - because he had lost the only copy of the tracks the night before the crucial meeting. The Big Pimpin' hitmaker bought himself out of his deal with the iconic label in May (09), handing over the large sum to win back full control of his new disc, which would have been his final contractual release on Def Jam.

September 8th, 2009 Rap superstar JAY-Z has brought forward the U.S. release of his highly-anticipated disc THE BLUEPRINT 3 after the whole album leaked online almost two weeks before it was due to hit record stores.

September 8th, 2009 JAY-Z has already started work on his follow up to THE BLUEPRINT 3 - before his latest album is even released. The rap superstar's 11th solo studio disc hits U.S.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - Bob Dylan may release an album of Christmas songs, if music websites are to be believed. Isis magazine website, devoted to the veteran musician, first reported the existence of the album, which had apparently been recorded in May.

July 31st, 2009 Geffen to release album featuring Benedict XVILONDON — Pope Benedict XVI will release an album on which he sings and recites prayers to the Virgin Mary, his label said Friday. The pontiff's as-yet-untitled album also includes eight original pieces of contemporary classical music, Geffen/Universal said.

July 12th, 2009 LONDON - Amy Winehouse reportedly wants to record her next album in Kwéyól, the local dialect of St Lucia. The troubled singer who has applied for citizenship of the Caribbean town might as well be taking intensive lessons to learn the local language.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After four years of releasing her last studio album, Barbra Streisand has finally joined hands with Canadian jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall to come up with her latest venture-'Love Is The Answer'. Her record label Columbia Records has revealed that the album is Streisand's first full-length collection of new studio recordings since 2005's 'Guilty Pleasures', and her first album since 'Live In Concert 2006'.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Courtney Love has given up on her solo career plans, and will release her new album under the name Hole. It is after seeing numerous delays and false starts to her solo album Nobody's Daughter that Love has taken this decision.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - Superstar Whitney Houston is all set to make a comeback to the pop industry with the release of her highly-anticipated new album in September. This will be her seventh album, and her first since 2003's 'One Wish: The Holiday Album'.

May 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scarlet Johansson's second album has reportedly been slated for a September release. The actress made her debut in the music world with her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, with cover versions of Tom Waits songs, last year.