Avant's upcoming self-titled release, Avant, out December 9th, will mark his 5th career album and his first release on new label, Capitol Records. The lead single from his latest effort "When It Hurts," continues to climb the charts,

Jive/Zomba recording artist Britney Spears announces her sixth studio album, Circus, set for release December 2nd. The first single from the album, "Womanizer," scored the biggest chart move in Billboard Hot 100 history

Seven years into a gold-and-platinum-honored career, top R&B singer/songwriter/producer Avant is joining the Capitol Records roster of urban chart-topping artists.

Perhaps best known stateside for her 2001 smash singles "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Love At First Sight," Kylie Minogue is an international pop icon who, over the course of an extraordinary 20-year-career, has released ten studio albums, scored 45 hit singles, received countless gold and platinum discs, earned three Grammy® nominations, and sold out six world tours.

New York – Oct. 23, 2007 – MTV Networks' Music & Logo Group and Jive Records today announced that Britney Spears' highly anticipated new album, Blackout, will be streamed exclusively through The Leak on MTV.com,

Every generation a group emerges whose talent shines so brightly, you feel it from the second they sing their first note... they’re going to be BIG. Midwest City captures the essence of R&B on their debut disc, Authentic R&B. The new album is the perfect blend of up-tempo, funk-infused tracks, complementing soulful ballads laced with lush harmonies.

Rockers Godsmack have returned to the top of the album charts by debuting new album IV at number one on the new Billboard 200. It's the group's second debut at the top - their last release, Faceless, entered the chart at number one in 2003. Godsmack sold 211,000 copies of IV to land at the top - 50,000 more than Taking Back Sunday's Louder Now, which debuts at two on the new chart.