From Cirque du Soleil, a Michael Jackson-Themed Touring Show by Ben Sisario

A show called "The Immortal World Tour," which takes place "in a fantastical realm where we discover Michael's inspirational Giving Tree," will begin in Montreal next year.

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'Barbra Streisand' Video Goes Viral by Ben Sisario

Appropriately for the YouTube age it is a roll call of musicians famous enough to shock a nation and underground enough for you to show off to all your friends, if you can recognize them.

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Best Buy Takes Its Brand to a Times Square Theater by Ben Sisario

The Nokia Theater in Times Square, a 2,100-capacity room owned by the national promoter AEG Live, will become the Best Buy Theater.

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Ariana Grande Is No. 1 by Ben Sisario

Ms. Grande opened at No. 1 on this week's album chart with "My Everything."

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'Frozen' Soundtrack Sees Biggest Sales Week Yet by Ben Sisario

The Disney soundtrack held at No. 1 for an 11th week, with 259,000 copies sold.

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Live Nation to Open Outdoor Concert Venue at Manhattan Pier by Ben Sisario

JBL Live at Pier 97 will offer concerts starting in July.

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'The Book of Mormon' Is to Sell Tickets via StubHub by Ben Sisario and Patrick Healy

The online ticket marketplace has made a deal with the producers and the ticketing service Telecharge to sell an allotment of premium seats for each performance.    

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'Frozen' Is the Soundtrack of the Season by Ben Sisario

The soundtrack to Disney's animated film "Frozen" held at No. 1 on the album chart, beating out a compilation of Grammy nominees.

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'Les Misérables' Soundtrack Storms to No. 1 by Ben Sisario

In a slow sales week it edges out "Babel" by Mumford & Sons.

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Lady Gaga, Usher, Bono and The Edge to Perform for Clinton Foundation by Ben Sisario

The artists will be taking part in "A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation," at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Oct. 15.

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Scalping Battle Putting 'Fans' in the Middle by Ben Sisario

Ticket sellers are setting up nonprofit groups that claim they represent consumers, but are part of a lobbying fight over control of the multibillion-dollar secondary ticketing market.

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Barbra Streisand to Make the Most of Marilyn and Alan Bergman's Material by Ben Sisario

Barbra Streisand will sing Marilyn and Alan Bergman songs she's not previously recorded on her new album to be released on Aug. 23.

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Grammys Cutting More Than 30 Categories by Ben Sisario

Responding to longstanding criticism in the music industry that too many awards categories were diluting the Grammys impact, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced on …

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Britney Spears, One More Time at No. 1 With 'Femme Fatale' by Ben Sisario

Britney Spears joins Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Madonna and Barbra Streisand as one of the only women to have at least six No. 1 albums on the Billboard charts.

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Summer Concert Series May Find New Home by Ben Sisario

Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn borough president, may move one of his long-running concert series this summer because of opposition over the shows' noise and a proposal for a huge new amphith…

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Chris Brown Tops the Pop Chart by Ben Sisario

His new offering, "F.A.M.E.," is his first No. 1 on the Billboard album chart.

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An Old-Fashioned Promo for Radiohead's New Album by Ben Sisario

The band distributed copies of a free 12-page newspaper called The Universal Sigh at 61 locations around the world, including three in Manhattan.

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What's a YouTube Pop Hit Worth? by Ben Sisario

How much has "Friday," a song by Rebecca Black, a 13-year-old amateur from California whose YouTube video became a viral sensation.

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Miniature Shampoo Bottles and Acoustic Sets in an Austin Hotel Room by Ben Sisario

Booking agents, artist managers and assorted friends and relations packed into a room at Austin's Driskill Hotel to hear three guitar-cradling singer-songwriters.

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Jack White Still Knows How to Grab Attention by Ben Sisario

He shows up in Austin with a yellow and black truck hawking his label's wares.

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Adele and Lady Gaga Top the Pop Charts by Ben Sisario

Women dominate album sales and digital downloads this week.

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Lady Gaga Ends Deal With Target by Ben Sisario

The pop star is apparently upset over the company's support for conservative political candidates.

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Recording Academy Responds to a Critic by Ben Sisario

The parties agreed to talk about how the academy "can continue to evolve in an ever-changing cultural environment."

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Adele Is No. 1 by Ben Sisario

Adele, the British singer who won the best new artist Grammy Award two years ago, is the big winner on the Billboard chart this week.

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Bieber Dominates Billboard Chart by Ben Sisario

Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Mumford & Sons and Lady Antebellum all got big "Grammy lifts" - the typical boost in record sales after the awards show.

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