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Sire/Warner RecordsForty years ago today, the world was touched for the very first time by Madonna's landmark sophomore album, Like a Virgin. While her self-titled 1983 debut did well, Like a Virgin w...

On This Day, Nov. 12, 1988 ...U2 topped the Billboard 200 Album chart with Rattle and Hum, the soundtrack to their documentary of the same name.The album, produced by Jimmy Iovine, featured a combinat...

Courtesy SHOFBryan Adams, Steve Winwood and The Doobie Brothers are among the contenders for the 2025 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The organization just announced the artists in the run...

Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesFor a guy who's 73, Sting looks pretty good. But he says if he ever stops looking good, he'll stop performing onstage.Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Sting says his fitness...

Courtesy of Eaton and Brennan AuctionsA piano used to record "Layla," by Eric Clapton's band Derek and the Dominos, is one of the many items going up for auction as part of a collection from...

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesJerry Garcia has been gone for almost 30 years, but thanks to AI, Grateful Dead fans can now enjoy the experience of the late rocker reading to the...

Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicQuincy Jones was laid to rest in an “intimate ceremony [that] included Mr. Jones’ seven children, his brother, two sisters, and immediate family...

ABC/Isa Mae AstuteU2 is celebrating the 20th anniversary of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb with the Nov. 29 release of the shadow album How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb. And while&nbs...

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Mariah CareyMariah Carey is bringing Christmas cheer — the alcoholic kind — to select cities via a series of pop-up bars in Virgin Hotels locations nationwide....

ABCMonday, Nov. 11 — 11/11 — is apparently Singles Day because it's 1-1-1-1, and some special singles have just been released to mark the occasion.Capitol Records has dropped two special v...