Nick Lachey swaps boy band for fatherhood in lullaby album
Date : 26/02/2013 16:09

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Nick Lachey, a member of U.S. group 98 Degrees, has swapped his boy band heartthrob status to embrace fatherhood in a new album of lullabies dedicated to his baby son. On the cover of "A Father's Lullaby," Lachey, 39, is pictured cuddling his son Camden, who was born in September 2012. "When I first learned that I was going to be a father, I was inspired to create a special tribute to my son," Lachey said in a statement on Tuesday. ...

For 1st time since 1999, music revenues inch up
Date : 26/02/2013 11:07

LONDON (AP) — More than a decade after online file swapping tipped the music industry into turmoil, record executives may finally be getting a sliver of good news.

Reversing trend, world music revenue inches upward
Date : 26/02/2013 08:22

LONDON (AP) — More than a decade after online file swapping tipped the music industry into turmoil, record executives may finally be getting a sliver of good news.

Music sales post small rise in 2012, first since '99
Date : 26/02/2013 08:09

LONDON (Reuters) - The music business broke a 12-year losing streak in 2012, posting a small but symbolic 0.3 percent rise in trade revenues to $16.5 billion, figures from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) showed on Tuesday. The slight increase will come as a relief to record label bosses who have watched the value of sales plummet from a peak of $28.6 billion in 1999, as illegal downloads and a reluctance to embrace the digital age hit revenues hard. ...

Nine Inch Nails to go back on road after reinventing itself
Date : 25/02/2013 20:13

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails is planning to hit the road again for a world tour after reinventing itself and adding new musicians. Founder Trent Reznor, who took a hiatus after the band's "Wave Goodbye" tour in 2009, told music website Pitchfork.com on Monday that the band is "reinventing itself from scratch. ...