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Grammy Award-winning Jennifer Lopez returns to American Idol XIII as a judge. Lopez will be joined by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning multi-platinum singer and Broadway actor Harry Connick, Jr.

Grammy Award-winning and platinum-selling recording artist Jennifer Lopez returns to AMERICAN IDOL XIII as a judge. Lopez will be joined by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning multi-platinum singer, musician, songwriter, composer and film/television and Broadway actor Harry Connick, Jr.

The time has finally arrived. Ariana Grande has released her hotly anticipated full-length debut album, Yours Truly [REPUBLIC RECORDS], today, September 3!

The T.J. Martell Foundation (www.tjmartell.org), announced today that two-time Grammy winning singer songwriter Colbie Caillat (http://colbiecaillat.com), will headline and perform at the charity exhibition Artworks for the Cure

The T.J. Martell Foundation (www.tjmartell.org), announced today that two-time Grammy winning singer songwriter Colbie Caillat, will headline and perform at the charity exhibition Artworks for the Cure at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Saturday October 12. Emmy-winning journalist and host of Hallmark Channel's 'Home & Family,' Mark Steines is confirmed as the Master of Ceremonies.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Lukasz 'Dr. Luke' Gottwald will not be judging AMERICAN IDOOL season 13 after all.

Joe Brown has been called many things – star, legend, MBE, rock icon, guitar hero, cheeky chappy...but now he can add an extra title to his extensive list: King of the Ukulele.

Multiplatinum recording artist Coldplay will release the first track from the official soundtrack album for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, it was announced today by Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and Republic Records, marking the first time Coldplay has ever recorded an original song for a motion picture. The song, titled 'Atlas,' is scheduled to be available via iTunes and all digital retailerson August 26, 2013. Republic Records is again teaming up with Lionsgate to release the soundtrack in advance of Lionsgate distributing the film on screens worldwide on November 22, 2013.

The time has finally arrived. ARIANA GRANDE will release her hotly anticipated full-length debut album, Yours Truly [REPUBLIC RECORDS], on September 3, and fans have access to pre-order the album now!

The T.J. Martell Foundation (www.tjmartell.org), announced today that the third annual Artworks For The Cure, a highly-popular and successful three-day benefit exhibition, auction and sale of contemporary art will be presented Friday thru Sunday, October 11th-13th at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport.

The Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum international icon debuted his brand new single 'Turn The Night Up'.

The new collaborative track entitled 'Almost Is Never Enough' is from platinum-selling singer and actress Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes of multi-platinum pop titans The Wanted.

Universal Music Group (UMG) announced today that it has partnered with Russell Simmons, Brian Robbins and Steve Rifkind to launch All Def Music

Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG), an Access Industries company, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Parlophone Label Group (PLG) from Universal Music Group (UMG), a subsidiary of Vivendi.

Broadcast Music, Inc., (BMI), the global leader in music rights management, will present the BMI Icon Award to Cash Money's Bryan 'Birdman' Williams and Ronald 'Slim' Williams at the 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, to be held Thursday, August 22, at the Manhattan Center in New York City. The star-studded event, formerly known as the BMI Urban Awards, draws the entire entertainment community together to celebrate the songwriters, producers and publishers of the most-performed r&b/hip-hop songs of the previous year.

Universal Music Group announced a worldwide deal with legendary musician and songwriter Mark Knopfler. Knopfler's new record Privateering will debut on UMG's Verve Records September 10 after a 35 year relationship with Warner Brother Records. Max Hole, Chairman and CEO UMG International comments, 'Mark has long been one of the most innovative and successful artists in music and we're thrilled he's decided to sign to Verve so that we are now working with him everywhere across the world.' The new music is Knopfler's first double album of new music in his entire recording career. 'The older I get, the more I want to write,' Knopfler notes. 'I'm enjoying the process more than ever, writing, recording and playing live, I enjoy all of it. I'm almost tripping over songs.'

THE WEEKND is set to launch his fall headline tour starting with two shows at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia September 6-7.

ESPN will showcase the music of Bob Marley and The Wailers across all programming in July.

REPUBLIC RECORDS, CONSTANTIN FILM and SCREEN GEMS have unveiled an eclectic lineup of artists set to be featured on the official soundtrack album for 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones', out August 20 th, 2013 in stores and through all digital retailers.

Songwriters/performing artists Ashford & Simpson, GRAMMY-winning violinist Joshua Bell, GRAMMY-winning artist Melissa Etheridge, GRAMMY-winning creators of 'LES MISERABLES' - Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer and Claude-Michel Schonberg - and R&B singer/songwriter Trey Songz are recipients of the New York Chapter Recording Academy Honors 2013. The event, which will attract recording artists, key entertainment executives and community leaders, will be hosted tonight, June 25, 2013, at 6 p.m. at 583 Park Avenue. This gala will support the Chapter's ongoing advocacy, education and professional development programs.