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Ray Charles Concerts To Be Released on DVD | "Live In France - 1961"

Will.i.am and Jennifer Hudson Join New Music Reality Series 'Majors & Minors'

Worldwide Release of Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett, "Body & Soul" on Sept. 14th, 2011

Dionne Warwick Celebrates 50 Years of Music with HIV/AIDS Awareness Town Meeting

The Ellis Marsalis Center For Music Opens In New Orleans

Jamie Foxx Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on his SiriusXM Foxxhole Channel

Janet Jackson to be Featured in Blackgama's "What Becomes a Legend Most?" Campaign

Gospel Balladeer Robert E. Person Tapped For Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dedication Week In Washington, D.C.

Grammy Award Winning Singer Monica Joins Reggae Rhythm & Blues Festival on Sept. 4th, 2011

Gospel Vocalist Martha Minuzzi Receives Six Stellar Award Nominations in 1st Round

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary With International Jazz Piano Competition and Gala Concert

R&B Superstars to Light Up the Stage at UNCF An Evening of Stars® on Aug. 14th, 2011

"The Force M.D.'s Relived," a Feature Film Documentary to Premiere on August 13th, 2011

Hit TV Show American Idol to be Inducted Into Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame

Music World Gospel and BET Networks Sign an Exclusive Recording Agreement for Sunday Best Season Three and Four Winners

Music Icon Herbie Hancock To Be Named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

"SUNDAY BEST" Returns on BET, Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Terence Blanchard to Compose Original Music for "A Streetcar Named Desire"

More Artists Added to the BET AWARDS '11 List of Talents...

Jill Scott to Perform on the BET AWARDS '11

Gloria Gaynor, Lester and Sue Smith, 200+ Breast Cancer Survivors/Supporters Create Tribute

The 15th Annual Gala Celebrating the Jazz Journalists Assoc. Awards | June 11th, 2011

Six Semi-Finalists Announced in ESSENCE+Pebbles Present: R&B Star!

Grammy-Winning Trumpet Player Terence Blanchard to Score "Red Tails"

Hezekiah Walker to be Featured at 2011 McDonalds Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour

Alexis Jordan's Single "Happiness" is Chosen as FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Official Song

Actor/Comedian Kevin Hart to Host 2011 BET Awards | June 26th @ 8 p.m.

Quincy Jones to Lead Historic Concert to Promote Peace During Morocco's Annual Mawazine Music Festival

Gospel Recording Artist VirLinda Stanton Receives Key to City | New CD Coming This Fall

Kickoff of The New SFJAZZ Center on May 6th, 2011 | To Pay Homge to Stevie Wonder

Michael Jackson To Be Celebrated in Vegas at Mandalay Bay | Slated for 2013

Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller Come Together for "Tribute To Miles"

Jill Scott Joins Mo'Nique for 1 Hour TV Special Feat Music From New Album on BET | April 27th @ 11pm EST/PST

R&B Vocalist Cheryl Pepsii Riley to Perform on The Mo'Nique Show April 26th, 2011

An Evening of Classic Soul Featured 14 Soul Legends Singing 57 Hits to Benefit The MED Foundation

Janet Jackson's 'Number Ones Tour' Has Been Extended Till Fall

The "Jazz In The Gardens" Event Attracted Over 45,000 in Attendance

The Recording Academy® Announces Restructuring of Categories Across All Genres and Fields to be Recognized at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2012

Kellylee Evans Wins 2011 Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

The Artists And Songwriters From The EMI Family Unite For Japan

The Winners of The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards Has Been Announced

GRAMMY®-winning vocalist Gladys Knight to Host National Train Day Event by Amtrak

Legendary Music Studio, Sigma Sound Announces Opening of New Stage in Philadelphia

L.A. Laker Singer Marcellus Long Shoots for "The X Factor"

Hall & Oates To Receive Music Icon Award at the "TV Land Awards 2011"

Nick Cannon Teams Up With Feeding America & Campbell Soup for Food Drive

Kirk Franklin Comes To "The Experience" on March 23rd - Set to Premier New Album "Hello Fear"

Lionsgate Announces Production Agreement with Janet Jackson's JDJ Entertainment

ESSENCE & Pebbles Present R&B Star...

Jasmine Guy, Shirley Sherrod & Fonzworth Bentley Among 2011 Drum Major for Justice Honorees

Saxophonist Jessy J & Disney Teams Up | Completes Her 3rd Solo Album

UNCF Wins Third Image Award for Its Tribute to Lionel Ritchie: 'Dancing On The Ceiling'

Trumpeter Terence Blanchard To Compose Original Music for "Mother..... With The Hat"

R&B Group GUY to Perform Tonight on BET | Feb 21st @ 9 p.m.

R&B Group GUY to participate in 2 TV Specials Honoring Black History

Registration is Now Open for 2011 Verizon's 'How Sweet the Sound' Gospel Celebration

Esperanza Spalding Wins Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards

Keri Hilson, The Roots & Members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to Perform at 2011 GRAMMY Celebration®

Yolanda Adams, Jennifer Hudson and Many More will Join Together to Celebrate the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin on the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards®

The 12th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration Sells Out...

Sade Announces R&B Superstar John Legend will Join Tour...

Best New Artist Grammy Nominee Esperanza Spalding to Perform at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards

WCPE Celebrates Black History Month | 2011

Drake and Rihanna to Perform Together at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Music Legend Gloria Gaynor to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in Music on Feb. 5th, 2011

The 4th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon | Feb. 24th, 2011

VaShawn Mitchell and Jessica Reedy Featured in "My First Celebration of Gospel"...

Dee Dee Bridgewater's Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959) Receives NAACP Image Award Nomination...

Whitney Houston Joins Kim Burrell For Beautiful Performance at the 2011 BET Celebration of Gospel | Jan. 30th, 2011

The UNCF 'An Evening of Stars® Tribute to Chaka Khan' Presented by Target

ESSENCE Salute GRAMMY®-Nominated Artist Janelle Monae at 2nd Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Music

The 2011 GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons® Honors David Greffen

Legend Herbie Hancock To Be Honored By BET on Jan. 15th at BET Honors

The UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Chaka Khan Presented by Target on Jan 29th, 2011 | Groups Come Together To Raise Money

Tickets to The 12th Annual "Super Bowl Gospel Celebration" Would Make a Great Christmas Gift

R&B Singer Leona Lewis to Perform at Orange Drive New Year's Festival

"VH1 Divas Salute The Troops" | Airing Dec. 5th, 2010 @ 9:00 PM ET/PT on VH1

Columbia Records Artists & Recordings Garner 24 Grammy® Nominations | 2011

The Silence Is Broken Streams Concert Video | Beginning Dec. 1st, 2010

Soul Artist Tyrangem Nominated for Best R&B Song

George Benson Supports Canadian Music School Fund | Auction's Autographed Guitar Dec 15, 2010

R&B Singer Kem Joined Forces with Lincoln for Special Event

The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration Announces Sponsorship with Verizon Wireless

BET Network Goes Pink in Honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Starting Oct. 22nd, 2010

SongVest Partners with Club Nouveau for New Album ('Consciousness') Sales Auction

Jay King to host Special Radio Show - Honoring Music Legend Dick Griffey

Terence Howard & Taraji P. Henson Hosts CENTRIC'S 2nd Annual Soul Train Awards | Nov. 28th, 2010

The Walter Hawkins Tribute Concert on GMC | July 25th, 2010

Ne-Yo's 'Beautiful Monster' & 'Champagne Life' to Premiere on BET's '106 & Park' | July 14th, 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010™ Official Song 'Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)' Becomes Global Phenomenon

The Reid Brothers & Simmons Sisters Launch New Voices Talent Competition | 2010

Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards in San Diego | March 2011

Anita Baker to Perform National Anthem at The NBA Finals | Thurs June 10th, 2010

Queen Latifah to Host the 10th Anniversary of the BET AWARDS | June 27th, 2010

R. Kelly & Soweto Spiritual Singers to Perform 'Sign Of A Victory' at FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony

Jay King Launches Music Workshop Series | "Making Dollars and Sense Out of the New Music Business"

Kirk Franklin and others honored by American Heart Association at World-Famous Apollo Theater

Justin Timberlake Joins ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO for Conversation with Bill Withers

Ludacris Slated to Interview Quincy Jones at ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO (April 22nd-24th, 2010)

Quincy Jones & Lionel Ritchie Announce Plans for Release & Distribution of 'We Are The World 25 For Haiti'