UK pop star enjoys new life as hit songwriter (Reuters)
Reuters - UK Singer/songwriter Cathy Dennis stormed America at the beginning of the '90s with top 10 hits "C'mon and Get My Love," "Just Another Dream," "Touch Me (All Night Long)" and "Too Many Walls," and spent 67 weeks on the Billboard 200 with her debut album "Move to This."

"Hot" Mexican musical genre picks up steam in U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - Mexico's music from the hotlands -- better-known by its Spanish term, "musica de tierra caliente" -- has long played second fiddle to its more popular cousin, duranguense.

Rapper Nas set to rule next U.S. album chart (Reuters)
Reuters - Veteran rapper Nas is on course to notch his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 when data are issued Wednesday, but sales will likely be considerably lower than those for his previous release.

Nine Gets Fergalicious (E! Online)

E! Online - Fergie is thisclose to joining the star-studded cast of Nine.

Black Kids are all right with blog buzz (Reuters)
Reuters - The first chapter of the Black Kids' story reads like an indie rock fairy tale.

Music retailer thrives serving captive audience (Reuters)
Reuters - As music retailers struggle to stay in business, a Los Angeles firm is doing nicely targeting a demographic that gets bigger every year -- prisoners.

Miranda Lambert's revenge tale shoots up chart (Reuters)

Reuters - Country star Miranda Lambert says she is shocked -- pleasantly so -- that her domestic-abuse tale "Gunpowder & Lead" has become her first top 10 entry on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

Heartland rockers Hinder back with 2nd album (Reuters)
Reuters - After moving nearly 3 million copies of its 2005 debut album, "Extreme Behavior," Oklahoma City rock band Hinder is eyeing another big release with its new album, "Take It to the Limit."

Kiwi singer Brooke Fraser finally cracks U.S. charts (Reuters)
Reuters - New Zealand pop singer Brooke Fraser has cracked the U.S. charts with an album that has already been out almost two years in her homeland, thanks to a spot on iTunes' editors' picks list.

Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 (AP)

AP - Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90.