Guns N' Roses fans who have waited 17 years to hear the rock band's new album are mere hours from having their patience rewarded with a free Web debut before it goes on sale next week. read more »

Less than a month after announcing plans to end their eight-year marriage, Madonna and filmmaker Guy Ritchie are slated to finalize their divorce on Friday in London. read more »

Sophomore slump” has been a term bandied about by music critics when describing a follow-up album that pales in comparison to an artist’s unusually accomplished debut. While I question whether second records often tend to fall flat for most bands (I even question the validity of the sophomore slump read more »

LOS ANGELES – Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality. The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. "Chinese Democracy," infamously delayed read more »

The pressure had been building up behind the scenes for longer than most music fans realized. But when the teen-pop explosion burst onto the charts in early 1999, it felt like the music world had been blindsided overnight by a flood of squeaky-clean acts who would dominate the charts for years to c read more »

It was shaping up to be an epic battle between two of music's biggest heavyweights, with Kanye West — the Louis Vuitton Don, and the man we crowned the Hottest MC in the Game — standing in one corner, wearing the gold trunks and white Shutter Shades, ready to drop 808s & Heartbreak. And in the othe read more »

Britney Spears' longtime manager Larry Rudolph has been by his client's side as she stages her comeback with the release of Circus and her documentary, "For the Record" (premiering on MTV November 30). read more »

Miley Cyrus' platinum-selling second studio album, appropriately titled Breakout, was the 15-year-old artist's first recording not to have any official affiliation with her insanely popular character Hannah Montana — in name at least if not in spirit, since so many of the songs could still be best read more »

What made the original Guns N' Roses so intriguing was how dangerous they truly were. At the height of their career, they were a force to be reckoned with — an unruly gang of wild-eyed kids from the seedy streets of L.A., who churned out gritty rock and roll and always partied as if it were their l read more »

Always the bridesmaid: Artists who most often reached No. 2 but were unable to top the Hot 100 read more »