If Taylor Swift has any lingering insecurities after the Kanye West incident at the MTV Video Music Awards, the six nominations she received for the American Music Awards should clear those right up. Paula Abdul, Snoop Dog and Adam Lambert announced the nominees for the 37th annual American Music Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on Tuesday, and Swift is up for favorite female artist in the pop, country and adult contemporary categories. The 19-year-old singer, whose acceptance speech ...

A snippet of the new Michael Jackson song, "This Is It," was apparently leaked online before its planned release on the late singer's Web site early Monday. About 45 seconds of the song made the rounds online Sunday. Jackson's song was released on Michaeljackson.com about midnight Monday. It will be followed by a two-disc album on October 26. One of the albums is named after the song. The album "This Is It" features music that inspired the film "Michael Jackson's ...

Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, known as "the voice of Latin America" for her songs about the plight of the poor, died Sunday, according to an announcement on her Web site. She was 74. "On this day, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, we must inform you that Mrs. Mercedes Sosa, one of the greatest artists of Latin American popular music, has left us," the Web site said. Sosa died at a Buenos Aires clinic, and had suffered from liver, ...

With its upcoming PSPgo, Sony is betting that you like "new and shiny" more than you like "money and savings." That's not to say that we dislike it. In fact, the PSPgo is attractive, playable and pleasingly compact. The fourth entry in the PlayStation Portable line is considerably more toteable than its predecessors, with a slick form factor that resembles a slider phone. Measuring in at 5 x 0.6 x 2.7 inches (closed) the PSPgo is about half the ...

Season eight "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert is no also-ran. His first album, not due for release until November 24, zoomed to the No. 2 spot on the Amazon.com sales list Monday, behind only Barbra Streisand's much-publicized new jazz album, the New York Post reported. The distinction ranked Lambert, 27, ahead of Madonna, the Beatles and Susan Boyle on the online retailer's sales list -- and shows that one needn't nab the ...

With less than a week to go before their Sunday nuptials, Khloe Kardashian and her L.A. Lakers beau Lamar Odom have decided to hold their wedding ceremony at the Los Angeles-area home of family friend and legendary music manager Irving Azoff. The reality star and basketball player met just one month ago at a party in L.A., only announced their engagement last week. Formal invitations will be sent out midweek to the 200 or so guests, including many of Odom's ...

Former President Jimmy Carter took a swipe at rapper Kanye West's behavior at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, saying it was "completely uncalled for" and his punishment was to appear on the new Jay Leno show."

Kanye West called Taylor Swift with a "very sincere" apology Tuesday for interrupting her acceptance speech at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, Swift said. West phoned Swift following her appearance on ABC's "The View" Tuesday, her publicist said. Swift talked about it in a radio interview with ABC. "Kanye did call me and he was very sincere in his apology," she said. "And I accepted that apology." The apology came the morning after West, in an interview with ...

Kanye West appeared to blame the pain of his mother's death two years ago for his "rude" behavior at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. The rapper told Jay Leno he would now "take some time off" to think about how he will "make it through the rest of this life." West's appearance on Monday's prime-time premiere of "The Jay Leno Show" capped a 24-hour period that began Sunday evening with him strolling down the red carpet at New York's Radio ...

The reaction to Kanye West's hijacking of the microphone from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards came quickly and unequivocally. Celebrities and fans alike expressed their disapproval of West interrupting Swift's win for Best Female Music Video to tout his appreciation of nominee Beyonce. "Taylor, I'm really happy for you," West said after grabbing the microphone from a clearly stunned Swift. "I'll let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos ...