NEW YORK (Reuters) – Neil Sedaka was one of rock 'n roll's first superstars with hits like "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen," "Oh! Carol," "Calendar Girl," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," and "Laughter in the Rain."

Now, after more than half a century singing and writing songs, he looks back at his legacy with an album, "The Music of My Life," containing original new songs.

Sedaka, 70, the son of a Brooklyn

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Courtesy of NME -- Rapper looks to Gill Scott-Heron and Nina Simone for inspiration

Kanye West has revealed he is currently in the studio recording new material.

Speaking on his Kanyeuniversecity.com blog, West hinted that he'll be taking a further step away from rap on the album, and likened himself to a "true poet".

"I'm so happy to be back in the studio making new music. I will bring you the best

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Omarion is passionate about the art of making music, and the art of dance. The music entertainer's third studio release Ollusion, out today on his own label Starrworld Entertainment, encompasses all of this, plus the singer's new vibe. Noted music stars Gucci Mane and Jay Rock also make guest appearances on Omarion's Ollusion, which features hits "I Get It In," "Hoodie," and "Speedin."

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Scottish singer Susan Boyle narrowly failed to claim honors for the year's best-selling album in the United States on Wednesday, but still has another sales week to wrest the title from country starTaylor Swift.

Boyle's debut album "I Dreamed a Dream" already the year's best seller in Britain, has sold 2.98 million copies after five consecutive weeks at No. 1, tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan

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High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens is suing the owners of a website over the publication of photos which appear to show the actress naked.

The 21 year old was embroiled in scandal earlier this year when saucy snaps, which appeared to show her undressed, surfaced online. Hudgens' lawyers battled to have the photos removed from the web and now she's taking legal action against one particular website which allegedly refused to take the pictures down.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Alicia Keys' album "The Element of Freedom" topped the R&B chart in its first week of sales, but fell short of Susan Boyle to land at No. 2 on the Top 200 Albums chart, her label said on Wednesday.

The album, which is Keys' latest release since her 2007 "As I Am," sold more than 417,000 copies in the week since it hit stores, earning the singer her fifth straight chart topping debut, said Sony

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David Bowie's The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars has topped a new list of the gayest albums ever recorded.

The 1972 classic beat out eponymous 1980s albums from The Smiths, Tracy Chapman and the Indigo Girls to top the new countdown in gay magazine Out.

The top 10 also features Judy Garland's live album Judy At Carnegie Hall, The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Madonna's Immaculate Collection and She's So Unusual more...