Another boy band bopper has walked the aisle with his baby boo.
On the same day that 'NSYNC's Joey Fatone denied published reports that he got hitched on the down low, Hanson's Taylor Hanson, 19, announced that he married Natalie Anne Bryant on June 8 in Pine Mountain, Georgia.
"Our wedding was exactly how we envisioned it, romantic and intimate, and surrounded by our families and friends," the middle Hanson brother said in a released statement. "Natalie and I are looking forward to our life together."
At the reception, Taylor showed off one of the perks of being in the music industry: no cheesy wedding singer. His friend David Garza performed for the couple.
A spokesperson for the group Hanson said the brothers should be ready to roll out with another LP in the beginning of next year.
-Shaheem Reid
Posted by Jen on Thursday, June 13, 2002 @ 10:00 p.m.
New York's Daily News reports that *NSync's Joey Fatone quietly wed Kelly Baldwin, who gave birth to daughter Brianna, last April.
No one is confirming the story, but The Daily News says Baldwin -- Fatone's high school sweetheart -- has been anxious about being the unwed mother of his child, and that tension was exacerbated recently after Fatone was linked with Rod Stewart's ex, Rachel Hunter.
Meanwhile, Fatone's bandmate Justin Timberlake, voted one of People's top 50 bachelors, partied with Jay-Z and Robert Townsend at Lennox Lewis's post-title fight party Tuesday night.
The Daily News said Timberlake's ex, Britney Spears, is in talks to buy a $3.5 million pad formerly owned by Rolling Stone Keith Richards and rap mogul Russell Simmons. Her new restaurant, Nyla, opens in Manhattan on June 27, the report said.
--AllPop
Posted by Jen on Thursday, June 13, 2002 @ 09:58 p.m.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2002--America Online, Inc. the world's leading interactive services company, and Maverick Records today announced that the exclusive premiere of "Boys(Co-Ed Remix)," the new single from Britney Spears featuring Pharell from N.E.R.D., was streamed more than 1.35 million times by AOL members and Web music fans around the world in just one day on AOL Music, setting the new record for an AOL Music "First Listen." The song's original version debuted on Britney's self-titled 2001 album and has been remixed for the highly anticipated motion picture Austin Powers in Goldmember, which also includes a cameo from Britney. The Austin Powers in Goldmember soundtrack will be in stores Tuesday, July 16 and the film opens nationwide Friday, July 26. The Britney "First Listen'" was available exclusively to AOL members and Web music fans on Monday, June 10, two days prior to the song's public release.
"We are thrilled to continue to offer AOL members and Web music fans access to never-before-heard music from artists like Britney Spears," said Kevin Conroy, SVP and General Manager of AOL Music. "Together with the single, 'Work It Out' from Beyonce Knowles, we have offered fans an advanced look into the music of one of the biggest upcoming films of the summer, Austin Powers in Goldmember. Britney's record-breaking debut on 'First Listen' clearly demonstrates her overwhelming popularity among music fans around the world, as well as the development of the Web as the premiere place for fans to go to hear music first. This hugely successful promotion also serves as further evidence of AOL Music's ability to create tremendous exposure for a wide range of artists."
"AOL Music's 'First Listen' program provides a great way to promote new music and drive excitement for an album's release," said Jeremy Welt, New Media, Maverick Recording Co. "As part of our efforts to build anticipation for the Austin Powers in Goldmember soundtrack, debuting two of the singles including Britney Spears' 'Boys' remix enabled us to reach a massive audience in a very short period of time. We were blown away by the incredible response to Britney's single!"
"First Listen" is a popular new feature that gives AOL members and Web music fans the chance to hear new singles on demand, in their entirety, before they can be heard anywhere else. Britney's debut follows on the heels of recent "First Listen" successes including Nelly, Jay-Z, David Bowie, P. Diddy, Moby, Alanis Morissette, Brandy, Will Smith and Wyclef Jean. "Boys(Co-Ed Remix)" is available at AOL Keyword: First Listen on AOL and AOL High Speed Broadband services; on AOL's Web Properties including Netscape, AOL(r) Instant Messenger(TM), AIM Today and CompuServe. In addition, "Boys(Co-Ed Remix)" is available across AOL's international services including AOL in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Argentina, Australia and Canada.
Posted by Jen on Thursday, June 13, 2002 @ 03:26 p.m.
(6/12/02, 6 p.m. ET) - Peers of artist/musician/producer Raphael Saadiq give Saadiq's solo debut, Instant Vintage, released Tuesday (June 11), unanimous praise. * NSYNC's Justin Timberlake, TLC's T-Boz, and Angie Stone are among those who have expressed their support of the album, which includes the new single "Faithful."
"Raphael's got too much vibe," Timberlake said. "That explains why there are so many tracks on the record."
T-Boz, who appears on the album's song "Different Times," said working with Saadiq was extremely inspiring. "He brings out the best in you, and it is an honor to be on his album," she said.
Stone said Saadiq was one of the two "soul warriors left in the game." "Being an extraordinary artist, producer and songwriter, he is one of my most accomplished partners," said Stone, who appears on Instant Vintage's "Excuse Me." Saadiq also produced Stone's song "Brotha."
Saadiq, a founding member of the gospel-tinged, funk/R&B band Tony Toni Tone, also created the Grammy-nominated group Lucy Pearl that included members Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Dawn Robinson, and Joi.
-- Billy Johnson Jr., Los Angeles
Posted by Jen on Thursday, June 13, 2002 @ 10:08 a.m.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bad boy rapper Eminem ( news - web sites)'s newest album topped the U.S. pop charts for the third week in a row, bringing the record's sales tally up to 2.4 million units since its release on May 26.
According to sales data issued on Wednesday by Soundscan, Eminem's third album, "The Eminem Show," sold 808,708 units in the week ended June 9, down 38 percent from the 1.32 million copies sold the prior week ended June 2 in its first full week in stores.
"The Eminem Show" managed to sell a massive 284,534 copies during the week ended Sunday, May 26, when it was available for just one day for tracking in the week by music sales monitor, Soundscan.
The figure was high enough on that Sunday to propel Eminem to No. 1 that week.
Industry experts have said Eminem's eagerly anticipated album was the first album to crack seven figures since boy-band 'N Sync ( news - web sites)'s "Celebrity" debuted with sales of 1.9 million copies last August.
Pop princess Britney Spears and rock band Limp Bizkit are the only other acts to sell 1 million copies of an album in their first full week of sales.
Eminem's brisk sales have been welcome news to an ailing music industry, underscored this week by news that Bertelsmann AG ( news - web sites) agreed to buy Zomba Music Group, home to Spears, 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys ( news - web sites), for $3 billion as the label's once piping hot teen acts have begun to cool.
The industry is also facing the growing threat of online piracy from file-swapping programs on the Internet, which officials say contributed largely to the five percent drop in global sales last year, the first drop since the compact disc was introduced in 1983.
Interscope, a unit of Vivendi Universal SA, shipped over 3.5 million copies of the album in the United States and 2.5 million copies internationally.
In an unprecedented and last-minute development late last month, Interscope Records moved up the release date by nine days because bootlegged copies were flooding the streets.
Industry watchers believe Korn's "Untouchables," released on Sony Corp ( news - web sites)'s Epic label may top the 500,000 unit by the end of this week, pushing Eminem from his perch.
Posted by Jen on Thursday, June 13, 2002 @ 10:04 a.m.
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