The 2013 Brit Awards winners are in. Frank Ocean snagged International Male Solo Artist, with Lana Del Rey taking Female honors; The Black Keys won International Act; Mumford & Sons were dubbed British Group of the Year; Emeli Sandé was named British Female Performer and won British Album. One Direction were awarded the Global Success Award. Adele‘s “Skyfall” was British Single of the Year, the British Live Act was Coldplay, Tom Odell won…

“In addition to topping the Billboard Hot 100, ‘Thrift Shop’ has also topped the Billboard rap songs chart, despite limited play on hip-hop radio stations. This certainly has at least a little to do with Billboard’s ever-broadening definition of what constitutes a rap song;Psy’s K-pop novelty crossover, ‘Gangnam Style,’ also topped the rap songs chart recently. The weakening of this…

Beyonce proved a huge draw for HBO on Saturday night: the film is the cable network’s most-watched documentary effort in nearly 10 years. The intimate documentary about the singer, “Beyonce: Life is But a Dream,” pulled 1.8 million viewers during its inaugural outing at 9 p.m. ET. It’s the largest audience for a HBO doc…

As forecasted a week ago, Mumford & Sons’ Babel returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the wake of their Grammy Award win for album of the year on Feb. 10. The set — which rises 4-1 on the tally — sold 185,000 copies in the week ending Feb. 17, according to Nielsen SoundScan, therefore…

Sony Music chief creative officer Clive Davis has issued a statement responding to Kelly Clarkson’s claims of revisionist history is his just-released book, “The Soundtrack of My Life.” Among her allegations, the “American Idol” season one winner says Davis, who played a key A&R role in her first albums and string of hits, is confusing…