As forecast last week, rock band Queens of the Stone Age earns its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The group’s new album, . . . Like Clockwork, opens atop the list with 91,000 sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The new set is its first for Matador Records, which also…

Apple announced a new music streaming service on Monday called iTunes Radio, and although the company is already is a huge player in the digital music space, it will now go head-to-head with a whole slew of web radio leaders. iTunes Radio is most similar to Pandora, allowing users to create custom radio stations based…

A panel of representatives from the music subscription business tackled issues including market differentiation, how to expand internationally and what Apple’s entrance into the space means for competitors Monday at the New Music Seminar. Panelists included Jim Cady, president and CEO, Slacker; Andy Chen, CEO, Wimp Music; Sachin Doshi, head of development and analysis, Spotify;…

Sting, Green Day, Ed Sheeran and Mumford & Sons are among musicians raising their voices against poverty by re-recording classic protest songs. The agit8 project, which hopes to influence leaders at next week’s G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, is backed by the One Campaign set up by U2 front man Bono. It wants G-8 leaders…

Singer/songwriter John Legend has collaborated with some of music’s biggest names, from Stevie Wonder to Jay-Z, but there’s one superstar John has worked with time and time again: Kanye West. Watch as John opens up about his long-standing friendship with Kanye, the producer on each of his solo albums. Plus, find out if Kanye’s public…

Big Sean finally got his studio time with Eminem, but the outcome still remains a mystery as where it will leave. Sean spoke with MTV on the experience. “We talked for a few hours before we even worked on music. I was telling him my stories about how we were performing all around downtown Detroit…

Kanye turned 36 yesterday and toasted to the good life with the likes of Jay-Z, Nas, Beyoncé and others at New York’s Jamaican restaurant Miss Lily’s. Nas took to his IG to share a few photo ops. [RapRadar]

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis rise 2-1 on Billboard’s Nielsen BDS-based Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart with “Can’t Hold Us,” featuring Ray Dalton, With its prior breakthrough single “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz, having spent two weeks atop the survey in March, the act becomes the first duo in the chart’s 20-year history to take its…

Yet again, The Rolling Stones are No. 1 in the weekly ranking of Hot Tours with ticket sales revenue reported from the sole Chicago engagement on the band’s 50 & Counting Tour, currently on the road in North America. The Stones played three sold out shows at the Windy City’s United Center on May 28,…