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Paul McCartney concerts break records wherever they play, and Grand Rapids is no different. The Van Andel Arena McCartney concert broke venue sales records to become the highest grossing show in its 20 year history. It was THE hottest ticket in town!

Billboard has released its list of top 40 girl group songs of all time. It isn't subjective. It's based on the songs' performances on the charts -- and is led by a disco hit from 38 years ago.

With the top grossing tour of the year and a No. 1 Billboard 200 album ("Midnight Memories"), One Direction claimed honors as Billboard's 2014 Artist of the Year. One Direction's "Midnight Memories" included the hit "Story of My Life." The English-Irish group includes Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson.

No surprise here, but the "Frozen" soundtrack from Walt Disney Records was ranked the No. 1 best-selling album on the 2014 year-end Billboard 200 chart. It is the first movie soundtrack to reach No. 1 on the year-end chart since "Titanic" in 1998 and is the first Disney soundtrack to top the chart since "Mary Poppins" in 1965, according to Billboard.

Tony Bennett's and Lady Gaga's duet album, "Cheek To Cheek," debuted at no. 1 this week on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album also hit No. 1 on the jazz and traditional album charts. Released Sept. 23 on Streamline/Columbia/Interscope Records, "Cheek To Cheek" features classic jazz standards sung by Gaga and Bennett in vocal duets and solo performances.

Lionel Richie, currently touring the U.S. and Canada, will be honored for his skills as a live performer at this year's Billboard Touring Awards. Lionel will receive Billboard's Legend of Live Award at the event, which takes place Nov. 20 in New York.

They keep figuring out ways to measure musical and other influences by artists at Billboard. It's all about data folks. Billboard last week launched the Artist 100 chart, measuring artists' activity across Billboard charts. The weekly Artist 100 chart, which premiered July 10 with Trey Songz as No. 1, blends information from album sales, track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media, acco

With help from pop/R&B singer Jason Derulo this morning on ABC's “Good Morning America,” Dick Clark Productions and Billboard announced the finalists for the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. Imagine Dragons and Lorde led with 12 nominations apiece in the 40 categories. Imagine Dragons, a quartet, burned up the charts in 2013 with its album "Night Visions" and its smash hit single "R

Love him or hate him, Democrat or Republican, for him or against him, it's still downright disrespectful to the President of the United States of America! Every time I see or read something that is this outrageous, it's supporters are always screaming, "Free Speech...

Imagine big, beautiful, billboards all over town with images of jewelry, paintings, glass, photography and more.  Your works!  What you do as an artist!  The Kalamazoo Institute for Art and Adams Outdoor Advertising want you to know about their 2012 Billboard Art Contest...

If you've driven down northbound US-131 at Hall street recently you may have seen the "You don't need God" billboard there from the Center For Inquiry.

Did they intend to be clever?  Did they intend to shock?  Did they just want to get noticed?  Maybe all three.  The story did get them some free national publicity, but I'm not sure this is the publicity that you really want for your restaurant...