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By Karinah Santiago, with additional reporting by Gary Trust
| 5:55 PM, February 22
The controversy around Chris Brown and RIhanna's decision to guest on remixes of each others' songs (Brown's "Turn Up the Music" and Rihanna's "Birthday Cake") does not seem to have hampered either song’s performance at radio – if anything, the opposite has taken place. R&B programmers talk about whether or not they have or will play the songs.
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Chart Alert
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles
| 5:50 PM, February 22
Adele's 21 achieves the largest weekly unit gain for an album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991, earning a staggering 493,000 gain last week, moving 730,000 units this week.
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Rock & Pop
By Phil Gallo, Los Angeles
| 5:36 PM, February 22
"X Factor" executive producer and judge Simon Cowell said to expect two female judges to replace the departed Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, but that no announcement will come for several weeks.
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Christian/Gospel
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Country
By Deborah Evans Price, Nashville
| 5:15 PM, February 22
Southern gospel singer Jason Crabb leads the 43rd annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, set for April 19 at Atlanta's Fox Theater, with eight nominations, including nods in the artist, male vocalist, country recorded song and Southern gospel album of the year categories.
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Executive Turntable
By Dan Rys, New York
| 5:00 PM, February 22
Independent music and video distributor The Orchard hired Michael Black, formerly of ADA, as Senior Vice President of their Client & Sales Group, announced CEO Brad Nevin.
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By Jeff Benjamin, (@Jeff__Benjamin), N.Y.
| 4:24 PM, February 22
See what else is trending in music today including Barack Obama's latest singing showcase with B.B. King, recaps from The Brits, Shakira's new label, and an unreleased track from Grimes.
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Retail
By Shirley Halperin, The Hollywood Reporter
| 3:45 PM, February 22
Barbra Streisand will remain on Columbia Records, the Sony Music-owned label has announced today, with only Tony Bennett having been on the label for a longer period of time.
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Branding
By Ray Waddell (@billboardtour), Nashville
| 2:48 PM, February 22
From Brooklyn to Kansas City and points beyond, a wide range of new buildings and freshly renovated veteran facilities are making news and offering new opportunities for touring artists.
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Branding
By Dan Rys, New York
| 2:18 PM, February 22
iTunes today announced that the 27 no. 1 singles on the Beatles' compilation album 1 would be available as 30 second ringtones through the iTunes Store.
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TV & Film
By Karen Bliss, Toronto
| 1:13 PM, February 22
Pierre Juneau, for whom Canada’s national Juno Awards is named and formerly the head of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) from 1968 to 1975, died Tuesday at the age of 89. Juneau is credited with the promoting Canadian artists and bringing international respect to the country’s domestic talent.
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TV & Film
By THR Staff
| 12:00 PM, February 22
CNN led other stations such as HLN, Fox News and MSNBC with an average of 5.4 million viewers during the two-plus hour event.
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