LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Hope For Haiti Now" charity album debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart, becoming the first digital-only release to achieve this feat, according to sales data issued on Wednesday. The album, featuring songs performed by the likes of Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift at last Friday's nationally televised telethon, sold 171 ...

South Korea's top female pop group the Wonder Girls will soon have a new line-up, their agent announced Saturday, after taking the US pop charts by storm. Sunmi, 18, will leave the five-member group when they wrap up their year-long tour of the United States in February, JYP Entertainment said. According to the Billboard website (www.billboard.biz), "Nobody ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pop singer Ke$ha led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a fourth week on Thursday with her debut single "TiK ToK," and also grabbed the No. 7 spot with her new follow-up, "Blah Blah Blah." Both tracks come from her album "Animal," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Country star Alan Jackson's new album "Freight Train" is set for release March 30 from Sony Music Nashville. The 12-song album was produced by longtime collaborator Keith Stegall and features eight songs written by Jackson. It also features Lee Ann Womack, who joins Jackson for a duet of Vern Gosdin's song "Till the End." The ...