Jennifer Hudson talks about the long-awaited arrival of her self-titled debut album in the August 18th issue of Billboard Magazine. Jennifer Hudson-The Album, featuring the chart-topping single “Spotlight,” premieres September 30th.

“I remember doing ‘Dreamgirls,”‘ “I would look at Beyonce, because she was doing acting and singing, and I’m like, ‘How the hell can she do that?’ Now I’m looking at it like, ‘Oh, God, all right, if she can do it, if Jamie and Queen can do it, then it means it can be done.”‘

Miley Cyrus on the cover of Billboard.

Miley Cyrus is ready to “Breakout.” The Hannah Montana star releases her sophomore album, Breakout, July 22nd on Hollywood Records.

“It’s grown-up,” Miley says in the new issue of >Billboard. “I wrote all the songs except two. My last one, ‘Meet Miley Cyrus,’ was more just meeting me, finding out who I am, and here it’s more getting in depth of what’s been going on in my life in the past year.” Read the rest of this entry »

David Cook has set a new record for debut entries on the American music charts. Read the rest of this entry »

Billboard Magazine is developing a new reality show.Billboard Next, which is currently being shopped to television networks, will hit the World Wide Web in search of music’s next shining star. Read the rest of this entry »