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As he gears up for a slew of summer tour dates, John Mayer will hit Las Vegas on Sunday for the Academy of Country Music Awards. The newly-single musician will join Brad Paisley on stage during the ceremony, which will also feature collaborations from Hunter Hayes and Stevie Wonder, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, as well as George Strait and Garth Brooks – among a laundry list of additional performers.

Jury selection has begun in a lawsuit that Michael Jackson's mother has filed against the promoter of his planned comeback concerts. Potential jurors began filling out questionnaires on Tuesday in advance of the trial, which may last up to three months.

The rapper says he is "100%" now, but he also reveals some "bad news." Lil Wayne gets help from 2 Chainz, Drake, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj on his new album.

Justin Timberlake's comeback album has sold nearly 1 million units its first week out. Nielsen SoundScan announced Tuesday that the singer's third album, "The 20/20 Experience," has moved 968,000 units. It's the 19th album in Nielsen's 12-year history that has sold more than 900,000 albums in a single week.

Justin Bieber is under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after a neighbor told authorities he was battered and threatened by the pop star outside his Calabasas home Tuesday morning.

Singer Dionne Warwick claims in a recent bankruptcy filing that she owes nearly $10 million in back taxes and her monthly expenses exceed $20,000....

One of the men accused of plotting to murder singer Joss Stone wrote a diary with notes including "death" and "injure", a court hears.

Bobby Brown walked out of a Los Angeles County jail after serving just nine hours of a 55-day sentence imposed for his second drunken driving conviction in a year.

A report published by the European Commission Joint Research Committee claims that music web piracy does not harm legitimate sales. The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies examined the online habits of 16,000 Europeans.

Justin Timberlake's "20/20 Experience" will be a dual one. During a party Monday night to celebrate his new disc, Timberlake told Ryan Seacrest the release of this comeback album, "The 20/20 Experience," which drops today, is only the first half of the experience. The 32-year-old, six-time Grammy winner told Seacrest he will release a second album with 10 tracks later this year.