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Online retailers Amazon have sent out an email to members of the music industry to state that their new Cloud Drive music locker facility and Cloud Player will not be detrimental to the music industry.

Justin Bieber has been announced as one of the nominees up for an award at the upcoming Webby Awards.

The Webby Awards celebrate the best of web content and the winners of the awards will be announced on May 3 with a celebration gala to be held on June 13 in New York.

YouTube teen singing star Rebecca Black has been thrust into superstardom after her song Friday went viral and her popularity continues to grow.

It has been revealed that more people have viewed her song Friday than the new releases from both Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.

The latest song from Dre, I need a Doctor has been rising through the UK charts throughout the past few weeks. It seems, the more people listen to this tune the better it gets.

A shake up in the format of the Grammy Awards has seen a number of categories being cut while others have been consolidated however, not everyone has been a loser in the new Grammy Awards with the video game industry now being able to be honored at the event.

Last year the file sharing site Lime Wire was shut down as it was found to be infringing copy right laws but the case surrounding the site continues with the Judge responsible now saying that damages that Lime Wire will have to pay will be limited.

Troubled retailers HMV have asked the music industry to help them out of their current crisis by cutting the upfront charges made by suppliers according to reports.

It is alleged that the four major music groups of Sony, Universal, Warner Music and EMI, are currently considering the possibility of allowing HMV to buy CD stock on a sale or return basis.

Brit Award winner Jessie J has taken to Twitter to speak about her shock at the number of drunk members in the audience at her concert at the Trinity College ball in Dublin.

British award winning singer Adele, continues her reign at the top of the UK album chart this week while notching up another record in the process.

Adele has already stolen Madonna's crown for most weeks spent at number one for a female solo artist, previously held by Madonna with her greatest hits album the Immaculate Collection back in 1990.

Irish rockers U2 have broken the record for the biggest grossing tour with their latest trip on the road with the 360º tour.

Media mogul Simon Cowell has been told that he needs to slow down by hi mother who is concerned that his participation in five different television shows this year will be too much of a strain for the 51 year old.

Google continue to expand their portfolio of companies with their latest acquisition of Canadian firm Pushlife.

It is reported that Google bought the company for $25 million and the buy signals further commitment by Google to improve its offerings for music technology and apps for Android phones.

Two of the biggest names in pop and on Twitter, Britney Spears and Rihanna, have been teasing their fans with tweets between the two pop princesses about a possible collaboration.

Video sharing website YouTube is said to be receiving a cash injection of $100 million from Google, with the funds being used to revamp the entire service for users.

According to the Wall Street Journal YouTube is looking to expanding it's programming to include more original content which insiders hope could see the internet service take on traditional television channels.

The X Factor has a reputation for uncovering some of the best singing talent in the UK, however recent reports point to the makers of the show valuing looks over talent.

Increased sales at the high end of the smartphone market will help to push the number of cameraphones over the one billion mark during 2011 according to experts.

Research from Strategy Analytics has shown that by the end of the year the company is predicting that more than one billion cameraphones will have been bought.

A huge revamping of the Grammy Awards will see 31 award categories cut from the awards as organisers work to reduce the enormous structure of the music industry awards and celebrations.

It is one of the most well known true disaster stories of all time and now an award winning team will be bringing the story of the Titanic to the small screen in a new ITV mini series.

Irish rock legends U2 are said to be recording a new album that will have a distinctly “futuristic” sound according to RedOne.

RedOne, who is producing the latest album for the award winning act, confirmed to Billboard during an interview that he was working with U2 again and was collaborating in a project with the band.

Amanda Holden and her new judging partners David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre have begun the lengthy process of seeing all the Britain's Got Talent auditions and while some have been great there have been others that have failed to meet the mark by a long way.

Judges on the show were said to have felt “sickened" after one performer demonstrated his strange talent of nose vomiting.

The Kiss TV and radio networks will be taking on BBC Radio 1 head on as it launches its own chart across the UK featuring the best in dance, hip hop and R&B.

The Bauer Media group have announced that the Kiss UKHot40 Big Beats Chart will be aired on a weekly basis and is to be hosted from big name artists who appear in the charts.