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Coldplay Cruises To No. 1 On The Billboard 200
As expected, Coldplay tops The Billboard 200 with "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," which shifted a whopping 721,000 first-week U.S. copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Kanye, UGK Head BET Awards Winners' Circle

Kanye Lashes Out Over Bonnaroo Experience

Capitol Gains: Perry, Coldplay Provide 1-2 Punch

Bach: No Velvet Revolver, May Work With Slash

Unreleased George Jones Duets Head To CD

8Ball & MJG Link With Grand Hustle

Chart News

Lil Wayne Makes Hot Shot Debut On Three Charts

Albums

Lil' Wayne, "Tha Carter III"
He's the self-proclaimed "best rapper alive," has made more than 40 guest appearances since 1999 and has been the most hyped hip-hop artist in recent time.

Katy Perry, "One of the Boys"

Coldplay, "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends"

Judas Priest, "Nostradamus"

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Singles

Chris Brown, "Forever"
"Forever" is an apropos title for the latest from Chris Brown, who has proved as 2008's pop/R&B prince that he has talent and charm to command the charts for as long he chooses.

Jordin Sparks, "One Step at a Time"

Daughtry, "What About Now"

Alicia Keys, "Teenage Love Affair"

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Live

The Cure, June 20-21, New York
One thing the Cure doesn't have is an identity crisis. Smith and co. know that their bread is sufficiently buttered on both sides, so it's no surprise that equal helpings of darkness and light were brought to New York City for the final two dates of the band's Cure 4 tour.

Definition of music

Music

Music is an art form in which the medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses".^[1]

Definition of music

Greek philosophers and Ancient Indians defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies, and vertically as harmonies. Music theory, within this realm, is studied with the presupposition that music is orderly and often pleasant to hear. However, in the 20th century, composers challenged the notion that music had to be pleasant by creating music that explored harsher, darker timbres. The existence of some modern-day music genres such as death metal and grindcore, which enjoy an extensive underground following, indicate that even the harshest sounds can be considered music if the listener is so inclined.

20th century composer John Cage disagreed with the notion that music must consist of pleasant, discernible melodies. Instead, he argued that any sounds we can hear can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound,".^[2] According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez, "the border between music and noise is always culturally defined--which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be, except that it is "sound through time"."^[3]

The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and sub-genres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music can be classified as a performing art, a fine art, or an auditory art form.