French Montana, "Excuse My French" (Bad Boy/Maybach Music/Interscope Records) Read more
French Montana, "Excuse My French" (Bad Boy/Maybach Music/Interscope Records) Read more

BERLIN Justin Bieber's pet monkey is now the property of Germany.
Laura Mvula, "Sing to the Moon" (Columbia Records)

MOSCOW Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts - alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.
MIAMI Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness. He was 89.
DETROIT Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs.

OKLAHOMA CITY Country music performer Toby Keith says he grew up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by a devastating tornado.

The National, "Trouble Will Find Me" (4AD)

Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa, "Seesaw" (J&R Adventures)

HONG KONG Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music.

Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories" (Columbia)

LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson's doctor was not the only person working on the singer's ill-fated "This Is It" tour without a fully executed contract, a corporate attorney for concert promoter AEG Live LLC testified Monday.

NEW YORK If either her husband or daughter is calling, Audra McDonald knows without looking at her phone.
JERUSALEM A leading Israeli university says it will present singer Barbra Streisand with an honorary Ph.D. when she visits Israel next month.

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

Darius Rucker, "True Believers" (Capitol Nashville)

LOS ANGELES It's tempting to say Daft Punk has gone Hollywood.

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.
RICHMOND, Va. Officials say the leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals was injured when a 19-year-old man threw a bottle and hit the singer during a concert in Richmond.

LOS ANGELES A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead: