The means was cancer, according to Brian Edwards, a publicist for Ms. Summer, who pronounced she died during her second home in Naples, Fla.. Ms. Summer was a five-time Grammy leader who became a luminary in a 1970s with hits like “Love to Love You Baby,” “Last Dance,” “Hot Stuff” and “Bad Girls.” Ms. Summer [...]

A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Recording Academy’s decision last year to slash the number of Grammy Awards by nearly 30 percent, The Associated Press reported. The lawsuit was bro

Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. Mike Doughty (Saturday) This former doorman of the Knitting Factory in New York went on to form Soul Coughing and strike al

The Grammy Awards have gotten a trim. Responding to longstanding criticism in the music industry that too many categories were diluting the Grammys’ impact, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science

Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. Jason Aldean (Saturday) Fresh from his lovely, if technologically faulty, duet with Kelly Clarkson at the Grammy Awards, th

The Grammy Awards helped push Adele to two new sales milestones last week: The 730,000 sales of her album ”21” (XL/Columbia) last week represent the biggest ”Grammy bump” in two decades, and also become the first to sell 2

The Grammy Awards telecast on CBS smashed every recent ratings record Sunday night, not just for the music awards show but for any awards broadcast, fueled by keen interest in how the show would pay tribute to Whitney Houston,

Record of the Year ”Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Album of the Year ”21,” Adele Song of the Year Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (”Rolling in the Deep,” Adele) New A

Prices may not reflect ticketing service charges. For full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. Steve Aoki (Friday) Mr. Aoki serves as one of the abiding tastemakers in the Los Angeles party microcosm, though he has st

Following a pattern familiar from the death of Michael Jackson, Ms. Houston’s music rocketed back on the charts and radio playlists as news of her death spread. For the week that ended Sunday, Ms. Houston had a nearly 60-fold increase in albu