Lea Salonga was named as this year's recipient of the Dangal ng Musikang Pilipino award given out by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI).

LOS ANGELES - Chris Brown was the big winner, but it was Kanye West's night at the American Music Awards. Instead of his typical tantrum - a trend West started four years ago when he lost the favorite new artist prize - the rapper claimed two trophies Sunday and called on his colleagues to up their game.

LOS ANGELES - Chris Brown wants Madonna on his next album.

LOS ANGELES - Kanye West's reason for throwing a tantrum was removed early Sunday night as the rapper won his first American Music Awards.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – In the months following the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi and her friend Aliki Moschis-Gauguet noticed that the only depictions they saw of Muslim women showed figures behind veils, oppressed by their cultures.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California - Singer Duffy sits next to a clear blue swimming pool on a hotel rooftop patio, the sun setting behind her blond bouffant. She takes a sip of her drink, widens her blue eyes and grins.

CANDON CITY - The Ilocanos are excited over singer Sarah Geronimo's decision to hold her first major concert for free here at the Darapidap Beach on April 16.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Gwen Stefani was a good girl, just like she promised. The American pop singer wowed fans in Muslim-majority Malaysia, dressed demurely to show virtually no skin after Islamic critics claimed that her revealing clothes could corrupt the country's youth.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Gwen Stefani says she is ''not a bad girl'' and will dress modestly for her Malaysian concert, hoping to placate Islamic critics who claim she could corrupt this Muslim-majority country's youth, a news report said Tuesday.

The "maharot" band Kamikazee bagged the most number of awards in the 20th Awit Awards last night, August 8, at the NBC Tent, The Fort, Taguig.