Nina Simone

The Weeknd and music documentaries 'Amy' and 'What Happened, Miss Simone?' garnered nominations for the 88th annual Academy Awards.

If you were amazed at Lauryn Hill’s tender rendition of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good,” then you might enjoy her second cover of the late soul icon’s song, “I’ve Got Life.”

Just think, without Ella Fitzgerald, the first African American woman to win a Grammy Award, it may not have been possible for Beyonce to win 20 of those prestigious awards. In honor of Black History Month, peep our gallery for a look at in 10 Music Milestones From Great Black Artists.

Zoe Saldana is playing Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic on the late singer, but she's not letting criticism of her being cast in the role get her down. "I guess what kept me from being hurt by the negative comments was that I'm doing it for my sisters and my brothers," she said in an interview with Hip Hollywood...

Macy Gray has two new projects in the works. She recently revealed her new EP of original material called Boys and she's also reworking Stevie Wonder's 1972 LP Talking Book. The singer is preparing to release the latter effort before the year's end...

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Mary J. Blige has no plans to ever leave the music business, but she tells The BoomBox there's another profession she wouldn't mind trying on as a full-time vocation. "It would probably be acting at this point, because if I wasn't doing this, I would love, love, love to have been an actress," she says...

Kanye West is ringing in 2010 on a positive note, given his unfavorable 2009. The Chicago native is already working on the follow-up to his 2008 album '808s & Heartbreak.' "I'm so happy to be back in the studio making new music," West wrote on his blog today (Jan. 4,...