The BBC's Oana Lungescu looks at how the economic crisis is hitting Romania hard.

Nineteen-year-old R&B singer Chris Brown is named Billboard magazine's artist of the year for the second time in his career.

Thousands of UK musicians deliver a video message to the prime minister urging him to back an extension to their copyright.

Sir Terry Wogan and Aled Jones are to release a version of Bing Crosby and David Bowie's Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth.

Chubby Checker's The Twist is named the most successful song to hit the US Hot 100 chart in the last 50 years.

Singer Bryan Ferry is to be named a BMI Icon at the US performing rights organisation's annual London Awards, it is announced.

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is working to overturn voter bias against older candidates, reports James Coomarasamy.

Ageing rock musicians are set to be paid for their recordings for the rest of their lives under a European Union plan.

German techno group Scooter caused a shock by knocking Madonna's album off the top of the UK chart.

Leona Lewis becomes the first British woman to top the US pop chart for more than 20 years with Bleeding Love.

The pirate radio stations of the 1960s are part of British pop folklore, but America had its equivalents broadcasting from the border with Mexico. And its most celebrated star DJ was the near-mythical Wolfman Jack.

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen plays his festive classic Santa Claus is Coming To Town at his first UK show of 2007.

A safety recall by five car manufacturers is at the centre of a government blunder in Northern Ireland.

Presenters of the Top 40 chart show on Radio 1 and commercial radio remember at their time on the countdowns.

Fans gather to see the cast of High School Musical as the hit phenomenon comes to London.

Flowers in the Rain was famously Radio One's first song. But it's become much interesting than a mere hippy anthem.

The widow of Lonnie Donegan warns families of dead music stars face financial hardship over royalty rules.

A look at the controversial career of US group the Dixie Chicks, who have dominated this year's Grammy Awards.

Fancy yourself as a pop star? Getting into the top 40 is easy with the new chart rules - isn't it?

Flamboyant singer-songwriter Mika is named the best new talent in the BBC News website's Sound of 2007 poll.