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At a concert last week that was a preview of her new album,The Element of Freedom,due for release December 15,Keys sang I know...

Alica Keys

At a concert last week that was a preview of her new album,The Element of Freedom,due for release December 15,Keys sang I know Im losing control in Love Is Blind. But she was in control all through. The concert was a benefit for Keyss AIDS charity,Keep a Child Alive. The concert was streamed live on YouTube,and clips of individual songs are now at youtube.com/aliciakeyssme.

Susan Boyle

Susan Boyles album,I Dreamed a Dream,sold 701,000 copies in the United States,according to Nielsen SoundScan,the biggest opening-week sales for any album this year,eclipsing superstars like Eminem and U2,and the best for a debut artist since Snoop Doggs Doggystyle in 1993. Only 6 percent of the sales for I Dreamed a Dream were digital downloads,far below the industrys overall ratio of physical to digital sales.

Alexandra White

In the end,Alexandra White won much more than she lost. She lost 91 pounds on the reality show The Biggest Loser: Second Chances,but gained a marriage proposal. In last weeks finale,Antoine Dove,Whites fellow contestant on the hit weight-loss series,proposed to her on live TV. In an interview to Entertainment Tonight,she said,I have another 50 pounds to go,so I want to hit that by the time my wedding comes. Weight loss is not easy.