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It is officially announced that pop/opera vocalist Sarah Brightman has paid $52m to secure the honour of becoming the first professional musician to sing from space. Assuming all goes to plan, she would achieve her goal during a 2015 flight to the International Space Station, organised by a company called Space Adventures.
Eminem is named as the first artist to have earned two Digital Diamond Awards from the R.I.A.A. in Washington DC, USA. A Digital Diamond Award is in recognition of 10m sales of a single. The two singles in question are Not Afraid and Love The Way You Lie.
On his All The Hits All Night Long tour, Lionel Richie and CeeLo Green play at USANA Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Blues-rock supergroup The Royal Southern Brotherhood release a new album, heartsoulblood, on Ruf Records in the UK.
Annise D. Parker, Mayor of Houston, Texas, USA, declares this to be Drake Day in honour of locally-based rapper Drake.
Chrissie Hynde releases her first solo LP, Stockholm, on Caroline International Records in the UK.