Keith Urban sings eagerly about “waiting on the sun to go down” in “Long Hot Summer,” one of the friskier tunes on his concise new album. Another song, “Shut Out the Lights,” has him advising a ...

When we ran into songwriter extraordinaire Ne-Yo last summer, he’d just started writing songs for Michael Jackson’s comeback album. He completed the songs, but isn’t sure if he ever wants them to see ...

Ne-Yo’s first three albums were Grammy Award-nominated, platinum successes. His latest effort, “Libra Scale,” could still be up for a Grammy next year, but it’s miles away from reaching platinum ...

"I want everyone to get it and make their own decision on which songs they love," NE-YO tells PEOPLE Digital News Writer, PEOPLE NE-YO's album is on the way! The singer, 41, is releasing his eighth ...

Ne-Yo knows the champagne life all too well. His new single, “Simple Things,” eschews flashiness in favor of everyday ...

Metallica, “Death Magnetic”Metallica can’t win for losing. Many of the band’s fans still consider the gajillion-selling “Black Album” an unforgiven sellout that blazed the trail for years of Bob Seger ...

It’s well known that plenty of the biggest stars in the music world don’t write and produce their own music. In fact, most of the biggest songs and albums every year are created by a team of expert ...

Ne-Yo has been keeping up with the Carters: The singer and producer has contributed to forthcoming albums by both Beyoncé and Jay-Z, he told Billboard, revealing he’s still working on the former’s, ...

If albums had a thread count, the one on Ne-Yo’s “Libra Scale” would be more than 1,000. Plush is the watchword for this album, the fourth by Shaffer Chimere Smith, a k a Ne-Yo. Through a career as ...

Last Tuesday night, singer/songwriter phenom Ne-Yo held a live chat on ESSENCE.com to speak directly to his fans about his upcoming album "Libra Scale." (Read the transcript here.) Today, we caught up ...

“She will make you love it, even if it hurts,” Ne-Yo sings menacingly on “Cause I Said So,” a track from his forthcoming fourth album, Libra Scale (due September 21st). Only, the R&B singer-songwriter ...