Thanks to the 2003-2004 blockbuster successes of artists like Usher, OutKast, 50 Cent, Kanye West and Beyoncé, by 2005, it was unquestioned that hip-hop and R&B had now firmly replaced the teen pop ...

At the outset of 2005, Mariah Carey was still digging herself out of the hole she'd sunk into commercially and personally over the decade's first half - a tough run that included a flop movie and ...