Judges on reality singing competitions must balance honesty with kindness during auditions. Shawn Armenta's X-Factor audition focused on his attitude towards judges, not his performance.

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Philip, whose solo songs include “Sugar” and “You Make Me Love You… More,” became distraught backstage, sobbing that he “never wanted to hurt Britney” before the show panned back to ...

"[The conservatorship] is in place to protect Britney. Yet so many things that Britney is unhappy about are valid," a source says in this week's PEOPLE cover story about the pop star Melody Chiu ...

Britney Spears is a pop singer, dancer and performer. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 hit single, "... Baby One More Time," from the debut album of the same name. She has since ...