Idol Streamrolls Over the Stars: “American Idol” led FOX to another ratings win Tuesday, trouncing ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” in the hour they aired opposite one another.

Signings: UK singer Adele has signed with Columbia Records. She has been hailed by the British press as the new Amy Winehouse” – I don’t think she is. Listen to the track Hometown Glory.

Smashing Pumpkins May Release Songs, Instead of Albums: “But I don’t think we will make records again,” the drummer Jimmy Chamberlin explains, pointing out that the band’s contractual commitment to Reprise Records is finished. “I look at it like the old business model is dead and the music business doesn’t know how to move forward. We want to keep things vital and keep things viable and get our music across while remaining relevant. Music has in many ways just become an advertisement for your tour.

“I think what we’ll do is start releasing songs,” Chamberlin continues. “The record or CD format places too many limitations on your piece of art. People just don’t buy records anymore.

MTV’s ‘Rock Band’ Song Purchases Double: MTV has said that more than 6 million songs have been purchased for the “Rock Band” video game—doubling the number of purchases as of just two months ago.

New Artist: Ferras is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter who is signed to Capitol Records. Ferras struck a deal with the label after an audition for the label’s chairman Jason Flom while on Spring Break from Berklee College of Music. His record was released 3/11/08 and his single from the album ‘Hollywood’s Not America‘ was featured as the “exit song” of part of Season 7 of American Idol.

Facebook About To Pass MySpace In Worldwide Traffic: Facebook was up 2.6%, from January to February, while MySpace grew 3% according to comScore. Facebook continues to close rapidly on MySpace’s visitor total: At 100.7 million uniques in January, Facebook is now just about 8% smaller than MySpace’ 109.3 million. A year ago, MySpace’s worldwide lead was nearly 4x.

How Apple Succeeded: Despite flouting all the rules of being “evil,” Steve jobs has built one of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies. Read the article ‘How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong‘.

Striking a Deal: Siri Music, the creative venture from producer/songwriter Chauncy Jackson has entered a worldwide distribution and licensing deal with Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman’s brainchild, Federal Distribution via Universal Motown Republic Group. Stefani Vara’s will be the first album released under the multi-year deal.