It looks like the singer has not yet given up on the African nation and is planning on trying to break their hearts one more time. After her failed attempt at opening a girls’ school, Madonna is going to try to open an orphanage in Malawi. This is what the singer had to say on the matter: ”My short term goals are to build an orphan care center that will service and reach at least 1,000 children and I’m also actively involved in funding several orphanages that already exist.” Well it certainly looks like Madonna is trying really, really hard to be a good person… but something just keeps getting in the way.
Cobra Starship recently premiered the music video for their song “You Make Me Feel” via MTV. The synth pop band’s very catchy, albeit sounding like a Calvin Harris rip off, single is the lead track from their upcoming album “Night Shades”. The track also features upcoming rapper Sabi. In any case, I like the song. The beat is hot and Sabi’s hook is blazing. As for the video, I think it’s just meh. It’s still that basic club and party concept where lead singer Gabe Saporta has fun in a photo booth while Sabi works it out on the pole.
Cobra Starship – You Make Me Feel – New Video
The top 4 singers on NBC’s The Voice weren’t the only ones who had double duty last night as the coaches hit the stage together to perform Queen and David Bowie’s hit collaboration “Under Pressure”. Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Cee-Lo Green did a medley of the rock band’s hits earlier this month so I guess they’ve stuck to a theme. If it wasn’t for Adam and Blake though, this performance could have just been cut from the show and I wouldn’t have lost anything. I am really starting to dislike Christina’s need for diva vocal runs and Cee-Lo is just all over the place.
Here are all performances from the last night the Voice show:
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Opening Number – Blake, Cee Lo, Christina & Adam
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Vicci & Cee Lo Duet – Love Is A Battlefield
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Dia & Blake Duet – I Won’t Back Down
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Beverly & Christina Duet – Beautiful
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Javier & Adam Duet – Man In The Mirror
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Javier Colon – Stitch by Stitch
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Vicci Martinez – Afraid To Sleep
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Dia Frampton – Inventing Shadows
The Voice 2011 (Finals) – Beverly McClellan – Love Sick
Justin Bieber has a lot going on for him these days, but the pop singer hopes that he’ll be getting back into the studio some time soon. When he does, Justin is hoping to work on a new duet with none other than Lil Wayne. However, the rapper is apparently not too keen on the idea. It’s not because he doesn’t love the kid, but because he’s afraid of what it’s going to do with his image. Lil Wayne explained “That’s my little homie now. He texts me every night asking me to do [his] damn song. That’s my n**ga, but I can’t do it. Like I said, I don’t want to f**k his s**t up.” To be honest, I can’t really see Lil Wayne toning it down to meet Justin’s audience, nor can I see Justin maturing to meet Lil Wayne’s audience.
The DJ has recently released a new music video for the song “I’m on One”, which features Drake, Rick Ross and Lil’ Wayne. In DJ Khaled’s new music video Drake seems to be the one that does most of the singing, but Rick Ross and Lil’ Wayne do their part also. The music video is mainly comprised of seemingly random footage and a few appearances from the artists behind the song… nothing too extraordinary. The song is a rather strange sounding Electropop/Hip-Hop piece. DJ Khaled’s new music video might manage to turn a few heads, but most likely not too many.
DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil’ Wayne – I’m on One – Music Video:
also Drake just released a new video for a song titled “Marvin’s Room”
Nicki Minaj was on hand at the 2011 BET Awards which were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles this past Sunday. The 26-year old rapper picked up the award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist during the show and had a hard time getting what she wanted to say across to the audience. Nicki started her speech by saying “Wow, I can’t believe I won,” which ended up getting some laughs from the crowd. She then said “That’s not what I mean!” But seriously, who else would have taken that trophy away from her considering the oh so stiff competition she had in the category?
2011 BET Awards Nominees & Winners
Video of the Year
* Chris Brown – Look At Me Now
Marsha Ambrosius – Far Away
B.O.B. – Airplanes
Keri Hilson – Pretty Girl Rock
Willow Smith – Whip My Hair
Kanye West – Runaway
Best Female R&B Artist
* Rihanna
Jennifer Hudson
Beyoncé
Marsha Ambrosius
Keri Hilson
Best Male R&B Artist
* Chris Brown
Cee-Lo Green
Bruno Mars
Trey Songz
Usher
Best Group
* Diddy Dirty Money
Cali Swag District
N.E.R.D.
New Boyz
Travis Porter
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
* Nicki Minaj
Diamond
Cymphonique
Lola Monroe
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
* Kanye West
B.o.B
Drake
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Best Collaboration
* Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, “Look At Me Now”
B.o.B ft. Haley Williams of Paramore, “Airplanes”
Kanye West ft. Rihanna, “All of the Lights”
Chris Brown ft. Tyga & Kevin McCall, “Deuces”
Waka Flocka Flame ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale, “No Hands”
Rihanna ft. Drake, “What’s My Name”
Best New Artist
* Wiz Khalifa
J. Cole
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Willow Smith
YoungStars Award – TIE
* Jaden Smith
* Willow Smith
Shenell Edmonds
Keke Palmer
Diggy Simmons
Best Gospel
* Mary Mary
Byron Cage
Deitrick Haddon
Karen Clark Sheard
BeBe & CeCe Winans
Centric Award
* Marsha Ambrosius
Eric Benét
Cee-Lo Green
R. Kelly
Kem
Best International Act (Africa) – TIE
* 2Face Idibia (Nigeria)
* D’ Banj (Nigeria)
D-Black (Ghana)
Fally Ipupa (DR Congo)
Angelique Kidjo (Benin)
Teargas (South Africa)
Best International Act (UK)
* Tinie Tempah
VV Brown
Chipmunk
Laura Izibor
Skepta
Tinchy Stryder
Best Actress
* Taraji P. Henson
Halle Berry
Regina King
Zoë Saldana
Kerry Washington
Best Actor
* Idris Elba
Laz Alonso
Chris Brown
Don Cheadle
Jamie Foxx
Best Movie
* For Colored Girls
Death at a Funeral
Takers
The Book of Eli
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married, Too?
Sportswoman of the Year
* Serena Williams
Tamika Catchings
Candice Dupree
Maya Moore
Venus Williams
Sportsman of the Year
* Michael Vick
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Derrick Rose
I’m not the biggest Beyonce fan but I have to say that she gave the performance of her life yesterday when the R&B singer closed down the 2011 Glastonbury Festival in England. She pretty much silenced critics who said she wasn’t suitable for the main headliner spot by delivering a high-energy, brilliant and emotional concert. Beyonce also became the first woman in over 20 years to headline the music festival and the first African-American female ever. She delivered an extensive set list that included hits from her back catalogue, a Destiny’s Child medley, some covers and new tracks from her latest album “4”. Check out some of her performances below.
Beyonce – Crazy in Love – Performance Video
Beyonce – Best Thing I Never Had/End of Time – Performance Video
Beyonce – Run the World (Girls) Performance Video
Beyonce – Halo – Performance Video
I waited four long months to finally be able to watch the music video for Eminem’s “Space Bound”. The Jim Jonsin-produced track is the fourth single from the rapper’s album “Recovery”. The clip was directed by Joseph Kahn and was filmed over a 3-day period in Los Angeles back in February. Apparently, the editing process was really complicated. But forget about the delay and let’s talk about how amazing the video is! The storyline is clever. The two Eminems, the girlfriend played by former porn star Sasha Grey, the relationship problems, the split screen and the ending. Just wow! It’s so intense that you’d lose focus on the song completely.
Eminem – Space Bound – New Video
Adam Levine recently spoke with Rolling Stone magazine about his relationship with fellow The Voice coach Christina Aguilera. When asked whether they have hooked up in the past, the Maroon 5 lead singer said “I just met her a couple of days before we started shooting! I don’t know where it comes from. We just bicker like brother and sister, and part of it is fabricated by the television gods. But she’s great. I respect the sh– out of her. She’s going through a tough time, and God bless her. This show is great for her. But if she busts my balls, I’ll bust hers.”
“Glee” actor Cory Monteith is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Parade magazine, which is out this Sunday. The 29-year old star told the magazine that by the age of 13, he was skipping school to drink and do drugs. Cory went to rehab at the age of 19 and was given an ultimatum by his family to get clean or be sent to jail. Cory said “I was done fighting myself. I finally said, ‘I’m gonna start looking at my life and figure out why I’m doing this.’ I don’t want kids to think it’s okay to drop out of school and get high, and they’ll be famous actors, too. But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it. If I can, anyone can.”
Cory Monteith – Parade Magazine Cover – Photo
Breaking news!
There is a rumor that Justin Bieber was knocked to the ground by a man in the crowd at New York City Macy’s store where Justin was to promote his new perfume
Justin Bieber was on hand to present the Top 10 list segment on Wednesday’s episode of “The Late Show with David Letterman”. The category was “Little Known Facts about Justin Bieber”. Who better to deliver the list than the pop singer himself, right? Here’s the funny list:
10. My new fragrance “Someday” also makes a delicious low-calorie salad dressing.
9. I served 8 months in prison for siphoning gas.
8. The first thing I bought when I hit it big was a four-slice toaster.
7. As hard as I’ve tried, I don’t know how to not be adorable
6. Justin Bieber’s my secret identity, I’m really Green Lantern.
5. I’m not really a big fan of Kevin James.
4. I begged my publicist to get me out of this.
3. Last week I accidentally waited in line for two hours for my own autograph.
2. My mom had to remind me [David Letterman] is not Larry King.
1. It’s a hairpiece.
Justin Bieber – Top 10 List – Video
The No Doubt singer has recently admitted that whenever she has any spare time she finds it very hard to relax and actually starts panicking. This is what Gwen Stefani said on the matter: ”There’s never any downtime but when there is, I feel like I’m panicking a bit or trying to plan the next thing. Which is weird because I always thought I was kind of lazy. In my mind, all I really want to do is eat a pizza in my bed.” Well it sure seems that no matter what comes, hell or high-water, Gwen Stefani will always have her beloved bed for relaxation.
Adele made it back to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart for the tenth consecutive week last week. Now, the British singer is having even more success on the charts with “Rolling in the Deep” finding its way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for its seventh week. I’m also happy to announce that Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night (TGIF)” has made it to the top 5 of the Hot 100. The song is also doing very well in the Digital Songs chart where it sits at number 1, replacing Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep”, which fell back to number 5. A huge shout out goes to Pitbull for holding the number 2 spot on the Hot 100 with “Give Me Everything” too. Congratulations guys!
It has been confirmed that Justin Bieber is scheduled to make an appearance at the BET Awards. How could the most popular act in the music business not make an appearance at the annual hip hop and R&B award show anyway? Note my sarcasm. The 17-year old pop, I reiterate, pop singer joins a list of other artists including Beyonce, Mary J Blige, Kelly Rowland, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Drake, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Rick Ross, Ace Hood, DJ Khaled and Jill Scott. If Chris Brown is performing, I’m willing to bet that Justin will perform alongside him with their collaboration “Next 2 You”.
Enrique Iglesias has recently premiered the music video for his song “Dirty Dancer” via VEVO. The track is the latest single from the pop singer’s album “Euphoria”. The clip for the RedOne-produced track was directed by Ethan Lader, who has previously directed videos for Mariah Carey, BoB and Bruno Mars. For a high-budget and futuristic-themed video, the concept for Enrique’s video was quite simple. It serves its purpose well enough thought and is in line with the song’s lyrics so I guess it’s not really a bad thing. Check it out so you can see for yourself exactly what I mean.
Enrique Iglesias ft. Usher and Lil’ Wayne – Dirty Dancer – Music Video:
Not because of her personality, mind you, but it looks like there were other factors that were beyond Beyonce’s control in making friends. This is what the singer said on the matter: ”Socially I did miss out. I left school at 14 and had a tutor. I was never exposed to people long enough to make friends so my family became my friends.” Well, she does indeed have her family now and given her success, Beyonce probably has a lot more friends than she can handle and even more on the way. Everybody probably wants to be friends with her now.
The singer was also among the acts that performed at the Award Ceremony. Lady GaGa chose to sing “Born this Way”. Her performance was reasonably interesting and she even brought a sort of egg-capsule on stage, not to mention the rather large outfit she chose for the performance and the wig that went with it. She did change the suit for something a little more comfortable a bit into her show. She didn’t have any problems with performing the song which is not surprising since she does seem to take her music seriously… even if she does exaggerate with it from time to time.
Lady GaGa – Born this Way – MuchMusic Video Awards Performance:
MuchMusic Video Awards Winners Full List:
Video of the Year
Blake McGrath for “Relax,” directed by Kyle Davison
Danny Fernandes f. Belly for “Automatic,” directed by RT!
Down With Webster for “Whoa Is Me,” directed by Aaron A.
Fefe Dobson for “Ghost,” directed by Alan Ferguson
WINNER: Shawn Desman for “Electric/Night Like This,” directed by RT!
Post-Production of the Year
Broken Social Scene for “Forced to Love,” directed by MAKAPOON
WINNER: Candy Coated Killahz for “Neon Black,” directed by Alon Isocianu
Danny Fernandes f. Belly for “Automatic,” directed by RT!
K’Naan for “Take a Minute,” directed by Nabil
These Kids Wear Crowns for “Jumpstart,” directed by Colin Minihan
Cinematography of the Year
WINNER: Blake McGrath for “Relax,” directed by Kyle Davison
JDiggz f. Neverending White Lights for “This Time,” directed by RT!
Kaskade vs. Dragonette for “Fire In Your New Shoes,” directed by Connie Bance Black and Martina Sobara
Stereos for “Uncontrollable,” directed by Davin Black
Neverest for “Everything,” directed by RT!
Director of the Year
Abandon All Ships for “Geeving,” directed by Davin Black
JDiggz f. Neverending White Lights for “This Time,” directed by RT!
Marianas Trench f. Jessica Lee for “Good to You,” directed by Colin Minihan
Shawn Desman for “Electric/Night Like This,” directed by RT!
WINNER: You Say Party for “Lonely’s Lunch,” directed by Sean Wainsteim
Pop Video of the Year
Alyssa Reid f. P. Reign for “,” directed by Marc Andre DeBruyne
WINNER: Down With Webster for “Whoa Is Me,” directed by Aaron A.
Fefe Dobson for “Ghost,” directed by Alan Ferguson
Marianas Trench f. Jessica Lee for “Good to You,” directed by Colin Minihan
Shawn Desman for “Electric/Night Like This,” directed by RT!
MuchLOUD Rock Video of the Year
WINNER: Abandon All Ships for “Geeving,” directed by Davin Black
Billy Talent for “Diamond on a Landmine,” directed by Michael Maxxis
Hail The Villain for “Runaway,” directed by Paul Wollenzien, Peter Nalli, and George Vale
Metric for “Stadium Love,” directed by Deco Dawson, Metric, Frank Borin, and Robby Starbucks
Simple Plan f. Rivers Cuomo for “Can’t Keep My Hands Off You,” directed by Mark Staubach
MuchVibe Hip Hop Video of the Year
Belly f. Kobe for “Back Against the Wall,” directed by RT!
WINNER: Classified for “That Ain’t Classy,” directed by Harv
K’Naan for “Take a Minute,” directed by Nabil
P. Reign for “Call My Name,” directed by RT!
Shad for “Rose Garden,” directed by HotDogGarbage
MuchFACT Indie Video of the Year
WINNER: JDiggz f. Neverending White Lights for “This Time,” directed by RT!
JRON for “Like Magic,” directed by Aaron A.
Metric for “Stadium Love,” directed by Deco Dawson, Metric, Frank Borin, and Robby Starbucks
Tokyo Police Club for “Boots of Danger (Wait Up),” directed by Mike Juneau
You Say Party for “Lonely’s Lunch,” directed by Sean Wainsteim
International Video of the Year – Artist
WINNER: Lady Gaga for “Judas,” directed by Lady Gaga and Laurieann Gibson
Bruno Mars for “Just the Way You Are,” directed by Ethan Lader
Eminem f. Rhianna for “Love the Way You Lie,” directed by Joseph Kahn
Katy Perry f. Kanye West for “E.T.,” directed by Floria Sigismondi
Kanye West f. Pusha T. for “Runaway,” directed by Kanye West
Rihanna for “Only Girl (In the World),” directed by Anthony Mandler
Britney Spears for “Till the World Ends,” directed by Ray Kay
David Guetta f. Rhianna for “What’s That Chick,” directed by Jonas Akerlund
Selena Gomez & The Scene for “A Year Without Rain,” directed by Chris Dooley
Jennifer Love f. Pitbull for “On the Floor,” directed by Taj
International Video of the Year – Group
WINNER: Far East Movement f. The Cataracs & Dev for “Like a G6,” directed by Matt Alonzo
The Black Eyed Peas for “The Time (Dirty Bit),” directed by Rich Lee
Diddy-Dirty Money for “Coming Home,” directed by Rich Lee
The Black Keys for “Tighten Up,” directed by Chris Marrs Piliero
White Lies for “Bigger Than Us,” directed by Jonas & Francois
International Video of the Year by a Canadian
Arcade Fire for “The Suburbs,” directed by Spike Jonze
Avril Lavigne for “What the Hell,” directed by Marcus Raboy
WINNER: Drake for “Find Your Love,” directed by Anthony Mandler
Justin Bieber f. Usher for “Somebody to Love (Remix),” directed by Dave Meyers
Fefe Dobson for “Stutterin,” directed by Alan Ferguson
UR FAVE Video
Down With Webster for “Whoa Is Me,” directed by Aaron A.
WINNER: Fefe Dobson for “Stutterin,” directed by Alan Ferguson
Shawn Desman for “Electric/Night Like This,” directed by RT!
Danny Fernandes f. Belly for “Automatic,” directed by RT!
These Kids Wear Crowns for “Jumpstart,” directed by Colin Minihan (Wildcard Choice, voted in by fans)
UR FAVE International Artist
Bruno Mars for “Just the Way You Are,” directed by Ethan Lader
WINNER: Lady Gaga for “Born This Way,” directed by Nick Knight and Haus of Gaga
Selena Gomez & The Scene for “A Year Without Rain,” directed by Chris Dooley
Eminem f. Rhianna for “Love the Way You Lie,” directed by Joseph Kahn
Britney Spears for “Till the World Ends,” directed by Ray Kay (Wildcard Choice, voted in by fans)
UR FAVE Artist
Arcade Fire for “The Suburbs,” directed by Spike Jonze
Avril Lavigne for “What the Hell,” directed by Marcus Raboy
Drake for “Find Your Love,” directed by Anthony Mandler
WINNER: Justin Bieber f. Usher for “Somebody to Love (Remix),” directed by Dave Meyers
Down With Webster for “Whoa Is Me,” directed by Aaron A.
Selena Gomez is a pretty nice girl with a great personality. But as far as her talents as a singer, the Disney star leaves much to be desired. Selena recently had a mini concert on Good Morning America at Central Park in New York City. She sang her little heart out for thousands of fans. The only word I could think of after her performance was disappointing. I’m not sure if this is how she really performs live since I’ve never paid much attention to her or if she’s still not feeling 100% good after being hospitalized for food poisoning and exhaustion.
Selena Gomez – Love You Like a Love Song – Performance Video
Selena Gomez – Who Says – Performance Video
Selena Gomez – Naturally – Performance Video
For the second year in a row, U2 has been named the highest paid band by Forbes. Every year, the magazine releases a list of the 25 biggest-earning musicians. Acts that have gone on tour consistently throughout the year tend to make the top spots on the list and the rock band was no exception. U2 pulled it $195 million after bringing their 360 tour to a close, with the tour itself banking over $700 million. Coming in second was Bon Jovi, who made $125 million. Elton John came in third with $100 million. Lady Gaga earned $90 million and Michael Buble earned $70 million, to round out the top 5.
Rihanna has reportedly signed a 3-year partnership with The Barbados Tourism Authority to exclusively promote the island destination as a tourist spot, starting August 5th with a performance of her “Loud” concert in Bridgetown. The R&B singer will also exclusively do promotional work through ad campaigns and appearances, specifically during the Brazilian leg of her tour. Rihanna said “Barbados is a place like no other and one of the reasons for this is the spirit and national pride of our people. I want each and every visitor to this beautiful island to experience what makes this destination different from all others and that is the spirit and warmth of my fellow Barbadians.”
The official second single to come off of Selena Gomez’s upcoming third album “When the Sun Goes Down”, which is out on June 28th, has been revealed to be “Love You Like a Love Song”. The Rock Mafia-produced track sees the 18-year old pop singer/actress return to her dance influenced ways from “A Year Without Rain”. If you loved the track “Round and Round” from that album, you’ll love “Love You Like a Love Song”. It’s catchy, sassy, well-produced and will make you bop around. Selena is bringing her A-game with this new album of hers. I’m not the biggest fan of hers but even I can admit that.
Selena Gomez – Love You Like a Love Song – New Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXH554k6A0k
Selena Gomez – Love You Like a Love Song – New Song
Selena Gomez – Whiplash – New Song
Britney Spears kicked off her much anticipated “Femme Fatale” tour last night at the Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento. As it was previously revealed, the pop singer’s set list consisted of 22 full songs, comprising of her huge back catalogue of hit music, going all the way to her first album “Baby… One More Time”. Of course, the concert was filled with new tracks from her “Femme Fatale” album as well, with the closing song being “Til the World Ends”. Britney also sang her hits “If You Seek Amy”, “Gimme More”, “I Wanna Go”, “Womanizer” and her new song “Lace and Leather”.
Bruno Mars has scored nothing but perfection with his music this past year and now, the R&B singer has made history. Bruno’s smash hit “Just the Way You Are” just reached its 20th week at the number 1 spot on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. He has beaten out Colbie Caillat and Daniel Powter, and now has the longest-reigning debut single in the list’s almost 50-year history. I think that it’s very well deserved. It’s been months since the song has been released and I still haven’t gotten sick of it. Heck, I’m listening to it right now. Congratulations to Bruno on the achievement!
The singer turned actor has recently admitted that his sex scenes with Mila Kunis in the movie “Friends with Benefits” were reasonably awkward for him. This is what Justin Timberlake said on the matter: ”I’d be lying if I said filming the sex scenes wasn’t completely awkward … The producers and I agreed we would shoot a big chunk of the movie before we got down to the sex scenes, which was a good idea. That allowed Mila and me time to get comfortable. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to go all out for this.” That is a rather strange development, since Mila Kunis at one point says that it was all as natural as natural could be for her. Maybe Justin Timberlake just had a few sex scene jitters because of other aspects.
Check out another cut from Pitbull’s upcoming sixth studio album “Planet Pit”, which is due out on June 21st. The track is called “Come N Go”, was produced by Dr Luke, Benny Blanco and Max Martin, and features pop singer Enrique Iglesias. Pitbull once again kills it in the verses while an auto-tuned Enrique jumps into the infectious hooks. The production is so hot! But it’s not like you can expect anything less considering who produced it. With a smash like this, Pitbull will certainly have the party album of 2011. I wonder if this will be another single for the rapper. I think it should be.
Pitbull – Come N Go – New Song
Now that you know who moved on and who got cut from The Voice last night, it’s now time to check out the performances from Team Adam Levine and Team Cee-Lo Green. Cee-Lo’s team saw Tori and Taylor sing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”, Vicci Martinez sing “Jolene”, Nakia sing “Sex on Fire” and Curtis Grimes sing “Addicted to Love”. They also put on a very 70s inspired performance of “Everyday People”. It wasn’t on par with last week’s performance by Team Christina Aguilera but they definitely won laughs for their attires. As for Team Adam, Casey Weston sang “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree”, Devon Barley sang “Stop and Stare”, Jeff Jenkins sang “Jesus Take the Wheel” and Javier Colon sang “Angel”. The team also performed “With a Little Help from My Friends”. It was definitely better than Cee-Lo’s team, with Javier stealing the spotlight. Who do you think is going home next week?
Team Cee-Lo Green – Everyday People – Performance Video
Team Adam Levine – With a Little Help from My Friends – Performance Video
And it all happened on the Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart. Not the most prestigious of charts, to be sure, but it is still quite an accomplishment that Bruno Mars’ single, “Just the Way You Are”, apparently has no less than 20 weeks on board for the #1 spot which means that it has broken all previous records and it is the longest reigning single on this chart for the past 50 years. Not a bad day’s work for Bruno Mars. The man has probably achieved what could be called nothing less than pop immortality with this achievement. Let’s see Lady GaGa topping off this one.
The singer has recently released a new music video for his song “Like This, Like That”. Jay Sean’s song is a basic Pop/R&B piece with nothing too amazing in it, reasonably catchy, but not as much as any other of his earlier hits. The music video isn’t too special either since it’s basically just Jay Sean interacting with his female companion in some pretty abstract environments. There is also an intervention by rapper Birdman, but that goes pretty unnoticed as well. Still, the song is not too hard on the ears so it may have some sort of lifespan. The music video however will most likely be very soon forgotten.
Jay Sean ft. Birdman – Like This, Like That – Music Video:
One has to hand it to the White Stripes musician… probably after divorcing from his long-time wife and band mate, Meg White, Jack White sure seems to have a sense of humor about divorce. Now the singer is celebrating his anniversary with a divorce party in honor of the fact that he and his soon to be ex-wife, Karen Elson, are untying the knot. This is what the couple had to say about the event: “We remain dear and trusted friends and co-parents to our wonderful children Scarlett and Henry Lee. We feel so fortunate for the time we have shared and the time we will continue to spend both separately and together watching our children grow. In honor of that time shared, we are throwing a divorce party. An evening together in Nashville to re-affirm our friendship and celebrate the past and future with close friends and family.” Now that’s a real amiable divorce… at least for now.
Beyonce is featured on the cover of the July issue of Dazed & Confused magazine. The summer music special features the 29-year old R&B singer/actress in what the magazine calls “a scorching hot trailer park fantasy”. When asked about taking her little time away from the music industry, Beyonce said “I needed some time to live. I’ve been signed to the same label since I was 12 years old and never had more than a month and a half off since I was 13. I’ve worked so hard for so many years and just felt like, ‘Well, why not?’” She definitely deserved that break but it’s also great to see and hear her new music.
Beyonce – Dazed & Confused Cover – Photo
