Alicia Keys recently shot the video for "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart," her second single off The Element Of Freedom (December 15th), allowed Billboard behind-the-scenes, & discussed the highly conceptual clip with them. The video sounds terribly interesting, so hopefully it'll turn out well & increase my enthusiasm for the song.
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Alicia Keys "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" Behind-The-Scenes
Rihanna On 20/20: The Full Interview
Part 1Part 2Rihanna's complete interview with Diane Sawyer aired this evening on 20/20. While describing the assault she received from Chris Brown, Rihanna discussed her thoughts both during & afterwards as well as what she has learned from the situation, what she hopes Chris has learned, & how she is making the best of her situation. I applaud Rihanna for speaking out about her experience, mak...
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Dondria "Dondria Duets" Mixtape
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So So Def recording artist Dondria has finally dropped something in the form of her new mixtape "Dondria Duets." On it, she jumps on most of today's hottest male R&B songs, as you can see in the tracklisting below. Visit JD's website HERE to get a download link for the mixtape.1. I Invented Sex (w/ Trey Songz & Drake)2. Sweat It Out (w/ The-Dream)3. Break Up (w/ Mario, Gucci Mane, & Sean Garre...
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New Alicia Keys Promo Pics
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Alicia Keys is gettin' her ANTM on with this pair of new promotional photos for her fourth album The Element Of Freedom (December 15th). They seem to fit, ya know? iLike.
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Kris Allen "Like Like We're Dying" Video Premiere
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"Live Like We're Dying" is the first single lifted from Kris Allen's upcoming self-titled debut album (November 17th). I actually quite like the video. The lighting & style of it is cool. It even had me jamming out to the song a bit more than usual, as most videos do. I'm so on the fence though about his album because all the snippets sound very pop/rock-ish, which is not particularly my sound ...
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Kelly Clarkson, Others Added To AMA Lineup
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Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna, & Mary J. Blige have all been added to an already impressive lineup of performers for the 2009 American Music Awards. This year's AMAs look set to rival last year's performance-filled show, which is always a good thing! The 2009 AMAs air live on Sunday, November 22nd, @ 8/7c on ABC.[Source, Source]
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Rihanna To Premiere "Rated R" Online With London Performance
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On November 16th, Rihanna will perform tracks from her new album Rated R (November 23rd) in London & the show will stream online for all the world to see! As far as I can tell, you can view the performance if you sign up HERE. This is a very cool opportunity, so props to Nokia for making it happen!
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Beyonce Performs "Halo" On I Am... Yours
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Album:I Am...Yours. An Intimate Performance at the Wynn Encore
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Beyonce's performance of "Halo" from her forthcoming "I Am... Yours" CD/DVD (November 23rd) & likely to be seen on her Thanksgiving special three days later as well has emerged. Queen Bee never ceases to amaze me when she performs this song (especially). Perfection! Honey, child, you cannot deny it!!
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Alicia Keys & Jay-Z Record "Empire State Of Mind Part 2"
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Following the huge success of their collaboration "Empire State Of Mind," Alicia Keys & Jay-Z have teamed up again to record a sequel to the track for Alicia's upcoming album The Element Of Freedom (December 15th). I already love the original, so a more Alicia-centric version of the song sounds like a SUPER idea! My anticipation for Freedom in this packed fourth quarter is about middle-of-the-p...
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Rihanna's Interview On GMA (Cont.)
More of Rihanna's interview with Diane Sawyer was shown on Good Morning America earlier today. It sounds like Rihanna really isn't holding back, as it should be, so the full interview tonight on 20/20 will be an absolute must-see. Rihanna is set to release her fourth album Rated R on November 23rd.
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Alicia Keys & Alejandro Sanz Perform "Looking For Paradise" On 2009 Latin Grammy Awards
Alicia Keys joined Alejandro Sanz on stage at the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards to perform their #1 latin pop hit "Looking For Paradise" off his upcoming album Paraiso Express (November 10th). They did a nice job & Alicia sounded great. Something distracted me though: Listen for about five seconds starting at about the 1:41 mark. I dunno what he's saying, but that ish sounds like *NSYNC's "Bye Bye B...
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New Katharine McPhee Promo Pic
What seems to me like a "The Princess & The Frog"-inspired new promotional photo of Katharine McPhee has surfaced. Kat's third single "Lifetime" lifted from her forthcoming sophomore album Unbroken (January 5th) will be released to iTunes on November 10th.[Source]
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OneRepublic "Waking Up" Tracklisting + Preview
OneRepublic is gearing up for the release of their sophomore album Waking Up on November 17th. Ryan Tedder's band has already dropped a few new songs on iTunes, but you can check out the entire tracklisting of Waking Up right here:1. Made For You2. All The Right Moves3. Secrets4. Everybody Loves Me5. Missing Persons 1 & 26. Good Life7. All This Time8. Fear9. Waking Up10. Marchin' On11. LullabyI...
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The Caffeine Patch: How To Train Your Dragon Trailer & Poster
Dreamworks Animation is prepping for the unprecedented release of three CG films next year, the first of which is March 26th's "How To Train Your Dragon." Although the above trailer is giving me the animated, comedic version of "Eragon" vibes, we've come to expect a level of quality from the creators of "Madagascar," so I'm sure "Dragon" will be good. The teaser poster for the movie is below:[S...
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Amerie On 106 & Park
"Why R U"InterviewAmerie continued along the promo trail with a performance of her first single off In Love & War & an interview on 106 & Park. She was workin' that stage!
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Rihanna's Interview On GMA
Our first look at Rihanna's Diane Sawyer interview was shown this morning on Good Morning America. First of all, I've NEVER seen Rihanna speak so candidly before, so that in itself was interesting. Secondly, I have a HUGE newfound respect for her after hearing what went through her mind in the weeks following the attack. She has incredible maturity to 1) decide to look at her situation realisti...
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The 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards Recap
Beyonce "Sweet Dreams"Leona Lewis "Happy"It was Beyonce's night at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards, where she performed & was the big winner with three awards. The strangely abrupt ending aside, that was what Beyonce's VMA performance should've been this year! As for her wins, she walked away with the trophies for Best Female, Best Song ("Halo"), & Best Video ("Single Ladies"). A full list ...
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Fergie "Cosmopolitan" Magazine Cover
Fergie is Cosmopolitan's cover girl for their December issue. I've been enjoying the dark hair on her & she's really perfecting it. She will co-star in "Nine" when it hits theaters nationwide on Christmas Day.[Source]
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Gucci Mane ft. Usher "Spotlight" Video Premiere
"Spotlight," featuring Usher, is the first single lifted from Gucci Mane's forthcoming album The State Vs. Radric Davis (December 8th). Is Usher really helping out his new album's competition (seeing as how Raymond Vs. Raymond is set to be released on 12/8 as well)? I'm guessing not... unless they put out a video for the ghastly "Papers" ASAP or do some sorta Rihanna-like promo in the coming we...
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Billboard Update
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^#1 Album #1 Single^Michael Jackson scores his sixth #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart this week by selling 373,000 copies of his "This Is It" soundtrack, which also gives him his best sales week in fourteen years. Also debuting at #20 is Brian McKnight's Evolution Of A Man. On the Hot 100 singles chart this week, Imogen Heap, err, Jason DeRulo gets his first #1 with "Whatcha Say." In additi...
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