Pussycat Doll Hits Back at Nicole Scherzinger

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Nicole Scherzinger refused to share the spotlight with the rest of the Pussycat Dolls, according to her ex-bandmate.

Former Pussycat Doll Kaya Jones has hit back at the "Don't Hold Your Breath" singer for claiming in her upcoming VH1 Behind the Music special that she did 95% of the singing herself and the rest of the group did not record any vocals for their albums. Kaya did not deny Nicole's claims, but insisted the other members of the band were heavily involved.

"There was a lot more going on behind the scenes. Nicole was always someone who wanted to be in the spotlight and would do pretty much anything to get it. To call the other girls in the Pussycat Dolls 'window dressings' is a bit far-fetched ... every girl in the group was talented," she told TMZ.

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Nicole Scherzinger: I Did All the Pussycat Dolls Singing

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Nicole Scherzinger did all the singing in Pussycat Dolls.

The star - who fronted an earlier line up of the girl band, and now has a solo career - insisted she did "probably 95 per cent" of the vocals on the six-member group's debut album, PCD.

Speaking on a Behind The Music special for TV channel VH1, Nicole said, "I hope I don't get in trouble for the stuff that I say but I'll never forget I finished the album, PCD, and [executive producer] Ron [Fair] and I brought the girls into the studio and we played it for them. It was the first time they'd ever heard the music. Do you understand what I'm saying? We played the album for the Pussycat Dolls. It was the first time they'd ever heard the songs."

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John Lennon’s Death to Be Commemorated on Television

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Rock,

The life of John Lennon will be remembered on Wednesday, December 8 -- the 30th anniversary of his death.

Throughout the day, BBC America will air several specials related to the late artist and his former band. In addition to repeated showings of the film Backbeat, starring Stephen Dorff, the network will broadcast three documentaries: The Beatles: From Liverpool to San Francisco, Imagine: John Lennon and The Beatles Biggest Secrets.

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Mix Tape: Behind the Music Special for DMX, Biopic for N.W.A.

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Industry News, Performances, Alternative, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop,

-Glastonbury may be down a U2 performance, but its picked up some Gorillaz. The music festival has recruited the group to help fill the hole left behind due to Bono’s emergency surgery.

-YouTube star Greyson Chance didn’t sign with Interscope Records after all. He’ll now be working with eleveneleven, a record label American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres created just to sign him.

-Behind the Music will return to VH1 next month. A DMX special will kick it off on June 7. A Christina Aguilera hour will follow on June 13.

-World Trade Center‘s Andrea Berloff is in the middle of penning Straight Outta Compton, a biopic about rap group N.W.A. Ice Cube is one of the project’s producers.

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