Quote of the Day: One Direction’s Harry Styles on Twerking

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Awards, Gossip, Performances, Pop,

"I think it's quite inappropriate. Especially for the age groups it's aimed at. I think it's, you know, promoting promiscuity."

- One Direction's Harry Styles speaks out about twerking - the much-talked about dance Miley Cyrus used in her MTV VMA performance - while promoting his band's concert film.

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Daft Punk breaks Spotify records, tops charts with Get Lucky [Listen Now!]

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Industry News, The Charts, Upcoming Releases, Dance, New Releases, Sales,

In the few days since "Get Lucky" was released by Daft Punk, the track has gone on to hit #1 in the UK and France, and is right near #1 in the US as well. Even more interesting, "Get Lucky" now holds the record for the "biggest streaming day for a single track" on Spotify in the US and UK regions.

The upcoming Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories, is set to be released on May 21st. It'll be the first from the group in 8 years, with the exception of the 2007 live album and the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Get a listen to "Get Lucky" below!

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Usher Forgets His Moves

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Performances, Hip-Hop & Rap, R&B / Soul, New Releases,

Usher forgets his own dance moves. The "OMG" hitmaker admits some of his choreography is particularly complex and he doesn't always get it right, even though he helps create his own routines.

Speaking about the routines he has created for Kinect for Xbox 360's forthcoming game Dance Central 3 - which features his tracks "OMG" and "Scream," he exclusively told BANG Showbiz, "Of course I get my moves wrong. In the process of making it, you know I had to create moves that were harder, so those moves were a little bit more complicated, and the combination of all of them together sometimes does get a little bit hard."

Despite admitting the routines are difficult, Usher thinks working on the game has been a "really great" way to work with his fans - particularly as it means they can do so without having to be "embarrassed" by doing so in public.

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50 Cent Exploring the Dance Genre

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Dance, Hip-Hop & Rap,

50 Cent, who previously claimed that hip hop is “dwindling away,” has already started to record a dance album inspired by club music he’s heard while touring Europe.

“I went to a nightclub after party. It was different music after a while. The music they were playing before they were playing the music I created was more up-tempo, more dance,” he explained. “I wanted to make a song like that, so I went into the studio. Because I’m traveling with my live band, I took the band with me and we sequenced it and recorded the actual record while we was out there.”

The “Baby By Me” rapper said he hopes the new record - working title Black Magic - will show his full diversity as an artist to people.

“I won’t allow myself to be placed in a box where I can only do one style, or do one kind of music,” he added. “They should expect the unexpected on this one. If they can understand how I enjoy different genres of music and different styles, for the people who have various tastes in music, they’ll really like it.”

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VIDEO: Dancing Inmates’ Latest Tribute to Michael Jackson

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Videos, Pop,

Those famous dancing inmates from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines got some professional help for their latest YouTube hit.

In this video, the participants perform moves taught to them by Michael Jackson‘s choreographer Travis Payne and dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid. The clip was originally intended to be included as an extra on the This Is It dvd, but it wasn’t completed in time.

This Is It is available on both DVD and Blu-ray now.

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Free MP3:  Gossip – Heavy Cross (BURNS Remix)

Posted by Drea Avellan Categories: Dance, Electronic, Remixes, Free Music Downloads,

Artist: B U R N S
Album: B U R N S
Song: Gossip- Heavy Cross (B U R N S Remix) [Download @ RCRD]
Reppin’: UK
WWW: http://myspace.com/thisisburns
What?: B U R N S combines sound hardware from the seventies and eighties with modern music software and samples, B U R N S started to produce hundreds of demos, experimenting as he began to define his signature sound.

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Lady Gaga says she’d die without fame

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Dance, Pop,

According to Lady Gaga, she would “die” if she wasn’t famous. Lady Gaga, who is well known for her eccentric fashion sense, bizarre make-up choices, and party lifestyle, can’t stand the thought of life away from the public eye, and wouldn’t be able to cope with normal life.

Lady Gaga said: “There are times when it can be a lot to deal with but always when I get up in the morning I try to find that very joyful place that reminds me that I would die if someone took it all away. If someone did that I wouldn’t be a person any more.”

After years of singing in clubs and penning tracks for stars including Britney Spears, the 23-year-old beauty - who topped the UK charts with her debut album The Fame - is grateful of her newfound success. She explained: “I have such an appreciation for where I am in my life because I’ve struggled and because I couldn’t get signed, and because I couldn’t get played on the radio.”

But the eccentric star, who went to the elite Convent of the Sacred Heart School with Paris and Nicky Hilton, relishes the opportunity to be herself. She said: “Right now the only thing that I am concerned with in my life is being an artist. I had to suppress it for so many years in high school because I was made fun of but now I’m completely insulated in my box of insanity and I can do whatever I like.”

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