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Mix Tape: Kelly Clarkson Tops Idols, Wilson Phillips Returns
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Gossip, Industry News, Reunions, The Charts, Upcoming Releases, Country, Pop,
-Billboard claims Kelly Clarkson, not Carrie Underwood, is still the most successful American Idol to date. Chris Daughtry comes in third.
-Country music artists are being impacted by the devastating floods in Nashville. Equipment from Brad Paisley’s tour has been destroyed, Kenny Chesney’s home will likely be condemned and the Grand Ole Opry House is collecting water.
-Big & Rich’s John Rich claims he wouldn’t “pass judgment on any friend” - like singer Chely Wright - if they were gay. So he just likes using the word “deviant”?
-The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” has topped Flo Rida’s “Low” to become the best-selling digital single in history. Boom Boom Pow!
-Chynna Phillips, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson will be reuniting for a new Wilson Phillips tour and Christmas album. Oh, yes - the dream is still alive.
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DJ Earworm drops the 2009 United State of Pop mashup music video
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music Videos, The Charts, Videos, Dance, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop,
DJ Earworm has once again worked his magic, releasing the 2009 United State of Pop mashup of the top 25 Billboard hits of the year. If you’ve never seen his work and are a music fan, you’ll want to take a look. Serious props need to be given to Earworm for the way he is able to take 25 different tracks and put them together into something that not only sounds cohesive, but is something you’d want to listen to multiple times. This years version is a mashup of the following tracks:
- The Black Eyed Peas - BOOM BOOM POW
- Lady Gaga - POKER FACE
- Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis - JUST DANCE
- The Black Eyed Peas - I GOTTA FEELING
- Taylor Swift - LOVE STORY
- Flo Rida - RIGHT ROUND
- Jason Mraz - I’M YOURS
- Beyonce - SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
- Kanye West - HEARTLESS
- The All-American Rejects - GIVES YOU HELL
- Taylor Swift - YOU BELONG WITH ME
- Featuring Justin Timberlake - DEAD AND GONE
- The Fray - YOU FOUND ME
- Kings Of Leon - USE SOMEBODY
- Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - KNOCK YOU DOWN
- Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain - BLAME IT
- Pitbull - I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO)
- Featuring Rihanna - LIVE YOUR LIFE
- Soulja Boy Tell ‘em Featuring Sammie - KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
- Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne - DOWN
- Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB
- Drake - BEST I EVER HAD
- Kelly Clarkson - MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
- Beyonce - HALO
- Katy Perry - HOT N COLD
If you’re interested, we’ve got the videos for the 2008 and 2007 (my personal favorite) United State of Pop mashups for you after the break.
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Mix Tape: Garth Brooks Hits Vegas, Def Leppard is Sued
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Gossip, Performances, The Charts, Country, Dance, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock,
-Apparently retirement didn’t sit with Garth Brooks very well. The country singer began a lengthy stay as the Wynn Hotel’s headliner this weekend.
-Can Jennifer Lopez stay on her feet this time? Find out when the “Louboutins” singer and Mary J. Blige perform on So You Think You Can Dance’s season finale this Wednesday.
-Def Leppard’s former manager, Trudy Green, is suing the band and their accountant for non-payment. Love hurts.
-Billboard recently charted the top One-Hit Wonders of the decade. Somebody out there is having a really “Bad Day.”
-Speaking of the decade, Newsweek chose their Best Albums of the past ten years. Anyone else surprised by the Kelly Clarkson mention?
-Although they already have two children together, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and his girlfriend, Jill McCormick, are finally getting around to that wedding thing. The longtime couple became engaged a week ago.
Paris Hilton Threatens to Sue Billboard Company
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Movies, Television, Legal Issues, Photos, Rumors,
Much like Woody Allen’s legal battle with American Apparel over the usage of an Annie Hall image, everyone’s favorite reality star heiress Paris Hilton is now finding herself in a similar battle after a New Zealand billboard firm slapped her face on one of their spaces.
On top of using her image without acquiring approval, the Media5 ad has “Vacant” written in large letters across the photo of her partying.
“Paris has a proven ability to laugh at herself. We assume that the agency has taken care of the rights to the image of Paris, but we will ask the question. We’re not trying to offend anyone,” spokesperson for Media 5, Adam McGregor, said.
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Beyonce: Billboard’s Woman of the Year
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Awards,
Attention all you female singers: you might as well give up right now. Beyonce Knowles has got the race locked up.
Although we’re only 8 months into the current year, Billboard has already declared the “Single Ladies” star their Woman of the Year. In fact, they’ll be presenting her the award in October.
The Grammy winner’s selection was based on a number of factors. In addition to releasing one of the catchiest songs ever (and a successful album overall), the singer-dancer-actress has “inspired the music business with her success, leadership and new ideas.” Knowles has also generously given to the community by offering free concert tickets to financially-strapped families and helping to provide meals through Feeding America.
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Jason Mraz Sets New Billboard Record
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, The Charts, Pop,
Having trouble getting Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” out of your head? It seems you are not the only one.
Despite debuting over a year ago (May 3, 2008) and only peaking at #6 on the Hot 100, the song still has a lot of life. Now, after 70 weeks on that Billboard chart, the Grammy-nominated tune has broken the record previously set by LeAnn Rimes. (“How Do I Live” ended it’s 69-week run in 1998.)
“I’m Yours” is also the first tune to top each of these four radio-based charts: Mainstream Top 40/Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, and Triple A.
Read More | Entertainment Weekly
50 Cent bored with hip-hop
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Collaborations, Upcoming Releases, Hip-Hop & Rap,
50 Cent‘s interest in hip-hop is “dwindling away”. Fiddy - real name Curtis Jackson - says people’s quest for money is starting to undermine the genre and he can barely recognize the reasons why he got involved anymore. He said: “I think people are so conscious of the numbers they’re not being creative anymore.” Despite his disillusionment with the genre, the rapper - who has other ventures away from music, including fashion and movies - is looking forward to releasing his Before I Self Destruct album later this year, which boasts a number of collaborations.
He added to Billboard magazine: “When Wisin and Yandel sent the actual concept, I listened to it and the melodies completely fit me. It could be a song that I could do apart from them. So we’re meeting on a ground that is completely comfortable for both of us. My duet with Justin Timberlake, for example - there is more compromise for me there. The content is similar to what you can see from 50 Cent, but the actual rap, style and cadence is different. But when I go into the song with Wisin and Yandel I didn’t even have to make those cadence changes.
“When these guys finish mixing I’ll finish making the decisions. People look at my projects as if it’s only 50, but it’s really 50 Cent up to Dr Dre and Eminem standards.”
Eminem Breaks Digital Sales Records
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Collaborations, The Charts, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Kelly Clarkson may have just had the biggest leap on Billboard’s Hot 100, but Eminem is breaking records of his own.
“Crack the Bottle,” Marshall Mather’s collaboration with 50 Cent and Dr. Dre, just scored the most digital downloads during a song’s debut week. The single was purchased 418,000 times, approximately 180,000 times more than Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You.”
Only Flo Rida’s “Low” (467,000) and Lady GaGa’s “Just Dance” (419,000) have done better than “Bottle.”
“Lose Yourself” was Eminem‘s only other song to reach the top of the Hot 100. That song spent 12 weeks at #1 after its 2002 release.
Read More | Billboard
Kelly Clarkson Breaks Hot 100 Record
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: The Charts, Videos, Pop,
Although she might be so seven seasons ago, Kelly Clarkson is giving the contestants of American Idol 8 something to look up to.
The show’s first-ever winner has just broken a Billboard record recently set by Britney Spears. Clarkson’s new single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” has just made the biggest leap ever to #1 in the Hot 100’s 50-year history. Tomorrow, the song will have officially jumped from #97 to #1 in just one week of release. (Britney’s “Womanizer” only moved from #96 to #1.)
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Mashing Up 2008’s Top 25 Hits
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music Videos, The Charts,
Looking for a way to remember 2008? Well, thanks to DJ Earworm, you can now relive this crazy year in just under 5 minutes.
The clip above incorporates visual and audio snippets from Billboard’s Top 25 songs of the year. (You can see a track listing just after the jump.)
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