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Kelly Clarkson Joins JillandKate on Miley Cyrus’ The Climb
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Videos, Covers, Pop,
One day after hitting the VH1 Divas stage, Kelly Clarkson joined in on a cover of another diva’s song.
Although they were forced to read the lyrics off their cell phones, this acoustic version of Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb” with backup singers Jill Pickering and Kate Rapier (otherwise known as singing duo JillandKate) is absolutely beautiful.
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Jay-Z Defends Kanye West’s VMAs Outburst
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gossip, Videos, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Jay-Z has defended Kanye West’s behavior at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The “Love Lockdown” star has come under fire for storming the stage when Taylor Swift was accepting her Best Female Video prize, but his mentor insists the incident has been blown out of proportion.
“Kanye is like my little brother he’s just a super-passionate person. Of course it was rude because it was her moment, but that’s what he believed. I think it’s been blown out of proportion, he didn’t kill anybody, no one got harmed,” he said. “I think he’s passionate and he needs to watch that. At the end of the day, we’ll celebrate him for his passion rather than vilify him, because the thing which causes him to make great records is what also makes him step out of line. He was inappropriate, it wasn’t fair to Taylor at all. Move on. But I don’t think he should lay low.”
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Nelly Furtado rewrote her album to please her daughter.
The Canadian-born singer recorded her new album Mi Plan at home and paid careful attention to the advice she was given by five-year-old Nevis - her child with husband Demacio Castellon - when comprising the final track listing.
“I had English writer’s block so I decided to make an album in Spanish. I played it to my daughter and she said to me, ‘Mummy there are too many slow songs. You need more fast songs,’” Furtado said. “So mummy went back to the studio and put a couple more fast songs on the album. She’s like a little A and R person and is pretty musical for her age.”
While the Spanish album took the “Maneater” star in a new direction, she is already thinking ahead to her next direction and wants to collaborate with ‘Bulletproof’ hitmaker La Roux.
“I love La Roux and I’m there for a collaboration. It would be fun,” she told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper. “It’s fantastic how popular dance music is right now and I’d love to do something more dancey in the future. It would be something natural for me to do because I started out in trip hop and dance has always been a part of my music.”
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VIDEO: Pink Talks About Demanding Funhouse Tour
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Videos, Pop,
Pink‘s “most physically and vocally demanding” show of her life kicked off in the United States this week in dramatic fashion.
Although the crowd in Seattle gave her a warm reception, there was one element missing from the singer’s Funhouse tour: her “Sober” trapeze act. (A stand-in took over the high-flying duties during that segment.)
Pink revealed early in the program that she had somehow separated her shoulder. (She also said that her purse and phone were recently stolen.) Despite the pain, the 30-year-old refused to cancel the concert and carried on like a professional.
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Pharrell Williams Inspiring Kids with Anger
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Collaborations, Gossip, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z made an “angry” record so young people would relate to it.
The duo collaborated on “So Ambitious” and the 36-year-old Neptunes star said they deliberately give the track - which is about adults who attempt to curb younger people’s dreams - a “spiteful” edge so that it would have more appeal.
“We wanted to make a record that speaks to kids. There’s a couple of lewd words there, but I wanted to make sure that kids heard this record and felt inspired,” Williams said. “That’s why there’s a little bit of anger to it. There’s anger in his verses, there’s anger in my chorus. That’s why I say spiteful things at the top of the record. There’s anger there, because there’s heat. Because you’re young and people are telling you what you can and can’t do. Unacceptable.”
Pharrell and 39-year-old Jay-Z - real name Shawn Carter - have previously collaborated on several occasions, but “So Ambitious” was the first time they had not worked in the same place.
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Jay-Z fears he is growing too old for hip-hop.
The “99 Problems” hitmaker admits he is aware that most artists in the genre are under 30, and as he approaches 40, staying relevant is harder - unless audiences change. He said:
“Hip-hop saved my life. When someone does something for you, it’s only right you repay that tenfold, and that was what hip-hop did for me. How could I not protect that or leave it in a good place for the next generation? The reason you turn off the hip hop as you mature is because there’s not enough of what you’re going through in your life currently. There’s not a lot of people who have come of age in rap because it’s only 30. As more people come of age, hopefully the topics get broader and then the audience will stay around longer. But it’s so much viewed as a young person’s sport right now at this present moment that it’s very difficult. You want to get on the radio, and you’ve got to make a jingle that’s catchy, that sounds like everything else that’s on the radio. Not me, the other guy.”
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Madonna Collaborating with Janet Jackson on Tribute
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Madonna and Janet Jackson are working on a tribute to Michael Jackson
The two bonded over dinner after Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. At that event, Janet performed “Scream,” a track originally recorded with her sibling, and Madonna made a tearful speech about her regret at “abandoning” the pop icon before his death.
“It was a meeting of two great musical minds. Madonna was so impressed with Janet’s tribute to Michael that they started talking about how great it would be to honor him by doing something together,” a source said. “With that one performance Janet proved she’s back on top of her game. And who better to join forces with than Madonna? There was definitely something very interesting being planned between them.”
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Chris Martin Punishes Himself with Vodka
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gossip, Alternative, Rock,
Chris Martin forces himself to drink vodka to remind himself “not to be an idiot.”
The Coldplay frontman abides by the bizarre ritual which stems from an incident in the group’s early days when his bandmates punished him for sacking their drummer Will Champion by making him get drunk.
“It started when I had to ask forgiveness for sacking our drummer Will about 10 years ago,” Chris explained. “Three days later the rest of us were feeling really miserable and we asked Will to meet me and out bassist Guy Berryman in Monkey Chews, a bar in Camden, London, where we asked him to come back. They made me have lots of vodka and cranberry juice in remembrance of what a nasty piece of work I was being. Now if I find myself making a big mistake, I have to force myself to drink that stuff to remind me not to be such an idiot!”
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Lily Allen Opposes Illegal Downloading
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Lily Allen has blasted Radiohead for their attitude to illegal downloading.
The “Smile” singer attacked the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) - whose members include the group’s guitarist Ed O’Brien - for not considering new artists when airing their views on file sharing. She wrote on her MySpace blog:
“I think music piracy is having a dangerous effect on British music, but some really rich and successful artists like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Ed O’Brien from Radiohead don’t seem to think so. The Featured Artists Coalition also says file sharing’s fine because it ‘means a new generation of fans for us.’ This is great if you’re a big artist at the back end of your career with loads of albums to flog to a new audience, but emerging artists don’t have this luxury. Basically the FAC is saying ‘we’re alright, we’ve made it, so file sharing’s fine,’ which is just so unfair to new acts trying to make it in the industry…I’m going to be writing to British artists, saying just this: File sharing’s not okay for British music. We need to find new ways to help consumers access and buy music legally, but saying file sharing’s fine is not helping anyone - and definitely not helping British music.”
Lily’s comments came after members of the FAC - including Travis singer Fran Healy and Blur drummer Dave Rowntree - called for the government to abandon proposals to cut off the internet connections of people who illegally download music.
Rihanna to Blast Chris Brown on CD
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gossip, Upcoming Releases, Pop,
Rihanna is set to speak about her volatile relationship with Chris Brown for the first time in a track on her upcoming CD.
Ne-Yo, who is working with the 21-year-old singer on the record, said: “Expect an edgier, almost angrier Rihanna on this one. Rihanna says some things on this album that you’ve never heard her say before.”
It is thought Rihanna could be planning to sing about the assault, or about the violence which marred the relationship. Court papers have revealed the pair were involved in at least two other “domestic violence” incidents before the February altercation, during which Brown punched, kicked and choked the pop beauty in his car.
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