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Snoop Dogg Appears on Willie Nelson Album
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Collaborations, Upcoming Releases, Country, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Snoop Dogg appears on Willie Nelson's new album, Heroes. The rapper teamed with the country singer for the track "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die," which also features Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson.
Although the pairing may seem unlikely, it is not the first time they have worked together, with Willie guesting on the track "Superman" from Snoop's last album Doggumentary. "I fell in love with his music as a kid. Willie's got long hair with braids, he likes to do the herbal essence. So it was natural for me and him to come together," Snoop said, speaking of how their collaboration came about.
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Taylor Swift Named Music’s Top Earner of 2011
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Alternative, Country, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, Rock,
Taylor Swift was the world's highest earning music star on 2011, making $35.7 million.
The "Mine" hitmaker grossed $88 million in the US - which amounted to a personal fortune of $29.8 million - from her Speak Now Tour as well as touring across Asia and Europe, selling over 1.8 million albums and a further 7.8 single track downloads, and gaining income from song writing royalties.
Irish rockers U2 follow closely behind the 22-year-old beauty on the 2012 Billboard Money Makers List, with a fortune of $32.1 million, mainly drawn from their huge 360 Degrees shows, the highest-earning tour of 2011. The "Sweetest Thing" band grossed more than $293 million from 44 concerts throughout the three-year tour, which was watched by nearly three million people, and saw them beat a record set by The Rolling Stones for highest grossing tour ever, taking $763 million in total.
Kenny Chesney, Lady Gaga and hip-hop star Lil Wayne also made up the top five.
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Taylor Swift Writing About ‘Earth-Shattering Heartbreak’
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Upcoming Releases, Country, Pop,
Taylor Swift's next album will be about her "earth-shattering heartbreak."
The "Love Story" singer has been taking solace in her songwriting after another unlucky episode in love, although, as with her previous confessional songs, she won't name who exactly who they are aimed at. Taylor - who has dated Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner, and John Mayer and broke up with actor Jake Gyllenhaal in January last year - told Vogue, "There's just been this earth-shattering, not recent, but absolute crash-and-burn heartbreak, and that will turn out to be what the next album is about. The only way that I can feel better about myself - pull myself out of that awful pain of losing someone - is writing songs about it to get some sort of clarity."
Taylor, 22, has recently said she's keen to pursue a different musical direction to the country-pop of her first three records on her next album: "I think my goal for the next couple of years would be to make departures in little ways and do things a little differently. And to try to maintain a balance between always providing your fans with what they've always liked from you and continuing to write all my own songs. I'd love to make collaborations in different directions that aren't exactly expected."
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What do you get when you mix up horror films, country music, and mermaid sex? Lady Gaga's latest music video for "You & I," apparently.
Fans of the pop singer and her stylist, Nicola Formichetti, will be pleased to see that her male alter ego Jo Calderone makes an appearance in the video and... let's just say it would appear as if Lady Gaga is very much in love with herself...
What do you think of Gaga's new video?
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Girls Rule at Country Music Awards
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Artist News, Awards, Performances, Country,
Taylor Swift, 21, earned the Entertainer of the Year title at the Academy of Country Music Awards, an awards show that became a girls’ night when Miranda Lambert took home four awards of her own. Swift gave Lambert a hug before she made her way to the stage to accept the night’s big award.
“I’m just losing my mind,” she said of the win. “The fact that this is from the fans makes it so special.”
Lambert lost the Entertainer of the Year title, but she was the biggest winner of the night. She won an award for best song, single record and video of the year for “The House That Built Me.” She was also named as top female vocalist for the second year in a row.
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Video: Gwyneth Paltrow Performs Coming Home at Oscars
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Awards, Performances, Videos, Country, Soundtracks,
Gwyneth Paltrow delivered a beautiful, heartfelt performance of “Coming Home” at this year's Oscars, the original song from her film Country Strong. The tune was one of the nominees in the Best Original Song category, and Paltrow’s beautiful performance made a strong case for why the ditty deserved to win the statue.
It didn’t, however. Randy Newman won his second Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards for his original song “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3, which he also performed live on the big stage.
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DJ Earworm Mashes Up 2010’s Biggest Hits
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Collaborations, Music Videos, Videos, Country, Dance, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, R&B / Soul,
You can look back at 2010 and think about the Gulf Oil Spill, the Tea Party movement or the Chilean Mine incident.
Or, you can fondly remember the year for a whole new round of infectious music.
Can’t recall the tracks you were introduced to over the past 12 months? Then check out the latest creation from DJ Earworm above.
Billboard’s Top 25 Hits of 2010 – which are all incorporated in the mashup -- are listed in full after the jump.
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Is Justin Bieber a Little Bit Country?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Collaborations, Upcoming Releases, Country, Pop,
Will there be a day when Justin Bieber records a country album? Never say never.
During an interview with a radio station, Rascal Flatts' Gary LeVox announced that they had been approached by the pop singer.
"[Justin] asked us to do a duet with him on his next record," Gary revealed. "it's actually a really good song!"
The 16-year-old also confirmed his collaboration with the trio through his Twitter account. "I love @RascalFlatts and Im honored that they are making music with me," he wrote.
It's not known when that joint single will be released.
(FYI - You can also follow Albumista on Twitter.)
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VIDEO: Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester Leaves NYC for Country (Music)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Videos, Country,
What would Gossip Girl have to say about this?
Although we've already seen actress Leighton Meester take on the music scene, this former good girl gone bad is stepping far away from Cobra Starship to sing about being a "Summer Girl."
In the upcoming film Country Strong, Meester plays Chiles Stanton -- a beauty queen and aspiring singer who lists Kelly Canter (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Jesus Christ as her idols.
After hearing her song, let us know what you think. Do you believe Meester could have a future in country music?
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Willie Nelson Facing Possible Two-Year Sentence for Pot
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Gossip, Country,
UPDATE: Nelson's charge has been dropped to a misdemeanor.
If Willie Nelson’s luck runs out, it could be a while before he’s back on the road again.
The country legend, who has had several run-ins with the law, was arrested last Friday for another drug-related offense. This time, Nelson was detained in Sierra Blanca, Texas for possessing six ounces of marijuana.
The substance was discovered at a security checkpoint after U.S. Border Patrol agents smelled the substance coming from the singer’s tour bus.
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