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Is Janet Jackson Done Recording Albums?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Pop,
Janet Jackson may stop recording LPs altogether and focus solely on producing singles.
Her ex-boyfriend, producer Jermaine Dupri, said: “I can tell you that she’s not working on an album. We just did the one song ‘Nothing’ for the Why Did I Get Married Too? soundtrack… Last time I heard she really didn’t want to do an album. She wanted to just do singles every once in a while. She’s looked at the marketplace -albums are not really doing what they usually do when you put all this budget out there. Janet is just trying to figure out her landscape.”
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Jack White Goes Gaga
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Alternative, Rock,
Embrace yourself for the following, strange revelation: Jack White likes to pretend he’s Lady Gaga.
The singer, guitarist and drummer - who is most famous for his band The White Stripes - tried to think like the flamboyant “Telephone” singer when writing a track for his new album with The Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards.
“I was thinking of the type of song a contemporary musician would write, so I started thinking about Lady Gaga. I started thinking of how she would write the music to this song and got quite into being Lady Gaga in an odd way.”
Despite Jack’s foray into Lady Gaga musical territory, the rocker insists the group’s second album builds on the sound established on their debut, Horehound, which was released last year and was recorded quickly in order to capture the band’s energy. Jack - who is joined in the group by Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence - added, “Musically it’s a more powerful, more intense, deeper, bluesier, and heavier at all points. It’s such a fast progression from first to second album, and a totally different sound.”
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.
LISTEN: Britney Spears Performs Gaga’s “Telephone”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Pop,
Lady Gaga may have found success with her song “Telephone,” but it was nearly someone else’s (likely) hit.
Although Britney Spears was given the opportunity to record the Gaga-penned tune, the pop princess ultimately turned it down.
Listen to this demo track and hear what could have possibly been had Spears made the song her own.
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Quote of the Day: Glee’s Morrison on the Justin Bieber Hysteria
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Gossip, Pop,
“I don’t get this [Justin] Bieber thing… I really don’t get it. I hear he was in Australia and they kicked him out because he started a riot... I haven’t even heard his music. I couldn’t tell you one name of his songs—and I’m not lying about that!”
-Glee‘s Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester) reacting to suggestions that 16-year-old Justin Bieber should be on the show.
(Make sure to check out our other notable quotes.)
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Christina Aguilera Performing on American Idol Finale
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Performances, Upcoming Releases, Pop,
Christina Aguilera will appear on the finale of American Idol as she launches her comeback.
The singer is currently promoting her new album Bionic and will perform the first single from it, “Not Myself Tonight,” on May 26.
She is also scheduled to appear on a host of other TV shows including The Today Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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VIDEO: Whitney Houston Gives Another Shaky Performance
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Gossip, Performances, Videos, R&B / Soul,
(NOTE: Don’t try watching the video, just close your eyes and listen.)
Fans walked out of Whitney Houston‘s concert at London’s O2 arena last night because of her poor performance.
The singer’s Nothing But Love tour has been beset with problems since she came to Europe, and last night she admitted her voice wasn’t in the best condition as she failed to hit high notes and abandoned her song “The Greatest Love of All” halfway through.
After a shaky rendition of her most famous song “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney said of her voice: “She don’t want to come, my soprano friend. Sometimes the old girl sings, but not tonight. I want to do it, but she doesn’t want to. She’s getting a little - temperamental, even.”
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Preview Glee’s Volume 3 Collection
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Gossip, Upcoming Releases, Pop, Soundtracks,
The entire list of tracks from “Glee, The Music: Volume 3 Showstoppers” has been revealed, and we’ve got the list.
Which cast member will sing Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face?” Which one of Rachel’s love interests is going to croon “Total Eclipse of the Heart?” And which Frank Sinatra tune actually made the cut? We’ve got the answers, so keep reading to find out what we know…
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VIDEO: Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder Perform on Conan Tour
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Performances, Videos,
What are you missing if you don’t have a ticket to Conan O’Brien’s road tour? Well, in addition to appearances from Andy Richter, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and Coco himself, possibly some great musical numbers.
On Sunday (Conan O’Brien’s birthday), surprise guest Dave Matthews - with help from some audience members in Seattle - sang “Happy Birthday” to the late-night host before leading into a performance of “Bartender.”
The next day, Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam both visited the show and rocked the house with a cover of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.” (You can see that performance after the jump.)
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M.I.A. Taking a Total Departure
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Dance, Electronic,
M.I.A.‘s new album will be “a total departure” from her established sound.
Producer Diplo, who collaborated with M.I.A. (real name Maya Arulpragasam) on her breakthrough single “Paper Planes,” promises he has drawn from a well of diverse musical influences to create tracks for the Sri Lankan born singer’s third album. “On the new record I’ve just done for her - which might be the single - I sampled a bunch of gospel-y, old-school, Alabama, weird, Sacred Harp singers,” he said.
“It’s turning into an Animal Collective kind of record, which represents a total departure from what you would expect from her, but that’s where her head was at. She just had a baby so she was on this elated mood. With her it’s always sort of random, whatever you think was not going to be productive - that recording ended up being a really s****y demo and then it turned into a big song.”
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