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Beyonce Shares Her Top 10 Songs Of 2011

Becky Bain
December 29th, 2011 // Leave a Comment

Though Beyonce may or may not be currently holed up in a New York hospital awaiting the arrival of Boof Boof Knowles-Carter (or whatever she actually decides to name her baby), the singer is tiding us over by revealing her Top 10 favorite songs of 2011 on her website. Bey’s tastes lean towards hip-hop on this list, but even she can’t deny the emotional powerhouse that is Adele’s “Someone Like You”. Hop below to see what made Beyonce groove this past year, and maybe Jay-Z is playing some of these tunes in the delivery room right now?

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PopJustice’s Best Songs And Albums Of 2011

Becky Bain
December 22nd, 2011 // 3 Comments

Our pop peers over at UK music site PopJustice unveiled their picks for the Top 33 Albums and the Top 45 Singles of 2011, and their lists offer both the familiar and the fresh — Lady Gaga’s Born This Way topped their album picks, while Martin Solveig’s collaboration with Dragonette on “Hello” was their favorite tune from 2011. Their taste is heavy on dance tracks and larger than life melodies, so if your heart beats pure pop, you’ll be pleased with these picks, especially if you crave some tunes yet undiscovered here in The States. Top 10 for both lists below.  More »

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Britney Spears’ “How I Roll” Named #1 Song Of The Year By ‘Rolling Stone’

Becky Bain
December 21st, 2011 // 4 Comments

Rolling Stone‘s Rob Sheffield, who writes for the publication’s Pop Life blog, gave his picks for the Top 25 Songs of 2011, and there are some real head-scratchers in this bunch: Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” didn’t even make the Top 10, while Rebecca Black’s “Friday” came in at #9?! And as much as we love Britney Spears’ album cut “How I Roll” — which was honored as the top pick of the year — her official single “Till The World Ends” was still one of the 2011′s best jams. (Personally, when it comes to non-singles from Femme Fatale, our fave was bonus track “He About To Lose Me”.) Check out the full list below. More »

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Jennifer Lopez, Rebecca Black Had Most Watched YouTube Videos In 2011

Robbie Daw
December 21st, 2011 // 4 Comments

When it came to living vicariously through music videos this year, it seems you all either wanted to go hard on the floor or thank God it’s Friday, Friday, Friday. YouTube has published a few year-end lists, including its Most Viewed YouTube Videos Globally (Excluding Videos From Major Music Labels) and Most Watched Videos From Major Music Labels Globally. And topping those roundups were Rebecca Black’s way-viral “Friday” (with 13,102,627 views) and Jennifer Lopez’s “On The Floor” (a whopping 454,305,629 views), respectively. See the full lists below.
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Lady Gaga Most Overrated, Madonna Most Anticipated: ‘Billboard’ Readers Poll

Robbie Daw
December 16th, 2011 // 56 Comments

Out with the new and in with the, er, mature? Billboard turned the usual year-end list mania over to its readers via polls that asked them to have their say in such categories as Best Awards Show Performance (the winners: Rihanna and Britney Spears at the Billboard Music Awards), Best Festival Performance (Coldplay at Glastonbury), Hottest Couple (Jay-Z and Beyonce) and Biggest Controversy (Amy Winehouse’s death). But the real eyebrow-raiser is the Most Overrated label being slapped on Lady Gaga.
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Lady Gaga Is Top Female Music Earner, Says ‘Forbes’

Robbie Daw
December 15th, 2011 // 5 Comments

Lady Gaga knows all about being a fame monster, but turns out she’s quite the cash cow, to boot. Forbes, the publication with a penchant for ranking celebs and their cha-ching, has followed up its World’s Most Powerful Women list with the roundup of Top-Earning Women In Music. See where your favorite money-making divas, such as Grammy nominees Katy Perry, Adele and Taylor Swift, fall on the tally below.
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Best Songs Of 2011: The Top 10 Pop Non-Singles Of The Year

Robbie Daw
December 14th, 2011 // 14 Comments

Sure, there have been a boatload of decent singles that made an impact both on the charts and in pop culture in 2011. But there were also plenty of outstanding tracks tucked away on your favorite pop artists’ albums that never got their day in the sun. Sometimes it may seem like a no-brainer when choosing which track from an LP deserves an official single release — and sometimes artists and labels get it way wrong and overlook some of their best material.

We’ve rounded up what we consider to be 10 such tunes below. Our selection process was simple: they were all from albums that were released in 2011 or, at the very least, the tail-end of 2010, and they all had ample opportunity to be up for single consideration this year. Alas, these diamonds were left untouched by radio (this year, at least).
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‘Saturday Night Live’: The Best Pop Star Sketches

Becky Bain
December 9th, 2011 // 2 Comments
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Katy Perry is bringing her sass and charm (and possibly a range of accents) to Saturday Night Live this weekend. We’re curious to see how well Katy does her first time as host, as well as how many times the writers will make use of her cleavage in a sketch. To celebrate her hosting gig, we looked back at the last few decades to see previous pop stars’ attempts at making people laugh on the late-night show. Jump below for our all-time favorite SNL guest spots from Britney, Christina, Gaga, Madonna and more. (Do we even need to say Justin Timberlake is included in this list more than once?) More »

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Rihanna Is The Most Talked-About Musician On Facebook

Robbie Daw
December 9th, 2011 // Leave a Comment

Cranking out new music year after year has its advantages — mainly, it keeps an artist in the public eye. Take, for instance, Rihanna, who has topped a Facebook poll on the most talked-about music artists of 2011. (Guess its no wonder, then, why her latest album is titled Talk That Talk?)
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Adele Is iTunes’ Artist Of The Year

Becky Bain
December 8th, 2011 // Leave a Comment

Not only is Adele’s music from the past year topping critical lists — she came in at #1 on Rolling Stone‘s Best Albums and Singles of 2011 features — the Brit singer is triumphing on chart lists, too. Adele’s 21 was the top-selling album on iTunes in the last year, and “Rolling In The Deep” was the top-selling single on the digital retailer. The Grammy-nominated chanteuse was also named iTunes’ Artist Of The Year. It’s going to be a predictable season of year-end lists, isn’t it? See who else scored big on iTunes in 2011 below. More »

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