8:56 AM on Mon Dec 14 2009 by Robbie Daw
If you’re an American who’s not yet up on Simon Cowell’s mega-successful British series The X Factor, you will be soon—it’s reportedly set to be launched here in the States sometime after American Idol’s ninth season.
Eighteen-year-old Joe McElderry was crowned the winner of X Factor’s sixth season last night. But unlike last year’s winner Alexandra Burke, we’re probably not going to see him in a half-jersey, slinking around in a football locker room anytime soon.
McElderry’s first single, a cover of Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb,” was made available digitally yesterday, and it’s already the top download at the U.K. iTunes store. More »
3:09 PM on Wed Dec 9 2009 by Robbie Daw
Well, it’s about time. William McKinley High’s show choir New Directions is finally off to belt it out against the competition in tonight’s aptly-titled Glee episode “Sectionals.” Of course, any euphoric buzz fans of the show will get from watching the series’ key plot points wrapping up—and yes, there will be some major wrapping up (read on!)—will be tainted by the fact that Glee is going on hiatus until April 2010.
So what are viewers in for tonight? More »
9:58 AM on Wed Dec 9 2009 by Robbie Daw
Last night’s New York City launch party for new online video hosting site Vevo boasted appearances by pop’s flashy elite. Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Adam Lambert, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, Bono, Lady Gaga and Pete Wentz all mingled at Skylight Studio with Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine.
Vevo, which is partly owned by music giants Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, hopes become the music video viewing destination online—the MTV for the iTunes generation, if you will. Theoretically, there will be no more YouTube-like slogging through clips of hamsters dancing around to “Since U Been Gone” or 12-year-olds doing cartwheels on their bed to “Big Pimpin’” while trying to find the artists’ actual videos. More »
7:51 AM on Wed Dec 9 2009 by Robbie Daw
Exactly what do the Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus, Kings Of Leon and Lady Gaga have in common, besides dominating the airwaves across the country over the past year? They all landed high up on iTunes’ Rewind 2009 list of top-selling songs and albums.
Surprisingly, the Peas, who had two of the top downloaded songs of the year, only ranked at #10 with their album The E.N.D. Guess there really is a threshold when it comes to a full hour of Fergie.
Check out what ended up being the most downloaded music of the year at the digital retailer, and what was singled out by iTunes editors—including the not-so-surprising (Artist Of The Year: Micheal Jackson) and mildly-surprising (Best Soundtrack: (500) Days Of Summer)—after the jump. More »
1:08 PM on Tue Dec 8 2009 by Robbie Daw
It’s been one hell of a year for Ryan Tedder. In addition to his band OneRepublic releasing sophomore album Waking Up last month, the singer-songwriter is also reveling in the fact that “Halo,” which he co-wrote with Beyonce (as well as co-produced), has been nominated for a Record Of The Year Grammy. Additionally, Beyonce’s full LP containing “Halo,” I Am… Sasha Fierce, is also up for Album Of The Year.
But with “Halo” came controversy after Kelly Clarkson basically accused him of using the same melody for her own Ryan Tedder song, “Already Gone.” And then in the fall, while tackling a break-neck pace of work that saw him crafting music with everyone from Adam Lambert and Natasha Bedingfield to Adele and Leona Lewis, Tedder says he came down with H1N1: “It nearly killed me. I was sick for three weeks.”
But, hey, why not add more work to the schedule—Tedder also says he’s been asked to contribute material to a forthcoming episode of Glee that’s set to contain original music for a change.
Hop below the jump to read our interview with possibly the busiest man in music at the moment, OneRepublic frontman and 2010 Grammy nominee Ryan Tedder. More »
10:13 AM on Tue Dec 8 2009 by Robbie Daw
There might be a few less familiar sex kittens in the Pussycat Dolls the next time they slink onto stage. Last month, while rumors flew around like fur after a catfight that the Dolls were breaking up, group member Melody Thornton told us, “We need a break… It’s as simple as that. There’s nothing else behind it. Until the big man says I got a song and it’s time to work again, we’re on a break.”
PCD founder/head honcho Robin Antin also released a statement to Holy Moly denying a split, but noted that when the girl group returns, there will be “new music, new concepts, new faces and more hit songs!”
Catch what Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt has to say about the “new faces” bit after the jump. More »
7:41 AM on Tue Dec 8 2009 by Robbie Daw
This surely wasn’t the first queen Lady Gaga’s met during her music career, but it might be the first one she flew across an ocean to bow down to. Gaga performed last night in Blackpool, England, at the Royal Variety Performance. In lieu of the skin-bearing attire she wears in videos like “Bad Romance,” the 23-year-old singer instead donned a red Elizabethan gown that had her covered from the neck down.
During the evening, Gaga performed “Speechless” while playing a piano ten feet off the floor of the stage. Other artists at the gig included Michael Buble, Miley Cyrus, Mika and 2008 X Factor winner Alexandra Burke.
Check out a video clip of Gaga meeting Queen Elizabeth II, as well as a photo of her posing with Miley Cyrus, after the jump. More »
3:44 PM on Mon Dec 7 2009 by Becky Bain
While the goss rags salivated over the Taylor2 sighting at KIIS FM’s annual Jingle Ball show this weekend, we managed to snag some time with Los Angeles radio station fest’s biggest acts—The Ting Tings, Jason Derulo, Orianthi, and Jay Sean all dropped by to dish on their hits and the latest music news, including Grammy reactions, Gaga’s wardrobe dysfunction and the last days of Michael Jackson. Our pre-performance chit-chats with the artists after the jump: More »
3:30 PM on Mon Dec 7 2009 by Robbie Daw
New York magazine’s Vulture Blog posted today about tribute tome The Official Michael Jackson Opus, which was endorsed by the late King Of Pop’s estate and published by Kraken Opus. Among the private portraits assembled in the 250-page book, there’s much fuss being made over a particular painting by David Nordahl where a buff Jackson is decked out Statue Of David-style, and surrounded by a flock of angelic children.
But, before you jump to any conclusions, the kids in the 1999 painting aren’t all boys. At least we don’t think they are, upon further examination of the image. Then again, Barbie’s boyfriend Ken has a crotch as flat as a cookie sheet. More »
11:11 AM on Mon Dec 7 2009 by Robbie Daw
Gossip girl-turned-recording-artist Leighton Meester sidled up next to the iconic Cyndi Lauper last month during the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards, where the pop pair presented the Woodie Of The Year to Kings Of Leon. Cyndi accepted the statue on the band’s behalf.
But later in the evening, while Lauper was mingling with Meester and blinding the other attendees with the not-so-true colors of her platinum blonde pompadour, some brave young dude waltzed right up, snatched KOL’s Woodie from Cyn’s clutches and walked off. Catch the video of Leighton Meester and Cyndi Lauper doing a total WTF as the award is stolen after the jump. More »
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