One Direction’s “I Want It That Way” Cover Is Backstreet Boys-Approved

Carl Williott
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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One Direction have been performing some live cover requests during their tour, recently doing Celine Dion‘s iconic “My Heart Will Go On,” and a few days prior taking on Backstreet Boys‘ classic “I Want It That Way.” BSB member Howie Dorough initially tweeted out his thanks to 1D for the tribute, before actually having heard their take on his group’s song. But now the Boys have heard it, and Howie told MTV News “they did a good job on it.”

“It’s nice to see groups like that pay homage to us. We definitely paid homage to groups in the earlier days that we admired like Boyz II Men, Color Me Badd, Shai, New Edition,” Howie said. “So it’s cool. I think they did a great job. It seemed like it went over really well.”

Check 1D’s BSB cover after the jump. More »

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Ibrawlator: Who Had The Best Billboard Music Awards Performance?

Idolator Staff
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
Who stole the show at the Billboard Music Awards?

Ah, the 2013 Billboard Music Awards! Last night’s show — as with every award show — was a mixed bag, chock full of amazing highs and some real lows, including some seriously awkward Bieber booing, and a nearly fatal crotch-to-head adorning courtesy of Miguel.

Three of the night’s performances got our readers buzzing the most: Bruno Mars‘ disco ball-laden show opener “Treasure,” Taylor Swift‘s rambunctious live television debut of “22″ and Jennifer Lopez‘s scorching performance of her latest Pitbull-assisted YOLO anthem, “Live It Up.”

Now, we want you to decide: Between the 3, who had the best performance of the night? More »

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Beyonce Is Not Pregnant With Second Child, According To Jay-Z

Carl Williott
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment

Last week, multiple “sources” told multiple news outlets that Beyonce was pregnant with her and Jay-Z‘s second child. Then Beyonce took to Instagram with an implicit denial of the reports, calling out the “low life people” peddling rumors. Now Jay-Z himself has directly shot down the pregnancy claims.

Hot 97 morning show co-host Ebro says he emailed Hov Saturday (May 18) to congratulate him on the baby news, and told his Hot 97 colleagues the rapper responded by saying the rumors weren’t true. Jay apparently wrote him, “It’s not true. The news is worse than blogs.” So there you have it. Blue Ivy can bask in her status as the spoiled only child for a bit longer. More »

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Pitbull, PSY & Jessica Sanchez To Perform On ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Finale

Sam Lansky
May 20th, 2013 // 8 Comments
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Here’s a dark bit of news: Predatory groin-bulge Pitbull, novelty rap gremlin PSY and Jessica Sanchez, a legitimately talented person whose first album debuted at #26 (!) on the album chart, are all taking the stage on the season finale of Dancing With the Stars to do — well, to do something. Who knows exactly what.  More »

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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Watch Justin Bieber Get Booed

Carl Williott
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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Bieber's Got The Boos

Look, we understand why people don’t like Justin Bieber. But for people to dislike him strongly enough to expend energy actually booing him at a function as stale as the Billboard Music Awards? That was a little odd. I mean, nobody booed Chris Brown last night! Only, like, two people booed Kid Rock for having the audacity to insult the night’s lip-synchers. But a sizable number of people booing Bieber for winning a fan-voted award? That was strange.

Bieber himself seemed a little flummoxed as the rumble of boos cascaded down, and he went off-script, saying, “I really just want to say, it should really be about the music. It should be about the craft, the craft that I’m making.” Using the C-word surely didn’t help is cause, and he continued, “This is not a gimmick, I’m not — I’m an artist, and I should be taken seriously. And all this other bull should not be spoken of.” Watch up top — the drama starts at 1:30. More »

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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Review Revue

Robbie Daw
May 20th, 2013 // 1 Comment
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The 2013 Billboard Music Awards are now behind us, but the winners, performances and crazy, neck-breaking moments will live on the Internet forever, for us to dissect. Online critics had plenty to say about Billboard‘s annual shindig, this year staged at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. From Miguel‘s stage jump to Madonna‘s acceptance speech to the surprisingly audible heckling Justin Bieber faced when he stepped up to receive his Milestone Award, the Internet had its choice of topics to cover.  More »

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Betty Who’s “You’re In Love” Video: Betty Takes New York & It’s Magical

Sam Lansky
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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Betty Who, the candidate likeliest to save pop music, has returned with a new music video from her staggeringly great The Movement EP — and, like the song, the video for “You’re In Love” is sort of happy but sort of heartbreaking, following Betty and her beau as they drive a fancy car through the countryside and explore New York City and roll around, perfectly in love. (Every other day, that is.)

It’s a slightly more polished look than Betty’s “Somebody Loves You” video — it still feels sort of unfathomable that she’s pulling this off without a label, although it wouldn’t come as a surprise if that changed rather soon — but you don’t need a huge budget when the vision is this clear. More »

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Cassadee Pope’s “Wasting All These Tears”: Hear Her (Amazing) New Single

Sam Lansky
May 20th, 2013 // 3 Comments
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The Voice has proven more consistently entertaining than its competition, but the show has yet to produce any huge stars from its winners’ roster; am I wrong for thinking all that might change with Cassadee Pope? The Season 3 winner’s new single has just been released, and “Wasting All These Tears” is an instantaneous monster of a pop-country midtempo ballad, delivering shades of Avril Lavigne‘s “I’m With You” with the melodramatic production of Carrie Underwood‘s “Two Black Cadillacs.” Lyrically, it’s magic — the details are finely wrought (“Tried to find you at the bottom of a bottle / Laying down on the bathroom floor,” she sings by way of an opening) and the chorus melody (“Standing on the corner crying / Feeling like a fool for trying”) soars majestically. More »

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Billboard Music Awards 2013: The 10 Best & Worst Moments

Sam Lansky
May 20th, 2013 // 7 Comments
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Well! It was a dreary night at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, wasn’t it? There were forty performances each from Pitbull and Will.i.am! They only gave out three awards! Justin Bieber talked at length about his craft! Host Tracy Morgan sputtered all of his lines and could barely read the teleprompter! Yes, it was one for the books, folks. One for the books.

That said, there were still some highlights — a handful of exceptional performances and some nice moments of shade-throwing from various members of the pop glitterati — and, well, some lowlights. (Remember when Miguel almost killed somebody? Yeah. That was a bummer.) Let’s recap! (And if you missed any performances, you can watch them all here.) More »

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Daft Punk & 7 Other Great French House Acts: From Dmitri From Paris To Justice

John Hamilton
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
Vive La Dance!
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With all the fanfare surrounding their comeback smash “Get Lucky” and this week’s release of Random Access Memories, it’s easy to forget that French house ambassadors Daft Punk have been around for nearly two decades. Thanks to a sound that’s always been ahead of the curve (and robot helmets to mask any wrinkles), the duo of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter seem positively ageless more than 15 years after they first wowed us with their debut, Homework. That they’re still managing to surprise and influence the international pop scene is a testament to their distinctive retro-futuristic groove!

That groove, however, wasn’t created by Daft Punk alone. French House (or French Touch, as the sexy call it) has its roots in the clubs of Paris, where DJs and dance music disciples found inspiration in old Europop and space-disco records and mashed them up with state-of-the-art beats. Basically, when it came to making booties bounce along the Champs Elysee, Daft Punk didn’t act alone! So get your Gallic groove on and pay tribute to the forebears of French Funk with our terribly chic playlist below. Tout le monde danse maintenant! More »

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