The-Dream Duets With Kelly Rowland On “Where Have You Been”: Listen

Bianca Gracie
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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The-Dream produced Kelly Rowland‘s much-discussed single “Dirty Laundry,” and now Rowland returns the favor with her feature on Dream’s new song “Where Have You Been.”  Borrowing the classic R&B duet formula, the song (which will appear on his upcoming album IV Play) is a smooth ballad about a rocky relationship. The-Dream explained the song to Rap-Up, saying that it’s “just a signature R&B duet record, no games, no nothing, straight down the middle. It was a chance for me to bond with another friend now that I have, which is Kelly.”

In addition to making great music together, The-Dream and Kelly Rowland will be co-headlining the “Lights Out Tour” (if Kelly doesn’t bail on the whole thing for her X Factor judging duties, that is) — which kicks off on May 23, the same date that IV Play is set to drop.

Listen to “Where Have You Been” below. More »

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Billboard Music Awards Score Huge Ratings, Up 2 Million Viewers From 2012 Broadcast

Carl Williott
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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Last night’s Billboard Music Awards scored a huge ratings win. Which just goes to show, if you build a bloated broadcast around the highest-selling musicians in pop, the people who made them the highest-selling musicians in pop will come. In addition to bringing in 9.4 million viewers (up 28% from last year’s 7.4M total), the Sunday (May 19) broadcast was number one in the 18-49 demographic, which is pretty much the only thing advertisers care about. Obviously Tracy Morgan was the X factor this time around. More »

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Cher Announces New Single In June, Album In September

Sam Lansky
May 20th, 2013 // 1 Comment
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It is indeed a “Woman’s World” (see what I did there?), and it will be even more so when Cher drops her as-yet-untitled ninety-fifth studio album, now due for a September release, with a first single in June. Details have been leaking out about the LP, which is slated to feature a collaboration with Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears (amazing), and at one point was rumored to include a collab with Timbaland (eh), a duet with Lady Gaga (okay, sure, cool) and two songs written by Pink (awesome).

As is par for the course for the iconic superstar and social media ninja, Cher announced the news via Twitter. More »

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Candice Glover Performs “I Am Beautiful” On ‘Live With Kelly & Michael’: Watch

Carl Williott
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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No Tears This Time

For American Idol season 12 winner Candice Glover, the fame has begun. The latest in her flurry of post-finale appearances was a performance on Live with Kelly & Michael this morning (May 20). Accompanied only by a piano, Glover sang her Idol coronation single, “I Am Beautiful,” this time sans tears. Watch her belt out the ballad up top, and stick around for a quick interview in which she explains how she made the transformation from being a singer on her first Idol attempt to being an artist by the time this third try rolled around. More »

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T.I. & Lil Wayne’s “Wit Me”: Hear The America’s Most Wanted Festival Single

Carl Williott
May 20th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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In July, T.I. is hitting the road with Lil Wayne and Future for their America’s Most Wanted Festival, and the tour’s two alpha dogs teamed up for “Wit Me” to give fans a taste of what they can expect this summer. Over a spacey, syrupy beat, Weezy starts things off with a chain of clever couplets (“If niggas thinkin’ I’m soft / I’ll knock your thinking cap off”), then Tip turns in a typically propulsive verse. And then they both re-up for round two.

Hear the new collaboration below. More »

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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?

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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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