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Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back To Black’ Back In The Charts

Robbie Daw — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:04:10 +0000

It’s a notable chart week for several factors, not the least of which is the boost — a whopping jump of 3,140% — Amy Winehouse’s 2007 LP Back To Black sees following the London soul singer’s death. Other interesting Billboard Top 200 highlights: Adele’s 21 returns to #1 for an 11th week, Kidz Bop 20 enters at #2, 3 Doors Down’s aptly debut at #3 with Time Of My Life and Beyonce’s 4 is at #4 in its fourth week.

Winehouse tragically passed away at the young age of 27, with news breaking on Saturday. That means Back To Black’s #9 re-entry on the Top 200 is all the more impressive, given that Billboard’s chart cut-off is Sunday evening. The publication noted yesterday that the Grammy-winning album sold 37,000 copies total last week, up from the 1,000 it moved the week prior.

Also re-entering the chart is Winehouse’s 2003 debut LP Frank, at #57 with 8,000 copies sold. Billboard points out that more than 95% of her albums sold last week were digital downloads.

Meanwhile, Adele’s 21 returns to the top of the chart for a 11th non-consecutive week, with an additional 77,000 copies sold.

Other new entries in the Top 10 this week: “I’m On One” mastermind DJ Khaled’s We The Best Forever at #5 (53,000) and 311’s Universal Pulse at #7 (46,000).

The Top 10 Of Billboard’s Top 200 Chart:

1. Adele, 21 *11 weeks*
2. Kidz Bop Kidz, Kidz Bop 20 *new*
3. 3 Doors Down, Time Of My Life *new*
4. Beyonce, 4
5. DJ Khaled, We The Best Forever *new*
6. Blake Shelton, Red River Blue
7. 311, Universal Pulse *new*
8. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
9. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black *re-entry*
10. Selena Gomez And The Scene, When The Sun Goes Down

Chris Brown, Keyshia Cole, And Ne-Yo Join DJ Khaled On “Legendary” New Track

Idolator Staff — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:30:18 +0000

DJ Khaled may not have emerged anything close to victorious in our Song of Summer 2011 poll, but the “I’m On One” artist is giving it another go with the new track “Legendary” off his immodestly-titled LP We The Best Forever, out this Tuesday. Khaled brings out some pretty big R&B guns — Ne-Yo, Keyshia Cole, and Chris Brown (sans bowtie) — on this hip hop tune about staying strong and thinking you’re pretty great. Is this trio even stronger than the heavy-hitting guests featured on “I’m On One” — Lil Wayne, Drake, and Rick Ross? Listen below.

“Everybody’s gonna fight / And everybody’s gonna fall / But the ones that get up are always the strongest,” Keyshia belts throughout the track. Moderately catchy but overall unremarkable, “Legendary” just sounds too much like stuff we’ve already heard before (particularly lyrics-wise) for us to get too excited about.

Do you agree, or are you totally digging this track?

Lady Gaga’s “The Edge Of Glory” Crowned ‘Song Of Summer 2011′ By Idolator Readers

Idolator Staff — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:52:16 +0000

The results are in! Idolator readers voted Born This Way their most-anticipated album of 2011, so perhaps it should come as no surprise that they voted the LP’s third single as the 2011 Song of Summer in our poll. The handicapped fish-lady can join last year’s winner Enrique Iglesias poolside to sip pina coladas and soak up some rays (with “The Edge Of Glory” playing on repeat, of course). How did the rest of the nominees — including Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, and Katy Perry — fare? Ironically enough, let’s just say most of her competitors are on the very, very outer edge of glory, with Gaga smack-dab in the center. See how it breaks down below.

SONG OF SUMMER 2011 POLL RESULTS:

“The Edge Of Glory” — Lady Gaga (64%, 702,328 Votes)
“I Wanna Go” — Britney Spears (34%, 374,503 Votes)
“Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” — Katy Perry (1%, 9,166 Votes)
“Party Rock Anthem” — LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoodRock (0%, 2,792 Votes)
“Super Bass” — Nicki Minaj (0%, 1,651 Votes)
“Rolling In The Deep” — Adele (0%, 382 Votes)
“Give Me Everything” — Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer (0%, 322 Votes)
“I’m On One” — DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne (0%, 98 Votes)

In the end, Mother Monster won with a landslide victory, eating up 64% of the votes. Britney Spears offered up the stiffest competition, coming in at second with 34% — leaving only 2% to divide between the rest of the contenders. Katy Perry put up a slight fight with 1% while everyone else was barely even in the running. Pitbull and Adele, in particular, had surprisingly small showings given that both of their songs can be heard all over the Top 40 these days. Total votes? 1,091,242.

While we congratulate the wacky pianist (and the dearly departed Clarence Clemons), we’re not sure an actual victor to take the title “Song of Summer” has emerged this year. After all, the Emmy-nominated “3 Way” star’s “Judas” and “Born This Way” are just as ubiquitous right now, and as much as we like “Edge Of Glory,” it’s not as laid-back and barbecue-friendly as other songs we can think of. If you walked up to a bunch of people on the street and asked them to define which song said “Summer 2011,” we bet you’d get a lot of head-scratching and disparate answers.

Still, we extend our kudos to Lady Gaga on her glorious achievement. Not too shabby for an intern!

Poll: Which Of These Pop Jams Is The Defining Song Of Summer 2011?

Robbie Daw — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:41:54 +0000

Last summer we presented you with seven radio jams that had the potential to be labeled the Song Of Summer 2010, and in the end Enrique Iglesias’ “I Like It” wound up being the winner. But it’s a new year, a new summer and a whole new field of hits is ripe for the picking. We’ve rounded up eight Song Of Summer 2011 contenders for you. Head below to check out the list, then vote in our poll for which one you think is the defining smash of this current hot season.

SONG OF SUMMER 2011: THE CONTENDERS

“Give Me Everything” — Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer
THE PLAYERS: Mr. Worldwide told us that he originally wanted Shakira to sing on this, his very first chart-topping single, “but she was going through some personal things.” Hence Miami songstress Nayer, who’s signed to Pitbull’s Mr. 305 Inc., getting her big break on “Give Me Everything.” The song also gives Ne-Yo a much-needed hit after the disappointing performance of Libra Scale.
MOST INFECTIOUS LINE: “I’m tip-toein’ to keep blowin’, I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan.”
PEAK CHART POSITION (SO FAR): #1

“I Wanna Go” — Britney Spears
THE PLAYERS: Hit-wise, Brit’s been having a full-on chart Renaissance after teaming back up with her original producer Max Martin. And the video for “I Wanna Go” proves the Femme Fatale still has a sly sense of humor after all these years.
MOST INFECTIOUS LINE: “Shame on me (shame on me) to need release (to need release) uncontrollably (uncontrollably-lably-lably-lably).”
PEAK CHART POSITION (SO FAR): #22

“I’m On One” — DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
THE PLAYERS: This meeting of the Young Money/Maybach Music minds has become the hip hop anthem of the first half of ‘11. Naturally we had to include it here.
MOST INFECTIOUS LINE: “But get it while you here, boy, ’cause all that hype don’t feel the same next year, boy.”
PEAK CHART POSITION (SO FAR): #10

“Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” — Katy Perry
THE PLAYERS: Dr. Luke and Max Martin crafted many hits on Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream LP, but the powers that be saved the best for last as far as a single release. An epic (and hilarious) music video, a self-deprecating pop star, a killer sax solo and one hell of a hook — what more do you want when you’re basking in the summer sun?
MOST INFECTIOUS LINE: “Think I need a ginger ale, that was such an epic fail.”
PEAK CHART POSITION (SO FAR): #4

“Party Rock Anthem” — LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoodRock
THE PLAYERS: Yeah, we’re just as shocked as you are.
MOST INFECTIOUS LINE: “Gonna rise to the top, no lead in our zeppelin.”
PEAK CHART POSITION (SO FAR): #1

“Rolling In The Deep” — Adele
THE PLAYERS: We originally had this pegged as the song of the winter. And then the spring. And then after it’s seven week stay atop the Hot 100, we had to concede that “Rolling In The Deep” might just be song of, like, the century.
MOST INFECTIOUS LINE: “You’re gonna wish you never had met me.”
PEAK CHART POSITION (SO FAR): #1

“Super Bass” — Nicki Minaj
THE PLAYERS: Originally only a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Minaj’s debut album Pink Friday, “Super Bass” has gone on to become her first bona fide Top 10 single as a main artist. Another jam aided by a vivid, high energy video.
MOST INFECTIOUS LINE: “Can’t you hear that boom-ba-doom-boom, boom-ba-doom-boom bass?”
PEAK CHART POSITION (SO FAR): #5

“The Edge Of Glory” — Lady Gaga
THE PLAYERS: Mother Monster raises a glass and pounds the synths in honor of her grandfather. The song took on unexpected significance when the music video premiered mere days before sax player Clarence Clemons, who’s featured here, died.
MOST INFECTIOUS LINE: “Another shot before we kiss the other side tonight, yeah, baby, tonight, yeah, baby.”
PEAK CHART POSITION (SO FAR): #3

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DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne Profess “I’m On One” In New Video

Robbie Daw — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:30:30 +0000

“I’m On One,” the second single off DJ Khaled’s upcoming We The Best Forever LP, has clearly become a leading contender for Summer 2011’s hottest hip hop jam. Sweetening its chances is the all-star jam’s moody music video, which was shot in Miami and features rhyme-droppers Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne. Watch below.

Director Gil Green is no stranger to collaborating with Khaled, Ross and Weezy; respectively, he was previously behind the lens for such videos as “I’m So Hood,” “Hustlin’” and “Lollipop.”

But like on the song itself, it’s Drake who is front and center in the “I’m On One” video, posturing and bragging (in his own home!) about money, getting high and being young and cocky. Did we expect anything else from the clip for this Top 10-charting jam? Nah.

Sit back and take a ride with the Young Money and Maybach crews.

DJ Khaled’s ‘We The Best Forever’ Tracklist Boasts Guests Cee Lo, Mary J. Blige, Akon

Robbie Daw — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:38:41 +0000

Just when you thought Pitbull might take the cake for having Summer 2011’s most heavily-populated album with regards to featured vocalists, along comes the full tracklist for We The Best Forever, the fifth album from “I’m On One” hit-maker DJ Khaled. The set, out July 19, boasts a guest roster that includes Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Keisha Cole, Ne-Yo, Cee Lo Green, Busta Rhymes, Akon, B.o.B and Cory Gunz. That’s, of course, in addition to Drake Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, who appear on “I’m On One.” Catch Khaled’s full song list after the jump.

We The Best Forever

1. “I’m On One” Feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
2. “Welcome To My Hood” Feat. Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne & T-Pain
3. “Money” Feat. Jeezy & Ludacris
4. “I’m Thuggin” Feat. Waka Flocka & Ace Hood
5. “It Aint Over Til It’s Over” Feat. Mary J. Blige, Fabolous & Jadakiss
6. “Legendary” Feat. Chris Brown, Keisha Cole & Ne-Yo
7. “Sleep When I’m Gone” Feat. Busta Rhymes, Cee-Lo & The Game
8. “Can’t Stop” Feat. Birdman & T-Pain
9. “Future” Feat. Ace Hood, Meek Mill, Wale, Vado & Big Sean
10. “My Life” Feat. Akon & B.O.B.
11. “A Million Lights” Feat. Tyga, Cory Gunz, Mack Maine, Jae Millz & Kevin Rudolf
12. “Welcome To My Hood (Remix)” Feat. Ludacris, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Mavado, Birdman, Ace Hood, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Bun B, The Game & Waka Flocka

[Via Rap Radar]

BET Awards 2011 Performances

Idolator Staff — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:59:42 +0000

BET’s annual awards showcase took over LA’s Shrine Auditorium in style, and though Chris Brown led the field with the most nominations, it was far from clear that he would own the night. The 2011 edition of the show was packed with emotional moments, like Nicki Minaj’s acceptance speech, and some classy, brassy performances by Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott. (Also appearing: Rick Ross, bare-chested again.) You knew the Beyonce performance would rock the house, even if it was recorded at Glastonbury — but did Ms. Kelly Rowland steal the show with her (Janet Jackson-inspired?) number? Watch all the BET Awards performances below.

Mary J. Blige — Medley with new DJ Khaled song “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over”

Rick Ross — “Aston Martin Music” / “Hustle Hard Remix”

Jill Scott — ”Rolling Hills”

Chris Brown — ”She Ain’t You” / “Look At Me Now”

Alicia Keys — Medley including “A Woman’s Worth”

Big Sean — “My Last”

Trey Songz & Kelly Rowland — ”Love Faces” / “Unusual” / “Motivation”

Beyonce — “Best Thing I Never Had” / “End Of Time” (previously recorded at Glastonbury)

Who ruled the BET Awards this year? Let us know in the comments below, or on Facebook or Twitter.

Lil Wayne, Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown Rock Hot 97’s Summer Jam 2011

Robbie Daw — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:18:17 +0000

East Rutherford, New Jersey’s New Meadowlands Stadium was packed over the weekend with a sold-out crowd at Hot 97 FM’s annual Summer Jam. Young Money was definitely in the house, as Lil Wayne, Birdman and Drake all took to the stage at the fest. Also in attendance: Chris Brown, Rick Ross (who took a cue from his shirtless VIBE cover and performed with his flowery shirt unbuttoned), Wiz Khalifa and Lloyd Banks. Watch the hip hop summit below!

Lil Wayne — ”How To Love” (at Summer Jam)

DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Drake & Rick Ross — ”I’m On One” (at Summer Jam)

Lil Wayne & Rick Ross – “If I Die Today (John)”

Chris Brown & Busta Rhymes — ”Look At Me Now” (at Summer Jam)

Lloyd Banks, Swizz Beatz, Ryan Leslie & Fabolous — ”Start It Up” (at Summer Jam)

Wiz Khalifa — ”Roll Up” / “On My Level” / “Black And Yellow” (at Summer Jam)

Lil Wayne, Drake, And Rick Ross Join DJ Khaled On “I’m On One”

Idolator Staff — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:58:21 +0000

Considering that all DJ Khaled does is win, it seems unnecessary to even weigh in on what we think about his latest track “I’m On One.” Certainly the well-connected producer could do worse than tap the soon-to-be-unplugged Lil Wayne and the Sprite-ly Drake to appear on his new record (both of whom he has partied with recently). So has the forever-triumphant DJ learned any humility since his last major hit? Head below to hear “I’m On One” for the answer.

“All I care about is money and the city that I’m from / I’mma sip until I feel it, I’mma smoke until it’s done,” Drake sings on the nihilistic, downbeat jam.

It’s a totally listenable effort — but if all these guys do is win, why does everyone on this track sound so depressed?

Nicki Minaj, Drake And More Celebrate At Lil Wayne’s Welcome Home Party (PHOTOS)

Erika Brooks Adickman — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:36:57 +0000

Last night, Lil Wayne was living it up down in Miami at his Welcome Home Party thrown by Cash Money Records, just three days after his release from Rikers Island. Weezy made his grand entrance with a lady on each arm (dressed in Marie Antoinette wigs and corsets) and a lit cigar in hand. Of those celebrating the I Am Not A Human Being rapper's long awaited return were Nicki Minaj, DJ Khaled, Drake (in a snazzy blue suit) and Jay Sean. Check out the red carpet arrivals at the thankful artist's South Florida soiree. More »