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After all the press coverage and buildup over the past two weeks, the 25th anniversary update of "We Are The World" finally premiered Friday during the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Jamie Foxx introduced the Paul Haggis-directed video for the charity song by asking viewers to "do more than just watch—reach deep into your hearts and give anything you can, as we have, for Haiti."
Both the digital single and music video were added to iTunes Friday night, with proceeds going to Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Watch the full eight-minute-and-30-second clip—which features everyone from Pink and Justin Bieber to Barbra Streisand and Janet Jackson—below the jump.
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Grammy Awards 2010: The Performances
9:27 PM on Sun Jan 31 2010 by Becky Bain
We still can't believe Beyonce covered a 15-year old Alanis Morissette song or that Pink basically turned the Grammy audience into Sea World's splash zone with her gravity-defying, water-sprinkling performance. Take the jump to relive all the amazing Grammy performances. (We'll be updating as we find 'em!) More »
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Jamie Foxx Heads ‘Straight To The Dance Floor’ In New Club Hit
6:17 PM on Thu Dec 24 2009 by Idolator Staff
If you're looking for someone to quiet the deafening buzz of anticipation for Jamie Foxx's new album, Body, well, you're in the wrong place. Hot on the heels of "Winner," his horn-blaring collaboration with Justin Timberlake, comes a monstrous club banger, "Straight To The Dance Floor," featuring Lil Wayne. Hear one of 2010's most hypnotic hooks right now.
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Jamie Foxx and Justin Timberlake Have A ‘Winner’ In New Leaked Track
5:28 PM on Tue Dec 8 2009 by Becky Bain
Jamie Foxx started his career as a comedian, then became an actor, then a movie star, and lately he’s keeping himself busy putting the finishing touches on his upcoming fourth studio album, Body. (His timing could hardly be better—he just drew three Grammy nominations and his last Oscar-baiting role in The Soloist barely made a dent in the public’s consciousness—or their wallets.)
Truth is, as far as his music career goes, Foxx isn’t doing too badly at all: “Blame It,” from his previous LP Intuition, dominated the charts this year, in spite—or was it because—of its unhealthiness. Now he’s teamed up with Justin Timberlake for the track “Winner,” and although we’d prefer seeing this duo pair up on the big-screen in some off-the-walls comedy (we know they’ve both got the chops), their audio collaboration is pretty respectable, too. Check out the horn-blaring track behind the jump, and keep in mind that the third verse of the still-in-progress song has yet to be filled—may we suggest Susan Boyle? More »
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Janet Jackson: “To You, Michael Is An Icon; To Us, He Is Family”
9:45 AM on Mon Jun 29 2009 by Maura
In the weekend following Michael Jackson’s death at 50, many radio stations across the country switched to all-MJ playlists. The New York station I had tuned into sprinkled moments from his career into the wall-to-wall playings of “Remember The Time” and “Jam,” and among them was his younger sister Janet’s speech to her brother when he accepted the Grammys’ Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993: “I just want to tell you how proud I am of you, and how much you’ve inspired me, and how proud I am to be your sister,” she told him. “I love you.” It made seeing her eulogize her brother on last night’s BET Awards–a pop star in her own right obviously grieving, trying to be composed and “professional”–even more gutting than it probably already would have been. (A clip of the Grammy moment is after the jump; it begins at the 2:30 mark.) More »
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Green Day Own Rock Charts, Prepare to Qualify
4:00 PM on Fri May 1 2009 by Chris Molanphy
The most notable move on any of Billboard’s flagship singles charts this week isn’t on the Hot 100, where the Black Eyed Peas make it a month at No. 1 with the tiresome “Boom Boom Pow.”
Instead, over on the normally snoozy Modern Rock chart, a veteran band makes the second-biggest leap to No. 1 in a decade and a half, and in the process breaks out of a tie with U2 for the second-biggest roster of penthouse-dwellers in this chart’s history.
I’m speaking of Green Day, a band with arguably the most daunting challenge of any act in post-millennial rock (especially since Axl Rose finally got Chinese Democracy out of his system): following up an album that hit the trifecta of popular success, critical acclaim and industry recognition.
Scoring a No. 1 hit right away at radio sets up that forthcoming album nicely. But a close examination of the erstwhile Bay Area punkers’ chart history indicates that this quick score doesn’t necessarily mean much as a predictor of Green Day’s success. More »
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Simon Cowell Still Believes In Danny Gokey–But Why?
10:00 AM on Wed Apr 29 2009 by Maura
You know who’s coming back to perform on tonight’s American Idol? Taylor Hicks, the season-five winner whose and angered Simon Cowell for his lack of “bona fide recording artist” credentials. But you know who one of Cowell’s top picks to go all the way is this year? Danny Gokey, whose overall stage presence keeps reminding me of Hicks–only Gokey has a little less polish, a lot more smugness, and a super-extensive eyewear collection. Last night’s parade of Rat Pack songs was no exception, yet Cowell seemed in the tank for Gokey anyway, continuing his press tour rantings about the Wisconsin worship leader’s singing ability even though there were at least three other singers who completely owned him on the Idol stage. More »
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Jamie Foxx To Gold-Dig For Record Sales On “American Idol” Tonight
12:00 PM on Tue Apr 28 2009 by Maura
In today’s wrapup of lunchtime headlines: Jamie Foxx and Def Leppard try to cross over on TV, the Rothbury festival gets even greener, and Pete Doherty might not be all that healthy! More »
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Amazon’s MP3 Pricing Plan: Looks Like They Went The “Pick Songs Out Of A Hat” Route
1:30 AM on Wed Apr 8 2009 by Dan Gibson
Amazon has entered the world of charging $1.29 for certain songs, following the lead taken by iTunes yesterday and rendering somewhat irrelevant the snarky remarks of Diggsters. By and large, iTunes’ pricing scheme has resulted in popular songs having their prices jacked up; in contrast, if there’s some logic to which songs saw a hike on Amazon, I’m certainly not seeing it.
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“Baby Got Back”: How It Went From Hailing Big Asses To Shilling For Kiddie-Sized Fries
12:00 PM on Tue Apr 7 2009 by Maura
Sir Mix-A-Lot’s ode to ladies’ larger-than-life posteriors “Baby Got Back” is now being used to sell kiddie meals for Burger King, with the help of SpongeBob SquarePants and the masked Burger King who’s been a staple of the fast-food emporium’s commercials since the subservient chicken era. How did a song that was seen as kind of racy when it was first released make the evolution to kid-testedness and motherly approval? Come with me as I take you on a Flash video-aided ride through “Baby Got Back”’s hold on the world’s consciousness.
