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Leona Lewis, the winner of the X Factor is officially the third UK female artist to hit #1 in the US! Not only that, but she broke the world record for having the song “A Moment Like This“ downloaded 50,000 times in the matter of 30 minutes!
Her second single, “Bleeding Love” is causing a stir here in America and reached the Billboards Hot 100 this year.
At first, I was hesitant about this song for no apparent reason at all but I’m glad I gave it a listen because it’s addictive! Her voice is amazing, she’s beautiful, and she definitely brings so much talent to the table…she can actually sing!
Below is the video of her second single, “Bleeding Love” but also check out my personal favorites, “Better in Time” and “Footprints in the Sand“
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She’s finally back!
Britney Spears is picking up her pieces and now she’s back! Unfortunately, not with music but better…she’s featuring in a TV show called, How I Met Your Mother.
Fans everywhere were very excited to see her come back in a healthy manner. Everyone was pleasantly surprised to see Britney’s acting to be good. She didn’t take away from the show, instead she brought something to the table. If you want to check her out for yourself you can go to CBS and watch it!
I’m excited that she’s back on her feet and I expect to hear more of her music in the near future!
Day26, Danity Kane, and Donnie J aka Donnie Klang a band and solo artist formed by Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ MTV Making the Band finally released their albums!
The MTV show followed the bands and solo artist, Donnie, process in making their albums. They went through harsh criticisms, tears, and fights but they finally released it! It was much anticipated due to the hype during the show. I haven’t listened to all of their songs but they’re pretty good if you are into hip-hop and R&B.
Danity Kane’s single, Damaged:
Day26’s single, Got Me Going:
Donnie J doesn’t seem to have a music video out yet but his new album is called Come Into My World. If you want to listen to some of his music check out his myspace!
On Friday, March 14, 2008, our favorite brothers performed live at my very own school, George Mason University, in the Patriot Center!
The Jonas Brothers are no longer opening shows for the very popular Hannah Montana or….Miley Cyrus–they’re flying solo!
The members of the band Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas are dreaming big at a young age. Nick was actually the one who was found by professionals and the brothers decided to form a band once Nick was signed to Columbia Records (now they are signed under Hollywood Records since February 2007).
They’re self-titled second album, Jonas Brothers, was released in the year 2007 of August and reached number five on the Billboard Hot 200 chart in its first week. They are becoming more successful by the minute!
I could not believe that people actually liked listening to these “kids” but after listening to their song, “When You Look Me In the Eyes,” I knew I judged them too fast.
They’re great! They may be “little” or better said, young, but they’re music is big. Check them out!
She’s always been an entertainer.
She’s looked the same since you can ever remember.
Pop stars want to be just like her.
She debuted in 1982, her last album was called “Confessions on a Dance Floor” in 2005, and now she’s back!
That’s right! Madonna is back with her latest album “Hard Candy” which will be released on April 28, 2008! This CD will contain several featured artists including, Pharrell, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland. “Hard Candy” is expected to have a hip-hop and R&B feel but still keeping that “Madonna” vibe to it.
Here’s her single “4 Minutes” featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland off of her newest album “Hard Candy”
provided by madonna.comOur favorite pop star Britney Spears made a risky move. Her most recent music video, “Break the Ice“, doesn’t feature Britney, it features Britney, the animated version!
That’s right. She is now a cartoon character fighting off evil male villains, or so it seems in the music video.
In my opinion, she made a risky move that works! Some may think it’s lame but Britney is always surprising her audience with something different and new! While for some artists, making themselves a cartoon character may not work, it works for Britney.
This video screams fierce!
Spears is slowly starting to recover and we all wish her the best! Check out “Break the Ice” by Britney Spears below.
Yup! Jordin Sparks, season 6 American Idol, and Chris Brown decided to work together! Although their duet, “No Air” was featured in her 2007 album, “Jordin Sparks“, it wasn’t until recently that their music video came to the surface.
Their duet in this music video is passionate and anyone should be able to tell that they both are great musicians for such a young age. Not only do both their voices purely and melodically just flow through the entire song but this song is passionate, and that’s why I love it!
Image Provided by googleThis was Jesse McCartney just two years ago. In 2003, he’s won the hearts of young girls with his songs “Beautiful Soul” and “She’s No You”.
Now he’s back and he’s more mature than ever! His new album “Departure” will be released in May of this year. His single, “Leavin” sure is leaving up a stir with fans all over! His music video is no longer cutesy and childlike, it’s mature and a bit more provocative. There isn’t too much to say except that McCartney is all grown up! Check out what I’m talking about yourself–
“Big Bang” is a Korean hip hop and r&b group that composes of five members. The youngest Seungri, age 17, Dae Sung, age 18, Tae Yang, age 19, T.O.P, age 20, and the leader G-Dragon, age 19, are the most sought after by female fans of all ages.
Debuting in 2006 with their first single, “This Love” and second single “Big Bang is VIP” won fans’ hearts all over Korea. Due to such great success right off the bat, these boys have decided to make a debut album in Japan this year. The funny thing is, their Japanese album is sung in English. All of it! Despite their odd decision of making a Japanese album all in English, their album, “For the World” was debuted at #14 than #10 on the Oricon charts. Apparently, this was a successful surprise because there were no huge promotions that were done in Japan for this album or for this boy band. These young guys stated in an interview once that their dreams are to debut in America one day. They only hope that they can advance their musicality to do so in the near future.
Just for fun, I made a Big Bang CD for a few of my friends who weren’t Asian and had them listen to it just to see their reactions. Surprisingly they all enjoyed their music and said that it was a lot of fun. Their English was a little off but they said that the music itself was great to listen to, especially if you like hip hop and r&b.
Check out their single, “How Gee“, off of their “For The World” album. This song is a remix of the original version by Black Machine.
