October 12th, 2009 by Hannah
Critics said that musical TV would never work. Obviously, they’ve never heard of ‘Glee’. With less than 10 episodes under their belt, the show is proving to be one of the biggest shows of the year, with not only great weekly ratings but also fantastic showings on the iTunes Top 200 Download lists. The show currently has 10 songs holding strong, including their versions of Queen’s ‘Somebody to Love’, Heart’s ‘Alone’, Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’, Rihanna’s ‘Take a Bow’ and Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’. In total, the musical catalog for the show has surpassed the 1 million download mark and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.
September 17th, 2009 by Hannah
Singer Beyoncé’s father has said that he is very “proud” of the way his daughter dealt with Kanye West’s rude upstaging of Taylor Swift at the recent MTV Video Music Awards (VMA).
The US rapper, 32, snatched the microphone from Swift, 19, after she won the Best Female Video at this year’s VMA, claiming that Beyoncé deserved to win the award more for her Single Ladies video.
Beyoncé’s father, Mathew Knowles, has revealed how proud he was of the way his 28-year-old daughter acted – following the incident, the singer who could be seen looking mortified by West’s outburst, invited Swift back on-stage to finish her acceptance speech.
Knowles, who is also Beyoncé’s manager, said: “It wasn’t my decision to bring Taylor out.
“It was all Beyoncé’s decision. I want to be clear about that… ultimately, that was Beyoncé’s decision.
“I can only say it was a proud night for me as a manager, but more importantly as a father.”
He added: “I’ve always said the thing that makes me most proud about Beyoncé is not how many records she’s sold… it’s that she’s a genuine good person.
“I know it’s hard for people to believe that she can really be that nice of a person, but she really is.”
June 17th, 2009 by Hannah
Lil’ Wayne and Beyonce lead with 5 nominations each. Second are Keri Hilson and T-Pain, each with four nominations, while Rihanna, Jamie Foxx, Kanye West and Jazmine Sullivan with 3 nominations
THE NOMINEES
Video of the Year
Beyoncé – “If I Were a Boy”
Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
Kanye West – “Heartless”
Best Male R&B Artist
The-Dream
Jamie Foxx
Ryan Leslie
Ne-Yo
T-Pain
Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Keyshia Cole
Keri Hilson
Jennifer Hudson
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
T.I.
Kanye West
Young Jeezy
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Lil Mama
M.I.A.
Trina
Best Group
Day26
GS Boyz
N.E.R.D.
The Roots
Three 6 Mafia
Best New Artist
Keri Hilson
Kid Cudi
Ryan Leslie
M.I.A.
Jazmine Sullivan
Viewer’s Choice
Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”
Lil Wayne – “A Milli”
Soulja Boy Tell’em feat. Sammie – “Kiss Me Thru the Phone”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne – “Can’t Believe It”
Kanye West – “Love Lockdown”
Best Collaboration
Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”
Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”
Jim Jones feat. Ron Browz and Juelz Santana – “Pop Champagne”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
Yung L.A. feat. Young Dro and T.I. – “Ain’t I”
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Rik Cordero
Gil Green
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
BET J Award
Musiq Soulchild
Raphael Saadiq
Seal
Solange
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Gospel Artist
Regina Belle
Shirley Caesar
Mary Mary
Smokie Norfu
Trin-I-Tee 5:7
February 14th, 2008 by Hannah
Here is the List:
Album of the Year: “River: The Joni Letters,” Herbie Hancock.
Record of the Year: “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse.
Song of the Year: “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
New Artist: Amy Winehouse.
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson.
Pop Vocal Album: “Back to Black,” Amy Winehouse.
Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse.
Male Pop Vocal Performance: “What Goes Around…Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake.
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: “Makes Me Wonder,” Maroon 5.
Rock Song: “Radio Nowhere,” Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen).
Rap Album: “Graduation,” Kanye West.
Rap Solo Performance: “Stronger,” Kanye West.
February 11th, 2008 by Hannah
She may not have been in attendance, but there was no doubt the 2008 Grammys belonged to Amy Winehouse.
The singer, whose personal life is in turmoil, pipped Kanye West by one gong, winning a staggering five out of six awards. She was close to making it a clean sweep but missed out on scooping Album of the Year to little known jazz veteran Herbie Hancock.
After receiving her fifth award, ironically Record of the Year for hit single Rehab, an emotional Amy looked stunned and stared straight ahead for several seconds as the television feed cut to her in the London studio.
She then hugged her mum, Janice and thanked her parents before giving a message to her husband via a satellite link-up.
“To my mum and dad, for my Blake, my Blake incarcerated, Thank you very much, it’s an honor to be here. Thank you very, very much.”
December 28th, 2007 by Hannah
Maybe he’s siding with Heather. Maybe he’s jealous that Paul still has a recognizable face. But Michael Jackson has a pretty clear message for Paul McCartney on the 25th anniversary release of ‘Thriller’ – the song is mine!
FOX News is reporting that the new mixes on the re-release of ‘Thriller’ are out and Paul is nowhere to be seen on the new version of ‘The Girl is Mine’. Jacko and producer will.i.am have rubbed out Paul from the song which was originally a duet of the two pop icons. Other songs include a version of ‘Billie Jean’ by Kanye West and ‘Wanna Be Starting Something’ by Akon.
December 3rd, 2007 by Hannah
We all know who Evel Knievel is….he’s the motorcycle riding stuntman we’ve all watched and loved over the years. Now, he’ll be riding his motorcycle up the heavenly highway.
According to his website, this legend is dead at the age of 69. He survived breaking every bone in his body at one time or another, but he finally lost the battle to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a terminal lung disease, on November 30. This comes after dealing with diabetes, hepatitis c, a liver transplant, and two strokes.
He will be remembered by millions of fans, as well as his wife, four children, fifteen grandchildren (with another on the way!), and other family members.
Knievel made headlines earlier this week when he sat down with Kanye West to discuss the lawsuit Knievel brought against Kanye for using his likeness in a video. The two settled the suit amicably.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.
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September 30th, 2007 by Hannah
Kanye West finally got dethroned but not by 50 Cent. He got booted off the top by none other than country singer Reba McEntire.
Reba’s new duets album ‘Reba Duet’s is the number one album in America this week. The country crooner’s new album sold more than 300,000 units in the first week of its release. It’s a sale more than double Reba’s previous first-week sales high of 124,000 with the album ‘It’s Your Call’ released back in 1992.
Congrats to Reba. Congrats to Kelly Clarkson too. This is the closest she’s going to get at having a number one record in a good while.
September 17th, 2007 by Hannah
Rap star Kanye West has beaten rival 50 Cent in their head-to-head battle to claim the UK’s best-selling album. The rappers entered the chart at numbers one and two respectively, while West’s single Stronger stayed ahead of 50 Cent’s song Ayo Technology. 50 Cent vowed that he would retire from making solo albums if outsold by West. I bet ya, this guy is not going to retire or anything, he will eat up his words, fall back and say he never meant to retire and will not accept defeat. These characteristics are what make him so hated; he got a big mouth and an empty heart and soul. He’s already started blaming his record company for not supporting him in promoting the album. He should simply retire and keep his words for once. Wait till the US charts are announced, then have a look at 50 Cent’s face, can’t say more than this coz it’s the one for the paparazzi to collect and showing weeping and sobbing like a kid whose been deprived of a lollipop.
September 13th, 2007 by Hannah
It seems like it’s a trend that Kanye has started. Another rapper has come to the forefront and hating on MTV and a couple of other things.
In a recent issue of Complex magazine, Ja Rule recently made a vocal plea to MTV and other companies to stop promoting homosexuality. Ja Rule says “We need to go step to Paramount, and ****ing MGM, and all of these other mother****ers that’s making all of these movies. We need to go step to MTV and Viacom, and lets talk about all these ****ing shows that they have on MTV that is promoting homosexuality, that my kids can’t watch this ****. Dating shows that’s showing two guys or two girls in mid-afternoon. Let’s talk about **** like that! If that’s not ****ing up America, I don’t know what is.”
If this was said on TV, all we’ll hear are bleeps. And that’s not child-friendly either.
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