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Adam Lambert ‘For Your Entertainment’ Album Review

It’s extremely hard and close to unfathomable to speak of a music album as of an “instant classic” when it’s not even out in stores, yet this is precisely what’s happening with Adam Lambert’s debut material “For Your Entertainment.” Due out on November 23, Lambert&rsquo...

21 November 2009
09:15 GMT

Eccentric Adam Lambert Talks Image, Sound and New Album

Adam Lambert, before anything, is a very accomplished singer, critics agree. However, it’s not just that that’s made him so popular with audiences worldwide even before he released a music album, a very rare occurrence these days. The difference between him and other up and coming talented artists is that...

21 November 2009
03:16 GMT

Reviews Say Adam Lambert’s Album Is an Absolute Winner

Adam Lambert, the one-time potential American Idol winner who, to the surprise of many, came only second in the finals, is gearing up for the release of his debut studio album, the aptly called “For Your Entertainment,” which drops on November 23. According to early reviews that are now coming in, those c...

20 November 2009
11:32 GMT

New Britney Spears Album to Arrive in May 2010

Britney Spears is a very busy woman these days. While fencing critics who say she shouldn’t be lip-synching at her concerts without first warning fans of it, the singer seems to have also found the time to get back in the studio and get things in motion for her upcoming album, her seventh to date, which will dr...

20 November 2009
10:29 GMT

Susan Boyle’s Debut Album Sets Record for All Time Pre-Orders

A little over half a year ago, few knew who Susan Boyle was – even fewer probably had any idea of what she would become in just a few months’ time and of the kind of admiration and support she would enjoy from fans all over the world. As a confirmation of said love and support, Susan Boyle’s debut a...

19 November 2009
07:07 GMT

Leona Lewis Records Theme Song for ‘Avatar’

James Cameron reportedly pulled all on the stops in the making of “Avatar,” the movie that will drop this December and which is believed to mark a new stage in moviemaking. Not only has the famed director invested over $500 million in the film, but he also got one of the biggest artists of the moment, Leo...

18 November 2009
03:01 GMT

Adam Lambert Talks Glitzy, Disco Image

Adam Lambert, the guy who almost became last season’s American Idol, is definitely a good entertainer. Not only does he have good stage presence and impressive vocals, but he’s also not afraid to go the extra mile in terms of selling his music. It’s all part of his strategy of reaching out to as man...

10 November 2009
10:26 GMT

New Song from Lady Gaga, ‘Dance in the Dark’

Not long ago, eccentric artist Lady Gaga announced that she would re-issue her “Fame” album in a format that would make it stand apart from the first release. One of the things she would change on the repackaged edition would be to include eight new tracks, which she has already done. “Dance in the ...

9 November 2009
10:33 GMT

First Listen of Rihanna’s ‘Rated R,’ One Week Before Release

Rihanna’s upcoming studio material, “Rated R,” arrives in stores on November 23, but a handful of fans can listen to the tracks included on it one full week before the official release, thanks to a new partnership between Nokia and Def Jam, the singer’s record label. Nokia will host a listenin...

6 November 2009
10:22 GMT

Adam Lambert Is Thankful for ‘Time for Miracles’

American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert has a very busy month ahead of him, MTV points out. He’s just released his first single off the debut album and is now preparing for the release of the album itself. However, that’s not all that Lambert has been doing musically in recent months, as the singer also...

5 November 2009
10:25 GMT

Chris Brown’s ‘Graffiti’ Album Moved Up a Week

Chris Brown’s first studio material ever since the Rihanna incident back in February this year, the one album that skeptics said he would never get to make because of the media and public backlash, has been moved up one week. Instead of arriving in music stores on December 15, as initially planned, “Graff...

5 November 2009
08:44 GMT

Joss Stone Trashes Lily Allen for Going Against Illegal Downloads

Just recently, Lily Allen joined the fight against illegal downloads of music, saying that artists had all to come together and do something to stop them until things really got out of control. In a new interview with the British media, cited by DigitalSpy, fellow singer Joss Stone lashes out at Allen, saying only so...

5 November 2009
03:27 GMT

Video for Rihanna’s ‘Wait Your Turn’ Premieres

Rihanna is finally upping the ante on the promotion of her upcoming album, the much-hyped “Rated R,” from which fans have already heard something, the first single, “Russian Roulette.” Shortly after it was released, “Wait Your Turn (The Wait Is Ova)” leaked on the Internet and, jus...

4 November 2009
06:42 GMT

Solange Knowles Leaves Record Label Interscope

She said in the past she was not the type of artist to make music for mainstream audiences and, judging by her actions over the weekend, Solange Knowles means business when she says so. The singer, also known as Beyonce’s younger sister, has announced that she’s leaving her record label, Interscope, to go...

2 November 2009
10:20 GMT

Adam Lambert and Boyfriend Split

Adam Lambert and Drake LaBry, who’ve been dating quietly for months now, have decided to put an end to their romance so that the American Idol runner-up can focus on his career. There was no fighting, no tension, and no messy breakup, and the two still remain very good friends, Radar Online has learned. Althoug...

2 November 2009
09:10 GMT

Rihanna’s ‘Wait Your Turn’ Leaks

Not long ago, reports had it that Rihanna’s upcoming album, the one that is to drop at the end of this month and that has been in the meantime officially named “Rated R,” would bring to the table a new sound, a much edgier approach to music and, at the same time, an angrier one as well. Judging by t...

2 November 2009
08:50 GMT

Details on Adam Lambert’s Debut Album Surface

Ever since Adam Lambert was still a contestant on the ever so popular televised competition American Idol, his millions of fans around the world could hardly wait for him to come out with his own material. Now, they have not only the powerful rock ballad “Time for Miracles,” and the disco-inspired “...

1 November 2009
05:59 GMT

Shakira Goes Wild in ‘Did It Again’ Video

As music critics put it, Shakira is one of the few Latin artists to have managed to keep alive an English-language music career, as they usually have a single hit record in English and then continue to release only materials in Spanish. Part of the reason why she succeeded in doing so is to be found in the video embe...

31 October 2009
05:17 GMT

Adam Lambert Premieres ‘For Your Entertainment’ Single

“Imma hurt you real good” and “Do you know what you got into?” are just two of the things that Adam Lambert tells his audience / fans on his first single off the debut album, “For Your Entertainment,” which hit airwaves just minutes ago. As promised, Adam himself premiered the trac...

30 October 2009
12:24 GMT

Adam Lambert Unveils Cover for New Single, ‘For Your Entertainment’

Opinions about Adam Lambert’s choice for a cover for his debut album, “For Your Entertainment,” continue to be divided. Some critics think the artwork is too ridiculous, which might eventually work against him, while there are also fans who also believe mainstream is not ready for this kind of shock...

30 October 2009
10:38 GMT

Adam Lambert Responds to Critics of ‘Ridiculous’ Album Cover

The other day, American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert came out with the official artwork for his debut studio material, “For Your Entertainment.” The cover showed the singer with blue hair and bathed in purple light against a starry backdrop, which has prompted much talk of being appropriate to be plastered...

29 October 2009
11:00 GMT

Adam Lambert Comes Out with ‘For Your Entertainment’ Album Cover

Adam Lambert is bringing glam black, and he’s not just saying that for the sake of making conversation. It’s not without a very good reason that fans call the American Idol runner-up Glambert, and it’s not without reason that they love him to death, as they know he makes all boring, safe, plain thin...

28 October 2009
06:43 GMT

Cover for Rihanna’s ‘Rated R’ Album Is Out

The artwork of Rihanna’s latest single, lifted off the upcoming “Rated R” album, shows her in a barbwire corset, hair slicked back and a very strange type of eyepatch. With this in mind, it’s no wonder fans expected something edgier and more dangerous for the cover of the album, which is to dr...

28 October 2009
06:15 GMT

Chris Brown Releases New Single, ‘Crawl’

On the second single off the “Graffiti” album, out this December, Chris Brown is a far cry from the confident, young man who threw the entire world at the feet of an unnamed girl in the upbeat “I Can Transform Ya.” “Crawl,” the ballad of a man who’s been hurt in love and is p...

23 October 2009
09:27 GMT

Adam Lambert Announces Album Name, Lady Gaga Collaboration

“It’s official! My debut album, dropping November 23rd will be called ‘For Your Entertainment.’” Adam Lambert says in a Twitter message to his fans, thus revealing to the entire world the secret that has been kept well under wraps until now. And this is not all that the American Idol run...

20 October 2009
06:36 GMT

Rihanna Tweets Release Date for New Album

It will probably be one of the quietest musical releases of our times, music critics say, since it’s so uncommon for artists these days to announce a new material a little over a month before the due date. Rihanna has decided on a day to drop her latest album and, surprisingly enough, it seems to be November 23...

14 October 2009
10:57 GMT

Two New Michael Jackson Albums to Be Released

As it’s currently preparing for the big release of the “This Is It” docu-film and the accompanying 2-CD album, the Michael Jackson Estate is also working on the release of two new albums. Written and recorded sometime in the time interval 2004-2009, the never before heard tracks are all said to be &...

14 October 2009
09:38 GMT

Cover for Susan Boyle’s Album Is Out

November 23, when Susan Boyle releases her debut album in the UK (the US to follow on the 24th) is still some distance away, but hype has already started building. After much talk that the singer is in negotiations with producers for a surprise appearance on X Factor that will coincide with the release date of the ma...

14 October 2009
05:04 GMT

Michael Jackson Song ‘This Is It’ Available on the Net

Not long ago, it was announced that a new Michael Jackson song would be released on radio on October 12 to promote the upcoming docu-film “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” and accompanying a 2-CD release. Hours before the official release, the song, also called “This Is It,” was already hea...

12 October 2009
04:26 GMT

Shakira in i-D Magazine on the She Wolf Animal

Shakira has taught the world that her hips not only do not lie, but that they also tell stories. In July this year, the singer also showed that she could have her entire body do that, as she released the video for her first single off the “She Wolf” album, “She Wolf.” The vid got many tongues ...

10 October 2009
06:08 GMT

Details Surface on Susan Boyle’s Debut Album

Susan Boyle is, for millions of people around the world, the undeniable star of this year’s edition of Britain’s Got Talent, albeit someone else came out first. Her debut album, the much-hyped “I Dreamed a Dream,” is set for release on November 24 and has already topped once online pre-sale ch...

9 October 2009
11:00 GMT

Lady Gaga Announces ‘The Fame Monster’ with 8 New Songs

Lady Gaga has rapidly established herself as an artist who is a force to be reckoned with both in terms of artistic impact and of commercial success. The controversial Gaga is one of the top-selling pop artists of the moment, with many comparing her with a much edgier version of a young Madonna. And Gaga is far from ...

9 October 2009
09:58 GMT

Jennifer Lopez Is Not Lola, Rep Says of Viral Song

Jennifer Lopez’s latest song after a rather long hiatus, a collaboration with Pitbull under Neptunes production, “Fresh Out the Oven,” hit the Internet the other day. Since Lopez’s name was not mentioned anywhere on the two websites set up specifically for the purpose of promoting the song, it...

8 October 2009
06:32 GMT

Guns N’ Roses Defend ‘Chinese Democracy’ of Plagiarism Claims

The new Guns N’ Roses released “Chinese Democracy” after many delays in November 2008, moving on to become one of the few albums to have spent over a decade in production stage. Almost a year later, the band is being sued for $1 million on plagiarism charges, after Ulrich Schnauss, a German electron...

7 October 2009
12:26 GMT

Universal Signs Elvis Presley’s Grandson, Benjamin

Elvis Presley’s grandson, the 17-year-old boy of daughter Lisa Marie Presley with her first husband, is preparing to make his debut in the music industry. Showing that being related to The King always helps, even if one has never met him, Universal has already signed the aspiring hitmaker on a $5-million contra...

6 October 2009
03:59 GMT

Solange Knowles Doesn’t Want Commercial Success with Her Music

Solange Knowles is for many just Beyonce’s younger sister, the one who will never have the same success as her and whose fashion choices, along with so much more, will always be criticized. For her fans, though, she is the epitome of the artist not afraid to go against mainstream by simply turning her back to i...

5 October 2009
05:54 GMT

First Reviews Say Mariah Carey's New Album Is a Winner

After much delay, Mariah Carey’s latest studio material, “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” was released the other day to an overall positive reception. Given the repeated obstacles the material stumbled upon what with the release date, many believed it was no good, but, luckily, this has proven to be...

30 September 2009
10:39 GMT

Chris Brown’s ‘I Can Transform Ya’ Single Is Out

Even before Chris Brown pled guilty to assaulting girlfriend Rihanna in February 2009, not few were those who said they believed his career as a singer was over. The backlash would inevitably put an end to everything he ever dreamed or planned to do, and fans would soon forget he even existed. “I Can Transform ...

30 September 2009
10:15 GMT

Adam Lambert’s Album Is Number One in Online Charts

To say that Adam Lambert is perhaps the biggest star American Idol has created and who did not even have to win the competition is probably an understatement right at this point, judging by the way everything he does is welcomed by the fan community. His debut album, not out until November 24, reached the number-two ...

30 September 2009
08:54 GMT

Britney Spears Unleashes New Single, ‘3’

To celebrate a decade since the release of her first album, Britney Spears and Jive Records are preparing for the release of a new hit-singles collection, as we also informed you a while back. “Britney Spears The Singles Collection” arrives in stores on November 24, but the track that will sell it, a new ...

30 September 2009
05:28 GMT

Ciara’s Fourth Album Is Almost Done

Ciara unleashed “Fantasy Ride,” her third studio album, this year, but reports in the industry have it that she’s already busy at work on her fourth material, which is slowly nearing completion. Critics did not buy “Fantasy Ride” and fans were almost equally not enthusiastic about it, wh...

29 September 2009
10:56 GMT

Beyonce Hoaxer Talks Janet Jackson Doctored Album Photos

For about a month now, several photos that claim to be artwork for Janet Jackson’s 2010 music album have been making the rounds on the Internet. Intrigued just like Janet fans who did not know what to believe, Wendy Williams did her research and found out the pics came from the “Beyonce Hoaxer,” 26-...

26 September 2009
03:06 GMT

Janet Jackson Album Artwork Doctored by Beyonce Hoaxer

For almost a month now, a series of pictures has been making the rounds on the Internet but, until not long ago, no one has been able to confirm whether it was the real deal or not. They were supposedly new artwork for Janet Jackson’s 2010 album and had been leaked online by someone on the singer’s camp. ...

25 September 2009
06:36 GMT

New Michael Jackson Single Drops Oct. 12

Coming to show that there’s never smoke without a fire and that, sometimes, even the most unlikely report contains a grain of truth, the Columbia/Epic Label Group of Sony Music has just confirmed that a new Michael Jackson single will premiere on radio on October 12. The song, called “This Is It,” w...

25 September 2009
04:45 GMT

Britney Spears Announces Singles Collection, New Single

It’s been ten years that Britney Spears first broke on the music scene and shortly after became the reigning Princess of Pop. In order to celebrate such a lengthy career, as well as an immensely successful decade, Jive Records, Britney’s label, has just announced the release of a special album: the Single...

24 September 2009
10:29 GMT

Paris Hilton’s Second Album to Be a Hit

The usually very talkative Paris Hilton, who seems to have no problem with discussing with the media issues that should pertain exclusively to her personal life, is surprisingly mum on the topic of her second album – when and if it is to be unleashed on the world. A preview of it leaked last month, and sources ...

24 September 2009
08:46 GMT

Rihanna Bags Justin Timberlake for Upcoming Album

No release date has yet been announced for Rihanna’s next studio album but, for what it’s worth, reports in the media suggest it will be one of the biggest releases of recent years. To make matters even more interesting and thus increase the hype, Justin Timberlake reveals that he too collaborated with Ri...

24 September 2009
02:45 GMT

Official Tracklisting for ‘New Moon’ Soundtrack Revealed

“New Moon,” the second installment in “The Twilight Saga,” dealing with the forbidden love story between a vampire, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), and Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), is set for release on November 20. Fans who have already placed preorders for the “New Moon” offic...

22 September 2009
11:05 GMT

Shakira’s New Album Pushed Back to November

Shakira may be experiencing some trouble with her third English studio album, as its release date has just been pushed back by more than one month. Although no mention of this is made anywhere in the media, word in the industry has it the singer is trying to vamp up the record following the lukewarm welcome in the US...

22 September 2009
09:05 GMT

Jay-Z Tops Elvis Presley with ‘The Blueprint 3’

On September 8, Jay-Z released his latest studio album, “The Blueprint 3,” refusing to even taken notice of the fact that the album had leaked on the Internet in complete form just a week before the official release. At the time, the rapper called the leak a “preview,” saying he wasn’t g...

18 September 2009
03:50 GMT


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