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MTV Video Music Awards 2010 – Winners List
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as Music Happenings at 12:53 AM UTC on Sep, 13 2010
The 2010 MTV VMA Awards kicked off with Eminem and ended with Kanye West and while those legends of Rap may have ushered in and out the show, it was Lady Gaga and her 13 nominations that dominated the night. While performances by Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift showed that pop music is alive and kicking in full force.
In case you missed the show, here’s the 2010 VMA list of winners:
Womans Says Lady Gaga Has Stolen Her Daughters Soul
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 1:51 PM UTC on Sep, 09 2010
Here’s the best rumor we’ve heard yet about Lady Gaga, apparently a woman is claiming that her late daughters soul has possessed Gaga, allowing her to take the music industry by storm. It turns out the woman’s daughter was also a musician.
Yana Morgana has asked for the right to release dozens of songs that Gaga recorded with her daughter before she committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 19. She says her daughter Liina Morgana inspired Gaga’s fashion sense and persona from her wigs, boots and even as PopEater puts it her “tortured persona.”
“Every other word she says is from Lina,” Morgana told the New York Post. “She talks about having a dark and tragic life, but she had everything she wanted in the world.”
Willow Smith Signs A Record Deal With Jay-Z
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 1:36 PM UTC on Sep, 09 2010
Willow Smith, the 9-year-old daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith has signed a record deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label
Willow’s first single “Whip My Hair” reached the web in audio form this week and now a video is in the works that will be recorded in Los Angeles next month.
Jay-Z told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show on Thursday that he was excited to work with the pint size singer who has already drawn comparisons to singer Rihanna, even at the ripe old age of just 9-years-old.
Ke$ha At Band Camp, This Is Why She’s A Fake Industry Hack [Video]
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 10:52 PM UTC on Sep, 07 2010
I have a deep rooted hatred for the completely industry manufactured Ke$ha or as I like to call her “Lady BlahBlah” because she wants to be Lady Gaga but has no intelligent lyrics to match that want. Now a video which has surfaced from a 2001 high school band camp proves my point, she’s nothing but a made up industry wanker who changed her entire image to sell some albums.
Don’t get me wrong, some of her songs get stuck in my head, but really it’s like a bad hit of crack that I just can’t get over. Watch as she dances horribly and gets pretty much no attention…even from the geeky band boys. Read the rest of this entry »
Taylor Swift Debuts “Mine” Video
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 9:16 PM UTC on Aug, 28 2010
Taylor Swift is a country darling, pop cross over with a huge fanbase, more Twitter followers than almost every other online personality and multi-platinum selling albums, so what does she do in her time off? She writes, records and released a new album.
Swift’s third LP, titled Speak Now won’t release until October, but her first single from that record, titled “Mine” is now available for your listening and viewing pleasure.
Here’s the video for Mine:
Katy Perry Performs On ‘Today Show’ During ‘Summer Concert Series’
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 8:56 PM UTC on Aug, 27 2010
Katy Perry performed several of her hit songs today during the Today Show’s Summer Concert Series.
Perry performed her newest hit “California Girls” along with several of her other hit songs which included “Teenage Dream” and a remix of the song that made her famous “I Kissed A Girl.”
The Today Show summer series is a free outdoor concert series that occurs every Friday in Rockefeller center during the summer months, the show broadcasts live on the morning talk show.
Here’s a video from the performance: Read the rest of this entry »
“I Dreamed A Dreamed” Auto-Tuned For Susan Boyle Performance?
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 11:44 PM UTC on Aug, 26 2010
Susan Boyle may have wowed audiences around the world with her “I Dreamed A Dream” performance on Britain’s Got Talent but now an insider told UK newspaper The Evening Standard that the performance was auto-tuned.
Boyle’s performance made her a worldwide singing sensation big enough to sing at an upcoming meeting with the Pope, while racking up nearly 50 million YouTube views.
According to the insider, just like allegations over Simon Cowell allowing X-Factor auto-tuning over the last week, the performance given by Boyle’s was tweaked before it went live.
Susan Boyle Singing For The Pope
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as Music Happenings at 6:07 PM UTC on Aug, 25 2010
Susan Boyle has went from YouTube star to entertaining the Pope in just a short one year period.
Boyle’s will perform I Dreamed A Dream, from Les Miserable and then perform the hymn How Great Thou Art while an 800 person choir backs her up at the open-air Mass in Glasgow on September 16.
Susan released the following statement about her upcoming Pope performance:
“To be able to sing for the Pope is a great honor and something I’ve always dreamed of – it’s indescribable,” adding “I think the 16th of September will stand out in my memory as something I’ve always wanted to do, I’ve always wanted to sing for his Holiness and I can’t really put into words my happiness, that this wish has come true at last.” Read the rest of this entry »
Cee-Lo Goes Viral With “Fu*K You” Video
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as Music Happenings at 6:48 PM UTC on Aug, 24 2010
Cee-Lo, the man behind Gnarles Barkley has done it once again, this time scoring a huge viral hit with his song “Fu*k You” a new release geared towards his alleged gold-digging girlfriend.
The song features a ’50s beat and the video is a colorful display of the song’s lyrics, it’s a simple video but it’s already scored nearly 2 million views since it went live last week.
If you can’t handle the foul language of the viral video hit, you can always look for the cleaned up for British radio hit titled “Forget You.”
Here’s the Cee-Lo “Fu*k You” video: Read the rest of this entry »
Conan O’Brien And Jack White Team Up For ‘Frankenstein’ Song Recording
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 7:37 PM UTC on Aug, 21 2010
Soon to be TBS talk show host Conan O’Brien and Indie rocker Jack White of The White Stripes have teamed up to record a song about Frankenstein.
The song was recorded for White’s Third Man indie record label and is titled And They Call Me Mad? The song is an improvised spoken-word narrative about everyone’s favorite green monster.
Mariah Carey Has A New Christmas Album Dropping In November
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as Music Happenings at 9:48 PM UTC on Aug, 19 2010
Mariah Carey will be releasing a new Christmas album for the 2010 holiday season.
The new album has yet to be recorded, but it’s expected to contain six new songs and a mix of newly re-recorded songs from her hit album Merry Christmas (pictured above) which included the hit song “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Her hit album was released in 1994.
“Merry Christmas” may have been released 16 years ago, but it continues to be one of the best selling holiday albums of all time, including recent year after year sales.
Hurley from “Lost” Featured On Weezer Album Cover
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 6:03 PM UTC on Aug, 09 2010
Weezer just released the cover for their new album, the Hurley LP and it couldn’t be any better!
The new album cover features “Hurley” from the popular TV show Lost. Hurley, played by Jorge Garcia, has a big smile in the photo and it’s rather infectious.
Rivers Cuomo explained to New York Magazine why he chose the close-up photo of Hurley:
Kings Of Leon Releasing “Come Around Sundown” Album In October
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 12:42 AM UTC on Aug, 05 2010
Mark your calendar Kings Of Leon fans, the groups will be releasing their new album Come Around Sundown on October 19th. The Album is the groups fifth outing.
Kings of Leon are coming off a nice high with their 2008 album Only By The Night selling over 1.2 million albums in the United States, while racking up four Grammy awards. Read the rest of this entry »
Lily Allen Is Pregnant!
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 11:23 PM UTC on Aug, 04 2010
Lily Allen has announced that she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Sam Cooper. The British Pop Star announced today that she is currently three months pregnant.
Allen told British Reporters:
“It brings me great pleasure to tell you that Sam and I are expecting our first child. It goes without saying that we are both absolutely delighted.”
Allen and Cooper have been dating for the last year. Previously Allen suffered a miscarriage during her brief romance with Ed Simons of the dance duo The Chemical Brothers.
Bret Michaels To Perform On America’s Got Talent
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as Music Happenings at 11:45 PM UTC on Aug, 02 2010
Poison frontman Bret Michaels will perform on America’s Got Talent on August 4th. The performance comes just months after Michael’s had a brain aneurysm in May, before going on to win Celebrity Apprentice.
Michael’s will perform his 80′s hit Every Rose Has Its Thorn during the Wednesday live results show, the same song he recently performed for millions of viewers on the hit singing competition American Idol. Read the rest of this entry »
New Michael Jackson Album Arriving November 2010
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 3:07 PM UTC on Jul, 31 2010
It’s official! Michael Jackson fans will be able to pick up a new album from the deceased singer come November 2010.
Jim Bates, a rep for Jackson’s estate announced on Friday that a new 10 song album will hit stories in time for the holiday shopping season and that his older brother Jackie is working to compile the songs for the album. Read the rest of this entry »
Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feelin” First Song To Hit 6 Million Downloads
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 9:20 PM UTC on Jul, 30 2010
The Black Eyed Peas set a new record this week when their hit song “I Gotta Feelin” reached 6 million purchased digital downloads, becoming the first song to reach that level.
“I Gotta Feelin” was penned by group leader Will.i.am and was one of the groups first hits from their multiplatinum selling LP The E.N.D. which was released in 2009.
According to PopCrunch The Black Eyed Peas are no strangers to digital download records, in February 2005 their song “Let’s Get It Started” became the first song to reach the 500,000 mark. Read the rest of this entry »
Lady Gaga September Vanity Fair UK Shoot [Pic]
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 9:06 PM UTC on Jul, 30 2010
Lady Gaga can look really hot when she wants to and the cover of Vanity Fair UK shows off that fact.
Gaga graces the cover of the fashion magazine and it’s a great time to be her with her hit Alejandro once again climbing the charts and her YouTube videos receiving well over one billion views (beat out just by tween sensation Justin Bieber).
We’ve also come to learn that Gaga has gotten back together with ex-flame Luc Carl, a New York bartender who has known Gaga since her St. Jerome Nightclub days in New York back in 2006. Luc apparently broke up with his girlfriend to get back together with the crooner. Read the rest of this entry »
New Biopic In The Works: Jerry Garcia
Posted by Chris Franklin as Music Happenings at 10:13 PM UTC on Jul, 28 2010
The life of Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Jerry Garcia is coming to the silver screen with a new biopic that’s currently in the works.
Director Amir Bar-Lev, director of The Tillman Story has already signed on to direct the film which is still labeled as “in the works.”
The movie centers around the singers time with his band and is based off the script Robert Greenfield’s Dark Star: An Oral Biography on Jerry Garcia.
Greenfield told Rolling Stone Magazine: Read the rest of this entry »
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