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Enjoy the festive pics above of Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj arriving and performing at Billboard’s Sixth Annual Women In Music Event yesterday (December 2) in New York City, New York.
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Seth MacFarlane Double Grammy Nominee, Faces Barbra Streisand And Tony Bennett
In between juggling 5 series: Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show and the upcoming Flintstones and Cosmos reboots, his first feature and emceeing duties at the Comedy Central roasts, Seth MacFarlane is fostering a budding music career. And tonight, the uber TV producer earned 2 Grammy nominations. One was for a song from Family Guy, Christmastime Is Killing Us which he co-wrote, in the Best Song Written For Visual Media category. It was the only song from a TV show to make the cut. The other nod was an even bigger surprise. MacFarlane’s debut album as a singer, Music Is Better Than Words, was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album alongside heavyweights Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett and Harry Connick Jr. and international sensation Susan Boyle. I think it is safe to say that this is the first time MacFarlane’s name has been mentioned in the same sentence as Ms. Streisand. (Below is a snippet from one of MacFarlane’s sold-out live performances of Music Is Better Than Words, which was turned into an EPIX special.) MacFarlane was not the only creator of primtime comedy series to land a Grammy nomination tonight. 30 Rock‘s Tina Fey earned one in the Best Spoken Word Album category for narrating the audio version of her bestselling book Bossypants, while Louie‘s Louis C.K. is nominated for his comedy album Hilarious. Among the … Read More
Lady Gaga on Top of American Music Awards Noms
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Reports are out for the American Music Awards in November and with A-listers Katy Perry, Adele, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift are in the lead for nominations.
MTV.com Reports:
The Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Album nominees also belong to the women, with Gaga’s Born This Way, Rihanna’s Loud and Adele’s 21. Meanwhile, the Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Female Artist nominees are Adele, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. There are some gentlemen in the mix, of course. The Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Male Artist nominees are Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars and Pitbull.
The Rap/Hip-Hop Music: Favorite Artist nominees include Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Kanye West. All three nominees are also up for Rap/Hip-Hop Music: Favorite Album with Tha Carter IV, Pink Friday and the Jay-Z-assisted Watch the Throne, respectively.
Chris Brown, Usher and Trey Songz are all looking to take home the trophy for Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music: Favorite Male Artist. Former Destiny’s Child members Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland face off against Rihanna for Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music: Favorite Female Artist.
Brown, Rihanna and Beyoncé are also up for Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music: Favorite Album for F.A.M.E., Loud and 4 respectively.
Country Music: Favorite Female Artist honors go to Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift, who is also up for Favorite Album in the country category for Speak Now. Alternative Rock Music: Favorite Artist recognizes Foo Fighters, Black Keys and Mumford & Sons. And the Adult Contemporary Music: Favorite Artist sees Katy Perry, Adele and Bruno Mars vying for the prize.
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Bandana Bikini! Rihanna Films yet Another Classy Music Video!
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It’s nice to see that the music industry continues to exploit their favorite hip hop star of the moment. Why not right? Rhi-Rhi never disappoints in her ability to successfully brainwash little girls across the globe that it’s perfectly alright to love kinky sex, heavy amounts of alcohol & freaky S&M fashion.
These were snapped earlier today as Rihanna was spotted shooting a new music video in County Down, Northern Ireland. So, is that actually a bandana bikini top & bottom?
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Beyonce Gushes Over Pregnancy
One of the luckiest baby in music has some very happy parents! Reports are coming in that Beyonce and Jay-Z are gushing to the press about their upcoming addition.
People.com Reports:
After showing off her baby bump at the MTV Music Awards and later saying she feels “very empowered,” the pop diva, 30, now says she’s “so happy to be a woman.”
“[Pregnancy] is the most incredible gift anyone can have,” Knowles told E! News. “I’m very excited. I’m probably the happiest I’ve ever been.”
Katy Perry Was Hot For VMAs
Katy Perry almost went demure on me at MTV’s VMAs last Sunday. Has becoming a married lady led to Katy toning shit down? I hope not, if she wants to continue her music career. Russell Brand should know better than to try to keep that shit on lockdown (especially since he’s been seen acting a [...]
What Jay-Z, Beyonces baby boy would look like [Photo]
The beginning of the Beyonce baby madness has just commenced. After announcing her pregnancy in a huge way at the MTV Music Video Awards. (See…
Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift brings house down, duet [VIDEO]
Taylor Swift brought LA to its feet last night when Nicki Minaj dashed from the MTV Video Music Awards to join her on stage at…
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Jennifer Lopez Gets Down For Fiat
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It looks like nothing will slow Jennifer Lopez down! We snapped the Jenny-from-the-block doing a little music video for a Fiat commercial in LA yesterday (August 23).
Boyz II Men Singer on Future of the Recording Industry
Nathan Morris, member of the classic R&B group Boyz II Men, recently told the Huffington Post:
“In the next 10 to 15 years, all music is going to be free…One, it’s too hard to police it…Two, now that the public has been set up with free music, having to want to pay for it is not going to happen. Whenever you can set up a platform where you can get music for free, now that there is a platform. You’re always gonna fight against [paying].”
Boyz II Men who are now celebrating their 20-year anniversary will release a new record on October 25 and a new Boyz II Men app for iPhone and Android.
Despite the new face of the music industry, Morris says that Napster and the technology which enabled file sharing of music on the Internet are not to blame for the collapse of the record industry. He says it is the labels themselves for coming to the Internet late.
“…A lot of people hold a grudge against companies like Napster for what they did, and against file sharing — how a song is a file, and so you can [share files] and it is not illegal. We don’t hold a grudge against Napster because many of those companies presented those technologies and had really early meetings with record companies and tried to make them a part of what they were doing, and they all said no… A lot of the stubborn record labels were so used to the tape and the master, and they didn’t want to fall in line with what those digital companies had to offer…Music publishing is going to be used as a promotional tool…Any new music is going to be used as marketing tools. Live performances and endorsement deals and merchandising are where the money is going to come from for new artists..I think we’re moving into an app-driven world…Five days a week most people aren’t able to get on their computer…”
Google Will Pay License Fees For Indie Music Clips On YouTube
Google has agreed to pay royalties to songwriters repped by the National Music Publishers Assocation when their songs appear in videos on YouTube. The deal, which covers roughly 3,000 mainly indie songwriters, resolves a copyright lawsuit brought by the organization in 2007 and sets up the two sides to share ad revenues generated by videos on YouTube. ‘
Bob Dylan’s Grandson Pablo, Breaks Out into the Rap Scene
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AllHipHop.com: Hip-Hop has again proven it has no bounds with respect to its growth and participation, as recently, Pablo Dylan, Bob Dylan’
Trent Reznor urges fans not to buy repackaged version of Pretty Hate Machine
Ever since I can remember, Trent Reznor has been very anti-corporate music, and he celebrated in grand style when Nine Inch Nails finally split from Interscope records in 2007. In the aftermath, Reznor became legendary for giving away his own music (and continued the trend last year by providing a free download of the EP [...]