Set your DVRs because Rihanna will join the likes of Miley Cyrus, B.o.B. and Hayley Williams and take the stage to perform at the 2010 MTV EMA!
Rihanna first hit the EMA stage back in 2006 to perform her hit "S.O.S.," and since then a whole new Rihanna has emerged: the good girl went bad and got a new "R" rating. The one-time girl-next-door (from Barbados) is now a full on envelope-pushing fashion goddess who, in addition to topping charts and winning Grammys, can also now add actress and author to her resume. AND she's a four-time EMA nominatee for Best Pop, Best Song, Best Female, and Best Video! We love you, Rihanna, but give the rest of us gals a chance!
No word yet on which song Rihanna will be performing from her upcoming album Loud, but does it really matter? Rihanna always hits the stage with killer energy, amazing hair, insane ensembles, and confidence like she's the only girl in the world. (See what I did there?)
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Uh, oh—looks like someone just discovered Photoshop! The cover art for punctual pop glamstress Ke$ha’s upcoming mini album Cannibal has been unveiled, and it looks like it got run over by a Mack truck hauling a freight of glitter canons and Crayola magic markers. (So in other words, business as usual for the “We R Who We R” hitmaker!) Head below to see the full image, plus the cover for the Animal + Cannibal re-release of her debut LP.
Both Cannibal and its accompanying Animal + Cannibal package are due out November 22—just in time for Thanksgiving. Mmmmm. Human flesh and cranberries…
Ke$ha is set to bedazzle the country by performing a medley of her hits at the American Music Awards the night before the release of her latest set of jams.
UPDATED: Here’s the official tracklist for Cannibal, which MTV News posted today:
1. “Cannibal”
2. “We R Who We R”
3. “Sleazy”
4. “Blow”
5. “The Harold Song”
6. “Crazy Beautiful Life”
7. “Grow a Pear”
8. “C U Next Tuesday”
9. “Animal (Billboard remix)”
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Black Eyed Peas vocalist and six-time Grammy-winning artist Fergie will receive the Woman of the Year Award at the 2010 Billboard Women in Music Event on Dec. 2 in New York.
"I am humbled and excited to accept the Billboard Woman of the Year Award," Fergie says. "Being honored by Billboard is a great career achievement."
Fergie spent 2010 touring the world alongside her Black Eyed Peas bandmates on the Blackberry Presents: The E.N.D. World Tour, performing hits from the group's hugely successful 2009 album, "The E.N.D."
The Black Eyed Peas own the longest streak of consecutive weeks spent at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart by any artist in the chart's 52-year history, with 2009 singles "Boom Boom Pow" reigning for 12 weeks and "I Gotta Feeling" for 14. Additionally, "I Gotta Feeling" is the best-selling digital song in Nielsen SoundScan history.
"The E.N.D." is first album in two decades by a group to yield five top 10 songs on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. The album has sold 2.8 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.
On. Nov. 30, the Black Eyed Peas will release "The Beginning," their sixth album and an aptly-titled follow-up to "The E.N.D." The album's first single is "The Time (The Dirty Bit)," which will be released Nov. 9.
As a solo artist, Fergie released 2006's "The Dutchess," an album that spawned three No. 1 songs on the Hot 100. "The Dutchess" became the first debut collection by a female artist since 1990 to generate five top 10 singles.
In addition to her thriving music career and extensive charity work related to breast cancer awareness, Fergie has seen success with her fragrance line Outspoken, her multiple fashion lines under Fergalicious and her acting career.
"Fergie took the music industry by storm the moment she came onto the scene, and we're thrilled to celebrate her career achievements and incredible successes over the past year by honoring her with the Billboard Woman of the Year Award," says Bill Werde, Billboard's editorial director. "Fergie is a unique artist with great business savvy, style and an unbelievable dedication to philanthropic efforts, making her an inspiration to aspiring female artists everywhere."
Billboard's annual Women in Music Event celebrates the most powerful and talented women in the music business, coinciding with the publication of Billboard's Women in Music Power Players list.
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Roman Zolanski is about to meet Slim Shady. The alter-egos of rap’s most formidable forces will go head-to-head on a track for Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday.
Rap-Up.com has exclusively learned that Young Money’s First Lady and Eminem have recorded a song called “Roman’s Revenge,” which will be included on Nicki’s debut album, due November 22.
Fans can expect more heavy-hitters on the highly-anticipated project, in addition to Em, who trades bars with Nicki’s colorful alter-ego Roman. During a Ustream session earlier this week, she revealed that Drake would also make an appearance on the album, calling their collaboration one of her favorites.
Pink Friday has already spawned the singles “Your Love,” “Right Thru Me,” and “Check It Out” with will.i.am. Find out what other songs made the final cut when the tracklisting hits iTunes this weekend.
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Because he's “over” rapping. Cudi breaks it down for MTV:
I don't get any fulfillment out of it anymore. I don't get fulfillment out of writing a 16. That's why you don't ever hear me on Kanye joints like that. For two reasons: he's dope and I'm just not gonna be rapping on 'Ye records and getting bodied all the time. I'm more passionate when he's like, 'yo Cudi, come up with a hook.' Cause he asks me to put verses down but I'll try to procrastinate or disappear or something. I just really get more fulfillment out of singing now. I'm teaching myself the guitar, that's my new found love. I never thought that I could play an instrument. Picked it up, surprised myself. It's been two and a half months, I'm already starting my next project. It's a rock album, I'm doing a band with [producer] Dot [da Genius] called Wizard.
First, can we just say — thank the universe for Kid Cudi! Back in 2007, when he was another mixtape rapper with an underground hit, who could have imagined he'd develop into the ridiculous blog-fodder-producing quote machine that he is today? (Vulture got four posts out of that liquid-cocaine thing alone.) And that's because, to his great credit, Cudi's bold enough to try to make a rock album knowing full well that he'll get tons of shit for it. The legacy of Kanye's experimental 808s & Heartbreak looms ever larger.
It's actually not a completely out-of-left-field development: “Erase Me,” from his upcoming Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, is straight pop-rock, and it's as catchy as anything else occupying air space on rock radio. And even though rock music made by people who have played the guitar for less than three months is generally an unappetizing proposition, this time it doesn't — surprise! — sound like all that terrible of an idea. Cudi's always had a knack for churning out giant choruses (exhibits A and B); if he doesn't feel like rapping in between those giant choruses anymore, we can deal with it.
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