Beyonce's label is looking to releasing "Till The End of Time" as the 1st single and release a 2nd single before the album in June.
This would mean "Run The World (Girls)" will be made a buzz single and will have short promotion. Still depending on airplay pickup.
No info on dates. Her team is wanting to start the album with full out promo for "...Girls" so they are watching sales patters...
RedOne has claimed that aliens would love Lady GaGa.
The 'Bad Romance' hitmaker admitted that he loves working with GaGa because of her unique ideas and her seemingly fearless attitude to make them work.
"I met GaGa before she had the deal. She was so open to trying new ideas. People from outer space would love GaGa," he told Vibe magazine.
"It was obvious to me that she'd have a global sound with her bridges and melodies – she writes great lyrical concepts and had a lot of drums, very rhythmic."
RedOne has recently been working on GaGa's sophomore album Born This Way, which is due to be released worldwide on May 23.
GaGa recently confirmed that she is to premiere the video for her latest RedOne-produced single 'Judas' during American Idol.
The 25-year-old singer has defended the religious content of the video by claiming that it's intended to be a celebration of faith.
Jessie J has a special collaboration in mind - she wants to work with RiRi.
The singer-songwriter actually wrote her hit song Do It Like A Dude for the Bajan beauty but ended up recording it herself for her debut album Who You Are.
Now Jessie is hoping she can perform the track with Rihanna in the near future, as she revealed to Canada's New.Music.Live.
"I wanna ask her, I really wanna ask her if we can perform it together," explains the Price Tag singer. "Either on her tour or at V Festival or one of the big festivals. I definitely think that she would kill it.”
As for other dream collaborations, Jessie shared: "I'd definitely want to work with Aretha Franklin, Prince and Beyonce. I recently spoke with Jasmine Sullivan on the phone, I definitely want to get in the studio with her."
She continued: "I want to work with Willow Smith, I think she's incredible. It's a very humbling situation when an artist wants to work with you and you get the opportunity to work with them."
Girls Aloud will reunite in 2012 to mark their 10th anniversary, their manager has confirmed.
Hilary Shaw said to expect the five-piece to perform together to mark the milestone. “Everybody wants them to make a comeback and it will be next year. Well, it is their 10th anniversary so there will be something,” she said.
But she added that fans shouldn’t expect a new studio album just yet, as Cheryl Cole is busy with her solo career and her rumoured X Factor USA slot.
As for the other girls, Nicola Roberts is readying a solo LP, Sarah Harding is concentrating on acting and Kimberley Walsh on TV presenting. Nadine Coyle’s album flopped when it was released late last year.
The Girls Aloud boss also insisted that all five members are still good friends, despite rumours of infighting. “The girls are still getting on great, they speak all the time, and that includes Cheryl and Nadine with the other girls,” Hilary told The People. “Cheryl is keen to get back with the girls and is planning something which could be a one-off or some gigs.”
Girls Aloud haven’t recorded together since 2008’s Out Of Control.
“You’ll get another album within 12 months,” she told KIIS FM’s JoJo. “You’ll get the announcement for the next album in—and I’m saying the announcement—that you’ll get the announcement in September. That’s all.”The anonymous R&B singer The Weeknd recently released his 9-song debut, "House of Balloons" – a staggering mix of R&B, dubstep and indie/avant-garde samples. The mixtape sounds like Drake during his most wallowing moments, offering a dark and despairing insight into the world of drug consumption that, for all its sadness and futility, is also undeniably catchy, or perhaps addicting itself.
Opener "High for This" begins somewhat conventionally: hypnotic drum slugging and reverb-drowned vocals a la Drake. However, when The Weeknd implores, "Open your head," electronic fuzz and dubstep beats suddenly pulsate, awakening the song from its swoon. This weekend party has all the elements of contemporary mainstream rap—lots of drugs and girls—but even when The Weeknd sings the song's chorus, "Even though you don't roll / Trust me girl / You wanna be high for this," he is hardly glorifying this hedonism.
Rather, the song sounds chilling and desperate; being "High for This" is not just part of the party, it is a necessity.
"What You Need" follows, sounding most-appropriate for mainstream audiences; it is relatively short (around 3:30), has a lush, jangly beat and can be construed as a love-song: "He's what you want / I'm what you need." On an album focusing on drugs, however, the metaphor of addiction becomes quickly apparent, especially when The Weeknd sings, "I'm the drug in your veins."
Besides the shorter "What You Need," most of the songs on "House of Balloons" surpass the five-minute mark. The mixtape's highlight, "House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls," nears 7 minutes, beginning with fuzzy waves of electronic noise and a psychedelic sample from Siouxsie and the Banshees, which revels in its drug-filled indulgence: "This is a happy house / We're happy here in the happy house / This is fun, fun, fun, fun..."
The song unwinds midway into the sludgy beat of "Glass Table Girls," capturing the dingy atmosphere of a cocaine-filled after-party: "We could test out the tables / We got some brand new tables / All glass and it's four feet wide / But it's enough to get us ten feet high." The Weeknd alters his normally echoing and despondent vocals with aggressive and confrontational near-whispering, evoking tension and a sense of looming danger.
"House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls" captures the ethos of the perpetually high hip-hop and rap scene, and it is therefore not just one of the better songs released this year but also one of the most culturally and historically significant.
"The Morning" appropriately follows: the slowed down, reflective hangover, where the leftover "codeine cups paint a picture so vivid" of the night before. Other highlights include "The Party & The After Party," which artfully samples indie-darlings Beach House, and "Wicked Games," an achingly melancholic confessional of false-love and, you guessed it, drug use.
Much like Elliott Smith's posthumous "From a Basement on a Hill," a haunting collection of songs about drug-addiction and dying recorded when Smith essentially was a walking corpse, "House of Balloons" sounds frighteningly earnest—the harrowing words from a moribund singer. If true art is suffering, "House of Balloons" is a ghastly masterpiece.
Beyoncé has reportedly recorded a duet with Rihanna for her new album.
The 'Single Ladies' diva is currently preparing her fourth solo album, which is due for release in June, and is said to have included a collaboration with Roc Nation star Rihanna.
"Rihanna has wanted to work with Beyoncé for some time now and, after talking about a duet at this year's Grammys, they have finally managed to set aside some time to record together," an insider has revealed, reports M is for Music.
"The song will feature on Beyoncé's album and will be a number one smash hit for sure."
Beyoncé recently shot her new music video in Mojave desert for her upcoming single 'Girls (Who Run The World)', which leaked online yesterday.
The video for the single is claimed to be one of Beyoncé's biggest to date.
“(What Is) LOVE?”, the final song of Jennifer Lopez’s “LOVE?” iTunes countdown, is set to be released on iTunes next Tuesday! However, we have the opportunity to release the song to iTunes early!
Fans can go to LIKEforLOVE on Jennifer’s Facebook page to “like” “(What Is) LOVE?” and listen to a snippet now! When a certain number of “likes” are recorded, it will automatically be released to iTunes!
Fans previously unlocked the RedOne-produced banger, “Papi“, and JLo’s second single, “I’m Into You” feat Lil Wayne, several days early. If you haven’t done so already, make sure you buy “Papi” and “I’m Into You” on iTunes now!
To unlock “(What Is) LOVE?” and listen to a snippet, go to LIKEforLOVE now!
LOVE? hits stores on May 3!
Bon Iver have announced that their June-bound new album will be self-titled and released its tracklisting.
The album will be released on June 21 in the US – see below for the tracklisting. Scroll down and click further below to hear a snippet of music from the record.
Each song on the album is named after or represents a place. Frontman Justin Vernon has said of album closer 'Beth/Rest', his favourite on the LP: "It's definitely the part where you pick up your joint and re-light it."
The tracklisting of 'Bon Iver' is:
'Perth'
'Minnesota, WI'
'Holocene'
'Towers'
'Michicant'
'Hinnom, TX'
'Wash.'
'Calgary'
'Lisbon, OH'
'Beth/Rest'
News broke last night that Justin Timberlake would be hosting the May 21 season finale of "Saturday Night Live" -- which is all kinds of awesome. But PopWrap has just learned that the episode is about to get even more epic because Lady GaGa will be the musical guest!
With her new CD, "Born This Way," dropping two days later, the timing could not be any more perfect. Although if we're being honest, a new GaGa release sort of transcends promotion, no?
The last time she took to the "SNL" stage (as musical guest for Ryan Reynolds' Oct 2009 installment), GaGa not only delivered an amazing performance of "Love Game/Bad Romance," but starred in a funny sketch with Andy Samberg and an iconic one alongside Madonna!
Stepping out in all her finest hippy chic attire, Vanessa Hudgens recently enjoyed the sights and sounds of Coachella with rumored new squeeze Josh Hutcherson.
And while the "Beastly" beauty was happy to listen to the many top acts taking the stage, don't expect her to be making any of her own anytime soon.
“We’re talking. I would love to, but I don’t know yet. I can neither confirm or deny the rumours!”
