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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

mtvU Woodie Awards Nominees

It's that time of year again; when MTV throws a spotlight on the underground sounds making the most noise on college campuses across America. It's the annual mtvU Woodie Awards and, as always, you'll play a huge role in determining who goes home with the hardware.

The sixth annual mtvU Woodie Awards will air live -- for the first time ever in Woodies history -- on Wednesday, March 16, at 12AM (ET/PT) on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU from the Austin Music Hall in Austin, Texas, during the South by Southwest Music Festival.

But there are no Woodies without you. So check out the list of 2011 of mtvU Woodie Award nominees and vote now!

WOODIE OF THE YEAR: The artists who made the biggest splash on the college music scene this past year.
  • Black Keys -- "Tighten Up"
  • B.o.B. -- "Airplanes"
  • Arcade Fire -- "The Suburbs"
  • LCD Soundsystem -- "Drunk Girls"
  • Wiz Khalifa -- "Black & Yellow"

BREAKING WOODIE: For the first time ever you can (broad)cast your vote for your favorite BREAKING artist nominee via Twitter or Facebook. Tweets and posts will be tallied up until the night of the show on March 16. Go to the Breaking Woodie voting page for details on how to vote using Twitter and/or Facebook OR go directly to Twitter and Facebook and create a post post. All posts must include an official Twitter handle (@artistname) AND #Woodies.
  • Local Natives
  • Sleigh Bells
  • Two Door Cinema Club
  • Wavves

BEST VIDEO WOODIE: These music videos are so incredible we'd watch them even without the music.
  • Vampire Weekend –- "Giving Up the Gun"
  • Duck Sauce –- "Barbara Streisand"
  • Gorillaz –- "Stylo"
  • Chiddy Bang -– "Opposite of Adults"
  • Black Keys – "Tighten Up"

PERFORMING WOODIE: For those artists who take to the road and never let up, always giving that memorable live performance night in and night out.
  • The National
  • Girl Talk
  • Matt & Kim
  • Robyn
  • Mumford & Sons

LEFT FIELD WOODIE:They resist classification. They came out of left field, and we're still not sure what section of our favorite jams playlist to put them in. Just when you may think you have them pegged, they surprise you once again.
  • Die Antwoord
  • Lil B
  • Yelawolf
  • Das Racist
  • Kanye West

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Brand new countries added to Rihanna's “Loud Tour”

It was just announced that Rihanna will visit more countries during “Loud” tour. And… get it! Rihanna will visit Poland. So happy right now! Poland couldn’t wait for this show!

NEW DATES:

December 6 – Poland, Łódź (Atlas Arena)
December 7 – Czech Republic, Prague (O2 Arena)

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Full remix of Lady Gaga's ''Scheiße'

Lady Gaga - Scheisse (Extended Remix) by gagadaily

Music Video: Rihanna - "S&M"

Taylor Swift Receives Platinum Plaques

Taylor Swift recieves Platinum plaques for the novelity of her success she has achieved last year.

Swift was presented with plaques in #1 Party for “Mine” at the Hard Rock Café in Nashville last Friday to commemorate the huge susccess of her top selling album and chart topping singles last year.

Swift has set the record for her “Speak Now” album for selling a whopping 1,047,000 copies on its first week of release. It landed #1 on Billboard 200 chart. Speak now has reached over 4.4 million copies sold and set an entry of 11 hit songs in Billboard Hot 100 chart. For the record, Taylor Swift has now exceed 20 million albums and 35 million song downloads.

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