Monday, February 14, 2011
Lady Gaga's Next Single Will 'Shock,' Says Producer
Blown away by "Born This Way"?
Wait until you hear Lady Gaga's next single, says her longtime producer RedOne.
"I'm not gonna tell you the title, but the next single, it's ... I don't want to say. It's gonna shock," he told MTV News at the Grammys Sunday. "You're gonna be surprised and wanna go crazy."
Though Vogue reported that the next single would be called "Judas," Perez Hilton later debunked the rumor.
As for Gaga's Grammys getup (she arrived in an egg), RedOne tells THR he knew about the stunt for two months and wasn't taken aback by it.
Says RedOne: "No idea of Gaga's would surprise me."
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Madonna About To Record New LP, Irving Azoff Says
It looks like Madonna is preparing to enter the studio to record a new album, the first under her $100 million multi-rights deal with Live Nation, which another lucrative tour seems likely as well.
"They tell me Madonna is about to record, so there could be another Madonna cycle coming," Live Nation Entertainment Chairman Irving Azoff told Billboard.biz during an interview earlier this week. Asked if the Madonna album would come through Live Nation, Azoff responded, "Yes," meaning Madonna's album could be the first recorded content overseen by Live Nation. The Zac Brown Band's LP "The Foundation" was initially geared to be a Live Nation project in 2008, but the company folded its label division with the exit of then-chairman Michael Cohl and the record ended up on Atlantic.
Azoff's news was echoed by Madonna manager Guy Oseary this week via Twitter: "The update is that Madonna can't wait to get into the recording studio. This will happen as soon as she finishes the movie she directed."
Live Nation signed a 10-year multi-rights deal with Madonna in 2007 said to be worth as much as $100 million, including her touring, merchandising and recording rights. Madonna left Warner Bros., her label home of 25 years, after the release of her 2008 album "Hard Candy." Her subsequent Live Nation-produced "Sticky & Sweet" tour grossed $408 million worldwide, according to Billboard Boxscore, highest ever for a female artist.
After the Madonna deal, Live Nation subsequently announced long term multi-rights deals with such artists as U2 (which does not include recorded content), Shakira, Jay-Z and others. Still, it is likely Live Nation would partner with some other entity in releasing the record, as executives at the firm have stated repeatedly that they don't intend to enter the record business full-tilt.
"Live Nation, prior to the merger, entered into some of these all-rights deals, so there are certain artists, Madonna being one of them, that there is a recorded music strategy," Azoff saod. "Once she gets the album recorded, we'll sit down with her and her manager Guy Oseary and figure out what's best for the record. It has to start with the music."
All of the artists with whom Live Nation has secured long-term deals are doing well, particularly U2, currently on their record-shattering "360" tour. which will end up as the highest grossing tour of all time. Still, when asked if Live Nation would be cutting similar deals in the future, Azoff said, "No, we're not going to do multi-rights deals. But look at what's going on with our partners at Roc Nation and the kind of year that Jay-Z had. Shakira's touring has been really well-planned and has been incredibly successful this past year."
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Lady Gaga's 'Born' Blasts Off With Huge Sales & Radio Start
After its first three days of availability, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" rockets to a record-setting debut on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart and, thanks to exceptionally strong opening digital sales estimates, looks likely to storm the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1 when the latter list is released Wednesday (Feb. 16).
The first single and title track from the star's third studio album, due May 23, charges ontp Pop Songs at No. 14 with 4,602 plays, according to Nielsen BDS, the highest detections total by a debuting title in the chart's 18-year history.
Additionally, sources say that "Born" shifted more than 450,000 downloads its first three days of release since Friday morning (11).
Its big sales start, plus jaw-dropping radio launch, sets up "Born"'s likely debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Not only would a No. 1 start represent just the Hot 100's 19th No. 1 opening, but, as previously reported, it would also mark the survey's 1,000th leader dating to its 1958 inception.
A bow of 450,000 downloads would secure Lady Gaga the biggest debut for a track by a woman, surpassing Britney Spears' bow with "Hold It Against Me" four weeks ago (411,000). If Gaga moves 450,000, it would also mark the fourth-largest debut among all digital tracks - a remarkable feat, considering the song had less than three full days of sales availability.
The biggest start for a track overall belongs to Flo Rida's "Right Round," which started with 636,000 in February 2009. In second place: the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000); and, third: Flo Rida's "Low" (460,000).
Highlights of the Hot 100, including the No. 1 title, will be released on Billboard.com Wednesday. All charts will be refreshed on Billboard.com Thursday (Feb. 17).
The opening Pop Songs plays sum of 4,602 for "Born" (which translates to a first-week audience of 39.3 million) bests the mark established when "Hold It Against Me" arrived with 4,071 spins four weeks ago. (Spears' song debuted after a full seven days of airplay. "Born" sets the format opening-week plays mark after only three days of availability, following the song's arrival at radio early Friday).
Lady Gaga's much-hyped appearance at the 53rd Grammy Awards last night (13) added to its opening-weekend pop culture blitz.
By launching at No. 14, "Born" logs the second-highest start in the Pop Songs list's archives. Only Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" began at a higher rank, having soared in at No. 12 the week of Aug. 14, 1993. "Hold It Against Me" and Madonna's "Frozen" (March 7, 1998) follow with No. 16 arrivals.
"Lady Gaga has quickly become one of the biggest stars in music," says MoJoe Roberts, program director of KHOP (@95-1)/Modesto, Calif., which played "Born" 68 times between Friday and Sunday. "This single only helps solidify her place among music royalty."
"It's Gaga; How can you go wrong at this point?," echoes Dom Theodore, PD of WXRK (92.3 Now)/New York (38 plays through yesterday).
The song is an "instant, massive hit," says JB Wilde, PD of WMKS (105.7 Now)/Greensboro, N.C., which played the track 58 times through yesterday. "From the first spin, our phones and Facebook pages exploded with comments."
"Plus," adds Wilde, referring to Lady Gaga's much-buzzed-about Grammy Awards entrance in a gigantic egg, "it was great to see her steal the Easter Bunny's thunder."
WFLZ (93.3)/Tampa, Fla., first played "Born" in the 4 a.m. hour Friday (twice in a row) and 55 times total through yesterday.
"Overall feedback has been very positive from fans," says PD Tommy Chuck. "I believe that Lady Gaga is well on her way to another No. 1 hit and another big year."
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Florence & The Machine Announce US Summer Tour
Florence + The Machine’s success in the United States seems to have no intention of slowing down. After performing at last night’s 2011 Grammy Awards as well as the Oscars and Elton John’s annual Oscar party on February 27th, Florence Welch and her very talented Machine are pleased to announce shows this summer in the United States. She’ll be headlining venues across the country, as well as garnering a prestigious opening slot for U2 at select dates.
For the upcoming tour, Florence + the Machine is partnering exclusively with Gilt City (Gilt Groupe’s newest luxury site that provides its members insider access to the best a city has to offer) to sell advance tickets to shows in 9 cities throughout the US. Members of the site will be offered the chance to pay $75 for a pre-sale ticket AND a limited edition poster designed by Florence.
Below are the show locations and the dates when the offer goes live on the site:
Monday, February 14th
· New York
· Los Angeles
· Philadelphia
· Minneapolis
· Atlanta
· Orlando
Tuesday, February 15th
· Boston
· Chicago
· San Francisco
Florence + The Machine Summer Tour 2011:
6/12 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theater
6/13 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater
6/17 – Minneapolis, MN – Weesner Ampitheater (onsale Feb. 25)
6/18 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
6/20 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier
6/22 – Baltimore, MD – M&T Bank Stadium ** w/U2
6/23 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
6/24 – New York, NY – Central Park Summerstage
6/26 – East Lansing, MI – Spartan Stadium ** w/ U2
6/29 – Miami, FL – Sunlife Stadium ** w/ U2
6/30 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
7/1 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theater
7/2 – Nashville, TN – Vanderbilt Stadium ** w/U2
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Jennifer Lopez Locks Down ‘Love?’ Album Release Date
Jennifer Lopez is ready to spread the Love? The multi-talented entertainer has settled on a release date for her seventh studio album.
The “American Idol” judge will be working overtime now that her album has a drop date of March 29, Rap-Up.com can exclusively reveal. The project, her first since parting ways with Epic Records and signing with Island Def Jam, will feature production from RedOne on the Pitbull-assisted “On the Floor,” along with Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Danja, and more.
“I think people are gonna be surprised with some of the vocals on this album,” J.Lo recently told Angie Martinez, adding that the record will have something for everyone. “Booty shakers, mid-tempos, feel-good [songs].”
Other releases scheduled for March 29 include Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale, Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers, and Snoop Dogg’s Doggumentary.
A video for the first single “On the Floor” has been completed with director Taj and is set to debut later this month.
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New Radiohead Album ‘The King Of Limbs’ Announced - Due Saturday!
Radiohead have revealed their new album as 'The King Of Limbs', and it's set for release this Saturday.Source
We'd already had hints that the band's new record was complete, but now there's confirmation we'll have it in our grubby mits this weekend.
The announcement, made via the band's official website, reveals the record will come in two formats - digital only and 'newspaper'. The latter is claimed to be (perhaps) 'the world's first Newspaper Album', details of which read:
* Two clear 10" vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve.
* A compact disc.
* Many large sheets of artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradeable plastic to hold it all together.
* The Newspaper Album comes with a digital download that is compatible with all good digital media players.
* The Newspaper Album will be shipped on Monday 9th May 2011 you can, however, enjoy the download on Saturday 19th February 2011.
* One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12" vinyl.
That will set you back £30 including MP3s, or £33 including full quality WAV files. The digital version comes in two formats - MP3 at £6 and WAV at £9.
The record can be pre-ordered now here
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