Mariah Carey may or may not be pregnant, but one thing’s for sure, she will be delivering a bundle of joy this holiday season. The sequel to the pop songbird’s Christmas album has been given an official title and due date.
Rap-Up.com has exclusively learned that Mimi’s upcoming holiday project will be called Merry Christmas II You. The II represents the follow-up to 1994’s multi-platinum Merry Christmas album, which spawned the now-classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” The new offering is scheduled for a November 2 release and will include original material as well as covers of holiday classics.
An accompanying DVD will also be released the same day, but there are currently no details on what exactly it will contain. The packaging was shot in the spring by famed photographer David LaChapelle and features a festive setting with fake snow, tinsel, and wooden reindeers.
Mariah’s manager Chris Lighty tweeted that she is working with the Home Shopping Network (HSN) to promote the project, which is guaranteed to be the perfect stocking stuffer.
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It looks like Beyonce has forgiven Ne-yo for publicly calling her out on her *cough* “songwriting” abilities. The songwriter has just confirmed that he was in the studio with Mary J. Blige last night but TONIGHT he is going into the studio with Beyonce. The singer, who turns 29 next week, is currently working on her fourth studio album…
Remember when she told her tour audience that she wrote ‘Irreplaceable’ for her ladies? Ne-yo said the only thing she wrote was some of the harmonies but he did the lyrics. Well, after that Beyonce never used him for her ‘I Am’ project. We know Beyonce likes to revisit the same producer who delivered her a smash. That is why it seemed really odd she did not pick him up for that last album. Anyway, this is good news! Ne-yo sure can write the hell out of a female anthem and Beyonce is certainly good at singing them!
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Katy Perry is currently in talks with ITV2 for "various shows", according to the channel's controller Zai Bennett.
Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Bennett revealed that the 'California Gurls' star - whose guest judging slot on The X Factor was broadcast last night on ITV1 - is "a target" for the entertainment broadcaster.
He said: "Katy is a target for us currently. She's brilliant, a bullseye person. We are talking to her management about various shows."
However, Bennett added that he "very much doubted it would be an observational documentary".
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Michael Jackson has become the most downloaded artist in history, according to global sales records from Nokia's Ovi Music Store.
Musicologist Geoff Roberts attributed the upsurge in Jacko downloads to the recent anniversary of his death on 25 June, and his 52nd birthday which would have been today, 29 August. "Michael Jackson has always been a pop music legend. But the anniversary of his death and birthday celebrations seem to have revived Jackson fever as fans rediscover his songs – making him the most popular solo artist of all time."
Surprisingly, it is India where the King of Pop is most popular. There, Michael Jackson tracks make up 26 percent of the country’s total Ovi downloads, followed by the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Finland.
Of Michael’s hits, Beat It is the most downloaded, with Billie Jean and Thriller close behind.
Just behind Michael in the download stakes are Lady Gaga, Elvis Presley, Black Eyed Peas and Rihanna.
The Man In The Mirror hitmaker died of an overdose of sedative Propofol on 25 June 2009.
Fans have paid tribute to the star on his 52nd birthday at an event outside his childhood home in Gary, Indiana. Michael Jackson impersonators entertained the well-wishers and members of his family were on hand including father Joe Jackson, who cut a birthday cake.
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Rihanna’s presence in social media is nothing short of massive, with nearly eight million Facebook fans and more than a million Twitter followers. But the singer hasn’t really been on Twitter – until now. Earlier today, Rihanna used her Twitter account, which had until now essentially been just a series of promotional posts, to announce that’s she “finally took over my Twitter page” and that we can expect, in her words, “no more corny label tweets.” Her announcement tweet was promptly retweeted by, at last count, more than four hundred followers, with her name currently being mentioned on Twitter more than once per second. The singer is enjoying chart success with her new collaboration “Love The Way You Lie” with Eminem.
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When fans check out the video for Taylor Swift's "Mine," they will be quick to notice how fetching she looks in a wedding dress. And while she only donned the garment for the clip, directed by Roman White, that scene is what had everyone buzzing long before the video even premiered.
"The video is a story of a relationship," Swift told CMT in the half-hour special that airs Friday night (August 27) at 8 p.m. ET, before the video's premiere on MTV, CMT and VH1. "It really tells the story of these two people and the things that they go through and their life together.
"The wedding scene in the video is the thing that's been talked most about because someone got a picture of it when we were shooting it," she continued, "but I think you'll find there's a lot in the video. That may just be one part of it."
Swift also excitedly dished on her co-star, Toby Hemingway from the upcoming "Black Swan."
"I picked him because he's in one of my favorite movies, 'Feast of Love,' " Swift said.
"In another movie that he was in, he walks onscreen for the first time, and he had a '13' on his sweatshirt, and that's my lucky number," she revealed. "So it really wasn't me that cast him. It was my lucky number."
So far, fans have been eating up the single, causing it to spike to the top of the charts since its leak and subsequent release earlier this month.
"I got on a plane, I landed in Japan, and it was #1 on iTunes. And when I got on the plane, I had no intention of having a single out until two weeks from now," she said. "It just ended up so wonderful, and I'm really appreciative of the fans for jumping right on it."
Swift's fans will have more to be excited about come October, when she releases her album Speak Now.
"I put everything I had into this album for the last two years, so for it to have a great little start, it really makes me happy," she said. "Making this album has been such a wonderful experience, and I'm really excited to roll out the first single and the first video."
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In a recent poll held by MTV News, Britney's sophomore effort, "Oops!... I Did It Again" was voted by readers as the best second album in pop history! This epic album, spawning three hit singles in "Oops!... I Did It Again," "Lucky," and "Stronger," certified Britney as the fastest selling female artist in the country and has sold over 20 million copies to date.
Find out more about Brit's tremendously successful second album in our Oops! Week: 10 Fun Facts post.
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Pop music is a fickle mistress, and even though she can show an artist all sorts of devotion the first time around, she can just as easily shun that same artist the second time around. In the music business, the second album is always the hardest one to pull off, as the expectations tend to be high, the time constraints are usually even tighter and the audience tends to move on pretty quickly. But it seems like these rules do not apply to Katy Perry, who drops her sophomore release Teenage Dream today. In the wake of the success of her smash debut One of the Boys, Perry came back fighting with the chart-topping "California Gurls" and the rapidly-rising "Teenage Dream," and the rest of the album is similarly incredible.
The thing that really puts Teenage Dream over the top is its consistency. There are no real weak tracks to be found (though if you don't think Perry is much of a balladeer, you'll probably take issue with two or three of these), and it's a good mix of over-the-top tracks (like the sex-crazed "Peacock"), party tunes ("Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"), kiss-offs ("Circle the Drain") and sweet old-school pop creations ("E.T."). In fact, it's quite possible that Teenage Dream is the best second effort in pop music history.
It's amazing how many classic pop artists have second albums that are sort of middling. Michael Jackson shouldn't really be held to it, but his sophomore release was Ben, which isn't very good. Same goes for sister Janet, whose second album Dream Street has largely been forgotten. Even Mariah Carey's second album Emotions is in the good-but-not-great category.
There are some heavy hitters, though. Britney Spears' second album Oops! ... I Did It Again is roundly considered her best work, while ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake's second effort (FutureSex/LoveSounds) is considered a modern classic. Perry even has competition from her contemporaries like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. But the most intriguing match-up is with Madonna, whose Like a Virgin often shows up on lists of the best pop records ever made. It's an incredible collection of songs that ended up being indescribably influential, and the stakes were awfully high coming off the success of her self-titled debut (which has more hits than you remember, including "Lucky Star," "Holiday" and "Borderline").
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UrbanBridgez.com has exclusively learned Ciara’s new album ‘Basic Instinct‘ has been pushed back yet again! We first broke news in July that the new album had been pushed back from the original August date to October 5th! Now we’ve learned the album will now be released in late October on the 19th! However we’re also told the final date may end up being October 26th! An official announcement on the new date is expected from Jive/LaFace later this week!
Why the push-back? Ciara is gearing up for massive promotion for her highly anticipated new release, including shooting two new videos for the next two singles ‘Gimme Dat’ & Speechless.’ Not to mention various live performances and TV specials scheduled around the release!
So no worries Ciara fans, the album is coming & you can expect to see alot of Ciara once it’s released!
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