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Life is pretty good for 13-year-old Greyson Chance these days.

After being discovered on YouTube after singing Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” at a school function, his singing career has taken off and he is starting to crank out the hits.

After signing a record deal with Ellen DeGeneres’s ElevenEleven label, she is helping to produce his first full length album "Hold On 'Til The Night" due out later this year.

Related: Greyson Chance Releases New Album Cover

Greyson’s first hit was “Waiting Outside The Lines” and it gave us a little insight as to what style the young singer was going to unveil to the World.

Today he released his latest music video for “Unfriend You”, and our first impression was it was more than just another pop rock kind of song.

It is really good!

Do I dare say this – it sounded a lot like something Lady Gaga would sing and it fit is style perfectly.

Watch Greyson Chance “Unfriend You” Music Video


Time will tell how his fans react, but we’re sure his young teen girl fans will love it.

And if "Unfriend You" is any indication of the type and style of music we can expect from Greyson Chance down the road - then this kid is going to be a star.

Move over Justin Bieber - there may be a new kid on the block.

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Britney Spears I Wanna Go

It’s been a while since troubled pop star Britney Spears released any new music.

But in recent months she has dropped two music videos and today just released her latest with “I Wanna Go.”

Britney seems to be taking a journey back over memory lane – finding her roots as she parades around in a Mickey Mouse T-Shirt (her career started as a Mousketeer in the Mickey Mouse Club)

There is also a movie banner seen from “Crossroads 2” which is a reference to her 2002 movie “Crossroads” where she played the role of Lucy Wagner and sang “I Love Rock and Roll” and "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman."

The overall theme of “I Wanna Go” is Britney’s rebellion against the paparazzi and she is seen throwing a photographer’s camera to the ground and signing autographs for only the “cool” people.

The video starts with a press conference where she is asked if she is pregnant with Brad Pitt’s love child. She tells them to f#ck off!

Go Britney!



Perez Hilton commented on Britney’s new video saying,

“The video did what it was supposed to and then some! Not only do you see Britney having lots of fun, but you also hear her speak and are just watching her look very normal. This video says that Britney has a great team around her who are advising her well. They know her strengths and weaknesses and what she needs to be doing right now. This video is mission accomplished! Home run!"

Another critic summed it up well with,

"It was absolutely a smart move. Britney's had rumors going around that she's a robot programmed by the people around her, but she takes the robot theme and turns it around on them. It's great to see Britney actually fight the paparazzi in a video instead of running from them for a change. The video feels like it's 'SNL' meets 'Toxic' meets 'Do Somethin'’ meets Femme Fatale. Britney has so many videos where she plays the sex kitten, so to see her kick ass and take names is really refreshing."

Spears is currently on tour throughout North America on her “Femme Fatale” concerts with Nicki Minaj.

What do you think? Is Britney back from the abyss?

InfoStar thinks so…

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Her sales of “Born This Way” are down 80% over the last two weeks.

She is being compared to Madonna at every turn.

Her “over the top” persona seems to be getting old.

So what do you do to turn things around?

Release another video of course!

Today, Madonna Lady Gaga released her “Edge of Glory” video off her “Born this Way” album – and reviews are not good.

“It looks like she shot it on a Universal Studio back lot street scene. There is nothing new or exciting about this video and it looks and sounds like another Madonna rip-off.”

Indeed, other than her dancing around on a fake looking set billowing with stage fog there is nothing new here.



We’re not really sure what her message is except she thinks she looks sexy and acts like this is the best new song ever to grace the planet.

It really just falls flat and looks like every other video that artists are putting out these days.

“They crank them out like they are commodities – they all look the same and all sound the same. Her Judas video had 100 times more personality”

Related: Watch Lady Gaga “Judas” Music Video

True. And with album sales of “Born This Way” crashing down, some say Ms. Gaga’s days may be coming to an end if she can’t come up with something new and original.

“How does she top what she’s already done? The meat dress? The egg? The outfits? She may have rolled all those things out too fast and too early.”

InfoStar agrees. Do you?

See also:
> Who has more money - Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga?
> 11-year-old jams Lady gaga Born This Way – Video
> Gaga and Modonna mashup – Plagiarism? - Video

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It is a far cry from “Baby” and “One Less Lonely Girl”.

In what can only be described as an apocalyptic end of the World kind of video, Chris Brown and Justin Bieber have just released their new video for “Next 2 You”.

Bieber took to his twitter account to say,

“It's here. #NEXT2YOU ...from singing @chrisbrown's WITH YOU in my apartment to this...#DREAMBIG. thanks. #epic"

And epic it is.

It starts with Bieber giving a young girl a gift when she is snatched away by her father who tells her she will never see him again.

Queue the burned out cars, destroyed buildings, fiery streets of death, thunder and lightning, and apocalyptic riot scenes as Brown and Bieber wade their way through a burned-out World searching for his lost love.

There is a lot of black and white footage and a lot of blood. The scenes cut together really fast so it’s hard to clearly see what is happening or any of the details.

And while the World is being destroyed, Bieber and Brown seem to be the only two that remain unstained by the blood and destruction.

But in the end, Bieber finds his girl and gives her a big fat kiss while Brown walks slowly off into the distance…

Epic indeed.

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See Also:
> Who has more money? Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga?
> Was that Justin Bieber on America's Got Talent? - Video
> SNL's Sudekis talk trash about Justin Bieber - Video

Katy Perry Goes Geek Nerd

There’s a stranger in my bed, there’s a pounding in my head...

Move over Rebecca Black, Katy Perry has a new song about Friday.

Katy has just released her latest video “Last Friday Night T.G.I.F” and viewers may not recognize the super trendy singer at first.

The video starts with a very nerdy looking group of kids the morning after a big Friday night party at their parents house.

Perry sports braces, nerd cloths, nerd hair, nerd glasses, mustache waxing, a hangover, and nerd friends. Rebecca Black makes an appearance as does the 1900’s boy band Hanson.

There are also cameos from Glee's Darren Criss, Kenny G playing the saxophone, Corey Feldman as her father, and 80's rocker Debbie Gibson as her mother.    

The premise is the makeover of a geek dweeb nerd into a beautiful swan. We won’t give it all away so just watch and enjoy!

Watch Katy Perry in “Last Friday Night T.G.I.F” Music Video


See Also:
> Watch Katy Perry’s new E.T. Video
> Russell Brand deported from Japan over criminal past
> Glee cast covers Rebecca Blacks “Friday” - Video

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Our man Cee Lo Green is at it again!

After a runaway smash hit last year with his controversial “Forget You” single and video, he has just released his latest music video “I Want You”.

While admittedly not as up-tempo as “F**k You”, his new video is a refreshing return to good old fashioned soul music that quite frankly the music industry has been lacking.

Cee Lo filmed the video entirely in Las Vegas and there is definitely a Liberace feel and groove to it.

In fact, the rhinestone piano and candelabra used for the video shoot was provided by the Liberace estate and filmed entirely on the grounds of Ceasars Palace.

He even borrowed a few show girls from their Bally's Jubilee Extravaganza.
 
“I Want You” is available on Cee Lo’s “Lady Killer” album and also on iTunes.

Watch Cee Lo Green's "I Want You" Music Video


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The music career of pop singer Nicki Minaj seems to be on an upward trajectory.

After being discovered by Lil Wayne and getting a record deal with Young Money Entertainment, she released three hit singles – “Playtime Is Over” in 2007, “Sucka Free” in 2008, and “Beam Me Up Scotty” in 2009.

Now Minaj, whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj, is already planning her summer tour with the infamous Britney Spears.

Her 2010 album “Pink Friday” has already gone platinum, and was the first artist to ever have 7 songs on the Billboard 100 at the same time.

Related: Watch Nicki Minaj "Super Bass" Music Video

Now she has released her official music video for “Did It On Em”. And it is a bit of a mind blower.

Nicki raps about taking a s*hit on her enemies, and at one point says if she had a d*ick she would pull it out and piss on them also – all while wielding a strap-on dildo.

Interesting to say the least….

Watch Nicki Minaj Music Video “Did It On Em”


After release the video Nicki told her fans,

"Just a way of saying thank u. I love u guys. Thank u for coming out. U guys gave me LIFE on the 'I am still music' Tour. xo4Life."

Minaj has become somewhat of a controversial artist and her sexuality has been called into question by several reporters.

While not admitting to being gay or bisexual, she told “Out” Magazine,

“I do not date or have sex with women, I don’t date men either. I just embrace all people of all lifestyles and I don’t tell them they are bad people. And I say girls are beautiful and girls are sexy and they need to be told that, and if they don’t have anyone to tell them that and mean it, I’m going tell them that. But I feel like people always want to define me and I don’t want to be defined."

Minaj has won several BET Music Awards and been nominated for a “Teen Choice Award”, “MTV Music Award”, and a Grammy Award for best rap duo.

Watch Nicki’s Interview with Out Magazine


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Update 1: Sean is out of the Trauma ward and has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
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Rapper Sean Kingston is in critical condition in a Miami hospital.

Local news is reporting that Kingston and a female companion were thrown from a jet ski after hitting a concrete bridge Sunday evening near Miami Beach.

Kingston and his passenger were rescued by other boaters nearby and rescue crews stabilized them before transporting both to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Sean’s injuries are critical and he is being treated in the trauma center. The hospital has not released any update as of Monday morning.

A rep for the singer said,

“Sean Kingston was in an accident today. No further details are available at the moment. He and his family thank everyone for the well-wishes."

Two men near the accident scene jumped into the water and pulled Kingston to safety and say the rapper was vomiting blood but was also talking and somewhat responsive.

Due to Sean’s size it was difficult to keep his head above water, but they held onto Kingston until police could get a boat out to him.

Once onshore, he was loaded into a waiting ambulance and transported to the hospital to be stabilized.

Kingston is well known for his song “Beautiful Girls” and for his video appearance in Justin Bieber’s music video "Eenie Meenie" as well as appearing on stage with Bieber during his North American concert tours.

Kingston has also made guest appearances on popular television shows including “90210” and “The Suite Life on Deck” with Dylan and Cole Sprouse.

His song “Fire Burning” has been featured on “Dancing With the Stars”, “So You Think you can Dance?”, “Yo Gabba Gabba!” and “Melrose Place”.

Watch Sean Kingston “Fire Burning” Music Video


Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber "The Making of Eenie Meenie"


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Remember Chris Medina from American Idol?

Sure you do.

He was the Milwaukee contestant who told the sad story about his Fiancee Juliana Ramos being in a car accident, suffering life threatening brain injuries, and now confined to a wheelchair.

The story brought Jennifer Lopez to tears. Chris made it through the elimination rounds and made it into the top 40 before he was sent home.

Early on, American Idol seemed to focus on Medina and Juliana's story like a laser beam, even going as far as having Juliana come into the audition room to meet the judges.

It really is a tragic story and the producers at Idol really played it up – some say for the ratings. But how far are they willing to go to show the love now?

Not very far.

Chris says he has not heard from Idol since he was eliminated, and that he has not been asked to be in the audience during the finale show like many of the other contestants.

He does say that the opportunity to share his story has helped get the word out about his fiancee and the incredible medical bills that are mounting.

Since his exit from A.I he has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Live with Regis and Kelly, Good Morning America, and On-Air with Ryan Seacrest.

In fact, the day after he was eliminated he released a single on iTunes called “What are words” that has sold over 75,000 copies to date. The song is about his relationship with Juliana and the emotions that erupt with these types of brain injuries.

Even though the producers of American Idol seem to be missing in action, host Ryan Seacrest has done something for the young couple.

In a radio interview with Chris, Ryan announced $35,000 worth of donations for his Juliana’s medical bills. It brought the singer to tears and is really a touching video – it even had actor Topher Grace entering the studio early to say he would match the donation for a total of $70,000.

Watch Ryan Seacrest Radio interview with Chris Medina


Medina’s latest video for his single “What are words” is very touching and we can see why he made it into the American Idol top 40. He really does have a great voice.

Watch Chris Medina Music Video “What are words”


Hopefully, American Idol will get wind of all the press about this and offer Chris and Juliana a front row seat next week during the final show of the season.

So, was American Idol just using Chris Medina for ratings?

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Leave it to the cast of “Glee” to break social norms.

This Tuesday night will be no different.

In an episode titled “Prom Queen”, the cast of “Glee” will take on "Dancing Queen" from Abba, "Rolling in the Deep" from Adele, and "Isn't She Lovely" from Stevie Wonder.

But the big news is they will also be doing a revamped version of the now infamous Rebecca Black song “Friday”.

Black released her version of “Friday” last month and the world flat out laughed it into fame - not because it was good, but because it was bad. So very very bad.

It was so bad that Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert used it in a parody duet on Jimmy’s show after Colbert lost a bet.

Related: Stephen Colbert sings “Friday” on Jimmy Fallon

And the website FunnyorDie did a “Behind the Music” parody that is one of the funniest pieces I’ve ever seen.

Related: “Behind the Music” Rebecca Black on FunnyorDie

But the “Glee Cast” actually nailed the song with their revised up-tempo version. I can actually imagine driving down the road with the windows open singing along with the beat. Okay, not really.

Glee cast covers Rebecca Black’s “Friday”


Related: Rebecca Black sings “Friday” on Jay Leno

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A lot of people absolutely love Nicki Minaj.

Some people hate her, or don’t know what to make of her yet.

But regardless of where you stand you can’t deny her impact on popular R&B pop music.

Minaj has just released the official music video of her single “Super Bass” from her “Pink Friday” album and fans are eating it up.

The 26-year-old Young Money star represented by Cash Money Records says,

“Super Bass is about the boy you are crushing over, and you want to get your mac on but instead you take the playful approach. I just wanted to do something real colorful and cutesy. This is an icy, sexy, and playful world and we actually have a lot of surprises for fans in this video. Of course I have lots of eye candy for my girls and my boys. I’m going to be doing some things that people have never seen me do.”

You can’t deny that Nicki Minaj has the goods. From riding on a motorcycle made of ice to the sexy striptease dance, it’s clear that she is trying to portray her more sensitive girly side.

Watch Nicki Minaj Official Super Bass Music Video


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The wait is over.

The suspense has been building for a month.

There have been rumors, and we have seen snippets.

We have all heard the song a hundred times already, and yesterday the official Lady Gaga music video for her latest single “Judas” was released on YouTube and Vevo.

The traffic was initially too much for YouTube to handle and there were times when the video was unavailable or ran slow. In just 24 hours it has been viewed almost 3 million times. The video site Vevo was also overwhelmed for the first 12 hours after the release.

And for good reason. It is awesome.

While less bizarre than “Born This Way”, it does hold on to that religious overtones that Gaga herself has been putting out there for the last month.

It has crowns of thorns, bikers named John and Peter, crosses, a huge cast of dancers, lots of weird makeup, guys kissing, and an interesting part where Miss Gaga explores her fetish of water.

Or only criticism is that you can clearly tell she is lip-syncing through some parts of it due to the extreme camera angles and close-ups.

We also still think it sounds a lot like Madonna's "Express Yourself". So much in fact, we think the allegations of plagiarism may hold some merit.

But overall we love it.

Watch Lady Gaga Official “Judas” Music Video


Gaga also visited with Ellen DeGeneres last week for her first live performance of “Judas” that gave us a sneak peek of what to expect with the new video.

Watch Lady Gaga Perform “Judas” on the Ellen Show


Related: Watch Lady Gaga Official Video “Born This Way”
Related: Weird Al Yankovic covers Gaga “Born This Way”
Related: Gaga takes big fall on stage during concert

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The band Rascal Flatts is being sued by former managers who feel they have been cheated out of the bands concert money.

The law suit was filed in a Tennessee court and seeks to collect 15 percent commission on the bands tour revenue on dates through 2013.

They also want their share of profits from television appearances and DVDs which they contracted and negotiated.

Turner Nichols & Associates says they managed the group since the beginning of their career and say they were abruptly replaced last February. They claim they are due money because of the work they did to negotiate, finance, schedule, book, and promote, the tour venues through 2013.

The band responded through a rep who said,

"We are disappointed they have chosen to file as we had hoped to address these issues privately, however we hope that this can be resolved amicably."

Sounds like some bad blood somewhere.

Watch Rascal Flatts Sing “I Won’t Let Go” Live

NME magazine sure knows how to put Lady Gaga on the spot.

In fact, they know how to bring her to tears.

It all went down during an interview with NME Magazine when Gaga was asked about the similarities between her song “Born This Way” and Madonna’s song “Express Yourself”

First, I have to say the first thing I thought after hearing “Born This Way” was that it sounded like Madonna.

The press hears it, her fans hear it, the blogosphere hears it, I hear it, and even Madonna has heard it. But Lady Gaga? Not so much.

Gaga responded by saying,

“I don’t think… I swear to you. I am not stupid enough to put out a record and be that moronic.”

Well, it’s not like they were accusing her of plagiarism – even though that seems to be the way she took it. As if she had heard the criticism before.

But it was too late. Gaga lashed out at the interviewer saying,

“No. Listen to me. Why the f##k…? I’m a songwriter. I’ve written loads of music. Why would I try to put out a song and think I’m getting one over on everybody?

That’s retarded. What a completely ridiculous thing to even question me about. I will look you in your eyes and tell you that I am not dumb enough or moronic enough to think that you are dumb enough or moronic enough not to see that I would have stolen a melody.”

Of course after using the word “retarded” everybody had to pile on.

The mental health charity Mencap criticized the singer over her use of the “R” word and started a big stink about how irresponsible it was. Gaga has since apologized saying it was "furiously unintentional".

Gaga continued to attack the magazine with,

“If you put the songs next to each other, side by side, the only similarities are the chord progression. It’s the same one that’s been in disco music for the last 50 years. Just because I’m the first f##king artist in 25 years to think of putting it on Top 40 radio, it doesn’t mean I’m a plagiarist, it means that I’m f##king smart. Sorry.”

When the topic turned to her new single “Judas” she started to break down and cry when considering what her fans think of the new song.

This entire mess has been clearly uncomfortable for Lady Gaga, but on a bright note – Weird Al Yankovic released his parody of “Born This Way” today.

Related: Weird Al Yankovic Covers Lady Gaga with “Perform This Way” Parody

You know what they say – imitation is the best form of flattery. Right? That’s been Gaga’s strategy all along – right?

What irony.

Let it go and let’s move on folks.

Watch Lady Gaga's Extended “Born This Way” Music Video

I guess in a world of Lady Gaga the pressure to always release new, wild, and bizarre music videos must be tremendous.

Leave it to Katy Perry to not disappoint.

In her new music video, “E.T” featuring Kanye West, the full bodied singer takes things into the world of space to grab our attention. The scene is set on a dark, distant planet with alien spacecraft and surreal imagery.

Kanye West floats around in an extra-terrestrial “orb” while he wraps about candy bars, and how famous and important he is.

Really? Why is Kanye even in this video?

Perry then floats into the scene in what looks like some costume from the last Harry Potter movie.

I’m not sure what else I can say other than… Katy Perry is turning into Lady Gaga.

Watch it and enjoy?

Watch Katy Perry and Kanye West in “E.T” Music Video



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Looks like the Kardashian Empire grew a little bit today as Kim released her first musical attempt in a single called “Jam – Turn it up”.

This morning on Ryan Seacrests radio show Kim finally unleashed her latest talent to the world.

On a high note, Kim is donating all the proceeds from the song to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Listen to Kim Kardashian Sing New Single “Jam”

All you Adam Lambert fans will be happy to know that the American Idol runner-up has released not only his first single, but also artwork for his album cover and a music video.

Lambert, who came in second place last year on American Idol, is scheduled to release "For Your Entertainment" on November 23. We listened to two tracks from Adam's official website and were actually impressed.

The first track, "For Your Entertainment" was somewhat traditional pop, and the second "Time For Miracles" was a well-written and smooth ballad similar to "Queen" style.

You can order the album directly from his official site for $24.99 - this includes a hard cover 16 page "Collectors Edition" book and additional bonus tracks.

You can click HERE to hear Adam Lambert's first two songs, and the following video is the official "Time For Miracles" music Video.

Watch Adam Lambert "Time For Miracles" Music Video


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