Ritmo Latino, a Spanish music store chain, has banned all Jennifer Lopez CDs after the "singer" refused to make in-store appearances to promote her first Spanish-language CD, "Como Ama una Mujer" ("How a Woman Loves"). Ritmo president David Massry said:
"We've supported her from the beginning. Now we're told by her record company she will only visit Anglo retail outlets...This is a Spanish-language CD, and if she wants to discriminate against the Latin community, then we will not sell her product. This is not the first time this has happened. Celebrities have this notion that when they reach a certain level of crossover appeal, they forget quickly where they started. We will no longer tolerate these situations."
Just found this clip of Kylie Minogue performing "White Diamond" live at her Showgirl Homecoming Tour. The song "White Diamond" was written for her by The Scissor Sisters.
Maroon 5 is back with a new album and single, watch the music video for "Makes Me Wonder". Won't Be Soon Before Long is the title for Maroon 5's second studio album. It is expected to be released on May 22, 2007. The name was inspired by a phrase the band adopted to keep themselves motivated while on their tour.
Watch the video for "All The Things That I've done" by The Killers. This the U.K. version of the video and the song was the third single from from their 2004 album Hot Fuss.
Mika's highly anticipated and critically acclaimed debut album, Life In Cartoon Motion is being released today in America. We've had it here in Canada for a while but if you live in the US make sure to go out and buy it today!!
On March 25th Edurne presented her first single"No Quiero Más" from her upcoming second album. She also made the announcement that her new album will be released in May of this year and not in April as it had been previously said. In a recent interview she said that the followup to her self-titled debut, will have more of a Dance sound in the style of Kylie Minogue or Madonna.
Following the success of Virgin Mobile Canada's first Virgin Festival, year two promises to be bigger and better – with eight major acts now confirmed to perform on Toronto Island on September 8th and 9th. The Smashing Pumpkins will be headlining the show in their first stop in Canada since November, 2000 and Icelandic singer/songwriter Björk will close the show on day one of the festival.
"The Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, The Killers and more than 30 other artists bring a level of excitement that puts Virgin Festival on the cutting edge of North American Festivals," said Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group and founder of Virgin Mobile Canada. "Virgin's roots are in the music industry and it's that history that helped make Virgin Mobile's first Virgin Festival the hottest ticket of last summer. Virgin Festival 2007 will be taking the experience to an even higher level."
Rounding out the bill of headliners are The Killers, already confirmed to play Vancouver's Virgin Festival in May, Interpol, Tokyo Police Club, Jamie T., Paolo Nutini and Amy Winehouse. These artists mark the first eight acts of more than 35 artists that are expected to perform on three stages over the course of the weekend.
"Virgin is about doing things differently, so we always focus on making Virgin Festival much more than just a concert," said Andrew Bridge, director of Virgin Festivals, Virgin Mobile Canada. "With heavyweight acts like The Killers and indie favourites like Interpol, we're going to take the momentum from last year's success and do it up Virgin-style to create an even more unique entertainment experience."
Click HERE for more information on the Toronto and Vancouver events.
Tune in on Saturday, April 14th to SNL on NBC! Avril will be the show's musical guest that night and Shia LaBeouf (star of the new movie Disturbia) is hosting. Make sure to check it out!
Amy Winehouse's spectacular new album, Back to Black, scored an amazing debut in America. The album sold 51,000 copies its first week out, good enough to land at #7 on the Billboard Album Charts. Back to Black continues to be #1 on the iTunes and Amazon charts. Congrats Wino!!!
Justin Timberlake regrets his Grammy Awards performance with a rejected American Idol singer, insisting event organizers took advantage of his "nice guy" attitude. He performed a medley of tunes with Robyn Troup, who won a TV contest called "My Grammy Moment" to land the chance to perform with Justin on music's biggest stage last month. Timberlake tells men's magazine Details he considered pulling out of the performance, but feared he'd left it too late. So, even with a heavy cold that prompted him to withdraw from a pre-Grammy party performance, he agreed to go through with what he felt was a bad idea. He says, "I'm the nice guy who follows through on the things he commits to. But I don't know if I'll be going through that sort of thing again. I feel like the Grammys used me for ratings."
I saw Mika LIVE in concert last night at Mod club here in Toronto and he was AMAZING!! He sounds as good if not better live than he does on his album, he's a true artist and great performer. And he's soooo dreamy!!! If you get the chance to go out and see him go out and see him, and make sure you buy his CD 'cause he's gonna be HUGE!!
Jennifer Lopez dropped by Spanish TV show Mira Quien Baila (Spanish version of Dancing With the Stars) this past Monday and peformed "Que Hiciste" the first single from her upcoming Spanish album Como Ama Una Mujer (How a Woman Loves). The album will be released on March 27, 2007 in the U.S. and on March 23, 2007 in Europe.
And watch the interview that followed after her performance, sorry but it's in Español only.
If you haven't heard of them yet let me introduce you to electropop band Young Love. The band formed in 2005 in New York City with lead singer Dan Keyes (above) who handles most of the production and songwriting in addition to providing the lead vocals. Young Love'sdebut full-length album, Too Young to Fight It was released on January 30, 2007 and is full of great tracks like "Discotech", "Find a New Way" and "Tragedy".
Music legend Aretha Franklin wants Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson to play her in an upcoming film based on her life. The Queen of Soul appeared backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Monday night, where she talked about Hudson being the ideal choice to portray her. A book on Franklin's life is scheduled to debut as a theatre production in the coming months, with talk of Hudson playing the soul legend in the film adaptation already in circulation.
Whitney Houston has started working on a new album after stepping into an Los Angeles recording studio yesterday, imdb.com reports. Whitney has spent time in rehab over the past year due to drug abuse, but she has now teamed up with her mentor Clive Davis to record some tracks for a new album. With John Legend and Ne-Yo lined up to work with the diva, Houston is currently working with Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer Johnta Austin, who wrote Mariah Carey's hit "We Belong Together." According to Fox News, music mogul Clive Davis has already selected up to seven tunes for the star, including songs by R Kelly and Diane Warren. Houston is also reportedly working with a vocal coach to ensure her voice has not been affected by drug abuse and smoking.
Checkout this video and see why the UK loves Victoria Beckham. We usually just see the straight faced star at events or walking through airports but this video is so cute I guarantee you will have a change of heart if you are not already a fan. Enjoy!
Her album finally came out in America this week and she's got a new single in the U.K. Check out this NEW music video for "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse:
Nickelodeon just announced that Justin Timberlake will host this years’ Nickelodeon’s 20th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards.
Gwen Stefani and Akon will perform her hit single “The Sweet Escape.”
The Kids’ Choice Awards will take place Saturday, March 31, from UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion @ 8PM ET/PT.
Other celebrities who will be at the awards show: Beyonce, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Queen Latifah, Mike Myers, Zac Efron, Bindi Irwin, Hilary Duff, Jessica Alba, Jamie Lynn Spears, George Lopez, Jon Heder, Chris Evans, Drake Bell, Emma Roberts, Jesse McCartney, Nelly, Ice Cube and Ciara, among others.
That's right, word is that Fergie was recently banned from boarding a flight after being branded "too drunk to travel". The singer, real name Stacy Ferguson, was due to fly from Los Angeles to the UK with bandmates Will.I.AM, Apl.DE.AP and Taboo, but was forbidden to board the plane because of her drunken state. An onlooker tells British newspaper the Daily Mirror, "She was falling all over the place and had to be supported. She was in no state to fly. "But when she was prevented from boarding she couldn't believe it. She was drunkenly ranting at staff but could barely string a sentence together. It was very embarrassing." Ferguson delayed the flight for an hour while her luggage was removed, but her three bandmates remained on board the plane bound for London. A spokesperson for airline Virgin Atlantic says, "We can confirm a female passenger was denied from boarding as she appeared intoxicated and was therefore unsuitable for travel."
Contrary to recent reports Christina Aguilerawill NOT be appearing on CSI: New York. There were rumors back in January that the singer was confirmed as a guest star on the series, but those rumors were false, according to a CBS representative. Aguilera was reported to star in an episode exploring the topic of battered women. The singer has been an avid campaigner against domestic violence after revealing her father physically abused her mother during her childhood.
Watch the music video for "Acceptable In The 80's" by Calvin Harris. The video is about the style and culture of the 1980's and it features many references of the time; the stereotypical large hairstyles, bright dayglo colours and bizarrely, scientists dissecting what appears to be an otter, products of which are used by a hair stylist, T.V. Chef, and to heal a grazed knee. The video is directed by Patrick Daughters.
Lily Allen reportedly lashed out at a photographer and reportedly insulted guests at London’s Groucho Club during a post-gig night out earlier this week.
According to the Mirror, Lily was spotted drinking shots during her gig at the Hammersmith Apollo on Monday night then she moved onto champagne at the aftershow party at Stringfellows in Soho.
When she left around 1am, the newspaper reports she was annoyed to find paparazzi waiting outside the club and she tried to grab a camera from a photographer.
After a brief tussle, Lily and boyfriend Seb Chew headed to the nearby Groucho Club, with Lily reportedly bursting in and shouting at the existing drinkers: “I’m more famous than you c***s! No, no it’s true. I am more famous than all of these c***s.”
A source told the newspaper: “Lily was drunk, rude and out of order. She staggered in, started screaming and really offended a lot of people. Her boyfriend was mortified and just sat in a corner looking embarrassed.”
Lily and Seb stayed at the club until around 3am before heading home.
"[Amy Winehouse] goes to all those parties, though, and hangs out with Kelly Osbourne and Kate Moss. I don't understand that need to become famous. In my country, I think I have a reputation of being a bad role model for kids. Yet nobody's ever had a picture of me rolling out of a nightclub at five in the morning completely out of my head on Ecstasy, and coked out of my brains. I always find that really peculiar. That's never gonna happen to me, because really I'm not like that. If I wanted to be like a rich and famous celebrity, I would be going to those celebrity parties and film premieres, but that's just not what I'm here for and not what I find interesting. And in my spare time I like to stay at home with my boyfriend and watch television. I have had my days of going out and getting trashed, but I don't really, anymore."
- Lily Allen in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly-
First of all the four of us just want to say that we're really sorry you didn't get to know about the recent news i.e. the split from our label before anyone else. It really wasn't that clear cut for a while and we wanted to let things settle for a while and give ourselves a break. As usual the press seems hell bent on repeating their negative reporting and we just felt it was time to say something official.
As you know we are so happy with the way our single "Rock Steady" went in November. We couldn't have wished for better and it just showed that we still have our fans supporting us as well as picking up some new ones along the way.
Of course we're really disappointed that things didn't work out with our album, Studio 1 on Parlophone. We've just hit some very weird turns along the way with some of the media which is such a shame for our fans as we know you love our music. It's funny how things go with certain people's perception of things - the negativity has been astounding to us all as we've only ever been honest about ourselves and more importantly just wanted to make and perform great music.
Our heartfelt thanks go out to you all. It's great to read all the positive comments on our myspace and on the messageboards.
We're going to continue making our music and we'll keep you in the picture as things go......................
A shoutout to my friend Jay who introduced me to up and coming Mexican pop singer Maria Jose Loyola, better known as Josa, a previous member of the successful pop band Kabah.
Maria Jose will be releasing her debut solo album in the early months of 2007 for Warner Music. The album will include both Spanish and English songs.
Check out the music video for her first single, "Quien Eres Tu"(Who Are You). This one's for you Jay!
British girl group All Saints has just been dropped by their record label after their "comeback" album failed to register with audiences.
"Both the label and the group are proud of the album," Parlophone Records said in a statement. "All Saints are excited about moving forwards with their career and Parlophone wishes them the best of luck."
All Saints recently cancelled a gig at G-A-Y in London due to "illness".
The Orange Album is the debut album by STEFY. It was released on August 29, 2006 and according to the lead singer, Stefy Rae, it took over three years to complete and let me tell you it was all worth it. This album is fun, fun, fun!!
My favourite tracks are Chelsea, Hey School Boy and Orange County.
Is Hip Hop dead? After 30 years of growing popularity, rap music is now struggling with an alarming sales decline and growing criticism from within about the culture's negative effect on society.
Lets watch the Pussycat Doll's video for "Stickwitu" the third single from the Pussycat Dolls ' debut album PCD. The single was released in September 2005.
Kylie Minogue is the latest celeb to team up with fashion retailer H&M. The Australian dynamo will be the new face of the company's swimwear line called, "H&M loves Kylie" due out in May.
In anticipation of her upcoming album to be released later this year lets rewind a little and watch the super fierce music video for Monica Naranjo's smash hit No Voy A Llorar, it's all DIVA, meow!!
For all things Monica checkout the newly re-launched fan site MonicaNaranjo.net, it's just amazing!
The band is made up of Canadian singer Martina Sorbara, her husband Dan Kurtz, Will Stapleton and Joel Stouffer.
Although no official material has been released yet they have been generating interest in the UK by doing a small venue tour. An EP was released as promo only and the songs have gained the attention of many critics such as the popular music blog Popjustice where they were named the #1 pop act to look out for in 2007.
Dragonette are recording their debut album in London for a near-future release. The band will soon be returning to England; they flew in to Toronto to shoot a music video for the song "I Get Around" at the Wicked club on Queen St. Shooting took over 16 hours, and the video has been projected for an April release.
On Thursday, February 08 2007, the video for the track "Jesus Doesn't Love Me", which was filmed in December 2006, leaked onto the internet, through the website Myspace.com and also on Popjustice.com. The video has since been removed from Myspace, as it was not intended to be viewed at this point in time.
Paulina Rubio is coming out with her own lipstick line for MAC cosmetics called "Rubia." The product will hit MAC stores on March 20th and to help launch it, La Paulina will make a special appearance at the MAC store in Los Angeles on Robertson Blvd.
"I love wearing make-up and use MAC products on stage and off, it's suitable for all occasions," says Rubio of Rubia. "I was thrilled when MAC approached me to create a new shade of lipstick and I instantly thought it should be a bold, vibrant matte lipstick that will look sexy on all women."
Lets REWIND back to 2004 and watch the Pussycat Dolls's huge hit "Don't Cha". The song was written by Cee-Lo and Sir Mix A Lot. First recorded by Tori Alamaze in 2004, it was then a hit cover version in 2005 for the Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes. It was the Dolls' second single after "Sway" from their debut album PCD.
Christian Chavez from the insanely popular Mexican group RBD came out of the closet today.
Yup, this is about as shocking as when Lance Bass came out of the closet.
Who didn't see this coming????
I applaud Christian for his strength and courage. If you think there are few openly gay and lesbian artists in Hollywood, there are even fewer in the Latino entertainment world.
CLICK HERE to read his coming out letter, sent to the media this morning.
Lets REWIND back to 2004 and watch the Pussycat Dolls' music video for their debut single "Sway". The Pussycat Dolls, covered the song for their forthcoming album. However, the soundtrack director for the 2004 film Shall We Dance? came across Dolls' version and decided to use it for the original motion picture soundtrack instead of Jennifer Lopez's version. It was later decided it would be used as the theme song for the film. "Sway" is technically The Pussycat Dolls' debut single, although they came to international prominence with their second single "Don't Cha".
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