A ton of new releases are hitting stores today, including the latest efforts from Deftones, Soundgarden, The Weeknd, Christina Aguilera and Green Day.
Blerd Briefs: Rihanna & Nicki Lead The AMA Pack
The nominees for the 2012 American Music Awards were announced earlier today, and the 20 categories are dotted by the likes of Rihanna and Nicki Minaj. The two West Indian divas lead the pack with four nominations each. Rihanna has continued her string of hits with her latest album, Talk That Talk although she’s gained more notoriety recently for her on-again/off-again romance with Chris Brown (who has two nominations of her own.) Meanwhile, Minaj scored a hit follow-up with Pink […]
The Viewfinder: Christina Aguilera, “Your Body”
Christina Aguilera wants to do things to your body. After viewing this video, will you let her?
2011 American Music Awards Live Blog
Make sure you check in at 8 PM tonight for our American Music Awards live blog!
Chart Stalker 8/19/11: Are We Already Out of Throne Jokes?
Surprising no one, Jay-Z and Kanye West debut at the top of Billboard’s album charts this week with Watch The Throne. The highly anticipated wap cowabbowation (sorry, that was my RZA voice) scores 2011’s second-biggest first week, after Lady GaGa’s Born This Way (which is still holding on at #18). Unlike GaGa, Jay and ‘Ye didn’t benefit from special pricing at a digital account. Actually, it could be argued that Throne was a limited release. It was available for half […]
The Viewfinder: Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger”
If you’re gonna make a record that references Mick Jagger in the title, you’re gonna have to reference him in the video too, yeah? “Moves Like Jagger” is the song that unites two of the four hosts of the hit TV show “The Voice” for the first time (Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera), and the upbeat tune has become one of this summer’s biggest hit. The videoclip combines archival footage of Jagger with a series of people imitating […]
Chart Stalker 7/6/11: At the Halfway Point
First things first: this week’s chart brings good news and bad news. First-the good news. Beyonce acquits herself well with a chart-topping entry for 4. The R&B songstress’s latest effort starts at #1 on the pop and R&B album charts with 310,000 units. While it’s a little lower than the numbers that have greeted past efforts, if anyone considers a total north of 300,000 copies to be a failure or a disappointment, they’re seriously delusional. Bey is the biggest of […]
Levine and Aguilera=OMG! (“Moves Like Jagger”)
Maroon 5 make me wanna dance! I’m a casual fan of Adam Levine and company. I think I own one album by them? I watch The Voice. He’s my favorite judge. But again, I’m a casual fan. “Moves Like Jagger” is the kind of song that would prompt me to become something more than a casual fan, though. Did I mention that fellow The Voice judge Christina Aguilera lends her spectacular pipes to the bridge? The song takes the best […]
Roundball Soundoff 2/21/11: All-Star Edition!!
* Can we all agree that the Slam Dunk contest not only lived up to the hype, but is probably the best one since Carter, McGrady, and Francis from 2000? It seems most fans agree on little else regarding the contest, so I thought I’d throw that out there. Anyway, I do think Ibaka was underscored (he dunked from almost an entire a foot BEHIND the free throw line!), but some of the Haterade I’ve seen thrown Blake Griffin’s way […]
Chart Stalker 1/5/10: 2010 in Review
Eminem leads the list of the 50 best-selling albums of 2010.