In the 10th season of American Idol, several changes were made, some which were more noteworthy than others. Because of the loss of Simon Cowell, they decided to get rid of everyone else including the love of my life, Miss Kara DioGuardi, except for one Randall Jackson. Signing Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler to judges’ table, they created a lot of buzz, but people were skeptical as to how entertaining they would be in Simon’s absense. After last week, I’ll […]
Rihanna’s “Only Girl” Makes Her Sound Like Every OTHER Girl
Going to the dark side was only a modest win for Rihanna. “Rated R” got the Barbadian beauty more critical accolades than any other album she’s ever put out, but didn’t work out as well commercially. Granted, it’s sold just a hair under a million copies, but keep in mind that it’s only about 40% of what her previous album, “Good Girl Gone Bad”, sold. And since Rihanna’s much more of a pop star than an actual artist, record sales […]
Christina Aguilera Falls in Line: "Not Myself Tonight"
Christina Aguilera’s website has been teasing new music for about a week now, and I’ve been somewhat curious to know what she’d come back sounding like. Christina is quite fond of reinvention. Yesterday, her new single “Not Myself Tonight” premiered. I’ve linked to an audio stream on Ryan Seacrest’s website below. I can’t help but remember an interview Christina did a few years back where she said that she didn’t want to work with any of today’s big-name producers, so I had to […]