Stocking Stuffer Alert! A new album featuring never-before-heard songs from Amy Winehouse will be released next month — a glimpse into the project the soul stirrer was working on before she died of fatal alcohol poisoning in her London home last July, Island Records said Monday.
October 31st, 2011 by Castina
Tagged as: M.I.A,Madonna,Nicki Minaj,Popular Culture,Today's New Music
The Material Girl has tapped femcees M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj to appear as featured artists on the first single off of her upcoming 12th studio album. The still-untitled disc will be Madonna’s first LP since her 2008 release, Hard Candy. The trio’ll reportedly debut the DJ Marin Solveig-produced song, entitled “Give Me All Your Love,” during Madonna’s Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show performance at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis on Feb. 5.
Madge, who fought off competition from pop rival Lady Gaga to nab the coveted Halftime spot, will reportedly perform five tracks, including the new single, at next year’s big game.
“Vocally, his balls have dropped…” that’s how music manager Scooter Braun sums up the recent changes in Justin Bieber’s music.
“There is no doubt that Justin has defined the voice of a generation, and most certainly, many generations to come,” Barry Weiss, chairman/CEO of Universal Republic and Island Def Jam Motown, chimes in. “He has the charisma, the natural talent and the drive and determination to last a lifetime.”
The latest issue of Billboard Magazine — on newsstands today — features the most successful teen in modern music shooting the breeze about his latest venture: a holiday album. Under the Mistletoe (RBMG/Island), Bieber’s first holiday album and fifth release, drops Nov. 1, featuring collaborations with The Band Perry, Busta Rhymes, Usher, and Mariah Carey.
Bieber and his team talk to Billboard about the new album and what the future holds for the talented teen.
R&B legend Lionel Richie (perhaps best known these days as “Nicole Richie’s Daddy…”) is going country.
Rumors are circulating across the blogosphere that the mystery illness Adele is battling is actually a life-threatening form of throat cancer.