Ashanti’s Back In The Studio Recording New Album

Ashanti released a photo of her back in the studio recording her new album.

The R&B singer is reportedly working with Cool & Dre, LT Hutton, Dr. Dre, Game, Carvin & Ivan, Common, Darkchild and Tank on her upcoming LP.

Brooks & Dunn are DONE

The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.

The country music duo closed out a 20-year career at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night with their 1991 debut single, “Brand New Man,” during the encore.

The sold-out show was the final stop on their Last Rodeo Tour and doubled as a fundraiser for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Kix Brooks said early in the night, “This isn’t a funeral. We did show up to party.”

They ran through many of their 23 No. 1 hits, including “Neon Moon,” “My Maria,” “Red Dirt Road” and “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.” Reba McEntire made the only guest appearance, singing a few lines during “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.”

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Cee Lo Green Defends His Hit Song “Fu** You”

Rapper Cee Lo has a new hit song, titled “Fuc* You” which is a song about a money-hungry ex, defending the controversial track as a work of art. You can’t deny that the song is pretty catchy.

The Crazy hit-maker is under fire for dropping the word “f**k” 16 times in a three-and-a-half-minute track called F**k You, which has become an internet sensation ahead of its release on his forthcoming album The Lady Killer. A spokesperson for America’s Parents Television Council has taken aim at the star for setting a bad example for impressionable kids, calling the track “the latest example of an entertainment industry bent on racing to the bottom of the barrel.”

However, Cee Le brushed off the criticism, insisting his lyrics have valid artistic merit. He tells the Associated Press, “What I’ve tried to accomplish, like, is making art products… so I still believe that (the song) can be classified as art because it’s an original piece and the edge and alternative is there, and the integrity is intact.”

In the meantime, the rapper has agreed to release a radio-friendly version of the hit, entitled Forget You, to piggyback on the song’s viral success.

Nevertheless, he admits revamping the lyrics wasn’t his original plan: “It wasn’t like we were looking for it to be a radio hit of some sort. It was only until a short time after that we considered doing a clean version just in case.”

If you haven’t seen the music video, watch it below!

Justin Bieber postpones concert due to illness

Justin Bieber fans looking forward to his performance at the New York State Fair are going to have to wait a bit longer.

Fair officials said Bieber’s concert planned for Sunday in Syracuse has been postponed until Wednesday because of illness.

Bieber performed Saturday night in Newark, N.J.

Feel better Justin!

Sky Ferreira perfoms “One”

Sky Ferreira has returned to the UK to perform her single “One” on BBC Switch.

Check out her performance below.

Fantasia Performs on Lopez Tonight

American Idol winner Fantasia continues to promote her new album, Back to Me, with an appearance on George Lopez’s talk show, Lopez Tonight.

The singer seemed to be in significantly better spirits than when we last saw her, cracking a number of jokes with Lopez as she discussed her suicide, personal dramas and new music. After her interview Fantasia performed her new single “Man of the House”. It’s the second single to be lifted from her just released third album Back to Me, which is projected to debut within the top three of the Billboard 200 next week.

Check out Fantasia’s performance below.

CHECK OUT THE THE TOP 10 SINGLES AND ALBUMS ON ITUNES

iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Aug. 23, 2010:

Singles:
1. “Right Above It (feat. Drake),” Lil Wayne
2. “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry
3. “Dynamite,” Taio Cruz
4. “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem
5. “I Like It,” Enrique Iglesias
6. “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
7. “Just a Dream,” Nelly
8. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” Usher
9. “Magic (feat. Rivers Cuomo),” B.o.B
10. “Cooler Than Me,” Mike Posner
Albums:
1. “Recovery,” Eminem
2. “God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise,” The Pariah Dogs, Ray LaMontagne
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Lady Gaga Surpasses Britney Spears As The Most Popular Person On Twitter

Lady Gaga has surpassed Britney Spears as the most followed person on Twitter — for now.

She has more than 5.7 million followers. She overtook Spears over the weekend and posted a video late Saturday on YouTube.

Gaga called her fans her “little monsters” as she thanked them for beginning “my reign as Twitter queen.”

Spears, Ashton Kutcher, Ellen DeGeneres and an account run by President Barack Obama’s political organization, Organizing for America, all have more than 5 million followers.

The most followed title often shifts rapidly, and fans frequently organize to boost their favorite’s tally.

Kanye West to release 1 new song Each Week From Latest Album

Although his fifth album is due to drop November 16, Kanye West is tirelessly working to give his fans some weekly fun through the holidays.

The rapper has announced on Twitter that he plans to release a new song “every weekend until Xmas”.

“I’m calling it good Fridays. Yall know every Friday yall gone have a new joint from our family. We look at the game completely different now,” West tweeted.

The rapper said that the new songs could be one of his own tracks or “it may be a new Jay song, etc.” West is currently working on new tunes for several other artists, including Raekwon, Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell and Clipse’s Pusha T.

“Swizz looked at me the other night and said man are you getting sleep and I told him I can’t sleep… My people need this new music,” West tweeted.

The rapper recently finished work on a remix of Justin Bieber’s “Runaway Love” with Raekwon. West also released the remix of “Power,” featuring Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, on Friday and premiered “See Me Now,” a new track with Beyonce and Charlie Wilson, earlier this month.

“It’s about the fans. No more holding back,” said West. “That’s why I dropped ‘See Me Now’… It wasn’t about me it was about the Summer the BBQs etc.”

West is set to perform at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12 after infamously interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at last year’s ceremony. He also tweeted a vague update on Monday that he is “working on the Movie… Unicorns and Rza beats yo.”

Mariah Carey Certainly Looks Preggers!

Mariah Carey showed off what looks to be a rather significant baby bump while performing this weekend at the Festa do Peao de Barretos in Brazil.

Do you guys think she’s pregnant?!

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