Britney Spear’s Latest Single Rules The Pop Charts

Britney’s back bit**!

As forecast after its massive first-day airplay, Britney Spears’ “Hold It Against Me” roars to a record-setting debut on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart.

The first single from Spears’ forthcoming ninth album storms the survey at No. 16 with 4,071 plays, the highest detections total by a debuting title in the chart’s 18-year history.

“Hold It Against Me” also ties Madonna’s “Frozen” (No. 16, March 7, 1998) for second-highest launch in the list’s archives. Only Mariah Carey’s “Dreamlover” began at a higher rank, having rocketed in at No. 12 the week of August 14, 1993.

The Pop Songs chart lists the most-played songs on 130 mainstream top 40 radio stations, according to Nielsen BDS.

“Hold It Against Me” received airplay on all 130 reporting stations in the chart’s tracking week (January 10-16). The song’s first-week airplay translates to 36.4 million listener impressions, the week’s 10th-highest mainstream top 40 audience total.

Lets hope she is able to actually perform at this years Grammy Awards.

Chris Brown Doesn’t Care If You Hate Him

Chris Brown is ready to have a great year in 2011. He will be unveiling song after song on his Twitter account much to the pleasure of his million of fans, and Twitter followers.

Chris Brown just released “Look At Me Now” featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes, and he’s probably praying it becomes a hit!

He tweeted about the record saying:

“I just put 2011 in a coffin wit look at me now!! Hate all you want!!” Look at me now… Look at me now….. I’m getting paper!!!! 12midnight Busta is killin on this song and Weezy is a monster!!
Look at me now nigga!!!

“Look At Me Now” which has a very interesting beat and undesirable lyrics is the new urban single from Brown’s forthcoming album ‘F.A.M.E’ that will be available this year.

Are you excited for his new album?

Lauryn Hill To Perform On A Rooftop On New Year’s Eve

Former Fugees singer, Lauryn Hill, is to give a rare concert on the rooftop of New York’s Gansevoort Park Avenue Hotel on New Year’s Eve.

Although it will be a very exclusive, and intimate show, organizers are said to be working on a deal for the performance to be televised or streamed online. We are sure we are not the only ones that would love to see this!

Lauryn is reportedly working on a new album, her first studio LP since 1998′s ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’. Hill recently revealed she changes the arrangements on some of her classic songs at her gigs because she wants to keep them fresh, but accepts her fans may not appreciate her efforts.

The ‘Everything Is Everything’ hitmaker said: “I have to upgrade them a bit so that they’re still exciting and fresh and they’re new. There’s something almost jazz-like in the way I approach performances. I’m not sure if the audience really understands. We need, or at least I need a certain amount of spontaneity, a certain amount of improvisation every show.”

Let’s hope that Lauryn Hill has a huge comeback in 2011!

New Kids, Backstreet Boys, To Perform On Dick Clark’s Annual New Year’s Eve TV Special.

The New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys are performing in Dick Clark’s annual New Year’s Eve TV special.

ABC producers say the two groups are mashing up to close out 2011 on the ABC special.

The two bands, who have come together to become NKOTBSB, performed together live for the first time on the Dick Clark-produced American Music Awards last month. The two groups plan to tour North America together next summer.

“The NKOTBSB just keeps snowballing … and nothing is as exciting as Times Square’s New Year’s countdown,” the Backstreet Boys said Thursday.

“The excitement of this is just a glimpse of what our upcoming tour will be,” the five members of New Kids on the Block added.

“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2011,” begins at 10 p.m. EST on Dec. 31 and ends around 2 a.m. on Jan. 1.

Other performers you don’t want to miss include Jennifer Hudson, Willow Smith, Ne-Yo, Avril Lavigne and Train.

New Blink 182 Album Coming In 2011

Blink 182 is gearing up for a comeback in 2011. The trio reunited early last year after drummer Travis Barker was involved in a near-fatal plane crash. Lead singer Mark Hoppus says the band is aiming to have the new album finished and handed over to the record label by “April or May”.

“There’s still a long way to go before the album is done,” he said. “But already it seems like the songs are both taking a step even further than we took on the last album, while also going back to the sound of some of the earlier albums.”

“We have a date for the completion of the album,” he continued. “We want to deliver the record in April or May, for release very soon afterward. That being said, the only thing more important to us than getting the record out in that time is getting a great record out. If it isn’t absolutely ready at that point, we’ll keep working until it is.”

Are you excited for a new Blink 182 album?

Michael Jackson and Akon’s Song to be released

Many thought there would never be a new cd from Michael Jackson, but there will be, and soon!

Lenny Kravitz, Akon and 50 Cent will be featured on the upcoming posthumous album from Michael Jackson.

Epic Records and Jackson’s estate released more details about the record simply called “MICHAEL” on Friday. The song “Hold My Hand” with Akon will be the first single and debut on Jackson’s website on Monday.

Akon says the song was leaked two years ago before Jackson’s death but it wasn’t complete. Akon says now it’s finished and he’s proud to have worked with one of his idols.

“MICHAEL” will feature 10 songs and is due out Dec. 14. Some were recent recordings.

The song “Breaking News” debuted on Jackson’s site this week. Some of his nephews say it’s not Jackson’s voice but a former producer and manager insist that it is.

Ashlee Simpson Is Working On Her Next Album

Prepare yourselves, Ashlee Simpson is working on another album!

“I am working on it, but I’m taking my time,” Simpson tells E! News. “My little boy is my priority, I’m having a blast, but [it will be released] sometime late next year.”

OK, so now we have a release date. Kind of.

Another interesting piece of news about the album comes from an encounter a fan had with Ashlee. According to the fan, Ashlee said the new album would be “mature” because she’s older now (she turned 26 in September), and she referenced Florence + the Machine as an influence. The fan also asked if it would be “mature” like “Fiona Apple, Jewel and Alanis Morisette”, and Ashlee said yes. She then mentioned that it would still be “upbeat and fun” because she “can’t just stand there like how a ‘folk’ singer would”.

It sounds like it could be really good, if she does it well! Good luck Jessica Simpson’s little sister!

Nicole Scherzinger’s New Single ‘Poison’ Arrives in Full

Nicole Scherzinger got the venom in her brand new solo single called “Poison”.

In this pulsating dance track produced by acclaimed music maker RedOne, the lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls dares the boys to “step into the danger zone” and kiss her while poison is still dripping from her lips.

Before this “Poison”, Scherzinger debuted a solo song called “Nobody Can Change Me” on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show in May this year. The self-empowering track, however, failed to chart and that is maybe the reason why she moved to another song.

Of her still-in-the-work album itself, Nicole Scherzinger said, “My music that I’m working on now for my album might have a little more rock, funk, soul edge, but it’s basically in the genre of popular music and it’s just honest music, fun music.”

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Fantasia Barrino Going On Tour Only Three Months After Suicide Attempt

Troubled singer Fantasia Barrino will be hitting the road for a tour in November just three months after her failed suicide attempt.

The former “American Idol” star survived a drug overdose on August 9 and later shocked fans by revealing the scare wasn’t an accident and she meant to take her own life.

Barrino was quick to move forward with her music career; she took the first step toward putting the incident behind her with a Las Vegas concert on August 27 – her first performance after the suicide attempt – and the singer is pushing through her personal struggles by diving back into work.

Barrino will kick off the 30-city Back to Me tour in Richmond, Virginia on November 4.

Announcing the news, she says, “I’m so excited about this tour and having the chance to connect with my fans, the people that love me and have been supporting me through everything. This tour is going to be a real special, intimate experience for them and for me.”

Take care of yourself Fantasia!

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.

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