Madonna Wins Golden Globe, Elton John’s Husband Reacts

At the Golden Globe Awards, Madonna and Elton John were both up for best original song, and traded insults on the red carpet, but after Madonna won, John’s husband David Furnish lashed back on his Facebook page.

“Madonna. Best song???? F**k off!!!” Furnish said on Facebook, according to TMZ. “Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit. Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism.”

He also called Madonna’s recent criticism of Lady Gaga “desperate.”

Furnish may have been referring to several aspects of Madonna’s speech, which came after her song “Masterpiece,” from her film “W.E.,” beat out John’s “Hello Hello from “Gnomeo and Juliet.”

Before the night’s festivities, Elton told NBC’s Carson Daly that Madonna “doesn’t have a f***ing chance of winning tonight.” After laughing, Daly asked if those were “fighting words” but Elton called them “accurate words.”

When Daly told Madonna about Elton’s jab, she asked, “Was he wearing a dress?’ … adding, “may the best man win.”

According to Us Weekly, Madonna voiced her hopes backstage that she and Elton could patch things up. “I hope he speaks to me for the next couple of years,” she quipped. “He’s been known to get mad at me so I don’t know. He’s brilliant and I adore him so he’ll win another award. I don’t feel bad!”

Madonna Makes Rather Cold Comments on Gaga’s Career

Madonna made some rather lukewarm comments in U.S. interviews released on Friday, calling her influence on Gaga’s music “interesting” and “amusing.” Sometimes.

“I certainly think she references me a lot in her work. And sometimes I think it’s amusing and flattering and well done,” Madonna, 53, told ABC News in a television interview.

“There’s a lot of ways to look at it. I can’t really be annoyed by it…because obviously, I’ve influenced her,” the pop star told ABC.

The comparisons between the two divas, both known for combining provocative stunts with catchy dance-pop hits, came to a head when Gaga released her “Born This Way” single last February.

The song was instantly likened to Madonna’s 1989 hit “Express Yourself”.

“When I heard it on the radio .I said that sounds very familiar,” Madonna said. Asked if that felt annoying, Madonna responded, “It felt reductive.”

Pressed by ABC interviewer Cynthia McFadden whether that was a good or bad thing, Madonna replied “look it up”.

In a separate interview in the upcoming issue of Newsweek, Madonna described “Born This Way” as “a wonderful way to redo my song.”

“I mean, I recognized the chord changes. I thought it was… interesting,” she added.

The Grammy-winning singer told U.S. talk show host Jay Leno in February that she was Madonna’s “hugest fan personally and professionally.”

Madonna Talks New Album Title and Working With Gaga

Madonna revealed the title of her 12th studio album: “M.D.N.A.”

In an interview with Graham Norton, Madonna talked about the album release, saying, “it’s soon — it depends how quickly people hack in to my server and leak it. Can people wait? It’s terrible.”

“M.N.D.A.” will be Madonna’s first studio release on Interscope, since leaving Warner Bros. Records and entering into an all-encompassing deal with Live Nation. Her final Warner Bros. studio set, “Hard Candy,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 740,000 copies stateside, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

According to Glamour, another reported topic of conversation between Madonna and Graham Norton in the interview was Lady Gaga, who is surely used to the Madonna comparisons by now. “When I first saw her [Gaga] I was really impressed by her and she was cool. She did remind me of me back in the day,” Madonna said. “I do think she is very talented.”

Allison Gray Releases “Break Me” Music Video

Singer/songwriter Allison Gray has released the highly anticipated music video for her moving, poignant new single, “Break Me.”

A beautiful song filled with emotion and a relatable message, “Break Me” showcases Allison’s incredible potential as an artist and her natural talent. The video is simple and beautiful, highlighting Allison’s musical talent and stunning natural beauty.

Be sure to check out the video and song from Allison Gray!

Digital Sales Beatout Physical Sales for First Time

Digital music purchases accounted for 50.3 percent of all music sales in 2011, marking the first time digital sales have outpaced physical album sales, according to data released by Nielsen SoundScan. Digital sales were up by 8.4 percent from 2010, while physical album sales declined by 5 percent.

Adele, the top-selling artist overall for 2011, was also the best-selling digital artist, with her album 21 moving 1,801,000 digital copies (out of a cross-format 5,824,000 total) and her singles “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You” selling 5,813,000 and 3,750,000 downloads, respectively.

Other big sellers in the digital album format include Lady Gaga, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne, Lil Wayne and Coldplay.

Rihanna Finds Milestone with “We Found Love”

Rihanna’s single “We Found Love” stayed on top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on Thursday for the 8th straight week, making it the singer’s longest-running No. 1 single of her career.

The singer’s single overtook Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” which stayed at No. 1 for seven weeks earlier this year, and beat her previous top-selling singles, 2007′s “Umbrella” and 2010′s “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Eminem.

“We Found Love” is the lead single from Rihanna’s sixth studio album “Talk That Talk,” and the singer will wrap her last concert on her “Loud” tour in London on Thursday.

Justin Bieber Releases New Song, “Be Alright”

Justin Bieber is treating his fans to some new music right in time for the holiday season. On Wednesday night, the pop superstar debuted a new track called “Be Alright” to a jam-packed crowd during his Toronto-based TV concert special, “Justin Bieber: Home for the Holidays,” which airs Thursday night (December 22) on MuchMusic and CTV.

“You might hear this on my next album, you might not, but it’s a song I’m working on. I still haven’t really finished it,” Bieber told the screaming crowd, before unveiling the acoustic tune. “Basically, the concept is: Even though when times get hard with your girlfriend or boyfriend, when times get hard, you gotta just let them know that in the end, everything’s gonna be alright.”

Sitting beside his guitarist, the young singer soothed the audience with the new slow jam. “Across the ocean, across the sea/ Starting to forget the way you look at me now/ Over the ocean and across the sky/ Starting to forget the way you look in my eyes,” he sang.

After the holiday special, the teen singer took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the memorable evening, writing, “Tonight was special. No rules. Music, family, friends, fans, charity, and music. Thank you. #HomeForTheHolidays.”

“Be Alright” is just a taste of what may come from the singer’s next album release.

Madonna Signs Deal with Interscope

The Queen of Pop Madonna has signed a deal with Interscope Records. Madonna will reportedly work with the label on three records for $1 million each.

Madonna will also remain with Live Nation, with whom she signed a deal in 2007. Currently she has a 10-year, “360 deal” worth upwards of $100 million that covers touring and merchandise. Live Nation CEO Irving Azoff hinted back in February that a merger could happen for the star sometime this year. Live Nation always had intended to partner with a record label for the release of her next album.

“Live Nation, prior to the merger, entered into some of these all-rights deals, so there are certain artists, Madonna being one of them, that there is a recorded-music strategy,” Azoff said. “Once she gets the album recorded, we’ll sit down with her and her manager, Guy Oseary, and figure out what’s best for the record. It has to start with the music.”

A source says, “It’s just about keeping relevance so that she can tour. She is still in the demo phase, but the idea is to get the first album out early next year.”

Lady Gaga’s New Video “Marry The Night” Leaked

Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated music video for her single “Marry the Night” was leaked Thursday, and has since been causing quite a buzz. The video features Gaga in multiple scenes, wearing latex while performing ballet, naked thrashing while pouring cereal on herself, dancing, exploding cars — all somewhat autobiographical, according to Gaga, who directed the video herself.

Check out the video below and let us know what you think!

Lady Gaga Says “Marry The Night” Breakdown was Real

Lady Gaga’s most recent music video release “Marry the Night” graphically depicts Gaga’s journey from an early career trauma to her eventual international success as a pop star.

What left Gaga so traumatized? She explained it all to E! News before the video’s premiere. Gaga claims that the video is a metaphor for how she felt when she was dropped from her first record label, Island Def Jam, before coming to her current spot at Interscope.

“It was one of the worst days of my life and it happened quite quickly. But in my mind, when I think back on that period of my life, it all happened very slow,” she explained. “It is my personal way of seeing things. I am the artist of my own life. I choose to tell you what happened,” she continued. “If you give up after something like that, you were never destined to be an entertainer.”

In the video, after hearing from her ballet director that she should quit, she restructures her goal and plots her rise to pop stardom. “In order to be great writing music or at fishing or at being a mechanic or designing buildings, you have to acknowledge what is wrong with your work, or what is dishonest about it,” she said. “What have I not been really great at?” Those obstacles, she says, are a big part of what makes her who she is now. “I love the obstacles,” she said. “To marry your obstacles means I, the artist, wholeheartedly accept everything you throw at me. I am destined to struggle, I am destined to write music about the struggle and I accept it willingly.”

There are several scenes where Gaga is naked and experiencing a mental breakdown in her apartment. “Well, I was naked in real life when it happened,” she said, referring to the moment she found out she’d been dropped. “That’s probably the most honest moment in that video of everything I’ve ever done.”

“It was intensely important to me that it was not too beautiful,” she added. “It was an incredible experience. It was amazing. It was absolutely amazing. In essence, it’s insight into my entire creative process and the way that I view things.”

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