Nicki Minaj to Perform New Single at Grammys

Nicki Minaj will be performing her new song “Roman Holiday” at the Grammys next week before officially releasing her latest Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded single “Starships.”

On Monday, February 13, just a day after the Grammy telecast, Nicki’s “Starships” will premiere on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show and make its way to iTunes shortly afterward.

The 54th annual Grammy Awards are set to air Sunday, February 12, on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.

Madonna Shines at Super Bowl Halftime Show

While there will unquestionably be the haters who have criticism to offer on Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime performance, it was arguably one of the best halftime shows in recent years, and the Material Girl proved again why she is the Queen of Pop.

The 12 minute set included guest appearances by Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., LMFAO and Cee Lo Green. The impressive performance covered some of her biggest hits, including Vogue, Music and Like a Prayer, and also featured Madge’s latest single, “Give Me All Your Luvin.’”

Check out the performance and let us know what you think!

Madonna Releases “Give Me All Your Luvin’” Video

The queen of pop releases her first, long-anticipated single off of her new album, MDNA. The single, “Give Me All Your Luvin,’” features Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. The video is a playful take on Madonna’s worldwide fame, using a high-school theme to portray the singer’s superstar status.

Check out the video. What do you think?

Adele Holds Number 1 Spot for 18th Week

Soulful singer Adele remained on top of the Billboard album chart with “21,” despite seven new entries vying for No. 1 this week, including stiff competition from country music singer Tim McGraw.

“21,” which has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States since its release in February 2011, notched its 18th week in the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart.

Adele, who has been resting her voice after vocal cord surgery last November, said she will be making her live comeback at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 12.

Country music star McGraw’s 11th studio album, “Emotional Traffic” debuted at No. 2, scoring the singer his 14th top 10 album in the Billboard 200 chart and 13th No. 1 in the Billboard Country Albums chart.

New albums from rock band “Lamb of God,” singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, “American Idol” alumnus Kellie Pickler, Christian music singer Kari Jobe and soul singer Seal dotted the top 10, along with the “2012 Grammy Nominees” and “Kidz Bop 21″ compilation and Drake’s “Take Care.”

“21″ was the only album to cross the 100,000 copies mark, partially driven by a re-issued deluxe edition released last week in Target retail stores.

Madonna Releases Colorful MDNA Cover Art

Madonna released the cover art or her next studio album, MDNA. She dropped the art on her Facebook page.

Madonna recently described MDNA as “high-energy,” and this particular visual certainly fits that vibe.

Madonna releases “Give Me All Your Luvin”, the first single off the album, on Friday, along with the video. She’s set to take the stage at the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Madonna’s Single To Release on Friday

Madonna’s first single, “Give Me All Your Luvin,” off her upcoming album “MDNA” is set to release this coming Friday, February 3, two days before the singer performs at the Super Bowl on Sunday.

The track features Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., and is the first single off of Madonna’s 12th studio album.

An excerpt from the video to Give Me All Your Luvin’ will air on U.S. television show “American Idol” on February 2, and the full video appears on Madonna’s YouTube channel the following day.

MDNA was recorded in New York and Los Angeles and reunited Madonna with William Orbit who co-wrote and co-produced several cuts on the new album.

LL Cool J to Host Grammys

Rapper and actor LL Cool J will be the first official host of the Grammy Awards in seven years, the Recording Academy said on Wednesday.

“I’m thrilled to be a part of music’s biggest night,” said the two-time Grammy award winning host. “I will always have fond memories of my first Grammy Awards and to now be hosting the Grammy show, in the company of so many other incredible artists, is a dream come true.”

LL Cool J, who has been the host of the Grammy nominations concert since its first live broadcast in 2008, is the first emcee of the awards program since 2005 when Queen Latifah headlined. Since then, music’s biggest night has not had a host.

The 54th annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 12 in Los Angeles, and broadcast live on CBS.

Nicki Minaj and Foo Fighters to Perform at Grammys

Rapper Nicki Minaj will make her debut Grammy performance next month, joining Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars and country singer Jason Aldean on the list of artists who will take to the stage on the recording industry’s biggest night.

Grammy organizers said on Thursday that Minaj, who has four Grammy nominations, will perform at the February 12 awards show, as well as country sensation Taylor Swift, and Kelly Clarkson.

Rapper Kanye West, who leads this year’s Grammys with seven nominations, is also yet to be confirmed as a performer at the live awards show in Los Angeles.

Organizers said additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.

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.”

Lil Kim May Be Subject of New Nicki Minaj’s “Stupid Hoe”

Two weeks after releasing “Roman in Moscow,” the first single off her new album, Nicki Minaj’s alter ego Roman Zolanski returns to attack with her song, ” Stupid Hoe.”

“Bitch talkin’ she the queen when she looking like lab rat,” Minaj raps in the beginning of “Stupid Hoe.” Is Minaj talking about Lil Kim, also known as the Queen Bee?

The shots go throughout the song. “Stupid hoe is my enemy/ Stupid hoe is so wack/ Stupid hoe should have be-friended/ Then she could have probably came back.” Sonically, the new track sounds quite similar to “I Get Crazy,” a cut off Minaj’s last mixtape, “Beam Me Up Scotty.”

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