More Details on Britney Spears New Album

If you’re wondering what direction Britney Spears new album is taking, looks like she be trippin’!

One of Britney’s producers, Ryan Tedder, is spilling the new details.

“I know that ‘Usual You’ off the last album [Circus] has been tossed around like, ‘Use this as kind of a jumping off point.’”

“It’s mind-bendy and trippy,” Tedder said, adding, “I applaud the label for saying, ‘We’re not going to do what’s always been done.’ I think Britney’s such an innovator. She needs to be in the forefront, you know what I mean? You can’t come out with something sounding like someone else.” {source}

Kelly Clarkson Dishes On Her Relationship With Record Label RCA

In a recent interview in New Zealand, Kelly Clarkson spoke about her relationship with her record label RCA Records. Clarkson seems to have had a love/hate relationship with RCA, but things seem to be going well at the moment.

Clarkson said:

“I actually am getting along quite well [with the label]. I don’t want to jinx it but we’re doing very well for this next record and we’ve been agreeing on a lot of stuff that we normally don’t. I’m working with a lot of new people as well at the label, so it’s actually going well.”

“It’s one of those things and ya’ll understand that you’re in a job where there’s a lot of cooks in the kitchen. It’s one of those things where I’m more of a people person, and I know that obviously it’s a business and you’re not always gonna agree but I just wanna be working with people that I respect and people that respect me. That’s really the only key thing for me”.

Have you heard the newly leaked track ‘Wash, Rinse, Repeat’ by Kelly Clarkson? I wonder what Ryan Tedder has to say about it?

Thanks to TheProphetBlog for posting this story. Make sure you check them out for more music news.

Janet Jackson Is Worried About Lady Gaga

Janet Jackson loves her some Lady Gaga but she’s worried that Gaga may be pushing herself too hard!

Jackson tells MTV, “I really love GaGa and she’s a sweetheart. It’s not always the case when you meet them (superstars). You can enjoy their work, but it’s not always so pleasant when you get to know their personality, and she truly is a sweetheart. She’s definitely doing something different and I love that.”

Janet also shared her concerns about Lady Gaga. She said, “She works so hard and I told her I think she needs to slow down just a little bit, take some time out for herself.”

Janet isn’t the first star to voice their concern about Lady Gaga’s health. Ryan Tedder from the group OneRepublic warned Gaga to “be careful” not to burn herself out.

About a month ago Lady Gaga passed out on stage a couple of times and she said that sleep deprivation was the main cause, “I was so jetlagged, I got in the night before and the jetlag just really caught up with me. I passed out about three times on stage that night but I got myself to the floor. I’d rather die on stage than walk off the stage because I was going to pass out… It’s never happened to me before, I was just really tired.”

Be careful Miss Gaga!! Safety first!

Nelly Furtado To Release New English Pop Album

According to The Prophet Blog, Nelly Furtado is set to release her fourth English album on May 25th, 2010.

Furtado says:

“I think just generally it’s still going to be pop but I want it to have a more light energy. Sort of like my first album, but not sonically, more in a spiritual sense… more like my first album.

“I don’t know if it’s going to be the same sound [as Loose] but I have worked a little bit with Timbaland who produced that album so it might have some of the same fun and energy, but not like exactly the same.”

Furtado is also said to be working with Ryan Tedder and Salaam Remi on the new album.

Are you excited for Nelly’s new album?

Adele Collaborates With OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder

After the success of her Grammy award winning debut album 19, Adele has enlisted the help of OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder for her follow-up album.

It seems like just about everyone is working with Tedder these days. After the recent controversy surrounding the similarities of certain tracks given to artists by Tedder, fans are concerned that Adele’s new album will have Tedder’s style all over it, but Tedder has gone on the record to assure fans they have nothing to worry about.

Tedder says –

“19, that album was so absolutely mind-blowing to me, so simple and beautiful that I don’t want myself as a fan to interfere with her sound.

“Yesterday the song we did was very much Adele – it was 10% Ryan, 90% Adele.”

He says he told the singer: “I don’t want to put you through the Ryan Tedder machine where you end up with a song that sounds as much like Ryan Tedder as it does Adele.”

Are you excited for Adele’s new album?

Ryan Tedder Speaks Out About Working With Kelly Clarkson

Ryan Tedder, who wrote Kelly Clarskon’s current hit single ‘Already Gone’, is speaking out about working with Clarkson. Following the backlash he received after being accused of shopping the same track to Beyoncé and Clarkson, Tedder isn’t so quick to say he’s work with Clarkson again any time soon. As you may recall, Beyoncé’s ‘Halo’ sounds very similar to Clarkson’s ‘Already Gone’.

Tedder says –

“Man, I haven’t talked to her, to be honest, since that went down. She has my email. Her attorney or somebody from her camp told somebody from my camp that she’s willing to work with me again. I was like, oh, thank you. I mean, I’m looking at your song right now and it’s #1 for the fourth week on Hot AC, so I’m sorry that I helped with that. I was absolutely livid when that whole thing came out because she had no idea what she was talking about when she said that. Somebody got up in her ear, and she got a bug in her ear. It was how she said it and how she worded it. If I was going around and selling the same track to the biggest artists in the world, how long would my career last? It’s ludicrous. And she knows me well enough to know I’m not an idiot. I’m not the kinda guy who’s gonna bust my ass for ten years to try and pull a fast one on Beyonce or Kelly.”

Ryan then continued, insisting that he actually prefers ‘Already Gone’ over Beyonce’s hit ‘Halo’.

“I’m no longer mad about the situation at all. ‘Already Gone’ has just about done as well in America as ‘Halo’ did. She literally wanted to sabotage the song. I’m happy that it saw the light of day, because I actually liked “Already Gone” more than “Halo.” I connect with it more. It gave me goose bumps. I’ve watched girls I’ve played the song for cry. It’s just an emotional, heartbreaking breakup song. I always liked it more than ‘Halo’.”

The One Republic frontman then hinted that he may never work with Clarkson again.

“As far as working with her in the future, I would—but I don’t know, man. It really is tough to say. I like Kelly a lot. I have nothing but amazing stuff to say about her. Her album just got nominated for Pop Album Of The Year, and I like to think I contributed somewhat with that. She’s the easiest person to work with in the studio, and all these other great superlatives. But having said that, it’s like, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. And I just don’t know that I wanna venture—I don’t wanna get some crazy-ass backlash or get my head snapped off for writing a hit song. I do wish her the best, and if we work together in the future, then I will be a happy camper about it and let bygones be bygones.”

Ryan Tedder Goes Country?

He’s written for some of the biggest names in the business including Leona Lewis (‘Bleeding Love’, ‘Happy’), Beyoncé (‘Halo’), Kelly Clarkson ( ‘Already Gone’), Jordin Sparks (‘Battlefield’), and don’t forget his own band, OneRepublic. He has also recently written for Adam Lambert and Natasha Bedingfield and plans to work with Katy Perry in 2010.

So what’s next for Ryan Tedder? He’s going country in a collaboration with country superstars Rascal Flatts, according to Billboard.com. Tedder, who trained in songwriting in Nashville, says that writing for county artists is “refreshing.”

Mash-up: Kelly Clarkson ‘Already Gone’ & ‘Halo’ Live

I can’t stop laughing at Kelly Clarkson’s Halloween costume…hilarious! Clarskon dressed up as Stewie from Family Guy.

Clarkson had a little surprise for fans while she performed her current single ‘Already Gone’. After all of the controversy surrounding the song and it’s similarities to Beyoncé’s ‘Halo’, Clarkson belted out a little ‘Halo’ towards the end of the song. Imagine if Clarkson had recorded and released ‘Halo’…it would have been even more amazing!

Adam Lambert Album Track List Revealed

The track list for Adam Lambert’s debut album For Your Entertainment has been released!

Fans are in for quite a treat with some great collaborations on Lambert’s upcoming album For Your Entertainment.

The track ‘Whataya Want From Me?’ was co-written by the hit-maker Max Martin and pop divas Pink.

American Idol judge and songwriter Kara DioGuardi worked with Lambert on ‘Strut’ and the Princess of Pop, Lady GaGa, penned ‘Fever’ for the American Idol runner-up.

Here’s the rest of the track list with writing credits:

1 “Music Again” 3:16 – Rob Cavallo, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness
2 “For Your Entertainment” 3:35 – Claude Kelly/Dr. Luke
3 “Whataya Want from Me” 3:47 – Pink, Max Martin
4 “Strut” 3:29 – Adam Lambert, Kara DioGuardi
5 “Soaked” 4:33 – Muse
6 “Sure Fire Winners” 3:32 – Rob Cavallo
7 “A Loaded Smile” 4:04 – Adam Lambert, Linda Perry
8 “If I Had You” 3:48
9 “Fever” 3:26 – Lady GaGa
10 “Sleepwalker” 4:25 – Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsay, Ryan Tedder
11 “Aftermath” 4:26
12 “Broken Open” 5:03
13 “Time for Miracles” Bonus Track 4:43 – Rob Cavallo

Are you excited for Lambert’s upcoming album?

Original Demo Of Beyoncé’s ‘Halo’ By Ryan Tedder Leaked

Beyoncé’s smash hit ‘Halo’ was originally written by Ryan Tedder of One Republic. Tedder also wrote Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Already Gone’ which has stirred up some controversy for sounding similar to ‘Halo’. Clarkson has since started performing a new version of the song to put the controversy to rest.

The original demo of ‘Halo’ recorded by Ryan Tedder has leaked online today and we’ve got it for you to check out. Beyoncé definitely brought a lot to this song.

Check it out –

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