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Lady Gaga premiered her new song "Venus" on VEVO on Sunday, October 27th. "Venus" - co-written by the New York singer with the help of DJ White Shadow, Hugo Leclercq, Dino Zisis, Nick Monson and Sun Ra - was expected to serve as the second official single, and follow-up to "Applause", from the…

Now that JLS are out of the way, here comes Union J! The latest British boyband - formed in Series 9 of "The X Factor UK" last year - have set October 28th as the release date of their self-titled debut album. Union J's first studio work features 10 songs in its standard edition, in contrast to…

Out of the thousands of applicants, Lakewood High School was picked as winner of the "lip dub contest" hosted by "Good Morning America" where Katy Perry would perform a concert live this Friday (October 25). The kids of the Lakewood, Colorado school had the best creative video performing Katy's…

Little Mix serve "early-2000s" realness in their music video for "Move", the lead single from the girl band's upcoming sophomore album "Salute", due in stores November 11. "Move" is officially released on November 3 in the UK. The #1 spot seems easy! I just love everything about this song. It's so…

Lady Gaga's first stop during her "Artpop" international promotional trek was Germany. The 27-year-old singer hosted a special fan event for her "little monsters" in Berlin on Thursday (October 24). Besides answering half interesting, half weird questions, Lady Gaga treated her German fans with…

Epicness! Katy Perry headlined the "We Can Survive: Music for Life" charity concert held at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (Oct. 23). All proceeds from this sold-out event are going to Young Survival Coalition. For the last song of her set, which evidently was her new single…

Such a good song, and video! Daughtry are certainly making a killer comeback this year. Led by American Idol alum Chris Daughtry, the rock band are modifying their hard rock sound to a more radio-friendly, electro-pop-influenced, folk-influenced rock sound for their fourth album "Baptized", due in…

What would Nina Simone think? Rapper Flo Rida samples the classic "Feeling Good" on his new single "How I Feel", the first official single from his upcoming fifth studio album entitled "The Perfect 10", hitting stores in early 2014 via Atlantic Records. After losing his amazing streak of hit…

Lady Gaga and The Wanted were the two guest performers on the Sunday, October 27th results show of "The X Factor UK" on ITV 1. The pop diva had five minutes to perform two tracks from "Artpop", while the local boyband has three to perform the latest single from studio album #3 "Word of Mouth".…

Eclectic lady Janelle Monaé made her "Saturday Night Live" debut this weekend (Oct. 26) to promote her last month-release sophomore album "The Electric Lady", which - all things considered - isn't doing that amazingly on the US charts, after debuting at #5 with only 47k copies sold. So this "SNL"…

Jared Leto and Icona Pop were the highlight guests on the Friday, October 25th episode of "Alan Carr: Chatty Man" on Channel 4 (UK). The 30 Second to Mars frontman had a sit-down talk with the hilarious host, while the Swedish singers performed a medley. This was Jared's second appearance on…

Yo Gotti's 'King Sh*t' single with T.I. continues to get love in the club and now the Memphis rapper decides to treat us to another single titled 'Cold Blood' featuring J. Cole. 'Cold Blood' will be appearing on Yo Gotti's album 'I Am' releasing next month under Epic Records. "Here’s a voice for…

Oh no! Enrique Iglesias has suicidal thoughts in the music video for "Heart Attack", the third single from the Latin star's upcoming tenth studio album, due in stores in early 2014 via Universal Republic. Directed by Collin Tilley. Watch above. The new single is a thousand miles better than "Turn…

Britney Spears has made public the cover of her upcoming 8th studio album, "Britney Jean". The pop princess' "most personal record ever" will be released in stores December 3rd (RCA Records). The cover features pitch-black background, a black and white photo of Britney resting her right fist on…

The release date of their third album "Midnight Memories" is approaching (it will hit stores November 25th), so a new single was certainly required. One Direction gave UK radios the green light to world premiere on Friday (October 25) their second single, a mid-tempo song entitled "Story of My…

His talent is amazing and beyond! British singer James Arthur rocked out his first "Live Lounge" concert for BBC Radio 1 on Thursday morning (October 24). During the astonishing acoustic set, the Middlesbrough-native and X Factor UK Season 9's winner performed his upcoming #1 single "You're Nobody…

Jamaica and Trinidad come together as We The Best’s Mavado releases the official video to his Nicki Minaj-assisted single ‘Give It All To Me’. The feel-good dancehall record is featured on DJ Khaled’s seventh studio album ‘Suffering From Success’ in stores now. Produced by JA Productions. “I'll…

Introducing four-piece UK pop/rock band, Rixton! Signed to School Boy / Giant Little Man / Interscope Records, and managed by Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber), Rixton - made of Jake Roche, Danny Wilkin, Charley Bagnell and Lewi Morgan - have released this Benny Blanco and Wallpaper co-produced cheeky…

Katy Perry performed a mini-concert for a few hundreds of fans who obtained the most-desired tickets for her "Prism" album release party, held at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 22. During her show, the pop star perfomed for the first time her next single, the powerful…

Ne-Yo will provide his girl with the finer things in life (if she's worth it). That's what he promises in "Luxurious", a brand new track, featuring auto-tune lover Future, which has just surfaced online. Produced by Jesse "Corporal" Wilson. Listen above. Not bad all. "Luxurious" is a really…

Rock band Daughtry keep the transitioning from rock to rock/folk showing in the new promotional single from their upcoming album "Baptized" (November 19). The track is called "Long Live Rock & Roll". If you pre-order Daughtry's new album on iTunes now, you'll get this "promo single" for free. For…

Today (October 22) is a special day for Fifth Harmony. For the girl group that was "assembled" by Simon Cowell on Season 2 of "X Factor USA" and finished in third place, have their debut EP, "Better Together", hit stores across the country today! The six-song project is just the first taste of…

The Saturdays performed a two-song acoustic set for BBC Radio 1's "Live Lounge" series, hosted by Fearne Cotton, on October 22. First, they sang their new single "Disco Love", from their fourth album "Living for the Weekend", and later, for their cover performance, they beautifully sang a…

31-year-old singer Kelly Clarkson - who became a household name in the U.S after winning the first season of "American Idol" in 2002 - married one-year boyfriend Brandon Blackstock (Reba McEntire's stepson) in an intimate ceremony, held on Sunday (October 20) at Blackberry Farms, close to…

Demi Lovato has recorded a new song titled "Let It Go" for the soundtrack of "Frozen", Disney's latest animated movie that will open in theaters on November 27th. In the film, "Let It Go" is performed by the character of Elsa, the Snow Queen (voiced by Idina Menzel). Demi's track was released…

M.I.A unleashes her imaginative talent again in "Y.A.L.A" (You Always Live Again), the newest single to be released from the British rapper's forthcoming album "Matangi", due in stores November 5th. Listen to "Y.A.LA" below. She's probably not going to receive much airplay with "Y.A.L.A" either,…