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The 2015 Billboard Music Awards took place on Sunday night (May 17) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year’s hosts were: rapper Ludacris and John Legend’s wife Chrissy Teigen. Many (SO many) artists performed last night at 2015 BBMA, although this isn’t really brand new…

As scheduled, right before the beginning of the 2015 Billboard Music Awards last night, ABC premiered pop star Taylor Swift’s much-anticipated music video for her new single “Bad Blood”, the fourth from “1989”. The song “Bad Blood” was produced by Max Martin and Shellback, and it’s kind of an…

The fourth official single from David Guetta’s “Listen” album is the song “Hey Mama” (we’ve known these for weeks, and so far it’s doing a fabulous job on radio) and the French DJ premiered the official music video for the Nicki Minaj-assisted EDM number tonight (May 17) first on Vessel.com, a…

Rihanna was the musical guest on the last episode of Season 40 of “Saturday Night Live” on NBC on May 16. The Barbados singer performed live two tracks from her forthcoming “R8” project which, if God permits, will arrive in stores around the world at some point this summer. “Bitch Better Have My…

B.o.B has been quiet as of late but makes his return today with the release of a new song entitled ‘That’s How You Feel’. The track, which he self-produced, is some of the first new solo material we’ve received from the Atlanta native since his ‘New Black’ mixtape late last year. ’That’s How You…

Jennifer Lopez’ Las Vegas residency won’t start until January 2016 but she’s already promoting, rehearsing and warming up for it. The big J to the L-O performed a hits medley on “The Ellen Show” on Friday (May 15) and it was beyond fantastic! (nice reminder of the showmanship of Jennifer and why…

Adam Lambert serves futuristic R&B in his new song “Underground” which he released on iTunes today (May 15) as the first ‘countdown single’ from his forthcoming third studio album “The Original High”, out June 16. It is Adam singing; believe me. I too thought that at some parts it didn’t sound…

One Direction made an appearance on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” last night, May 15, on CBS. What is the British boyband doing in the US you ask? Well, they are attending the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday. That’s why. During the One Direction-centered episode, James Corden asked the…

Is Paris Hilton still hot? She isn’t starring in reality shows anymore; her latest music isn’t charting on the main Billboard charts, and overall it feels like her worldwide popularity has been overshadowed by other girls in the game. Kim Kardashian, for instance. But that isn’t stopping Paris…

Hilary Duff stopped by “The Ellen Show” on Thursday (May 14) to perform her new single “Sparks”. Her performance was cute but there’s definitely great room for improvement. Maybe she was a little nervous because it was the first time she did “Sparks” on television? ‘Cause if not, Hil needs to…

Do Maroon 5 have a new monster hit in their hands? Yes, they freakin’ DO! The Adam Levine-led band premiered on radio (first play on iHeartRadio) early on Friday (May 15) their brand new single, produced by Shelllback, titled “This Summer’s Gonna Hurt”. It is a rock, pop, funk record that is…

I’m done. What is happening to music videos lately? They look so incredible in the teasers but when the full thing premieres it all turns into disappointment. First it was Britney with the “Pretty Girls” vid and now it’s Hilary Duff with “Sparks”. The former Lizzie McGuire star released the…

OMG! OMG! OMG! Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande singing together! MC uploaded this Thursday morning (May 14) a new video performance from the Backyard Sessions on her Facebook and this new clip shows the “Wrecking Ball” superstar teaming up with Big Sean’s ex Ariana Grande for an acoustic cover of…

Haven’t really been following “American Idol” this season but I hear this year’s winner Connecticut native Nick Fradiani deserved it and I’m quite liking his coronation single “Beautiful Life”. I see ‘Idol’ producers and 19 Recordings are trying to get a new “Home” out of it; as everything about…

It was an epic night last night (May 13) on “American Idol” during its Season 14 finale episode. All three judges (Keith, Jennifer and Harry) hit the stage, and many guest stars individually, or as a group with a few of the finalists, performed their newest singles live. Who were the invited…

I just don’t know what to think about this “Pretty Girls” music video that our beloved pop princess Britney Spears just premiered on VEVO. For some reason the sentence that best describes my feelings towards it, as of this post, is: “what is this foolishness!?”. Don’t get me wrong. Brit Brit looks…

Are you kidding me? Rixton’s debut album “Let The Road” isn’t out in the UK yet? For real? I really thought it was already out over there too! (it became available in the US back in March). “Let the Road” won’t be out in Rixton’s home country until June 8. Crazy, right? Anyhow, in view the “hype”…

Big congratulations are in order for band Walk The Moon. They’ve made of their single “Shut Up and Dance” such a huge hit in the US (Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 material) that no doubt RCA will green light a third album for them. Also, Walk The Moon announced earlier this week a headlining tour that…

Will Brandon Flowers provoke that “desired effect” in you? Only a few days to go to find out (or not if you’ve already downloaded the leaked version). The 33-year-old singer from Nevada, known for being the front man of rock band The Killers, is releasing on May 18th, 2015 his second solo album…

Do you know who would I send to end the Ukraine conflict? The Pope? Nop. Better than that. Azealia Banks. The fierce Harlem rapper has just won the title of ‘peacekeeping queen’ for how she handled a nasty situation that went down last night (May 11) in NYC. The 23-year-old lady was performing a…

Good performance of “Nothing Without Love” but that ‘outfit’…come on, Nate. Whoever thought that flower-patterned trench coat was a nice fashion choice needs to be terminated - and I don’t mean firing him/her. Former Fun. leader Nate Ruess appeared on NBC’s “The Voice” on Monday night (May 11) to…

If there's one thing guaranteed on a Monday, it's a new music video from Future . The Atlanta rapper continues his #MonsterMonday series in the second week of May with the official visual for the title track to his recently released mixtape '56 Nights'. Directed by Vincent Lou Film and produced by…

T.I. continues to push his rising single 'Private Show' with the release of a music video. Produced by Shama Joseph and Ace Harris, the Chris Brown -assisted track is featured on the Atlanta rapper's current studio album 'Paperwork'. Directed by Emil Nava , the visual for 'Private Show' places…

So many have made covers of The Mamas & The Papas’ 60s hit “California Dreamin’” (R.E.M, The Beach Boys, The Carpenters or Bobby Womack) and now Sia has to be added to the list. For the Australian singer has recorded her personal spin to the John Phillips and Michelle Phillips-written song…

Another star-studded single courtesy of DJ Khaled makes its way into the music scene. Titled “How Many Times”, and featuring the likes of Chris Brown, Lil’ Wayne and Big Sean, the urban song is the newest single from DJ Khaled’s forthcoming eighth studio album “I Changed A Lot” which should be…

Caliente! Mr. Prince Royce has just premiered the official Spanish remix to his newest single “Back It Up” featuring now, besides original collaborator Pitbull, the one and only Jennifer Lopez, and I hate to say it, Prince, but the song sounds a thousand times hotter in this language. The…

Leona Lewis’ “21” era has started? The British songbird finally premiered “Fire (Under My Feet)” today after a long period of waiting. The Adele-esque song is the lead single from LeLew’s forthcoming fifth album “I Am” which will be released in stores this summer. The radio premiere of “Fire…