Jay-Z Earns First No. 1 Hit As Lead Artist With “Empire State Of Mind”

Jay-Z has seen the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart before as a featured guest with Mariah Carey, Beyonce, and Rihanna, but this time it has to be just a little bit sweeter.
The New York-born rapper earns his first No. 1 hit as a lead artist with his city’s new anthem “Empire State [...]

Owl City Flies Back To No. 1 As Rihanna Makes Top Ten Debut

Jason DeRulo played Kanye West last week when his debut hit “Whatcha Say” interrupted Owl City’s reign at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with his single “Fireflies,” but it didn’t last long.
Owl City, born Adam Young, enjoys a second non-consecutive week on top as “Fireflies” soars digitally, racking up an astonishing [...]

Rihanna, Beyonce, Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift And More Score 2010 People’s Choice Awards Nominations

Awards show season is well under way with the announcement of the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. Some of pop music’s favorites will fight it out for an award in various categories.
Beyonce, Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears and Carrie Underwood all rack up double nominations. Rihanna also scores two nominations but hers are in the [...]

Rihanna Describes Media Attention After Assault As ‘Waking Up Britney Spears’

Rihanna will be honored as one of Glamour magazine’s 2009 Women of the Year, and as part of the honor, she gave the mag a long-awaited interview about her life since that fateful night in February.
“I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears,” she says of the media circus that followed [...]

New Video: Britney Spears – 3

Britney Spears gets extremely sexy in the video for “3,” the new single from her greatest hits set, The Singles Collection. She had no choice, though. When you sing a song about the joys of inviting two people in your bed for a, erm, good time, you can’t be prudish.
The pop queen dons a chest-baring [...]

Owl City Soars To No. 1 With “Fireflies”

Electro-pop singer Owl City scores his first No. 1 record on the Billboard Hot 100 this week as his single “Fireflies” soars to the top of the chart on the strength of 196,000 digital downloads.
The song is taken from Owl City’s, born Adam Young, full length debut album Ocean Eyes.
He’s touring in support of the [...]

Jay Sean Reclaims Top Spot, Black Eyed Peas Make Another Play For Chart Throne

Bye bye, Britney! Jay Sean’s “Down” featuring Lil Wayne bumps Britney Spears’s sexy new single “3″ out of the way to reclaim the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week, making it his second non-consecutive trip there.
After a record-breaking trek to the top in its debut week, “3″ falls all [...]

Neon Rewind: Britney Spears – Baby One More Time

There’s a catchy sexified pop song blazing up the charts, records are being broken, fans are anticipating what will surely be a smokin’ hot video. Oh, yeah.  It’s Britney Spears season!
Still not convinced? American Idol’s latest champ Kris Allen recently covered Brit’s debut hit “Baby One More Time” in concert and everyone in the audience [...]

Kris Allen Covers Britney Spears’ “Baby One More Time” In Concert

While competing on season 8 of American Idol, Kris Allen became known for his often surprising, equally risky renovations to classic pop tunes. He broke out his guitar to make Michael Jackson’s “Remember The Time” a sped-up folk ditty, and stripped Kanye West’s “Heartless” almost bare with an acoustic rendition that some would say beats [...]

Britney Spears Starts On Top, Owl City ‘Flies’ Into Top Ten

As previously reported, Britney Spears ends Jay Sean’s one week chart reign as she makes a big debut on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week.
The pop star’s new single, “3,” rushes in at No. 1 after selling a staggering 255,000 digital downloads in its debut week, becoming the first single in over three [...]

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