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 [...]

Out & About: Rihanna, Beyonce, Jay-Z Party It Up In London

Rihanna celebrated the launch of her new album, Rated R, with a concert at London’s Brixton Academy sponsored by Nokia yesterday (November 16). The album won’t actually be released until next week, but the pop star wanted to preview some new tracks for her fans as the show was broadcast worldwide online. Joining [...]

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 [...]

Video: Rihanna Helps Jay-Z ‘Run’ UCLA, Performs New Single, “Hard”

Jay-Z continued his Blueprint 3 college tour last night, hitting the Pauley Pavilion at UCLA. Throughout the tour, he’s been joined on stage by special guests like N.E.R.D. and Snoop Dogg, but night he brought out a little female star power in the the fierce form of pop superstar Rihanna.
Rih assisted Jay on their current [...]

Jay-Z Rocks With U2 For “Sunday Bloody Sunday” On 2009 EMAs

U2 performed a free concert for their fans in Berlin, Germany in conjunction with the MTV Europe Music Awards to commemorate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
One performance during the rousing events of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” was aired on the awards show, and to make an already outstanding performance better, frontman Bono [...]

Jay-Z Announces 2010 Blueprint 3 Tour With Young Jeezy

He’s in the middle of a college tour, but Jay-Z is already thinking ahead to 2010 when he can tour again.
The rap giant has announced the second leg of his upcoming 2010 Blueprint 3 tour, and he’s taking his good friend, fellow rap star Young Jeezy, with him.
Kicking off in Houston, Texas on February 22, [...]

Beyonce Brings Her “Sweet Dreams”, Jay-Z Brings His “Empire State Of Mind” To 2009 EMAs

Music’s reigning royal couple Beyonce and Jay-Z brought the house down with their performances at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards, held tonight in Berlin, Germany.
Beyonce performed her latest hit, “Sweet Dreams,” dressed in sexy red lingerie. That time she spent shooting the “Video Phone” video with Lady GaGa has obviously inspired her a bit. [...]

New Video: Jay-Z Featuring Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind

New York City is one of the most recognizable and beloved cities in the United States so when it came time to shoot the video for his new single, Empire State of Mind, featuring Grammy award winning singer Alicia Keys, Jay-Z thought NYC was the perfect backdrop. It also makes sense since the song is [...]

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 [...]

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