Day in Pop Report for 02/01/2010
Beyonce has set a record for the most wins by a female in one night at the Grammys as she won six awards, including best female pop performance and song of the year for her anthem "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)." moreIn a Grammy rarity, the Album of the Year award actually mirrored the taste of the record buying public with Taylor Swift's best selling album of the year, Fearless, taking home the Grammy. See the full list of winners here Kanye West has launched a furious rant against animal rights campaigners after he was slammed for stepping out in a fur coat - calling his critics "scared, incapable or just plain idiots." more Despite previous rumor suggesting Taylor Swift will hook up with Kanye West for a Haitian charity single, both stars are confirmed not to be involved in the project. more K-OS has pulled a Billy Corgan: he says he is going to stop releasing albums. The rapper born Kevin Brereton told MuchMusic that after 10 years of spending time in the studio he wants to "stay immediate" instead. more Another Haiti concert: Sean Combs, Pharrell Williams and Queen Latifah are to host a two-hour concert and telethon for Haiti next week. Wyclef Jean, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne will also perform at the Black Entertainment TV (BET) event more New Zealand singer Pauly Fuemana of Otara Millionaires Club, or OMC, who shot to stardom with the international hit How Bizarre in 1995, has died in hospital after a brief illness, aged 40. more Willie Nelson was forced to scrap a concert in North Carolina on Thursday's, January 28, because of a hand injury. Nelson, who had carpal tunnel surgery on his left hand in 2004, was scheduled to play at the Duplin County Events Center in Kenansville, but severe pain caused him to cancel the show. more Wyclef Jean was forced to deal with another tragedy while helping desperate survivors of the Haiti earthquake, after a volunteer for his Yele Haiti foundation was shot dead in a car-jacking. more Check out Lil Wayne's new album Rebirth on his Myspace page. Blues legend Etta James is being treated in hospital in California after suffering from various ailments, including a blood infection. "She's been in a pretty big battle," her son Donto James told Reuters. The singer has been in hospital for a week. more Backstreet Boys have sparked outrage among heavy metal fans in India after it was announced they will follow Iron Maiden as a headliner for the upcoming Rock in India festival. The event marked the first ever rock festival in India when it kicked off in 2008, with Megadeth and Machine Head playing top of the bill. Iron Maiden took the stage in 2009. more Cage fighter Alex Reid has been voted the winner of this year's Celebrity Big Brother in the UK. Singer Dane Bowers came second in the competition and ex-footballer-turned-actor Vinnie Jones came third. more
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With less than 10 days till Heligoland hits the masses on Feb 9th, Massive Attack are rewarding fans for their patience with the Heligoland Remix EP. Exclusively streaming on the band's Facebook Fan page, the EP features remixes by Gui Boratto, Breakage, Tim Goldsworthy, She Is Danger, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi. Become a fan and get in the know! Track List: Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) * Pray For Rain (Tim Goldsworthy Remix) * Fatalism (Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi Remix) * Girl I Love You (She Is Danger Remix) * Paradise Circus (Breakage's Tight Rope Remix) * Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Dub)
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Australia is shipping us more musical goodness thanks to Philadelphia Grand Jury. Two childhood friends, Berkfinger and MC Bad Genius, add some 20 years and one observes a strange, tedious and sometimes very complicated relationship that always manages to somehow end up in a smart and ruff pop song.The band caught the ears of the UK record label Too Pure Records (Beggars Group) who decided to help expose the band beyond their home country of Australia. To do this, Too Pure will release "The Good News" in 7-inch single form this May. Which is good news indeed since the song is will go down in history as the most played independent single on Australian radio.
Check out a track "Going To The Casino (Tomorrow Night)" MP3 and with just a little bit of luck (they are gambling men after all), it will not be long until the Philadelphia Grand Jury become household names all over the world.
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Sia has been hard at work on the follow up to her smash breakthrough album, Some People Have Real Problems, which will be out later this year. In the meantime, she is bringing her inimitable live show back to the US with her "The We Meaning You Tour" including a performance at the 2010 Coachella festival! Sia's soul-stirring voice and repertoire that goes from spellbinding ballads to dance floor bangers make this one of Spring's most exciting tours. Sia's distinct sound and spirit have captured everyone's imagination, including Christina Aguilera who recently asked her to work on her forthcoming album.
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Never Shout Never will premiere their brand-new video, "I Love You 5," on MySpace on February 2nd, 2010. Never Shout Never, the brainchild of 18-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist Christofer Drew, shot the video in his hometown of Joplin, MO, with a group of his friends. "I Love You 5" is a track off the band's debut album What Is Love?, which was released this week by Loveway/Sire Records. MySpace recently chose Never Shout Never as a MySpace Introducing Artist for the first quarter of 2010.
In addition, Drew will perform live at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN, on February 13th at 2:00 p.m. Admission to this event, which will take place in the mall's courtyard, is free and open to the public. After the live performance, the band will be signing copies of What Is Love? at the mall's Hot Topic retail store.
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Soon you will get a taste of Penguin Prison's textured re-imaginings of other well known, up and coming artists, with remixes of Marina & the Diamonds 'I Am Not A Robot', Erik Hassle's 'Hurtful' and Golden Silvers' 'True Romance', all true testaments towards PP's production skills and trademark sound, providing an exciting glimpse into what's to come with more of his own original productions coming very soon in 2010.Penguin Prison's irresistibly quirky sound resides somewhere between the likes of Hot Chip, Hall and Oates, Ultravox, Wham and the Jackson 5. Born and raised in Manhattan, the mecca of musical endeavors, Chris Glover aka Penguin Prison has never been short of inspiration. Raised on a healthy diet of Michael Jackson, Prince, A Tribe Called Quest, Nat King Cole, Nirvana and Weezer, he soon began to channel such influences, and feeding them into his own musical meanderings, that led him toward a sound that combines classic influences of pop, soul and rock and roll.
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Ψystein Greni of Bigbang was nominated this week for the 2009 Norwegian Grammy's Spellemannsprisen, in the category of Popular Music Composer for the album Edendale.
Edendale, which went platinum in Norway and was just released in North America this month, is notable in that while this is the sixth nomination for the band (prior nominations include three for best album, one for best newcomers and one for best song), it is the first for Greni as a composer.
"I am honored and thrilled to be nominated as a songwriter," says Greni."When you are in a band, you sometimes feel people don't pay attention to the songwriting. It's all about the guitar tones or the musicianship. In our case it's all about the live show we put on. To be acknowledged on the strength of our songs, which may be part of the secret to our live success, is a big compliment. It touches the hardworking loner artist in me, as opposed to the less vulnerable stagediving frontman."
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Monday's episode of MTV's "Silent Library" will feature songbird Jesse James. Jesse joins an all girl team and has them rolling over in silent stitches!In it's second season, "Silent Library" puts a fresh twist on the volume deficient game show that keeps viewers in laughing all week. During each episode, six friends will watch in silence as one of their team members is put under extreme and harebrained situations such as having spitballs hurled them or sipping some of the vilest concoctions ever mixed together. When the team successfully completes the challenges they will walk away with a cash prize. Throughout the season, celebrity guests will visit the library to join in on a bit of hushed fun. The first week featured pop sensation Justin Beiber who along with Asher Roth will jumpstarted the second season. Also appearing in this season are Ron Jeremy, Forever the Sickest Kids, Jessie James, We the Kings and more have all taken a seat at the "Silent Library" table to participate in the competition.
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