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Friday, November 11, 2011
Big News: MRAs 2011 polls open!
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Big News: MRAs 2011 nominations!
Well it's that time of the year again, where the nominations for MRAs are out for the year! This year, I'm revamping some categories, scrapping Comeback Album of the Year, introducing Band/Group of the Year and Summer Anthem of the Year! Check out the nominations below and as usual, the polls will be up around mid-November. Best Newcomer: Scotty McCreery One Direction Cher Lloyd Katy B Ed Sheeran Christina Perri Tour of the Year: Rihanna - Loud Tour Katy Perry - California Dreams Tour The Saturdays - Headlines! Tour Britney Spears - Femme Fatale Tour Live Performance Of the Year: Bruno Mars - Runaway Baby (The X Factor UK) Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor ft. Pitbull (American Idol) The Wanted - Lightning (Strictly Come Dancing) Demi Lovato - Skyscraper (America's Got Talent) Adele - Someone Like You (BRIT Awards) Song Of The Year: Adele - Rolling in the Deep Demi Lovato - Skyscraper Britney Spears - Till The World Ends Ke$ha - Blow The Saturdays - All Fired Up One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful Kelly Rowland - Motivation Lady Gaga - Judas Summer Anthem of the Year: The Wanted - Glad You Came Jennifer Lopez - On the Floor ft. Pitbull The Saturdays - Notorious Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Nicola Roberts - Beat of My Drum Maroon 5- Moves Like Jagger ft. Christina Aguilera Debut Album Of The Year: Lauren Alaina - Wildflower Scotty McCreery - Clear as Day Jessie J - Who You Are Katy B - On A Mission Matt Cardle - Letters Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes Album Of The Year: Lady Antebellum - Own The Night Kelly Clarkson - Stronger Adele - 21 Britney Spears - Femme Fatale Lady Gaga - Born This Way Music Video Of The Year: Rihanna - We Found Love The Saturdays - Notorious Pixie Lott - What Do You Take Me For? ft. Pusha T Jennifer Lopez - I'm Into You ft. Lil Wayne Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Britney Spears - I Wanna Go Rihanna - Man Down Ke$ha - Blow Artist Of the Year: Rihanna Jennifer Lopez Katy Perry Adele Kelly Clarkson Demi Lovato Band/Group of the Year: The Saturdays The Wanted One Direction Lady Antebellum Thoughts? Music Reviews 10 @ 4:13 PM | comment link here
Big News: The Wanted premiere "Warzone"!
It's pretty full on for Britain's boybands, with JLS releasing their summer #1 She Makes Me Wanna in July and now on their Bruno Mars-aping second single Take A Chance On Me, while teen heart throbs One Direction had their first single clocking in the highest first week sales of 2011 with What Makes You Beautiful effortlessly sailing to #1 and have moved on to their second single Gotta Be You, wintery like The Saturdays' My Heart Takes Over, while The Wanted also hit the #1 spot back in July with the club banger Glad You Came, then with just performed the second album Battleground's second single Lightning on The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing, The Wanted boys have premiered their new single Warzone on radio. I disliked Glad You Came for being everything I didn't want a Wanted track to be - clubby. Then they were back in my good books with the anthemic Lightning, with Warzone continuing this streak of good songs. Both Lightning and Warzone sound like more mature takes on the songs tackled on their #4 debut album released last year. Warzone is a moody ballad with Nathan and Max sounding incredible on it. If you still, however, haven't tired of Lightning, check out the boys donning yellow contacts to perform a "Halloween-themed" version of the single on Strictly Come Dancing and an acoustic version below it. Labels: BIG NEWS, THE WANTED Music Reviews 10 @ 2:44 PM | comment link here
Friday, October 7, 2011
Big News: Listen to Kelly Clarkson's "What Doesn't Kill You"!
 When people were anticipating, Kelly Clarkson's comeback, everyone was hoping she'd return with another manbashing tune ala Since U Been Gone or a ginormous pop song with a stadium sized chorus in the vein of My Life Would Suck Without You. And with reports the first single to be released off her fifth studio album Stronger was called Mr. Know It All, speculation hit the roof. However, with the soulful sounds of Mr. Know It All being instant radio food and a slow grower, the single has so far done a peak at #18 on the Hot 100 in its debut week and has started to shuffle down the charts. People started to turn away from softly sassy Kelly, but Kelly has recently uploaded album cut What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) to her YouTube channel, saying a lot of variations of this song has been leaked online and wanted everyone to hear the real one - basically what she's saying is this is the real one, it's the new single, now listen to it. And it's good. It's not as outrightly pop/rock as Since U Been Gone or Never Again, though it may start out like it could, once it hits the chorus, it takes a more pop lane right smack into P!nk territory. If people didn't like Mr. Know It All, they might warm right back to Kelly with this. Take a listen below. Labels: BIG NEWS, KELLY CLARKSON Music Reviews 10 @ 2:59 PM | comment link here
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Big News: The Saturdays unveil album title + tracklisting!
 The Saturdays are getting bigger and bigger with each release, as evident by the first week sales of their last track All Fired Up which managed to shift about 70, 000 copies, landing at #3 on the UK Singles Chart behind Pixie Lott's 88K-selling #1 All About Tonight and Hot 100 #1 Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger. Clearly, their label are trying to place the girls in the competitive chart release weeks so when they finally get a #1, it will actually mean something unlike some of JLS' mindless tunes that nab top spot easily. The girls have announced the album title for their fourth album, which takes a line from All Fired Up, and is officially called On Your Radar. Personally, it's a bit of a meh title, it doesn't hit hard like Chasing Lights, Wordshaker or Headlines!. Personally, if they were going to take the title from a lyric, then in my opinion, Against The Speakers would be slightly better. But no worries. The Sats have also unveiled the album's tracklisting which you can take a look below: 1. All Fired Up (Xenomania and Space Cowboy) 2. Notorious (Ina Wroldsen and Steve Mac) 3. Faster (Ina Wroldsen and Steve Mac) 4. My Heart Takes Over (Ina Wroldsen and Steve Mac) 5. White Lies (Ina Wroldsen, Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub) 6. For Myself (TBA) 7. The Way You Watch Me - Tanya Lacey and Lucas Secon 8. Do What You Want With Me - (Jaz Rogers and Bryn Christopher) 9. Promise Me - (The Saturdays, Steve Daly, Jon Keep and Ali Tennant) 10. Wish I Didn't Know (The Saturdays, Steve Daly, Jon Keep and Ali Tennant) 11. Get Ready, Get Set (TBA) 12. Last Call (Una, Lucie Silvas and Chris Holmes) 13. I Say Ok (The Saturdays, David Eriksen and Nina Woodford) A lot of "me, myself, and I" going on here. Eh? Nevertheless, the girls will be releasing the album on November 21st, a week after third single My Heart Takes Over gets released, where the album will face competition from JLS and Pixie Lott the week before, then One Direction and Westlife on the release week itself. Hopefully The Saturdays know what they're doing because that massive competition could spell danger for the album's chart run. The album cover should be unveiled any time soon, but meanwhile, check out the girls blasting Forever Is Over for Ireland's Arthur's Day. Labels: BIG NEWS, THE SATURDAYS Music Reviews 10 @ 2:50 AM | comment link here
Friday, September 30, 2011
Big News: Diana Vickers co-writes new Enrique Iglesias single!
 Moments ago on Twitter, British singer Diana Vickers tweeted some exciting news - she co-wrote Enrique Iglesias' new single Mouth2Mouth featuring Jennifer Lopez! It's a big deal considering Diana's status. The pop darling rose to fame on The X Factor, finishing fourth, before putting out her debut #1 album and single Songs From The Tainted Cherrytree and Once respectively. Unfortunately, the campaign took a beating when follow-up single The Boy Who Murdered Love fell short of the album and first single's success, stalling at #36 on the UK Singles Chart. Then back into the studio Diana went, before releasing My Wicked Heart, the first single released off a revamped version of Songs From The Tainted Cherrytree. However, despite landing a massive gig on The X Factor, the poor girl only made #13 on the UK Singles Chart. Then, the reworked album was scrapped, and Diana "parted ways" with RCA Records, which basically means she was dropped. Cue tears. Since then, Miss Vickers has kept herself busy, working on some new music in LA with various writers and producers to be released on an EP due out either later this year on early next year. However, with Diana Vickers landing a songwriting cut on Enrique Iglesias' new single, will record labels start to be interested again? It's encouraging a pop artist like Diana herself is starting over again by building up her name writing for other artists. Not something you'd catch Rihanna or Selena Gomez doing. In a way, the pop industry needs people like Diana, pop artists that know what a good pop track should be about. Get 'dem songwriting royalties Diana. Take a listen to Enrique Iglesias' Mouth2Mouth featuring Jennifer Lopez below, and then Also, if you've missed Diana's speaking voice, you can take a listen to Diana confirming the Enrique co-write. Labels: BIG NEWS, DIANA VICKERS, JENNIFER LOPEZ Music Reviews 10 @ 6:28 PM | comment link here
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Big News: The Saturdays unveil new single "My Heart Takes Over"!
 At a Polydor record label meeting, The Saturdays' upcoming third single was mentioned and rumours started flying, with the title supposedly being Heart Takes Over, before The Saturdays confirmed yesterday that the official title is My Heart Takes Over. Everyone was hoping Mollie would land an angelic middle eight, and that the girls would get themselves their own Girls Aloud's Call The Shots/Pussycat Dolls' I Hate This Part. However, the girls premiered their single on Radio 1 just moments ago, with Mollie phoning in herself to premiere the track. And hey ho. What everyone thought it was, isn't. I always thought Missing You was their I Hate This Part/Call The Shots, and their new single isn't exactly Issues Part II either, it bites a lot harder than the tender, singalong track that Issues was, with Vanessa starting things off with an amazingly angelic verse, before the anthemic chorus hits you in the face like a ton of bricks with all five girls singing in perfect harmony. Rochelle starts the second verse, before the POWEERRRRRR chorus again, then we have Vanessa on the bridge again, before some belting and we launch into the final chorus. I can't deal with how good Vanessa sounds on this. The girls are flying to Iceland for this week to shoot the video, so expect a Christmassy video, much like Blue's Breathe Easy clip. Peep the full track and official single cover below.  They're really not letting Pixie off with snatching their #1 earlier this month are they, with Pixie just premiering her new single and The Saturdays stealing her thunder now with this. Also, the girls have squashed rumours they'll be taking a break with Una being pregnant. #SLAY Labels: BIG NEWS, THE SATURDAYS Music Reviews 10 @ 4:48 PM | comment link here
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Big News: Pixie Lott unveils new single "What Do You Take Me For"!
Apart from being a little sore Pixie Lott beat the likes of The Saturdays and Leona Lewis from getting the UK #1 spot on the Singles Chart, especially since All Fired Up and Collide >>>>>>>>>>>> All About Tonight, and with things being a little quiet over at Sats camp and Leona pushing the release of her album till early next year with Collide doing unexpectedly rather badly by Leona's standards, Pixie has unleashed her new single on us. The next single isn't out till November 6th, but like how she released the video for All About Tonight ten years before its release, What Do You Take Me For looks set to do the same. Radio 1 premiered the track and honestly, I actually do quite like this one. I loved Pixie to bits when she was on her first album era, then she just milked Turn It Up all she could, shoving ten average to terrible songs onto the tracklisting to make a Turn It Up Louder. All About Tonight also didn't deserve the #1, but What Do You Take Me For is jazzy and sassy. All that I didn't like about the track is that never needed those features, and her voice sounds overly gruff when the chorus comes along. Labels: BIG NEWS, PIXIE LOTT Music Reviews 10 @ 6:02 PM | comment link here
Friday, September 23, 2011
Big News: Rihanna premieres "We Found Love"
 She may have only dropped Cheers (Drink To That), the last single off her last studio album Loud, but one of the world's biggest popstars Rihanna is back with a new lead single. In between going on a world tour and single releases, Rihanna found the time to record a whole new album full of songs and is going ahead with the Calvin Harris produced We Found Love to lead into the new album era. On first listen, We Found Love is underwhelming, but it's noticeably more dance than all the fusion of dance/pop at the moment. But it's not TOO house that radio would snub it. On repeated listens, it does get better, but there's no sugar rush ala Only Girl (In The World), and this song's longevity on the charts might suffer because of that. It's a pleasant song, but I'm just tired of this type of sound dominating the charts. Music Reviews 10 @ 6:47 PM | comment link here
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Big News: Demi Lovato debuts All Night Long
 Skyscraper may be just picking up those radio spins, but Demi Lovato's moving on soon. The Disney starlet promised she'd be doing some hawt R&B/Pop/Dance in the vein of Rihanna and Keri Hilson. Then she laid a smackdown on us with the most sincere ballad from an American artist released this year with Skyscraper. Now though, she's actually bringing the R&B/Dance fusion with her upcoming album Unbroken's lead single All Night Long. The song is a bratty track that isn't actually dancey, but it's bold and different from anything Demi's done before. The chorus subtly hits but you know when it hits, and the repetitive "all night long" hook keeps the song stuck in your head. In true R&B fashion, Demi's got a rent-a-rapper on board, with Missy Elliot sounding more like Lil Wayne than herself on the track. It's a good track, but overall, a little messy. Looks like we're getting half of Demi's musical tastes from her previous work (Skyscraper), and keeping up with the trends with All Night Long for her upcoming album. Also, besides the fact that Alexandra Burke has a single with the same title, it actually sounds very Alexandra Burke-ish. Something I see her doing for her next album era. You can check out the track in all its medium quality glory below. Labels: BIG NEWS, DEMI LOVATO Music Reviews 10 @ 5:42 PM | comment link here
Big News: The Wanted premiere "Lightning"!
When boyband The Wanted went on their headlining theatre Behind Bars Tour earlier this year, they debuted a new song called Lightning which had an interesting sound to it - where it had a little rocky sound to it and had an amazing chorus that seemed to stop time. They continued playing the song at subsequent gigs. And above is Lightning receiving its radio debut. While I was head over heels for their live version, I'm not jumping about for this track in the studio version. The verses seem very clogged up with haphazard production beats, and it's only when the beats and production clear up at the chorus that the song starts to shine. It might need some time to grow on me. But to remind you this song is actually half decent, you can watch their performance of the same song on the iTunes Festival this year that sounds a billion times better than the radio rip. Labels: BIG NEWS, THE WANTED Music Reviews 10 @ 4:38 PM | comment link here
Big News: Nicola Roberts unveils "sticks + stones"
 Firework. Raise Your Glass. Born This Way. Who Says. All of those songs above were released by Katy Perry (ridiculously successful pop artist with a gorgeous face and a lovely pair of tits); P!nk (an outspoken pop rebel that's scored with the masses); Lady Gaga (2009's breakout pop artist that have people believing she's a God); Selena Gomez (produced by the Disney machine and selling by the millions to little girls across the world). Then you have Nicola Roberts. Now, while Nicola's music and voice combined beats all those pop tarts I just mentioned, she hasn't exactly found success as a solo act, away from Girls Aloud. But just yesterday, Nicola premiered a ballad called sticks + stones off her upcoming debut solo album Cinderella's Eyes. First single Beat of My Drum didn't go down well with British audiences, stalling at #27, and as for her upcoming second single Lucky Day, no one really knows how it's going to do. But this is different. See, while Katy may be screeching BAABBYY YOU'RE A FIIIIIIIRRRREEEWOOOOOOOOORK off the top of a castle in Europe, Selena Gomez running around the streets telling her little fans "Who says you're not perfect?" etc., Nicola's telling the tale as the one getting taunted. And it's not that difficult to see why, since Nicola's always got a bit of a reputation as the "ugly one", "quiet one", "angsty one" in Girls Aloud, and has experienced this massive criticism in the public eye. But through this album cut, Nicola tells the tale through her eyes. The simple piano-backed ballad has lyrics directly referencing to those comments such as: Couldn't you tell lies to me? / Couldn't you say I'm pretty? Then there's the line that directly reference to joining Girls Aloud and winning Popstars: The Rivals when she was 17 with: 17 and I thought I'd won the jackpot / Seems I didn't read between the lines of this one Labels: BIG NEWS, NICOLA ROBERTS Music Reviews 10 @ 3:07 PM | comment link here
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Big News: Leona Lewis talks upcoming album 'Glassheart'
 Just over a week ago, pretty much everyone thought Leona Lewis was going to bag the #1 by the end of the week with the anthemic club banger Collide to be debuted on Simon Cowell's new show Red or Black? which attracted millions of viewers, easily beating out Pixie Lott's new single All About Tonight and The Saturdays' new tune All Fired Up. However, when all three singles hit iTunes, The Saturdays pulled ahead quickly, making mincemeat of Pixie Lott and especially Leona Lewis. However, after hitting #1 on iTunes, The Saturdays took a dip, overtaken by Pixie Lott while Leona Lewis took her own sweet time to crack the upper reaches of the Top 10 on iTunes. However, over on the Irish Singles Chart, Leona beat Pixie and The Saturdays, landing at #3 while The Sats arrived at #6 and Pixie at #10. Nevertheless, Leona Lewis had a chat with Digital Spy and we've learnt a few things about her upcoming third studio album Glassheart to be released at the end of the year and upcoming single promotions. 1. Leona will be heading overseas to promote Collide. For Collide, Leona will be dropping by "Japan, Australia and maybe Germany; just travelling and taking it week by week", no sign of the States there then? 2. The much buzzed about title track off the album is another Tedder tune. Ryan Tedder may have given her her best work so far in the form of Bleeding Love, but there's no excuse for the terrible Happy. So to see Leona's booking studio time with the OneRepublic frontman is very much an ugh thought. Nevertheless, the title track, "we wrote, I remember, when I was a little bit down. I went to Denver to hang out with Ryan - to see him and his family - and see if we could come up with something nice. I remember just not wanting to sing a ballad or anything that would make me more sad. I was like, 'Can you give me a song where I can just dance and jump around?', and he was like, 'What about this?' - he played this beat and it was really hypnotic. So I was like, 'Yes! We have to do this'." As for the track itself, you can take a listen to it below when Leona premiered it performing at G-A-Y. 3. A track called Trouble might be the next single. "Yes, I think 'Trouble' will be the second single. I can't wait for everyone to hear it. I'm really excited about it. It's one that I really love." 4. Glassheart will have only ten tracks on it. When an album has only ten tracks, it might seem like a rip-off as it'll probably be priced at the same cost as the album sitting next to it on the shelf with two, three, maybe four more tracks. But, Leona wants Glassheart to be a strong body of work. "I want the strongest [tracks] and that's it - no fillers or anything. I want the strongest songs and I think we have them." No fillers? Leona, I'm holding you to your word. 5. There will be at least one collaboration on the album. "I've a song called 'Fireflies' which I really, really love and hope we get to do as a single. it's a really good one. And it's got a guy on it!" So it's a collaboration with someone we know? "Yes! But I'm not saying who! [laughs]"" Hmm. 6. Contrary to reports, she didn't actually work with British duo Hurts. "Not yet! I love them so much. I'm obsessed with them. I love their album and their sound. And I want to meet them!" So no gothic diva then? Read the full interview here. Labels: BIG NEWS, LEONA LEWIS Music Reviews 10 @ 12:39 AM | comment link here
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Big News: Leona Lewis unveils Glassheart album cover!
 It looks like British singing sensation Leona Lewis has gone for a retro look for her new album artwork for upcoming third disc Glassheart to be released later this year on the 28th of November. This artwork follows the single cover for Collide which also has a vintage feel to it. Interesting. And if you haven't seen it already, the video for Collide has premiered. Nothing groundbreaking, but she looks good. Labels: BIG NEWS, LEONA LEWIS Music Reviews 10 @ 1:14 PM | comment link here
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Big News: Britney's new single to be Criminal!
 Britney Spears has had a relatively successful album era for seventh disc Femme Fatale, collecting her third Top 10 single from the album with I Wanna Go, picking up 2 MTV VMAs, and now ready to launch her third single to follow #1 hit Hold It Against Me, Top 3 hit Till The World Ends and the aforementioned Top 10 I Wanna Go. Previously, she got her fans to vote for what they wanted to see as the next single, but then came rumours that Trouble For Me was to be the next single, rendering the earlier poll meaningless. However, Britney herself confirmed the ballad/midtempo Criminal would be the upcoming single. Take a listen for yourself below, I've got a feeling this could be shaping up to a new twist to the Femme Fatale era. Omgzzzz! A new ballad from Brit Brit?! Omggggg!!!!!!!!11!1!111! Labels: BIG NEWS, BRITNEY SPEARS Music Reviews 10 @ 3:08 PM | comment link here
Big News: JoJo returns with Disaster!
 It's been a long time coming. Messy label problems aside, JoJo has given us an insight to what her next album era could be like, flipping Drake's Marvin's Room to a female perspective and cursing up a storm while doing so, singing about making love in the paint with Travis Garland, crooning about being someone's lover only in the bedroom with The Other Chick and releasing the "edgy" mixtape that was Can't Take That Away From Me last year. Now, however, JoJo has returned to her roots with her angsty breakup song to smash JoJo back into the charts and into the ears of the new dance/pop music loving generation. Disaster has been described as reminiscent to her smash single Too Little Too Late back in 2006, and it's true. It's guitar-driven and has a huge swept up production sweeping the chorus in the same way Joe Jonas' See No More does too. Queen JoJo's back and better than ever. Music Reviews 10 @ 2:20 PM | comment link here
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Big News: Listen to The Saturdays' new B Side "Ladykiller"!
 The Saturdays' All Fired Up isn't due till September 4th, which will contain a new song called Ladykiller which serves as the single's b side. But lo and behold, Amazon screwed up and released All Fired Up a little early and now we've got Ladykiller on our hands. The Saturdays mentioned before that their new album will have a lot of "man bashing", and so we've got the girls here singing of a dangerous man, but still can't help but falling prey to this charming man. In true Sats fashion, Ladykiller sounds like something that could've been on their last album, but more progressed and with a bit more sass, very much like all the material we've heard this new album era, first with Notorious, it's b side Not That Kinda Girl, the rave club stomper All Fired Up, and now this brilliant tune. Check it out below. Labels: BIG NEWS, THE SATURDAYS Music Reviews 10 @ 9:10 PM | comment link here
Big News: Nicola Roberts unveils album cover + tracklisting!
 Let's be real. Out of all of the Girls Aloud solo projects, Nicola has the highest quality music. But since her debut single Beat of My Drum tanked on the chart, a lot is riding on her second single Lucky Day, released on the 18th of September. Nevertheless, the Ginger Queen revealed the artwork for debut album Cinderella's Eyes, out September 4th. The cover is flawless obviously, but I didn't expect anything less than perfect, much unlike Cheryl Cole's cheap looking Messy Little Raindrops album sleeve. Sophisticated, classy, gorgeous. But will anyone actually buy it? Fingers crossed the album does well and sells on quality alone, and Nicola becomes everyone's favourite indie/mainstream pop singer. Check out the track listing below: 2. Lucky Day 3. Yo-Yo 4. Cinderella’s Eyes 5. Porcelain Heart 6. i 7. Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime 8. Say It Out Loud 9. Gladiator 10. Fish Out Of Water 11. Take A Bite 12. sticks + stones Looks like the flawless Girls Aloud-esque Beat of My Drum b side Porcelain Heart has made the final tracklisting! It's a good day, y'all. Labels: BIG NEWS, NICOLA ROBERTS Music Reviews 10 @ 8:57 PM | comment link here
Demi Lovato - Skyscraper live @ America's Got Talent + Album news!
After strong digital sales, Demi Lovato's career resurgence went into full swing as Skyscraper became the highest charting single of her career in the United States, peaking at #10 so far. The single so far has been plummeting down the Hot 100, but radio has only just started to really eat the song up and Demi's only just started doing promotional rounds. She first performed the empowering ballad on VH1's Do Something Awards, but has taken things up an entirely new level for her most recent visit to America's Got Talent. She emerged out of a scrap heap, before setting the stage on fire, playing the piano during the song's bridge, and truly taking the song by the neck and absolutely reigning over it. Sure, there was a moment where she got a little caught up in the moment and her vocals slipped a bit after effortlessly hitting that high note, but she got herself back together again and truly proved why she's still the most vocally talented starlet to have ever been associated with the Disney machine. And if you haven't seen it yet, Demi unveiled the cover of her album and the tracklisting which you can check out both below.  2. Who’s That Boy (Featuring Dev) 3. You’re My Only Shorty (Featuring Iyaz) 4. Together (Featuring Jason Derulo) 5. Lightweight 6. Unbroken 7. Fix a Heart 8. Hold Up 9. Mistake 10. Give Your Heart a Break 11. Skyscraper 12. In Real Life 13. My Love is Like a Star 14. For The Love of a Daughter 15. Skyscraper (Wizz Dumb Remix) I'm just sayin', it sounds like All Night Long's gonna be one hot collaboration. Oh, and has anyone realised For The Love Of A Daughter, a song she didn't put on her last album as it was too personal and a little out of reach for her tween fans, is actually on this album? Sounds like Demi's finally grown up and is more about being an artist now. Labels: BIG NEWS, DEMI LOVATO Music Reviews 10 @ 8:36 PM | comment link here
Friday, August 19, 2011
Big News: Matt Cardle announces debut album 'Letters'!
 Remember Matt Cardle? Oh you know, the painter that hit the big time after he won The X Factor in the UK last year? Fast forward a year, Simon's brought the show to the States, humiliating Cheryl Cole in the process, revamping The X Factor UK with three quarters of the judging panel completely replaced by Take That's Gary Barlow, N Dubz' Nevertheless, along with his fellow X Factor contestants Cher Lloyd, Rebecca Ferguson One Direction, Matt has been hard at work on his debut album, now announced to be titled Letters released October 17th. Above is the album cover, which I absolutely love. The first single to be released is Run For Your Life, described as "reminiscent of Snow Patrol's biggest hits", and that it's the only song on Letters Matt didn't co-write on. In fact, the song was written by Gary Barlow, the Gary Barlow that's on The X Factor UK panel. Songwriter Guy Chambers whom Matt worked with on Letters, said that Matt is powerful and emotive, a cross between "Coldplay, Travis and Snow Patrol". I'm interested to see how his career will take off from here, and I sincerely hope his album is what songwriters are claiming it is. And is it just me, or is Rebecca Ferguson taking an awful long time to give us some new music? Hmmm. Labels: BIG NEWS, MATT CARDLE |
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The Power Rangers of British pop, The Saturdays, are returning this year with a more mature sound and image, with the girlband taking a stab at the pop/dance wave with their fourth album On Your Radar's first single Notorious being a total flip in direction in their sound, and was noticeably more clubby compared to their previous singles and albums. They then took things a level further with the complete rave-tastic All Fired Up, which is without a doubt their best single release, not surprising since the track was produced by production powerhouse Xenomania, the machine behind pretty much all of Girls Aloud's discography. The pop five-piece are charging forward with the Christmassy ballad My Heart Takes Over before their album On Your Radar drops November 21st! Featured Albums.
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