Category: Songwriters

Top 10 Tracks of the Week

On an otherwise dead week, PSY’s “Gangnam Style” finally got displaced from the top of the chart, but it took two superstars to do it. That would be will.i.am and his gal pal Britney Spears, whose “Scream & Shout” snagged #1 in just its second week. Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire” jumpedfrom #17 to #3, just a few hundred units…


Sia explains writing “Diamonds”

Sia explaining how she writes with Mikkel and Tor from Stargate, in particular the inception of Diamonds, which would go on to be a billboard number 1 hit for Rihanna.


Phoenix’s Next Album Due Out in April

The follow-up to Phoenix’s best-selling 2009 album “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” is due out in April 2013. Daniel Glass, head of the group’s label Glassnote Records, announced the expected release date at a Spotify event on Thursday (Dec. 6), according to Rolling Stone. Glass reportedly mentioned that Phoenix had just finished recording the album in a…


Rihanna Remains Atop Hot 100, Adds Hot 100 Airplay Reign; Britney Spears, will.i.a.m Just Miss Top 10

“Diamonds” remains atop the Hot 100 powered by its 2-1 ascent on Hot 100 Airplay, where it gains by 7% to 134 million all-format audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS. Her 12th Hot 100 No. 1 becomes her 10th leader on the BDS-based Hot 100 Airplay ranking (which launched 22 years ago this week). Rihanna…


C’Mon Let Me Ride ft. Eminem – Teaser (TWICE)

C’Mon Let Me Ride ft. Eminem official video and download out Dec. 11th! Lyric video: http://bit.ly/Tt1u2V C’Mon Let Me Ride ft. Eminem – Teaser (Once): http://youtu.be/7jYZLkbrGtI Behind The Scenes Pics: http://bit.ly/Xn09hD http://www.skylargreymusic.com http://twitter.com/skylargrey http://www.facebook.com/SkylarGrey Debut album Don’t Look Down coming Spring 2013!


T.I. On NBC Nitecap


Tahiry, Joe Budden Join “Love & Hip Hop”

The new season of “Love & Hip Hop” will feature several new faces. VH1 has announced the cast for the upcoming third season of the hit reality show, and there are several notables that fans should likely pay attention to–including two hip hop veterans. Joe Budden and Consequence have been added to the cast, along…


THE SOUND OF THE HUNGER GAMES

SYNOPSIS: Based on the best-selling young-adult novel by author Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games tells the dark tale of a 16-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who is selected to compete in a vicious televised tournament in which 24 teenagers from a post-apocalyptic society fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses. In…


Psy Becomes Millionaire: Singer Cashes In On Gangnam Style’s YouTube Fame

As “Gangnam Style” gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click. So too has his agent and his grandmother. But the money from music sales isn’t flowing in from the rapper’s homeland South Korea or elsewhere in Asia. With…


Kendrick Lamar, Azealia Banks, & Frank Ocean Make TIME’s Top Albums of 2012

It’s that time of the year again when critics start sharing their favorites from the past 12 months. TIME has compiled a list of their top 10 everything including albums and songs. Kendrick Lamar’s debut good kid, m.A.A.d city comes in at No. 2, with the magazine proclaiming the 25-year-old as “the most promising artist in hip-hop,” while Frank Ocean’s channel ORANGE and…