Leslie Carter with brother Nick Carter

The statement further stated, “We are deeply saddened for the loss of our beloved sister, daughter and granddaughter, Leslie Carter. We request the utmost privacy during this difficult time.”

Some of the noteworthy songs of the singer include ‘Like Wow’ which was so much appreciated that it was included in the ‘Shrek’ soundtrack in the year 2001. However, the recording career of the singer could not take off. Carter got married to Mike in the year 2008 and later moved to Toronto. On April 1, 2011 the singer also gave birth to a baby girl. In the year 1999, the singer signed a deal with Dreamworks Records and started recording her debut album. The album was supposed to be released in June 2000, but the record label said that they wanted to test the fan base of the singer before releasing so as to ensure its success.

This was when her single ‘Like Wow’ was included in ‘Shrek’ but unfortunately it received minor radio airplay and also a low position on the Hot 100. However, despite the feeble success, the singer was well appreciated and her track reached to 99 in the US and gradually sold high amount of copies. With the little success the record label then decided to release the album in April 2001, but even that was canceled thinking that she would not be able to compete with the singers like Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Anguilera.

The reunions of the singers is remarkable as it has now been 14 years since the hit track of the duo ‘The Boy is Mine’ spent 13 weeks at the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The latest song of the duo, ‘It All Belongs To Me’, has been written and produced by Rico Love.

Last year, Monica posted some of the pictures of Brandy and her while they were recording the song in Miami. The singer also tweeted , “We have Both Been Blessed Beyond Measure..14years later,”.

At present, Monica is preparing for her upcoming seventh album, ‘New Life’ which is all set to be released on March 6, 2012 through RCO Records. Last year, the singer showed off the cover art of the album but it is not sure if the singer is still going to use the same image.

Monica has overhauled the album with new songwriters and producers. After several postponements, it is now good to see that the album ‘New Life’ will soon be released.

The recording Academy recently revealed that the Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars and Jason Aldean will also be performing on the 54th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Four years back, it was Swift who dominated the awards as she walked away with four awards. This time too, Taylor will be fighting it out at three categories which include Best Country Song for ‘Mean’. There are also chances that the singer will perform at the event.

Minaj has been nominated for Best Rap Album for ‘Pink Friday’ and the Best New Artist. Reports say that Clarkson can be performing with Aldean because she has been nominated this year only for their No.1 country duet ‘Don’t You Wanna Say’. Unfortunately, her latest album ‘Stronger’ missed out the cut off date due to which the album cannot qualify for the Grammys this year, until the 2013 ceremony. The additional performers for the event will be announced in the upcoming days.

The Nokia Theatre at Los Angeles saw Demi Lovato, Maroon 5 among the winnersGlee’ star Lea Michele took home the award for favorite actress in the TV comedy for the role of Rachel Berry. Pop stars who remained absent from the event were Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Bruno Mars.

Here is the list if winners of the 2012 People Choice Awards.

Favorite Male Artist
Blake Shelton
Bruno Mars — WINNER!
Eminem
Enrique Iglesias
Justin Bieber

Favorite TV Comedy Actress
Courtney Cox
Jane Lynch
Kaley Cuoco
Lea Michele — WINNER!
Tina Fey

Favorite Female Artist
Adele
Beyonce
Katy Perry — WINNER!
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift

Favorite Album of the Year
Adele, ’21′
Beyonce, ’4′
Lady Gaga, ‘Born This Way’ — WINNER!
Britney Spears, ‘Femme Fatale’
Lady Antebellum, ‘Own the Night’

Favorite Song of the Year
Lady Gaga, ‘The Edge of Glory’
Katy Perry, ‘E.T.’ Feat. Kanye West — WINNER!
Maroon 5, ‘Moves Like Jagger’ Feat. Christina Aguilera
LMFAO, ‘Party Rock Anthem’ Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Adele, ‘Rolling in the Deep’

Favorite Pop Artist
Beyonce
Demi Lovato — WINNER!
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Rihanna

Favorite Hip Hop Artist
B.o.B
Eminem — WINNER!
Jay-Z
Nicki Minaj
Pitbull

Favorite Band
Coldplay
Linkin Park
Foo Fighters
Maroon 5 — WINNER!
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Favorite R&B Artist
Beyonce
Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
Ne-Yo
Rihanna — WINNER!

Favorite Music Video
Lady Gaga, ‘Judas’
Katy Perry, ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) — WINNER!
LMFAO, ‘Party Rock Anthem’ Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Adele, ‘Rolling in the Deep’
Beyonce, ‘Run the World (Girls)’

Favorite Tour Headliner
Bon Jovi
Katy Perry — WINNER!
Taylor Swift
U2
Usher

Favorite TV Guest Star
Gwyneth Paltrow (Glee)
Jim Carrey (The Office)
Katy Perry (How I Met Your Mother) — WINNER!
Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
Michael J. Fox (The Good Wife)

Favorite TV Competition Show
American Idol — WINNER!
America’s Got Talent
Dancing With The Stars
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice

So the new album is now referred as ‘G.O.O.D. Music’. Some of the tracks of the new album were premiered during the Christmas holidays.

The new album is expected to be launched by spring 2012 and it is also expected to have many of the guests like Kid Cudi, Big Sean and more.

During an interview with MTV, Big Sean had revealed some of the collaborations of the ‘G.O.O.D. Music’ album. The singer then continued to reveal that Kid Cudi, CyHi, John Legend, Common and Pusha T are all working on the album and its almost ready. Till now no official release date has been announced and the album is also unnamed. It is expected that the album might create an impact in the upcoming months. Big Sean further revealed that the album will be completed in London as some of the parts are left to finish it up. Sean at the same time is also working on his own album ‘Ye and Everybody’.

The tour will begin just two weeks after the release of the album ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’. The tour will also feature support from the legendary act Kool & the Gang. Here are the dates of the Van Halen 2012 tour.

February 18 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center

February 20 – Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills

February 22 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse

February 24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

February 28 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

March 1 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

March 3 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena

March 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

March 9 – Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center

March 11 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

March 15 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre

March 17 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

March 21 – Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place

March 24 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall

March 28 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center

March 30 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Consol Energy Center

April 1 – Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena

April 10 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
4/12 – Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum

April 14 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Arena

April 16 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jacksonville Arena

April 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena

April 21 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum

April 25 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena

April 27 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

May 1 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center

May 5 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome

May 7 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena

May 9 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome

May 11 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place

May 17 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre

May 19 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

May 22 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center

May 24 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center

May 27 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena

June 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center

June 3 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena

June 5 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion

June 12 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center

June 14 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena

June 16 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center

June 20 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

June 22 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center

June 24 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

June 26 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Arena

On November 30, 2011 the rapper walked away with leading seven nominations at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live and pulled back the last year’s lead Eminem. Kanye has been nominated for ‘Song Of The Year’, for his popular collaborative track ‘All Of The Lights’ featuring Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi.

The rapper has also been nominated for Watch The Throne and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy for ‘Rap Album of The Year’. After Kanye West, it is British star Adele, who is right now recovering from a throat surgery, with six nominations. Here is the list of the rest of the nominations for the Grammy Awards 2012.

Best Rap Performance
Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Jay-Z and Kanye West – “Otis”
Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”
Nicki Minaj and Drake – “Moment 4 Life”
Wiz Khalifa – “Black And Yellow”

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Eric Benet – “Sometimes I Cry”
Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona – “Fool for You”
R. Kelly – “Radio Message”
Raphael Saadiq – “Good Man”
Betty Wright and the Roots – “Surrender”

Best Rap Album
Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV
Lupe Fiasco – Lasers
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Beyoncé and Andre 3000 – “Party”
DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne – “I’m On One”
Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey – “I Need a Doctor”
Rihanna and Drake – “What’s My Name?”
Kelly Rowland and Lil Wayne – “Motivation”
Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie – “All Of The Lights”

Best R&B Album
Chris Brown – F.A.M.E.
El DeBarge – Second Chance
R. Kelly – Love Letter
Ledisi – Pieces of Me
Kelly Price – Kelly

Minogue at the award show was introduced by the music journalist and record producer Molly Mendrum, when he described how he had come across the singer. After a long introduction, which had highlighted the achievements of the singing star that also included her battle with cancer, the name of the winner was announced.

Prime minister Julia Gillard after a presentation stepped towards the mic and officially inducted Minogue in to the ARIA Hall Of Fame. Later the singing star walked up on the stage and accepted the honor.

After taking the stage the 43 year old singer said that it was difficult to acknowledge almost 25 years in just a few minutes. Minogue continued that while taking a look back at her career, words like amazement, humility, gratitude, wonder and pride come to mind. Kylie then entertained the crowd at the Allphones Arena in Sydney Olympic Park. The singer during her career, has won 16 ARIA awards which also include Outstanding Achievement Award in the year 2002. Last year her album ‘Aphrodite’ was nominated for the Best Pop Release.

Mariah even promised the man that if he co-operated, then she would give him a share from the compensation. The person whom the text message was sent has been in touch with Yeater regularly.

The text message that Yeater had requested to delete mentioned that the baby was the son of Robbie, who is an ex-boyfriend. All the text messages ended with Laci, which is Mariah’s middle name.

Mariah has sent many text messages to the man and in one of the messages, she had also requested him to stress to Robbie how important it is for him to get back to his son. The information has now already been shared with the lawyer of Justin Bieber, Howard Weitzman. In response to the news, Howard said that the information has proven that Yeater’s story was fabricated and that Justin had never met Yeater in the past.

Similar to her earlier works, the demo sounds like a dance track with a rock feel to it. Kesha is heard singing in the track instead of her regular rapping mode.

For a change, the rapper turned singer sounds much better than her earlier tracks but it is still not clear if the track would be a part of her upcoming album with Dr. Luke. This is not the first time Kesha has tried her hands on rock. Earlier the singer showed off her rock skills at the Bob Dylan’s ‘Don’t Think Twice’ in Nashville.

The ‘Tick Tock’ singer she also tried her hand on another genre with Alice Cooper’s ‘What Baby Wants’. Moreover, this is not the first time a Kesha song has leaked. In the month of October, some of the pieces from the ‘Last Boyfriend’ also leaked on the internet. In the month of July, ‘Shots On The Hood Of My Car’ had become an internet sensation which was quite appreciated.