Rihanna accused of plagiarism for video

Barbadian singer Rihanna has been recently accused of plagiarism or her videos ‘You Da One’ and ‘S&M’. The singer has been accused that the video has plagiarized images.

In the recent times Rihanna has been enjoying the success of her single ‘Talk That Talk’, of which millions of copies have been sold. More than half a million copies have been sold with a pair of hit singles in the first month of its release.

But Rihanna has always been surrounded by controversies and was already dealing with reports of uneven performances and also rumours of health problems. Some of the websites have claimed that there are striking similarities between Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ video and the work of the photographer Sandy Kim.

But when the actual images were compared then it was noticed that there weren’t many similarities between the two videos. May be the singer is working with the wrong directors. Rihanna, who has named Madonna as her idol says that she wants to be the black Madonna. The singer earlier said that Madonna is a great inspiration for her especially on her earlier work.

Nicki Minaj gets double platinum status with ‘Pink Friday’

The year 2011, has undoubtedly been the best for the American singer Nicki Minaj who not only ruled the charts but also the airwaves with her debut album ‘Pink Friday’. The singer’s album hen hit success as it hit the double platinum with 2 million copies shipped before the end of the year 2011.

The rapper recently announced the recent achievement on her Twitter account and wrote, “World Wide sales: @NickiMinaj, Pink Friday 2.2million.” But this does not meant that Minaj will be resting her rapping skills in the year 2012.

The singer has more in store for her fans with her upcoming album ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ which is going to be released on Valentine’s day. Minaj has also revealed some of the singles from the album.

The songstress also recently shot for a video for the singles ‘Stupid Hoe’ and ‘Roman in Moscow’ which is expected to be released in the next few weeks. Reports say that the singer will be seen eating fried chicken in her ‘Hoe’ video. The first single ‘Roman in Moscow’ from the album ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ was released on the radio as well as on iTunes on December 2, 2011. Minaj’s Roman in Moscow was ranked third on the iTunes.

B.o.B announced release date of ‘Strange Clouds’

American rapper and songwriter B.o.B has announced some good news for his fans. The rapper announced that he will be releasing his upcoming album ‘Strange Clouds’ on March 13 , 2011. The singer officially announced the release date on his Twitter account.

On the day of New Year, the singer also Tweeted, “It’s 2012 now, 3 stripes, 6 strings.” Till now no one knows what that means but it definitely has something to do with penchant for strumming the guitar in recent times.

The latest single of the rapper ‘Play The Guitar’, also features the rapper Andre 3000 , who has now become popular on the radio. In the year 2011 B.o.B was quite busy as he was not only busy in promoting his upcoming album but also got in to the remix of Katy Perry’s current single The One That Got Away’.

B.o.B also then dropped a few videos of the singles like ‘Strange Clouds’ and ‘Epic’. The rapper has opened that the upcoming album should be equally successful like that of his debut album ‘The Adventures of Bobby Ray’. Till now the track list of the album is yet to be released but it is expected to be out in the next few weeks.

Britney Spear’s ‘Secret’ demo leaked

A demo of the track ‘Secret’ from the 2011 album Femme Fatale of American singer Britney Spears has recently leaked out on the internet. Britney released her come back album ‘Femme Fatale’ last year and the demo of the track comes as a surprise.

The track list of the album included some of the best of her work in late March of 2011. In recent times the demos of the album have been making its way to the internet.

Now its seems like the snippet of the song is like a welcome to the New Year 2012. A 30 seciond snippet has been leaked out which has its synth heavy with killer beats as the singer sings, ‘I’ll Be your best friend , your sex friend.’

The voice does not seem to be clear but it definitely sounds like she sings ‘sex friend’. The snippet sounds more like a sexed up one, which reminds of the time when Britney was at the height of her sexy girl powers before she got in to the marriage mess. This was the time the singer ruled the pop world and was considered as the queen of songs. This was also the time when Lady gaga was still in her teens.

Rick Ross in trouble for cancelled show in Nigeria

Seems like American rapper Rick Ross is in a bit of trouble. The Nigerian government has sued the rapper as he abruptly cancelled the show in Nigeria at the last minute.

The government of Nigeria has hired lawyers in the United States so that they can retrieve monies lost due to the cancellation of the show. The rapper was the main performer fort he West Africa’s annual Calabar Christmas Festival which took place on December 28.

On December 26, a representative of the ‘Lord Knows’ rapper said that he could not perform as some of the contractual obligations were unfulfilled. The representative added that the singer was excited to be a part of the event as it was the biggest festival in Nigeria and was quite disappointed that he could not perform.

On the other hand the Nigerian government is not ready to accept what Ross and his representative explained for the cancellation of the show especially when he purportedly received a cheque for his appearance. Nigeria is the native of the rapper and it was odd to know that the show of his own native was cancelled. At present Ross and his attorneys are yet to respond to the pending legal action.

Track list for upcoming Madonna album leaked

The track list of the upcoming album of the American singer and song writer Madonna, has been leaked. Though the person responsible for leaking one of the songs has been arrested, it hasn’t stopped the fans of the singer to get more information on the new album.

One of the unofficial looking blogs had leaked the track list of the album that is yet to be released. But later all the posts were deleted and the listing of the tracks too look amateurish.

Even the Live Nation and Interscope logos looks like morphed and not like the original ones. The surprising par was that the posts claimed that the new album will be called as ‘Luv’. One thing has been made sure that the upcoming album of the singer will be prone to more such leaks. Even in the future, if some of the songs are leaked then it will not be of any surprise. Here is the prospective track list of the album due in 2012.

1. ‘Trust’
2. ‘Dangerous Faith’
3. ‘Sitting on the Whole World’
4. ‘Turn Up the Radio’
5. ‘Waving with the Crowd’
6. ‘Suspended to the Light’
7. ‘Gimme All Your Luvin”
8. ‘Crossed Fingers’
9. ‘Birthday Song’
10. ‘Reason & Passion’
11. ‘Masterpiece’
12. ‘Solar Salvation’
13. ‘The Darkness Void’
14. ‘Revelation’

LMFAO’s Redfoo reveals about fire incident

American hip hop group’s Redfoo on December 28, 2011 had to cut short DJ set in Honduras due to fire. After the fire broke out all the fans were struggling to exit as the venue got filled with smoke and it became difficult for the fans to find the exit.

Reports said that Redfoo was almost concluding his performance in Honduras at the Coliseo Nacional de Ingenieros when fire broke out suddenly in the electrical system, which filled the venue with smoke. However no one was seriously injured in the incident.

15 of the fans were treated for smoke inhalation. Some of the local TV reports showed the fans who were escorted from the venue and receiving oxygen.

According to the Honduras authorities, the fire was set intentionally but till now no arrest has been reported in connection to the fire. Shortly after the incident Redfoo took his Twitter account and wrote, “Epic concert tonight!!!! Everybody in Honduras, we set the place on fire!!!! #sorryforpartyrocking.’ Later he also responded to a fan about the fire and said that they were told about the fire when they were on the stage. The front man added that they ahd then went to the dressing rooms and the hall was filled with smoke.

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt sing for YouTube video

After capturing several fans with the indie romance ‘(500) Days of Summer’ by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordan Levitt, the two have now once again joined hands for the YouTube video. The singers have now teamed up for a cover version of the classic track ‘What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?’.

The popular due of Deschanel and Gordon, have brought their chemistry from the big screens to the internet. Zooey in the video is seen wearing a pretty white silvery dress with a princess like tiara and is seen playing a ukulele.

Gordon on the other hand wore a black suit and tie and accompanied Zooey with a guitar. At present Deschanel stars in the Fox Sitcom ‘New Girl’ and Levitt will be featuring in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Night Rises’ and also Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’.

The musical talents of Deschanel are not hidden by anyone and has till now released tow albums with her band mate M.Ward under the name She & Him. The new comedy by the singer was picked up for the whole season and also received a Golden Globe nomination. Apart fro the two major films of Gordon, he has also released a book wntitled ‘The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories’.

U2 becomes highest grossing act for 2011

Irish rock band U2 in the year 2011, grossed $156 million from 25 shows in 21 North American cities and became the highest grossing act of the year. Reports said that the band grossed $231 million for the year 2011.

On the other hand singer Taylor Swift missed the $100 million mark in North American and made just $97.7 million in more than 80 dates while touring in 59 cities for her ‘Speak Now’ tour. The band U2 narrowly beat the British boy band ‘Take That’ which grossed $224 million after they reunited with their popular front man Robbie Williams.

Moreover, the 2009 concerts of the Irish band collected $311 million during their worldwide tour. While the New Jersey rockers, Bon Jovi held the third position with $148 million in the year 2011.

Overall, the top 25 tours of the year 2011 grossed $2.1 billion , which came about same as last year. The top ten were Elton John, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne’ tour, Sade, Celine Dion and Lil Wayne. The concert business trade magazine Pollstar, keeps a watch on the sales of the tickets through out the year of the major tours. While Billboard maintains a bit different calendar, which starts from November.

Lady Gaga to welcome New Year at Times Square, New York

In the month of May this year, American singer Lady Gaga called the city of New York as her husband. And now the singer has to help the city to enter the New Year in the most traditional way by dropping the ball in Times Square.

Reports say that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made Gaga as the special guest at New York’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration. The singer at the event will be ceremoniously pushing a Waterford Crystal button at 11: 59 pm on the 31st night.

This will officially begin popular crystal ball’s descent over the Times Square crowd. After the official announcement was made the Gaga took her Twitter account and wrote, “I’m so looking forward to … dropping the Ball with Mayor Bloomberg! What an honor as a New Yorker!”

Every year the Mayor chooses a guest to drop the ball and help to welcome the New Year and till date Gaga will be the most unique celebrity to do the honors. Earlier the guests to do the honors included Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Muhammed Ali and Rudi Giuliani. Apart from dropping the ball at the Time Square, the singer will also be performing at two New Year’s Eve events.

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