Day in Pop Report for 11/11/2010
The Day in Pop Digest for 11/11/10: (Billboard) Susan Boyle, who finished 2009 with the year's second-biggest selling album according to Nielsen SoundScan, is eyeing the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 next week. Standing in her way? The woman who took home last year's best-seller, Taylor Swift. more(ASB) As for this week, ASB reports Taylor Swift has extended her "Speak Now" reign for another week on Billboard Hot 200. After debuting at the first place with impressive sale number of more than 1 million copies, now she claims the hot spot with additional 320,000 unit, more (ASB) Buzz on the web suggests there are some similarities between Jonas Brothers' song "Introducing Me" and Jason Mraz's hit single "I'm Yours". Mraz himself agrees with the report "I noticed a few similarities in the melody," Mraz told Pop Eater. "I heard the song, and it was just a tremendous, tremendous horror of a tune." more (Billboard) Katy Perry and Justin Bieber will perform at a show to announce the Grammy nominations, organizers for the top music awards said on Wednesday. more
(NME) A Harry Potter museum is set to open in the UK, as the studio behind the films, Warner Bros, looks to establish a permanent base in Britain. more
(Billboard) In this week's episode of "Glee," viewers saw the debut of a new recurring character named Blaine, played by singer/songwriter/actor Darren Criss more (ASB) Avril Lavigne: "I'm done with my 4th record!!! Well, actually I have been done for a year... and now my record company have finally decided to release it. OMG..How nice! Thanks guys," she wrote in an open letter to her fans. more (Billboard) In a recent interview, Phil Collins revealed that he's thought about suicide in the past, saying he wouldn't have the stomach for anything painful but would do it via overdose or "something that didn't hurt." more (ASB) Christmas has come early for Mariah Carey - her new holiday album has stormed to the top of America's Billboard R&B Albums and Holiday Albums charts. more (Billboard) Rapper Shyne may be best remembered as the man who opened fire in a NYC nightclub in 1999, thus entangling his mentor P. Diddy and Diddy's then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez in a battle with the law is now an Orthodox Jew working on a new album in Israel. more (BBC) Reggae star Buju Banton is granted bail by a Florida immigration court while he awaits a retrial on drug charges. more (Billboard) Christina Aguilera will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, Nov. 15. more
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2010 American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox will release her debut album, Farmer's Daughter on December 14th. The album includes her original song, "Holy Toledo," a song she performed on the show as well as the title track which chronicles her personal experience of dealing with child abuse. Fans and Idol viewers know Crystal is a talented singer, but Farmer's Daughter further establishes her as a truly gifted songwriter. Farmer's Daughter was produced by David Bendeth (Paramore, Breaking Benjamin).
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Interested in who the big winners at the 44th Annual CMA Awards were? Here is the official recap and winner's list:Miranda Lambert, who entered "Country Music's Biggest Night" with a record nine nominations, walked away with an armful of CMA Awards. The Texas bombshell took home three trophies, including Female Vocalist, Album for Revolution (produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke) and Music Video of the Year for "The House That Built Me" (directed by Trey Fanjoy, who picked up her second consecutive Award in that category). The three Awards were the first she has won in her career. "Revolution has certainly caused a revolution in my life this year thanks to the Country Music industry," Lambert expressed after winning Album. "It's what I love, it's what I do, it's what I live for, so thank you for loving it too."
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If for some reason you want to smell like Lady Gaga you'll soon have the opportunity. Here is the official word: Coty Inc officially announced the signing of Lady Gaga to develop and market her first-ever signature fragrance.Known for her larger than life persona, Lady Gaga's fragrance will be a seamless extension of her combined talent for music, video, fashion and art. The yet-to-be named fragrance line is expected to launch in spring 2012. Distributed worldwide, the fragrance will be managed by the Company's Coty Beauty division in close collaboration with Lady Gaga, who will be Creative Director, and her Haus of Gaga team.
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Snoop Dogg will release his 11th studio album, "Doggumentary Music," in March 2011 via Priority Records/EMI.
In order to kick off the holiday season, Snoop has released "New Year's Eve," which is now available on iTunes. Produced by Scoop DeVille, who also produced Snoop's mega-hit "I Wanna Rock," the song features newcomer Marty James, one of the hottest up and coming singer/songwriters in Los Angeles. Snoop says, "I have been in the game for so long and still have the same passion I did when I first started. I want my fans to ride with me on this one and know that I am so focused on bringing good music to them. It's called Doggumentary Music because this is my life and I want to share my music, and my process of making it, with the fans."
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Rodrigo Y Gabriela's 11:11 webcast will be take place today live from a secret location in Dublin. The webcast performance will be streamed live over the internet; fans should be online at 20:00hrs GMT Irish Time (15:00hrs EDT, 12:00hrs PDT).
The web event, which will be hosted by muzu.tv; will be fully interactive allowing viewers and fans to join live chat feeds synched to Facebook and Twitter.
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Universal Music Enterprises have announced a new CD+DVD package for ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits (Special Edition), which is set to hit stores on December 7, 2010. Featuring all of the group's hits and more--and the videos for each of them--this Special Edition package brings together 1992's six times platinum ABBA Gold – Greatest Hits CD and its gold-certified home video companion of the same title, both newly remastered. The CD, which as a stand-alone album has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide, embraces 19 classics including the gold #1 anthem "Dancing Queen"; #3 gold "Take A Chance On Me"; Top 10s "Waterloo" and "The Winner Takes It All"; Top 20s "SOS," "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Fernando," "Does Your Mother Know" and "The Name Of The Game," and Top 40s "Mamma Mia" and "Chiquitita."
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(Primary Wave) Songwriter Shy Carter has scored his second #1 chart topping hit of the year with Sugarland's smash country song "Stuck Like Glue". Carter also achieved the #1 spot on the Hot AC chart earlier in 2010 with "Someday" by Rob Thomas, which was co-written with Rob Thomas and Matt Serletic.
Los Angeles- based Shy Carter is known for his versatility as a producer and recording artist in addition to his songwriting work. Prior to signing with Emblem/Primary Wave Shy co-wrote Ashanti's hit "Switch" and worked on projects from Nelly, Murphy Lee and Chingy. Shy is currently collaborating with several Emblem, Warner Brothers and Interscope artists including Ray Jay, Cody Wise and Robyn Troup. This week, Carter traveled to Tennessee for CMA week to celebrate his new #1 single and begin a two-week writing trip to work with some of Nashville's finest songwriters.
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The Pipettes new album, 'Earth Vs The Pipettes', will hit the U.S. next week (November 16th)The effort was produced by the legendary Martin Rushent (of The Go Go's, Fleetwood Mac and The Human League's 'Dare'). The success of the band's debut album 'We Are The Pipettes' secured the band a top ten album in Japan (where the single 'Pull Shapes' was only kept off the number one spot by J-Lo), top ten radio positions all across Europe, two Top Forty hits in the UK and a Top Ten in the US billboard indies.
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The Bad Plus have announced a U.S. tour in support of Never Stop, their new release on eOne Music. The tour extends from December 2nd through January 9th, 2011 and includes what has become a yearly tradition: a six night New Year's Eve run at New York City's fabled Village Vanguard. Featured stops along the way include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, San Diego and St. Louis.
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Morgan Karr will make his LA solo concert debut at Barre Vermont on Wednesday, November 17, in a lineup of funkified pop songs and thrilling new music. He'll be joined by Jenna Ushkowitz (Fox's Glee, Broadway's Spring Awakening) and singer/song-writer Alana Grace.
Morgan Karr (Broadway's Spring Awakening and Second Stage's Everyday Rapture) leads a full band with his vocals, featuring Karr's original music, as well as his unique twist on hits by Sara Bareilles, Hanson, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and others.
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