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(ASB) The mother of tragic DJ AM has lent her support to a new music project she hopes will convince kids to stay sober. Twin brother duo The Rock Star Superstar Project approached Andrea Gross to deliver a message on their new album "Serenity", which is being released in September in conjunction with Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors and to coincide with National Recovery Month. more -

Katy Perry Goes No. 1

Katy Perry has made a big splash as the summer winds down as her new album Teenage Dream debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, scanning 192,222 units in its first week of release.

Katy is now one of the top 10 artists with the best-selling debuts of the year and one of only two pop artists to appear on this list. Teenage Dream is the two-time Grammy Award nominee's highest album chart bow yet. Katy's debut album, One of the Boys, scanned 46,767 units in its first week.

Katy has now achieved the highest pre-album street date track sales of all time, with 4.4 million digital tracks sold prior to the album's release — setting a Nielsen Soundscan-era record. 445,746 total tracks were sold during Teenage Dream's first week of release. - more on this story

Fantasia's New Album A Big Hit

Fantasia's third studio album, Back To Me, debuts this week on top of Billboard's R&B Albums chart and No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

With over 117,000 units sold since its August 24th release on J Records, Back To Me marks Fantasia's first #1 R&B album (Free Yourself debuted at #2, Fantasia at #3) and her highest Billboard Top 200 chart ranking (Free Yourself debuted at #8, Fantasia at #19).

Leading the way for the album's chart-topping debut is the hit single "Bittersweet" which currently claims the #1 position on the Urban Adult Radio Airplay chart for three consecutive weeks. - more on this story

Shakira Makes History with Waka Waka

Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)" has become the biggest selling World Cup song in history.

"Waka Waka" will be available on her forthcoming album Sale el Sol/The Sun Comes Out, scheduled to be released on October 19th. After selling an astounding two million singles, "Waka Waka" is the biggest World Cup song ever released, however its success goes far beyond its popularity as a song, the song and accompanying dance has become a cultural and viral phenomenon.

The official video for "Waka Waka" has seen over 170 million YouTube hits making it the #4 most watched video of all time and the #3 most watched music video. Including unofficial "Waka Waka" videos, the total cumulative views are over 350 million. - more on this story

Little Big Town Top Album Chart

Little Big Town's fourth studio album's, The Reason Why, debut this week at No 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart after selling 41,940 albums its first week in stores-- making The Reason Why the highest debuting album of the country band's career.

In addition, the band is celebrating a 2010 CMA Awards nomination in the Vocal Group of the Year category--marking Little Big Town's eighth nomination and fifth in that category from the prestigious organization.

"This will be a week we never forget," says Karen Fairchild, "and we owe that to the incredible fans, country radio, and our new label Capitol Records." "We are so blessed to have our album debut at the top of the charts, and to have news of this nomination in the same week is just amazing," adds Kimberly Schlapman. - more on this story

Chiddy Bang Preview Coming

Chiddy Bang release a digital prequel to their forthcoming debut album entitled "The Preview" on October 12th.

"The Preview" is an eight song album and documents the incredible journey the group has had over the last year, starting from underground dorm parties and graduating to performances at the biggest festivals in the world including Glastonbury, Lollapalooza and headlining their very own tour across the nation.

Based on feedback from fans wanting new material from the group, Chiddy Bang opted to quench their thirst with the forthcoming release. Xaphoon explains, "The main purpose of this release is to give our fans some new music while we finish recording our debut album, "The Swelly Life." It's called "The Preview" because it gives listeners a glimpse of what's to come on Swelly." - more on this story

Das Racist Releasing New Mixtape and Video

Das Racist will release a new mixtape called 'Sit Down, Man' on Tuesday, September 14. And premiere their video for "Who's That? Brooown!" on Thursday, September 2, for the track culled from their prior mixtape, Shut Up, Dude.

Inspired and designed in the style of an 8-bit Nintendo game, the adventure for "Who's That? Brooown!" is not merely a video but actually parallels a corresponding interactive game version where viewers can enter the Das Racist world and play as Hima or Victor. Directed by Thomas De Napoli for Enter The Fancy productions, the plot chronicles the duo battling myriad of hostile antagonists to find their third member, Dap, in order to headline a show.

A second video premiere will follow on Tuesday, September 7, when MTV Iggy exclusively unveils the Weird Days-directed clip for "Ek Shaneesh," another track from Shut Up, Dude. - more on this story

April Smith and the Great Picture Show U.S. Open and NFL

April Smith and the Great Picture Show are feeling sporty. They have lined up a show at the U.S. Open and will provide music for an NFL commercial. On the other hand they also have something going with Weeds. Read on for the details.

First up they will perform at the 2010 U.S. Open, in Flushing, NY on September 8th.

The National Football League are also fans of the five piece, and will be featuring their cover of Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" in a television campaign kicking off this month promoting a new line of fashionable NFL clothing for women. In the commercials, wives of NFL players throw their husband's jerseys back at them with April Smith and the Great Picture Show playing as the soundtrack. - more on this story

R. Kelly Plays Special Olympics Benefit

R. Kelly just returned from his third trip to Africa this year where he performed for president of Angola and at a benefit concert for Special Olympics and he plans to return before the end of the year. Here is the announcement: In addition to his June trip to Johannesburg, where he performed his stirring ballad (and official World Cup anthem) "Sign of a Victory," Kelly visited Uganda in January (performing before more than 40,000 fans at Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala), and Angola last week.

"Visiting Africa is always exciting and inspiring for me, both musically and personally," said Kelly. "Even though I hate flying, I'm always willing to get on an airplane if the destination is Africa."

While in Angola last week, Kelly performed for 20,000 fans at a benefit concert in Luanda for the Special Olympics of Angola, after which he attended a basketball game at the Special Olympics and donated several specially-designed wheelchairs. He also serenaded President Eduardo dos Santos at a surprise party celebrating the longtime leader's 68th birthday. "Robert was the most accommodating and warm artist to ever visit Angola," said Karina Barbosa of STEP Productions, which produced the benefit concert. - more on this story

Fences Sets Release Date and Launches Tour This Week

Fences is hitting the road this week and releasing its self-titled debut album on September 28th.

Fences is the moniker for self-proclaimed f**k up Christopher Manfield. The album was produced by Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara fame and recorded in only ten days in a studio in Victoria, BC. The ten songs on Fences carry on the singer-songwriter torch passed down from the likes of Elliott Smith and Townes Van Zandt, while retaining a raw edginess inherited from an old Seattle native, Kurt Cobain.

Fences have previously toured the Northwest opening for the likes of St. Vincent and Mark Kozelek, a testament to the versatility of their music and multi-faceted appeal. Starting in just a few days, Fences will begin a new tour of the Northwest, kicking off at Bumbershoot in Seattle and hitting locations along the west coast in California, Oregon, Washington, and even a quick stop in Vancouver. Check below for upcoming tour dates. - more on this story

The Victorious Secrets Win MTV Band Search

(PR) MTV and Freecreditscore.com have announced Sterling Heights, MI pop-rockers, The Victorious Secrets, are the grand prize winners of their recent nationwide band search. Earlier this summer, hundreds of bands from all over the country submitted their versions of familiar freecreditscore.com songs by uploading a video of their performance to freecreditscoreband.com.

Fans voted for their favorite submissions, and four deserving and distinctly different bands progressed to the semi-finals, with the fittingly-named The Victorious Secrets, eventually emerging as the grand prize winner.

The Victorious Secrets play pop rock with a tongue-in cheek attitude. Although the group is new, its members have been involved in the local Detroit music scene for years and have performed at events including SXSW and Purple Door Festival. As they cemented their style, their Detroit following grew. They've performed at notable local venues including The Fillmore Detroit and Comerica Park. - more on this story