Billboard names the rock group, The All American Rejects as having the most played song in 2009. Their hit song “Gives You Hell” spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Top 10. It has sold over 3.3 million digital copies. The song is off their current album, When the World Comes Down. They beat out competitors like Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift.The song was the first number one for the band on …
George Jones 78, a legend in the country music industry and a member of the Nashville country music Hall of fame said that he was not pleased about the way country music has changed over the years. In his recent interview, he mentioned artists like Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, who he believes have used the county music category as a platform to enter the industry and have “stolen our identity”.
According to Jones, traditional …
The best customers the music industry has a peer-to-peer (P2P) music pirates, according to a recent survey. Commissioned by Demos in the UK, the MORI survey states that if someone pirates their music, it is a good sign for music companies, as these parties would generally buy music legitimately later on. The survey dissuades RIAA logic, which is that all filesharers or ‘pirates’ should be jailed. The survey goes on to say that if the …
So the story has been told…Kim Kardashian is going to be a pop star. Who would have ever thought that she would go that far in entertainment? She has a long journey ahead of her and is brave for what she is doing. Who knows, maybe she is testing it out for her self just to see if she can ‘bring it’, or maybe the contract was too good to pass up.
Regardless, Kim Kardashian …
Showing once again that the RIAA holds absolute power over the music industry, another main source of free MP3 downloads has been closed off in the interest of protecting music artists’ intellectual property. Gnutella announced to their clients shortly after the lawsuit was lost that the Limewire project would be no more. That day, all of the Limewire servers were cut off from life support, effectively eliminating the runaway success of a P2P service overnight.…
The current trends in lifestyle are highly stressful with people living to work rather than working to live. Stress seems to be a constant companion for people of all ages whether it’s a child or a senior citizen it seems that there is no one who is being spared from the onslaught of stress. In times of such constant stress entertainment is essential for a healthy release and what better way than streaming radio to …
Almost all of us grew up listening to the radio, no matter which country you live in. Whether it was educational stuff or in a talk show format or even the most popular reason for its very existence: music, one will always find that its influence was common to older generations before the advent of television.
Along the lines of the word ‘influence’, gospel music hailing from more traditional times to its contemporary version is …
The hit Filipino singer Charice states that she is ready for “Glee”, one of the most popular TV shows to date which is aired on Fox TV. In preparation for her debut, she is undergoing Botox procedure and an anti-aging process which she claims is for her to “look fresh on camera.” But the teenager’s publicist that the procedure was not meant for cosmetic purposes but for muscle pain. The popular Filipino singer who was …
It has been 15 years since Take That performed together as a band. The band was one of Britain’s biggest selling outfits until the usual disaster struck.Robbie Williams decided to walk out on his band mates at the height of the band’s popularity in 1995. While this left fans devastated, Take That did try to make it without the fifth member. This approach didn’t work for very long and the band split up the following …
Twenty three years on since she hit the charts with her cover of “Loco-Motion”, Kylie Minogue is still going strong. The pint sized pop star is all set to reign on the charts as her new album “Aphrodite” hits the stores on July 6th.
If you are looking for sensuous ballads, look elsewhere. Kylie is sticking to the catchy, pop song, dance floor dominators that have brought her the most success. The twelve tracks on …