Billboard Updates

^#1 Album #1 Single^

After Adele scored another week @ #1 with 21, Eric Church's Chief leads the Billboard 200 album chart, where Kelly Rowland debuts @ #3 with Here I Am, her highest-charting album yet, with 77,000 copies sold. LMFAO extended their time atop the Hot 100 singles chart with "Party Rock Anthem" by a couple of weeks, while Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" jumps 4-3 after moving 5-4 last week. Meanwhile, Britney Spears scores her third top 10 single from Femme Fatale, a first for her, with "I Wanna Go" (11-9). Debuting this week are Rihanna's "Cheers (Drink To That)" @ #91 & The Black-Eyed Peas @ #93 with "Don't Stop The Party".

See full charts HERE

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The Black-Eyed Peas Perform "Don't Stop The Party" On Vivement Dimanche

The Black-Eyed Peas recently performed their third single "Don't Stop The Party" off The Beginning on Vivement Dimanche in France. To be honest, I can't remember the last time I made it all the way through a BEPs performance without becoming disinterested/finding something better to do...

While I Was Away...

Jennifer Lopez Performs "On The Floor" On So You Think You Can Dance UK

• Lily Allen Married, Pregnant
• Janelle Monae Does Rolling Out Magazine
• New Jennifer Lopez "L'Oreal" Commercial
• New Kelly Rowland Promo Pics
• Keri Hilson Performs "Pretty Girl Rock" On Germany's Next Top Model Finale
• Rihanna "Loud" Tour Behind-The-Scenes
• Kelly Clarkson Performs National Anthem On NBA Finals
• Nicole Scherzinger Performs "Right There" On The Graham Norton Show
• Beyonce Does Dazed & Confused Magazine
• Jennifer Hudson On GMA
• Katharine McPhee & Smash Sign With Columbia
• Nicole Scherzinger Performs "Right There" On Britain's Got Talent
• New Tiffany Evans Promo Pic
• Kanye West ft. Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, & Bon Iver "Monster" Official Video Premiere
• Avril Lavigne Performs "Smile" On Schlag Den Raab
• The Black-Eyed Peas Perform On Taratata
• New Beyonce Promo Pics HERE & HERE
• OneRepublic Performs "Good Life" On Leno
• Jennifer Hudson To Publish Weight Loss Memoir Next January
• Alicia Keys Performs At Walmart's Annual Shareholders' Meeting
• New JoJo Promo Pic
• Avril Lavigne Performs On Britain's Got Talent
• Beyonce "Essence" Magazine Cover
• Jennifer Hudson To Play Nun In "The Three Stooges"
• Pink Gives Birth To Girl
• The Black-Eyed Peas Perform "Don't Stop The Party" On So You Think You Can Dance UK

The Black-Eyed Peas Perform "Don't Stop The Party" On Dancing With The Stars

On this week's Dancing With The Stars finale, The Black-Eyed Peas took the stage to perform "Don't Stop The Party", the third single off their latest album The Beginning. It was a pretty cool performance from the group, which is ironically (see: album title) getting ready to take a much-needed hiatus.

The 2011 Billboard Music Awards Recap

Beyonce "Run The World (Girls)"



Nicki Minaj & Britney Spears - Medley



Rihanna & Britney Spears "S&M (Remix)"



Mary J. Blige & Lil' Wayne "Someone To Love Me (Naked)"



OneRepublic & Far East Movement - Medley



The Black-Eyed Peas - Medley
The Billboard Music Awards made their triumphant return by honoring Beyonce, who also gave the night's best performance, with the Millennium Award. The ever-robotic Britney Spears opened the show with Rihanna & effectively closed it by performing the "Till The World Ends" remix with Nicki Minaj following the latter's own bubbly performance of "Super Bass". Rihanna also walked away with the Top Female Artist & Top Radio Songs Artist awards as well as the trophy for Top Rap Song for "Love The Way You Lie" with Eminem. Mary J. Blige performed my JAM, while OneRepublic, with "Good Life", kicked off a joint performance with Far East Movement, which Ryan Tedder joined afterwards to perform their collaboration "Rocketeer" before they took over. In addition, The Black-Eyed Peas performed a medley of "Just Can't Get Enough" & "I Gotta Feeling" (with hints of "Boom Boom Pow" & "Don't Stop The Party" thrown in), & received the award for Top Duo/Group. Non-attendee (as far as I can tell) Usher picked up three awards: Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Album for Raymond Vs. Raymond, & Top R&B Song for "OMG". To check out all the winners, click HERE.

The Black-Eyed Peas Perform "Don't Stop The Party" On The Paul O'Grady Show

The Black-Eyed Peas performed "Don't Stop The Party", the third single off their latest album The Beginning, on The Paul O'Grady Show in the UK.

Nicole Scherzinger & The Black-Eyed Peas Perform On BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

Nicole Scherzinger - Medley



The Black-Eyed Peas "Don't Stop The Party"



The Black-Eyed Peas "Just Can't Get Enough"



The Black-Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)" & "Let's Get It Started"



The Black-Eyed Peas "Shut Up"



The Black-Eyed Peas "Pump It"



The Black-Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow"



The Black-Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling"
Nicole Scherzinger performed "Poison", "Don't Cha", & "Don't Hold Your Breath" for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend this year. As for The Black-Eyed Peas... Fergie's mic wasn't working for a while... 'bout it.

The Black-Eyed Peas "Don't Stop The Party" Video Premiere

"Don't Stop The Party" is the third single lifted from The Black-Eyed Peas' latest album The Beginning. I wonder if they realize that they've already done this kind of video--for the same tour! Ugh. The way they went from hip-hop to techno still... ugh.

Billboard Update

^#1 Album #1 Single^

Queen Adele rules the Billboard 200 album chart once again with 21. Similarly, Katy Perry's "E.T." returns to the top of the Hot 100 singles chart, where The Black-Eyed Peas earn the Airplay Gainer title for, but stay @ #3 with "Just Can't Get Enough". Beyonce debuts at a respectable #33 following three days of sales for "Run The World (Girls)".

See full charts HERE

2011 Billboard Music Award Nominees Announced

Rihanna leads the pack of nominees for this year's newly revived Billboard Music Awards with a whopping 18 nominations. Usher didn't do too shabby himself with 10 nods. Nicki Minaj & The Black-Eyed Peas each picked up four, while Monica & Alicia Keys scored a pair each as well. Set to perform are Rihanna & The Black-Eyed Peas. (Jennifer Lopez had been previously announced, but her name is curiously missing from the official Billboard releases at this time unfortunately.) To see a full list of nominees, click HERE & tune into the 2011 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 22nd, @ 8/7c on ABC.

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Billboard Update

^#1 Album #1 Single^

Britney Spears debuts her sixth album at #1 with Femme Fatale this week on the Billboard 200 following first-week sales of 276,000 copies! Katy Perry's "E.T." remains atop the Hot 100 singles chart this week, while The Black-Eyed Peas rise 5-3 with "Just Can't Get Enough".

See full charts HERE

Billboard Update

^#1 Album #1 Single^

Adele's 21 returns to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart :), while Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" refuses to budge from atop the Hot 100 singles chart :(. Rihanna earns the Airplay Gainer title again with "S&M" (4-3) & The Black-Eyed Peas' "Just Can't Get Enough" jumps 22-5, earning the Digital Gainer title (198,000, +143%), following last week's performance on American Idol.

See full charts HERE

Idol Review: Top 12

The Black-Eyed Peas "Just Can't Get Enough"



Jacob Lusk "Alone"
Better late than never, I always say! (Last) Wednesday's show started off rather crapily (I declare 'crapily' a word. #dealwiththat) with Naima choosing a song completely out of her element, Paul being Paul, & Thia karaoke-ing it up once again. Then, James was bad--even for James, Haley chose Whitney Houston for some God-forsaken reason, & Stefano, like many of his fellow contestants, continued his streak of awful song choices. Finally, Pia came to save the day with her soaring vocals on a mediocre tune. Scotty was his typical lame self, while Casey was especially terrible. Lauren has such potential, but if she keeps choosing obvious songs that she sounds oh-so-karaoke on..! Jacob closed the show with the week's best performance. I'm bummed (though not surprised) that Karen went home. Sure she didn't pick the best songs, but neither have the majority of these peeps & she was one of the most talented--& so sweet! It's a shame America couldn't see that & was instead blinded by what was entertaining in the moment (AKA people you'll never hear from again after May).

The Black-Eyed Peas "Just Can't Get Enough" Video Premiere

"Just Can't Get Enough" is the second single lifted from The Black-Eyed Peas' latest album The Beginning. All I'll say is that as time goes by, these images will likely become much more special than the Peas had ever imagined.

Super Bowl XLV Highlights

Christina Aguilera - National Anthem



The Black-Eyed Peas, Slash, & Usher - Halftime Show
Super Bowl XLV kicked off with Christina Aguilera's powerful rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner". OK, so she flubbed a few words, like no one's ever done that before--& with less pressure, at that, & the last note suffered a bit from it, so what? She kept going, for one, & sang her little heart out! Halftime brought us its first female performer (Fergie) since Janet Jackson in 2004 with The Black-Eyed Peas, who performed "I Gotta Feeling" & "Boom Boom Pow" before being joined by Slash, who played guitar while Fergie sang "Sweet Child O' Mine", originally by his band Guns & Roses. The BEPs then went into "Pump It" & "Let's Get It Started" before Usher joined will.i.am to perform their collabo "OMG", which was followed by the Peas' "Where Is The Love?" & finally "The Time (Dirty Bit)". The vocals weren't much... but then, when are they ever with the BEPs; however, the flashing lights were enough of a distraction that the show was the best the Super Bowl's seen in years (seven, to be exact!). The highlight for me was Usher, who really killed those moves! Speaking of highlights, check out the Super Bowl commercials for a couple of promising animated movies:

Kung Fu Panda 2



Rio

The 2011 NRJ Music Awards Recap + More

Usher - Medley



The Black-Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)"
Usher took the stage at the 2011 NRJ Music Awards in France to perform his "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"/"OMG" medley, while (half of) The Black-Eyed Peas gave a strange performance. Both acts walked away winners: Usher for International Male Artist Of The Year & The Black-Eyed Peas for International Group/Duo Of The Year & Concert Of The Year (don't ask me which one... lol). Beyonce also won Music Video Of The Year for her collaboration with Lady Gaga on "Telephone". Anybody else ready for this new year to translate into some new music/a fresh start?!

In other award show news, because I had no particular reason to post it earlier & didn't really remember to until now, the 2011 People's Choice Awards earlier this month also resulted in a win for Usher as well as a few for Rihanna. Usher picked up Favorite R&B Artist, while Rihanna won Favorite Pop Artist in addition to both Favorite Song & Favorite Music Video for "Love The Way You Lie" with Eminem.

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Countdown To 2011: The Top 10 Videos Of 2010

#9) The Black-Eyed Peas "Imma Be Rocking That Body"

Billboard Update

^#1 Album #1 Single^

Susan Boyle's The Gift reigns on the Billboard 200 album chart, while The Black-Eyed Peas debut a little lower down @ #6 with The Beginning following first-week sales of 119,000 copies. Also entering this week is Jazmine Sullivan's Love Me Back @ #15 with 57,000 copies sold. (Fefe Dobson appears to have failed to chart with Joy unfortunately.) Over on the Hot 100 singles chart, Katy Perry makes her way to the top with "Firework".

See full charts HERE

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The Black-Eyed Peas Perform "The Time (Dirty Bit)" On 95.8 Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball

The Black-Eyed Peas performed the first single "The Time (Dirty Bit)" off their new album The Beginning at 95.8 Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball. Dirty bit.

The Black-Eyed Peas Perform "The Time (Dirty Bit)" On The X Factor

The Black-Eyed Peas lit up the stage at The X Factor for a performance of "The Time (Dirty Bit)" off their new album The Beginning, which is utterly & completely terrible.