Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony Perform "Por Arriesgarnos" On Teleton Mexico 2010

Jennifer Lopez performed a duet in Spanish with her husband Marc Anthony on a Mexican telethon recently. How sweet! Can't wait to see more of J.Lo come January...

Nicole Scherzinger On Koko Pop

"Poison"



Interview
Nicole Scherzinger performed her hit single "Poison", which has just debuted at #3 in the UK, again & even sat down for a little chat on T4's Koko Pop. If I may, I love being able to say "Nicole Scherzinger" & "hit" in the same sentence!

Dirty Money Performs On SNL

A** On The Floor (ft. Swizz Beatz)



Coming Home
Dirty Money was the musical guest on tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live, performing the two most recent cuts lifted from their upcoming album Last Train To Paris (December 14th). The studio track for "A** On The Floor" isn't nearly as obnoxious as this performance was, with the ever-overrated Swizzy front & center, though it still isn't the level I was expecting hoping for from them. But at least the girls got to sing some lol. I'm currently listening to "The Prelude" & most of it isn't half bad, but, ever the salesman, Diddy, just as above, can't shut up long enough to let the music speak for itself. Talking about the unique "sonic sound" or whatever... James Fauntleroy, who they worked with, did it way before, way better, & for way less shine, if you will. We'll see when the album drops...

Michael Jackson & Akon "Hold My Hand" Video Preview

Another video preview has arrived today, this one for Michael Jackson & Akon's "Hold My Hand", the first official single off Michael's first posthumous album Michael (December 14th). It looks like they're putting a lot of footage in one video, so hopefully the whole thing won't be as overwhelming as this teaser.

Tiffany Evans "I'll Be There" Video Preview

Tiffany Evans has offered up a sneak peek at her video for "I'll Be There" this Saturday afternoon. Our little Tiffany is growing up! The full video premieres on Monday. Can't wait!

Beyonce "Heat Rush" Ad

Beyonce is all set to release her second fragrance "Heat Rush", for which she has just unveiled a look at the advertising campaign for. I've taken a whiff & honestly, I don't like the way "Heat" smells, so maybe this one'll be better. Meanwhile, her DVD/CD "I Am... World Tour" is available now.

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Jazmine Sullivan On 106 & Park

Jazmine Sullivan celebrated the release week for her sophomore album Love Me Back with not one, not two, but THREE fantastic performances on 106 & Park! She performed "10 Seconds" before her interview, followed by a performance of "Excuse Me", then a little "Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles)". Incomparable! Not to mention that, while sounded EXACTLY like the record, she was sick! Ridiculous! And that "Excuse Me" performance..! Legendary!

OneRepublic Performs "Secrets" On Rachael Ray

Billboard Update

^#1 Album #1 Single^

Kanye West's My Crappy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy tops the Billboard 200 album chart, where Nicki Minaj makes an impressive #2 bow with first-week sales of 375,000 copies for Pink Friday, the second-best (behind only Lauryn Hill) sales week for a female hip-hop artist ever! Also making a respectable debut is the Christina Aguilera-heavy "Burlesque" soundtrack @ #18 with 63,000 copies sold. On the Hot 100 singles chart, Pink finally makes her way to the top with her third #1 "Raise Your Glass"! Meanwhile, Rihanna's Drake-assisted "What's My Name?", which jumps 8-5, earns the Airplay Gainer title for the fifth straight week. (The last time that happened was also Rihanna-related... see: "Love The Way You Lie".) Also, The Black-Eyed Peas move into the top 10 with "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (13-9), their seventh consecutive top 10 hit...

See full charts HERE

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Katharine McPhee Performs On Holiday Lights

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas



Jingle Bells
Katharine McPhee visited Boston to help them celebrate their tree lighting by performing a pair of Christmas tunes on Holiday Lights. (Fellow former Idol contestant Melinda Doolittle performed on this last year.) It looked chilly! She sounded nice on "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"... but "Jingle Bells", really? (lol) Kat's Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You album is out now.

2011 Grammy Nominees Announced

The nominations for the 2011 Grammys have been announced & with Rihanna clutching six by riding Eminem's coattails, I'm less than impressed. Fantasia & Alicia Keys scored three, while Monica, Usher, Janelle Monae, & Beyonce nabbed two. All of the nominees can be seen HERE... seek & ye shall find several worthy artists who managed to receive a single nod. It seems like to me that a long time ago, the Grammys actually sought out the best & brightest in the music industry to award them, rather than just selling out & rewarding the most successful artists. -_- Congrats to Fantasia, Monica, & the like though! The 2011 Grammys air Sunday, February 13th, @ 8/7c on CBS.

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Mariah Carey Performs "Oh Santa!" On Christmas At Rockefeller Center

Mariah Carey opened NBC's annual Christmas At Rockefeller Center special with a festive performance of "Oh Santa!" off Merry Christmas II You. From what I could hear of her between the backing track & the background singers, she sounded good! I look forward to seeing more of Mariah this holiday season.

Preview Ciara's "Basic Instinct" + More

Ciara's long-overdue fourth album Basic Instinct is set to be released on December 14th & snippets of the 11-track set are now available for your listening pleasure HERE. All I'll say is that "Wants For Dinner" is finna be my jam! In related news, CiCi has heard my cries & finally released the "Gimmie Dat" urban mix, new vocals & all. AHH!!! LOVE IT!! #stanmoment

Gimmie Dat (Urban Bass Remix)

Nicole Scherzinger Performs "Poison" On This Morning

Nicole Scherzinger gave a third performance of "Poison" on This Morning while promoting her new single in the UK. With it doing so well over there, I wonder why they didn't release it here too..?

*UPDATED* Dirty Money "Last Train To Paris" Tracklisting + Preview

The Dirty Money album Last Train To Paris will finally see the light of day come December 14th. We now have the tracklisting for the 16-song set, which you can find below:

1. Intro
2. Yeah Yeah You Would (ft. Grace Jones)
3. I Hate That You Love Me
4. A** On The Floor (ft. Swizz Beatz)
5. Looking For Love (ft. Usher)
6. Someone To Love Me
7. Hate You Now
8. Yesterday (ft. Chris Brown)
9. Shades (ft. Lil' Wayne, Justin Timberlake, Bilal, & *James Fauntleroy*)
10. Angels (ft. The Notorious B.I.G. & Rick Ross)
11. Your Love (ft. Trey Songz)
12. Strobe Lights (ft. Lil' Wayne)
13. Hello Good Morning (ft. T.I.)
14. I Know (ft. Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, & Seven of RichGirl)
15. Coming Home (ft. Skylar Grey)
16. Loving You No More (ft. Drake)

I'm a little bummed, though not surprised, that "Love Come Down" is MIA. The sequence is of note, seeing as there isn't one single of the four included in the first half of the album, but that actually intrigues me. Maybe this album will have that little creative something extra after all! As far as the features go, we know some of them, but they haven't all been confirmed quite yet, so I'll update this post when they are. But! Stop reading now & just click HERE to hear a clip of every track!

UPDATE: Vogue.com has a prelude/mixtape/sampler, if you will, of the album, which acts as a further preview, available for your listening pleasure right HERE.

UPDATE #2: Features added.