N.E.R.D. Perform "Everyone Nose" On Letterman

N.E.R.D. have started off promotion for their upcoming album Seeing Sounds, due June 10th, by performing first single "Everyone Nose" on the Late Show With David Letterman. Don't get it twisted--when they said everyone, they didn't exclude themselves. Nonetheless, they served up a decent performance.

Usher And Young Jeezy Perform "Love In This Club" On The Hills

Apparently a new trend has begun that has music's biggest stars performing on ... The Hills. For the finale, Usher, accompanied by Young Jeezy, performed his current single & #1 hit "Love In This Club" for the first time in the US to start off promotion for his new album Here I Stand, which is set to be released on May 27th & is shaping up to me a very solid record. The performance was weird on account of the girls blocking the view of the cameras constantly, but Usher was back on it. He is one heck of a performer.

New Music Tuesday

Out this week are Ryan Cabrera's third album The Moon Under Water & Cherish's sophomore effort The Truth. Both can be streamed HERE. I went out & bought Ryan's CD, as I have yet to be disappointed by him, & it is well worth it. Cherish's album is a decent effort, but nothing to write home about. If you like what you hear, you can purchase a copy of each by clicking their respective covers on the banner to the right.

Britney Spears Returns To How I Met Your Mother

After a successful initial guest-starring appearance on the sitcom, Britney Spears makes her triumphant return as Abby to How I Met Your Mother. The CBS show was once again up in the ratings & Britney was really funny. Enjoy her clips from the episode above.

Carrie Underwood Inducted Into Grand Ole Opry

Carrie Underwood has become the most recent member of The Grand Ole Opry, a huge honor in country music. Her induction by Garth Brooks is above, while the rest of her special, including performances & an interview, can be viewed below. Congrats, Carrie!

Interview

"Last Name"

"All-American Girl"

"Jesus, Take The Wheel"

Usher Performs On Radio 1's Big Weekend

Usher recently performed a full concert on Radio 1's Big Weekend in (you guessed it) the UK. The songs featured were both new cuts from his upcoming album Here I Stand, out May 27th, & old hits. Check out the setlist below:

This Ain’t Sex

You Make Me Wanna

U Remind Me

U Don’t Have To Call

Moving Mountains

Confessions (Pts. I & II)

U Got It Bad

Burn

Here I Stand

What’s Ya Name?

Yeah!

Love In This Club

Kelly Rowland, Ashlee Simpson Perform Again In The UK

Kelly Rowland "Daylight"



Ashlee Simpson "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)"

So, here's Kelly Rowland & Ashlee Simpson both on BBC's Sound in the UK recently, performing the same songs they've been pushing across the pond for a while now. 2 things: 1) What's with the setting? Are they performing under an overpass? WTH?! & 2) I think I get it now. Due to their previous success, both their record companies idiotically made the decision that promotion to sell a record was not necessary. Discovering how pathetic their choices were in the equally pathetic sales that followed, they gave up on the US, instead turning their attention to the UK. Since, they've been trying to right their wrongs to Kelly & Ashlee by making them perform the same song 867 times in the last couple weeks all in the same place. Ya, that's how it's supposed to work...

Ashanti Sings Dedication To "Mother"

Seen here in a dedication to her mom to tie in with Mother's Day, Ashanti sings her new song "Mother", which we are hearing for the first time. The song is set to appear on Ashanti's upcoming album The Declaration, currently scheduled for June 3rd. It's a nice video & will probably make a nice song, but it's not exactly (not that it's supposed to be) single material ... if you catch my drift.

Kelly Rowland And Nelly Perform "Dilemma" On Radio 1's Big Weekend

Kelly Rowland & Nelly joined up for a rare joint performance of their hit "Dilemma" this past weekend in the UK at Radio 1's Big Weekend. It's pretty obvious that they don't--or at least he doesn't--perform this very often. Kelly was on point & tried to help out as Nelly forgot almost all the words & butchered the performance. They do have mad chemistry though.

Keri Hilson Collaborating With Chris Brown

For the upcoming re-release of his sophomore album, Chris Brown has teamed up with Keri Hilson on one of four new tracks to be included on Exclusive: The Forever Edition, which is due June 3rd. The track is titled "Superhuman". I am really anticipating some new material from Keri, but why'd she have to go & collaborate with this ... dude? She's better than that, but I guess you have to do something here & there to keep busy until you, oh, take over the world.

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N.E.R.D. "Everyone Nose" Video Preview

A sneak preview of N.E.R.D.'s video for first single "Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom)" off their upcoming third album Seeing Sounds, due June 10th, can be viewed above. The full video is said to feature Lindsay Lohan. I am really feeling N.E.R.D.'s music right now. Hear their second single "Spaz" in a new Zune commercial HERE.

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See More David Archuleta!

See More Syesha Mercado!

Above I have featured both David Archuleta & Syesha Mercado, 2 of the top 3 American Idol contestants, singing the national anthem this past week at their respective homecomings. David went back to Utah & sang at the Utah Jazz basketball game, while Syesha went back to Florida & sang at the Tampa Bay Rays baseball game. By clicking on their 'see more' links, you can view more footage, including hometown interviews & more! Geez... Is it Tuesday yet?

UPDATE: Check out a few more Idol-related videos below--

Jason Castro Interview On Ellen

Jason Castro Performs "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" On Regis & Kelly

Brooke White's Fake Infomercial

The Caffeine Patch: New Kung Fu Panda Trailer

Here is the new theatrical trailer for Dreamworks' upcoming computer animated film "Kung Fu Panda", which hits theaters on June 6th. Dreamworks always makes very enjoyable & funny movies in this field, so I can't wait! Looks good to me.

Weekend Flashback Performance: Britney Spears At The 2000 MTV VMAs

Ah, those were the days. Remember when everyone was excited about the new millennium, totally into pop music, & you could tune into the MTV Video Music Awards & they would rock your world? So, in keeping with the same awesome show as last week, I would like to feature Britney Spears' performance of both "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" & "Oops!... I Did It Again", in which she famously stripped off her suit to reveal a skin-colored glittery outfit & proceeded to rock the stage like nobody's business. I remember watching this & really getting into it ... as much as possible, being that I was young & my mom was in the room. That's still a hot remix & that's still a hot performance.

Monica Preparing Reality Show

Monica has announced that she will be shooting a reality show to give fans an inside look at the making of her new album. The show will document her everyday life being a mom as well as the recording of her new material. Monica has also reserved the recording of any possible first single off the new record for the taping of the show. This is really exciting to me because I think it just may give Monica the boost she needs [see: Keyshia Cole] & because I am a big fan of Monica.

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