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The wonderfully talented Fiona Apple has been laying on the down low since the release of her last album, ‘Extraordinary Machine’ a few years ago. But that was then and this is now. The singer and songwriter is easing her way back into the public spotlight, contributing a song to a new Cy Coleman tribute EP. If you don’t know who he is, he happens to be a legendary musical theatre. Fiona has done a mighty exquisite cover of Cy’s ‘Why Try to Change Me Now?’ Welcome back Fiona! I hope she decides to make another album soon. One amazing track is not enough!

16 Frames’ new album! The Los Angeles based band teamed up with producer Matt Serletic (Matchbox 20, Santana) for their major label debut. Tracks from Where It Ends have been featured on MTV’s The Hills and recently appeared in the promos for ABC’s Private Practice.
Steve, Josh and Dylan from the band sat down to talk about their favorite songs on the album and how everyone needs to learn all the words to sing along on their upcoming tour. Head over to iTunes to grab Where It Ends featuring the single “Back Again” today.

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Taylor Hicks’ sophomore album, The Distance, is available today! The Simon Climie (Eric Clapton, Faith Hill) produced album that features current single “What’s Right is Right” is now streaming in full on AOL Music. The soulful singer is slated to perform the single on Ellen , Wednesday, March 11th.

Singer-songwriter Kate Voegele is gearing up for the May release of A Fine Mess, the highly anticipated follow-up to her 2008 debut album, Don’t Look Away (MySpace/Interscope). Voegele recorded the album in Los Angeles with producer Mike Elizondo (Rihanna, Maroon 5, Pink).

The 22-year-old has been racking up frequent flier miles of late, jetting back and forth between L.A. and Wilmington, North Carolina, where she’s also shooting new episodes of the CW Network’s hit TV series “One Tree Hill.” This season sees Voegele reprising her role as singer-songwriter Mia. She made headlines last year by performing several songs on the show, all from Don’t Look Away.

In their year-end issue, Billboard magazine spotlighted the 10 biggest film and television placement/appearances of 2008 and put Voegele’s involvement with “One Tree Hill” at No. 1. Wrote Billboard Sr. Editor Ann Donohue, “There’s getting a song placed in a prime-time show and then there’s getting cast in that show to play your own music and have the show’s creator write storylines for you inspired by your songs. Such was the case for Kate Voegele…”.

The new season of “One Tree Hill” will see Voegele giving audiences sneak previews of songs from the upcoming album, beginning with the March 16th episode, when she will premiere a brand-new track titled “Manhattan From The Sky.”

Voegele, hailed by Entertainment Weekly for being among the best of “the new golden age of female singer-songwriters,” spent the majority of 2008 touring in support of debut album Don’t Look Away, the record that earned her “Artist To Watch In ‘08” accolades from Billboard. Over the course of the year, she shared stages with Natasha Bedingfield, The Veronicas, Ben Lee, Cary Brothers and launched her own headlining tour.
Voegele performed on “Live with Regis and Kelly” and CBS’ “The Early Show,” and also appeared on “TRL” and Fuse-TV’s “The Sauce.” She recently gave a special acoustic performance on the ABC-TV’s “The Bachelor.” She’s also been featured on the cover of USA Today’s “Life” section and appeared in the pages of People, CosmoGirl, TV Guide and Giant, to name but a few.

Check out Kate’s latest video blog to sneak a peek inside the studio while she works on the new album.

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No Line On The Horizon, the new album from U2 featuring the single “Get On Your Boots” is in stores now. The album is the band’s 12th studio album and their first release since the nine million selling album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, released in late 2004.

The new album, produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, has been chose as Amazon’s “Deal of the Day” for today’s release and offers special pricing for one only.

No Line On The Horizon is also being released in a standard format with a 24- page booklet and in digipak format. The digipak includes an extended booklet and the album’s companion film “Linear” by Anton Corbijn. A limited edition package with album, cd and 64-page magazine will also be available, featuring the band in conversation with artist Catherine Owens, and new Anton Corbijn photographs. No Line On The Horizon will be released on 180gm vinyl.

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“Get On Your Boots,” the first single from U2’s new album No Line On The Horizon, will be released on January 19th on Interscope Records. The album is currently available for pre-order and will be released on March 3rd.
Produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, sessions for No Line On The Horizon began in Fez, Morocco, and continued at the band’s Dublin studio, New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and Olympic Studios in London.
The album will be released in a standard format with a 24- page booklet and in digipak format. The digipak includes an extended booklet and the album’s companion film “Linear” by Anton Corbijn. A limited edition 64-page magazine will also be available, featuring the band in conversation with artist Catherine Owens, and new Anton Corbijn photographs. No Line On The Horizon will be released on 180gm vinyl.
The cover artwork for the album is an image of the sea meeting the sky by Japanese artist and photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.
The full track listing is as follows:

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Magnificent
3. Moment of Surrender
4. Unknown Caller
5. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
6. Get On Your Boots
7. Stand Up Comedy
8. Fez – Being Born
9. White As Snow
10. Breathe
11. Cedars Of Lebanon

Hana Pestle is a self-proclaimed Twilight fanatic. The nineteen year old singer/songwriter from Billings, Montana believes she has the perfect song for the next movie and has started a movement to get “Need” in the forthcoming New Moon. The hauntingly beautiful track was one of her first compositions written at only fifteen years old in 2004. It was produced /co-written for her album by Ben Moody (co-founder of Evanescence) and Michael “Fish” Herring with string arrangements by David Campbell and piano performance by David Hodges (Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry). Check out the “Need for New Moon” page to learn more about the mission and watch a personal video message from Hana.

Hana’s E.P. is available now and her debut, full-length album is due out in July.

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welcome to "need" for new moon!

Kelly Clarkson has released the artwork for her new single ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’. It looks like it’s been edited a whole lot but I still think it looks hot. And it’s a start contrast to the publicity images of her last album ‘My December’. From dark and brooding to blonde, red and shiny. I think she’s embracing the pop whole heartedly this time around. Thank the heavens for that! I sure hope that the original American Idol will make a great comeback. Apart from the temporary moment of insanity of hers known as ‘My December’, she’s really a great singer.

I am a big fan of U2 and now I have a release date!

The band’s No Line On The Horizon is scheduled to be released in North America on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009.
This will be the group’s 12th album!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Their last, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, was released way back in 2004 and sold over nine million copies.

How many will they sell this time around.
What’s even more great about this album is that the group recorded this album all over the world.

They began last year in Fez, Morocco, and then did some work in their studio in Ireland. After that they recorded some of the tracks in New York and finally some in London.

Let’s hope all the different locations helped inspire them.

We can’t wait to hear it!!!!

Industry insiders are predicting that Britney Spear’s latest album ‘Circus’ is on track to sell over 450,000 copies and will be on the top spot of the charts after a week of sales. Experts had previously thought that the recovered singer will only sell around the 350,000 mark in the first week. She proved them wrong big time! It goes to show that people still care about Britney despite the craziness of the past year. This is a huge victory for the singer especially considering the fact that her last album ‘Blackout’ only sold 290,000 copies its debut week. Congratulations!

Jesse McCartney has released a new single called ‘It’s Over’. It’s the follow-up song to his hit song ‘Leavin’’. The 21-year old singer and actor told MySpace Celebrity that “It is one of my favorite songs from the record.” A video has also been released for the song. You can watch out for the special effects and different scenarios Jesse brings to life in his tale of love and loss. The video was directed by Rich Lee and filmed at Hollywood’s famed Roosevelt Hotel. If you want to hear Jesse’s full album ‘Departure’, it is now available in stores and in iTunes.

Britney Spears’ new album ‘Circus’ has leaked in its entirety all over the internet recently. It was more than two weeks ahead of the anticipated release. It shouldn’t be too hard to find. To be honest, I like it less than ‘Black Out’ except for the track ‘If U Seek Amy’ which is a pretty killer track. It’s just too bad that it’s a rip off of Jessie Malakouti’s ‘Trash Me’. The similarities are just too much to be ignored. Not to mention that the producers run in the same circles. There’s a great chance that they heard Jessie’s track before and though that it will be a great song for Britney.

Britney Spears will be celebrating her twenty-seventh birthday this year with the release of her sixth studio album, Circus. The highly anticipated album set for a December 2nd release features the # 1 hit “Womanizer” as well as collaborations with Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Danja, Guy Sigsworth (Madonna, Alanis Morissette) and more. Britney recently had a triple win at this year’s MTV VMAs.

Circus Track Listing

1. Womanizer
2. Circus
3. Out From Under
4. Kill The Lights
5. Shattered Glass
6. If U Seek Amy
7. Unusual You
8. Blur
9. Mmm Papi
10. Mannequin
11. Lace and Leather
12. My Baby
13. Radar (Bonus Track)

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Twenty years after emerging with the landmark Watermark album, Enya is set to release her seventh studio album And Winter Came… on November 11th through Warner Bros. Records. And Winter Came… is the latest installment in a phenomenally successful career that has encompassed 70 million album sales and four Grammy awards. The new album includes twelve tracks – ten brand new songs plus a newly recorded choral rendering of Oiche Chiuin (Silent Night) and a stunning version of the traditional Christmas hymn “O come, o come Emmanuel.” Listen to Enya’s signature style on the first single, “Trains and Winter Rains,” and watch the beautiful new video here.

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Can’t wait for next week to arrive? Check out a sneak peek of P!nk’s Funhouse before it hits stores. Listen in full now on MTV.com’s The Leak. P!nk co-wrote each song and worked with everyone from Max Martin to Tony Kanal (of No Doubt) to Butch Walker on what she calls her “most vulnerable album to date.” With its mix of sad, thoughtful love songs and fun, upbeat, feisty rock anthems. P!nk achieved exactly what she wanted to on Funhouse. “It feels good to get people not just emoting and releasing all that energy, but getting angry and motivated too. It’s group therapy.” Pre-order Funhouse now at iTunes and get a bonus track!

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Tim McGraw’s label has gone ahead and released another of the singer’s greatest hits album – without Tim’s knowledge or permission. Tim says that he feels most for his fans saying “It has to be just as confusing to the fans as it is to me.” The reason is that this is the second compilation album since 2006 with only one studio album in between. He also says that he’s been working on a studio album for over a year now, performing new tracks on tour and hoping to release the new album in the fall but that he now has to hold off on that. Tim tells his fans “In the spirit of the election year, I would simply say to my fans ‘I’m Tim McGraw and I don’t approve their message.’” Considering that the album was produced without any communication with him, it’s rightfully so.

Lesley Roy’s debut album, Unbeautiful, is in stores and available on iTunes. The Irish rocker has become an MTV favorite with her first single “I’m Gone, I’m Going” as the theme song for Exiled and her second single, “Unbeautiful,” featured on last night’s episode of The Hills. Roy worked with Max Martin (P!nk, NSYNC) on her debut effort as well as Katy Perry, Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith) and Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson, Sugababes). Check out a track by track video commentary from Lesley about each song on the album.

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Demi Lovato’s debut album has arrived. The teen sensation broke onto the pop scene with her role in Disney’s Camp Rock alongside the Jonas Brothers, and now she is taking center stage with Don’t Forget. This album features six songs co-written by the Jonas Brothers and one song dedicated to her best friend Selena Gomez. Head over to iTunes to check it out.

Don’t Forget Track Listing

1. La la Land
2. Get Back
3. Trainwreck
4. Party
5. On the Line (ft. Jonas Brothers)
6. Don’t Forget
7. Gonna Get Caught
8. Two Worlds Collide
9. The Middle
10. Until You’re Mine
11. Believe In Me

Yes! I am not kidding or joking. I swear by God that I have seen the pop queen Britney Spears serving on the tables in a restaurant.

Do you still think that I may be sleeping at that time?

But NO, I am damn confident that I was awake and I saw her with my own eyes.

Well! In fact it was the latest music video of the “Crazy” singer.

The title of the song is “Womanizer” and it is quite similar to her other pre-Blackout videos.

Apart from Britney, who played a waitress and an erotic dancer, the other dancers also sported waiter uniforms which consisted of white shirts, skinny ties and black pants/ leggings.

“Womanizer,” is the first single by the pop star in her upcoming album “Circus”.

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Follow Clique Girlz into the studio during this week’s episode of Clique Girlz TV. The girls finally get to hear the first four mixes of their upcoming album and have some fun singing along to the tracks. Paris explains that it’s “going to be an exciting journey,” and Destinee promises that “this album is gonna rock your world.”

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