Melody Plant

During his concert in Washington DC last week, Jay-Z told an excited crowd that he finally got to sit down with a huge fan of his – President Barack Obama. An official even confirmed that the rapper stopped over at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave before his show and got the chance to talk briefly with the President of the US. I bet that it was thrill for the both of them. Congratulations to the music mogul for finally finding the free time to visit the President. I wonder what they talked about. Maybe he also invited Jay-Z to have a show in the White House.

2010 BRIT Awards Winners Full List
British Breakthrough Act
JLS
Florence and the Machine
Friendly Fires
La Roux
Pixie Lott

British Female Solo Artist
Lily Allen
Bat For Lashes
Florence and the Machine
Leona Lewis
Pixie Lott

British Group
Kasabian
Doves
Friendly Fires
JLS
Muse

British Male Solo Artist
Dizzee Rascal
Calvin Harris
MIKA
Paolo Nutini
Robbie Williams

British Single
JLS – Beat Again
Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow
Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart
Pixie Lott – Mama Do
Lily Allen – The Fear
La Roux – In For The Kill
Joe McElderry – The Climb
Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys
Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz – Number 1

BRITs Album of 30 Years
Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
The Verve – Urban Hymns
Sade – Diamond Life
Phil Collins – No Jacket Required
Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Keane – Hopes & Fears
Duffy – Rockferry
Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
Dido – No Angel
Travis – The Man Who

Critics’ Choice
Ellie Goulding
Delphic
Marina and the Diamonds

International Album
Lady GaGa – The Fame
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Black Eyed Peas – The End
Empire Of The Sun – Walking on a Dream
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3

International Breakthrough Act
Lady GaGa
Animal Collective
Daniel Merriweather
Empire Of The Sun
Taylor Swift

International Female Solo Artist
Lady GaGa
Ladyhawke
Norah Jones
Rihanna
Shakira

International Male Solo Artist
Jay-Z
Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
Michael Buble
Seasick Steve

MasterCard British Album
Florence and the Machine – Lungs
Dizzee Rascal – Tongue n’Cheek
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up

Outstanding Contribution Award
Robbie Williams

The BRITs Hits 30
Spice Girls – Wannabe, Who Do You Think You Are
Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive, How Deep is Your Love
Take That – Beatles Medley
Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama
Robbie Williams & Tom Jones – The Full Monty Medley
Pet Shop Boys – Go West
Paul McCartney – Live And Let Die
Michael Jackson – Earth Song
Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out of my Head
Kanye West – Golddigger
Girls Aloud – The Promise
Eurythmics & Stevie Wonder – Angel
Coldplay – Clocks
Bros – I Owe You Nothing
Who – Who Are You Lyrics

Ke$ha’s breakout hit Tik Tok is still atop the US charts.

Billboard.com reports the single has been No.1 for six consecutive weeks.

Hot on Ke$ha’s trail is multi-award-winner Taylor Swift’s Today Was a Fairytale. Pop sensation and performance artist Lady Gaga follows at No.3 with Bad Romance.

Billboard on Thursday reported Young Money’s BedRock at No.4 and Justin Bieber’s Baby featuring Ludacris at No.5; Iyaz’s Replay at No.6; David Guetta’s Sexy Chick featuring Akon at No.7; Jay-Z’s and Alicia Keys’s Empire State of Mind at No.8, Rihanna’s Hard at No.9 and Train’s Hey, Soul Sister at No.10.

Rihanna recently made a public appearance in New York when she accepted the Glamour Woman of the Year Award. After a touching video showing clips of the singer’s career and volunteer efforts, the Barbadian beauty took to the stage to accept her award. She said “It was a real honor to be named Glamour’s Woman of the Year, especially because I think of myself as just becoming a woman. I just turned 21 this year. Just to be mentioned in this group of women is overwhelming. I love being a part of a night where we’re celebrating women and such strong women.” Rihanna also took time to thank several people, including her record label, Jay-Z, her mother and her grandmother.

Beyonce says that she is shy and insecure about the curvy figure many admire.

The 27-year-old singer laid her shyness to not having a “normal social life” growing up.

She said: “Sometimes, I get curvy in the wrong places too much.”

Married to rapper Jay-Z, the singer revealed that she keeps her bottom in shape through stairs workouts.

She said, “After New Year, I do stairs. They are the best thing for bum cheeks!”

Beyonce took the March 2009 cover of Niche Media’s Los Angeles Confidential magazine. She looked hot in a white Herve Leger by Max Azria swimsuit. The 27-year old singer and actress admitted in the interview that while she sings songs to help women get through break ups, there is no one who does that for her, saying that she needed it. When she was asked whose songs help her get through heartache the ways her songs do for her fans, she said “Well, fortunately I haven’t had any break-ups! This is my first relationship.” Beyonce was referring to her highly-guarded marriage to rapper Jay-Z. Then why would she say that she needs songs to identify with if she hasn’t had any heartaches?

The pop star has recently been placed at the top of an earnings list in Forbes magazine with rich young people. She topped off Justin Timberlake by making 80 million dollars this year. This is no surprise as she and Jay-Z were also declared Hollywood’s richest couple in a list made up by the same magazine, with earnings of 160 million dollars this year. No wonder there’s so much balance in the economy lately. But of course, who can blame the sums, after all, they do contribute to society in a very essential way, they do deserve compensation.