Melody Plant

Singer and song writer Sara Bareilles is featured in this new Banana Republic ad that will start appearing on billboards and in magazines in major cities beginning Tuesday, February 17. The 29-year old singer is one of nine unique music artists in the BR ‘City Stories’ campaign which celebrates the diverse rhythms of city life. Sara is part of the spring wave of ads and will also appear in the summer wave that starts in mid May. Behind the scenes interviews with Sara and other musicians will also be available for viewing at BananaRepublic.com soon, along with unplugged performances, free music downloads and streaming music sample from the artists.

Mischa Barton has a weak spot for some rocker dudes. The former OC actress now has Kooks front man Luke Pritchard as her latest victim of sorts. The couple has been seen canoodling at a small pub in North London where Mischa was cheering and clapping when Luke got up on stage to perform a surprise acoustic solo. The singer recently spoke with The Mirror and he confirmed that he and the actress are seeing each other. Luke said “I’m very lucky. She’s beautiful, so I feel lucky she decided to go out with someone like me.’ Is he blind or something?

Check out Britney Spears’ brand new promo pic for Circus! The album is set for release until December 2nd, but it’s available for pre-order now with an exclusive bonus track called “Trouble.” The deluxe version features 2 additional bonus tracks, the “Womanizer” video, the Making of the Circus album, and a digital booklet.

Christina Aguilera rocked out the stage in a few outfits as she performed live in concert at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi last week. The performance in Abu Dhabi was the first time that the 27-year old powerhouse singer performed in the Middle East. Christina’s show drew approximately 15,000 fans and performed a set of both current songs and old classics. To think that the Middle East is a very conservative country, I’m surprised they let Christina perform in some of the outfits she wore and some of her old songs. It’s a good thing she didn’t bring out the assless pants from ‘Dirrty’.

The best of Asia is coming to America. Korean pop princess BoA is breaking into the American scene with her first English single ‘Eat You Up’. The track, produced by Bloodshy & Avant, comes from her forthcoming English debut album ‘Look Who’s Talking’. Later this year, the 21-year old singer is expected to release a remix of hte track featuring rapper Flo Rida.  That sounds like it’s going to be hot. There’s already a video out for the original track so you can see the difference once the remix comes out. For more information about BoA, check out her official website at BoaAmerica.com.

13 of the world’s most famous female singers of this day pose with song creators/producers LA Reid and Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds at Fashion Rocks to sing the song ‘Just Stand Up’, the worldwide charity single which benefits Stand Up 2 Cancer. Keyshia Cole, Leona Lewis, Fergie, Ciara, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J Blige, Rihanna, Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus, Ashanti, Nicole Scherzinger and Natasha Bedingfield are all decked out in their black Stand Up To Cancer t-shirts. The group said in its mission statement that “For the first time we can envision the possibility of stopping cancer in its tracks. But just when science is on the verge of giving us the breakthroughs that can end cancer, the will and the funding to do so are disappearing from the national agenda and from our collective consciousness.”

Vanessa Hudgens’ Identified is available now! The High School Musical alum delivers a varied collection of funky pop songs, hip-hop flavored anthems and beautiful ballads on her sophomore release. Identified kicks off with “Last Night,” the raucously rhythmic opener featuring Vanessa singing over her own chanted harmonies. “I loved it the minute I first heard it,” she says of the song. “It’s really intricate and really fun, something you don’t hear very often.” Best known as a singer and actress, Vanessa is also a superb dancer, so for the new album she raised the stakes with pummeling dance tracks like “Hook It Up,” “First Bad Habit” and the hook-laden title track, “Identified.”

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