Mariah Carey Explains Meaning of New Album Title

The title of Mariah Carey‘s 15th studio album is supposedly ‘The Art of Letting Go,’ according to a pre-order link on Walmart’s site.

Mariah also issued a tweet, talking about her feelings of melancholy and the act of letting go of the album and handing it off to her label, who will get it to her fans, which may be related to her album title and why she named it such.

Mariah Carey        @MariahCarey

..Melancholic moment letting go of something this personal to me yet I couldn't be more excited to give three years of my soul to the fans.

7:28 PM - 16 Jun 2013

Mariah’s newest single ‘#beautiful,’ featuring Miguel, is one of her best in years. If ‘The Art of Letting Go’ features more of this style, which is the vocally-driven, ’90s-era Mariah, then Lambs are in for a real sonic treat.

Top 10 Alicia Keys Songs

It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a decade since Alicia Keys songs first started making their rounds on the radio.
The songstress first burst on the scene in 2001 at the age of 20, but her age belied her talent and skill. Alicia channeled what felt like lifetimes of emotion into her mix of R&B, neo soul, blues, funk and jazz, thus creating her very own unique blend.
Alicia is over 10 years deep into her career, with five studio albums to her name, and yet we feel like she’s only scratched the surface of what she can and will do.  From her signature piano ballads (‘Fallin’,’ ‘No One’) to her empowering anthems (‘Girl on Fire’), her music and lyrics come from a very real place and it’s why her songs have connected with fans of all ages and genres.
We’ve scanned and scoured her catalog to come up with the Top 10 Alicia Keys songs. Check out our pictures below, and leave a comment sharing your personal favorite.

10

'My Boo' Ft. Usher

  

 

9

'Diary' Feat. Tony! Toni! Toné!

 

 

 

8

'Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart'

 

 

7

'Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)'

 

 

6

'You Don't Know My Name'

 

 

 

  

 

 

5

'If I Ain't Got You"

  

 

 

 

 

4

'A Woman's Worth'

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

3

'Girl on Fire'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

'No One'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

'Fallin''

 

 

 

 

Calling All Alicia Keys Fans!

Alicia Keys is currently on her Set the World on Fire tour and wants to get to know her fans in every city. She is asking fans to send in photos of themselves in their cities, and with those photos, she’ll create a new music video to be played at every city stop on her tour.

 

Britney Spears May Collaborate With Little Sister Jamie Lynn

Britney Spears is building anticipation for her upcoming record, and so are the producers lucky enough to be working on it. While she’s previously confirmed a collaboration with will.i.am, she might have another duet up her sleeve; One with her own little sister, Jamie Lynn!
You may know Jamie Lynn off of the TV show "Zoey 101" but little did I know that she's a signer as well! Sources say Jamie Lynn is no stranger to music, though she hasn’t known the success of Britney just yet. Jamie Lynn’s songs skew country, while Britney said that her new record is going in a more hip-hop direction than her past pop gems.
Antony Preston works with will.i.am, and Ryan Seacrest pointed out that Preston recently posted a tweet implying that Jamie Lynn may be in the studio with her pop legend big sis.

"Antony Preston @antonypreston       

Two down... Four to go! Gonna miss my vocal coach :) @jamielynnspears"

 

7:35 PM - 5 Jun 2013

 

                                   DID YOU KNOW?

Jamie Lynn already wrote a sentimental song about Britney! Have you heard it before? If not, check it out here and tell me what you think!

Kayne West Releases 5 New Tracks

Kanye West fans at Governors Ball got quite the treat this weekend! The rapper performed not one, not two, but five new songs from his upcoming album ‘Yeezus,’ which is due out on June 18.
In addition to the tracks ‘New Slaves’ and ‘Black Skinhead,’ which Yeezy performed on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ fans were treated to three more new songs titled ‘I Am a God,’ ‘Send It Up’ and ‘Onsite.’
All the tracks off ‘Yeezus’ have a decidedly dark tone. Kayne seems to have stepped away from the hip-hop and sounds to be embracing the electronic genre with open arms. People call the man a genius for a reason! The beat for ‘Send It Up’ has a heavy hip-hop influence as does ‘New Slaves,’ but both tracks still sound totally different than what other rappers are putting out these days.

Nathan Skyes Returns Back at the 2013 Capital FM Summertime Ball

Welcome back, Nathan Skyes! The Wanted have been missing their bass singer since his hiatus following throat surgery. Sykes made his triumphant return to the stage at the 2013 Capital FM Summertime Ball.

Capital FM reports that the Wanted, being the jokesters that they are, informed the audience that Sykes wasn’t well enough to join them onstage … right when he appeared for ‘I Found You.’
Sykes was reportedly so emotional that he hugged his band mates at the end of the song. The group, who currently star on their own reality show ‘The Wanted Life’ also performed ‘Walks Like Rihanna,’ ‘Glad You Came’ and ‘All Time Low.’

Nathan underwent throat surgery following a long bout of vocal issues, and he was pretty worried about them before his recovery began. “It’s not good at all. Nathan has battled with throat issues for a while but this is far more serious,” a source said at the time. “After the once-over by the specialist, he was instructed to have almost immediate surgery. Naturally, Nathan is really worried as if it doesn’t work, his career is over.” Needless to say, the band and their fans are happy he’s back!

Kelly Clarkson performs new single 'Tie It Up' at CMA music festival

The track has a definite country-twang to it and it seems as though with every passing day, Clarkson is embracing her inner cowgirl more and more. The songstress reportedly told the crowd (via MTV News) that she was very nervous to perform for a crowd of mostly country fans. She said, “This is my first official set at a country … thing. I've been nervous all day because I wanted to be good for you!”

In all this excitement over getting married, performing at a country festival and debuting a new song, Kelly lost her engagement ring! She told the crowd, “I’m secretly freaking out right now about where my ring is. I know Brandon is having a heart attack. Sorry baby, I love you! I got nervous about tonight so I probably took it off while doing something.” But don’t worry, Kelly eventually found it. She tweeted: 

"For all of the concerned fans I FOUND MY RINGS!!! Seriously, panicked in my head all night long .....so did Brandon haha!"

9:51 AM - 9 Jun 2013

Justin Bieber announces tour dates!

The Biebs is hitting some big venues on this run, but then again, he’s Justin Bieber and he has millions of Beliebers, so he’ll no doubt be filling the seats! He is slated to hit a dozen countries in Latin America, from Brazil to Paraguay from Oct. 19 through Nov. 19

Have a peek here:

Justin Bieber Latin American Believe Tour Dates

10/19 – San Juan, Puerto Rico | Coliseo de Puerto Rico
10/22 – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Quisqueya Stadium
10/24 – Panama City, Panama | Figoli
10/25 – Guatemala City, Guatemala | Estadio Progreso
10/29 – Bogota, Colombia | Estadio El Campin
10/31 – Quito, Ecuador| Atahualpa Stadium
11/2 – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Anhembi Stadium
11/3 – Rio de Janiero, Brazil | Apoteose
11/6 – Asuncion, Paraguay | Jockey Club
11/9 – Buenos Aires, Argentina | River Plate Stadium
11/12 – Santiago, Chile | Nacional Stadium
11/18 – Mexico City, Mexico | Foro Sol
11/19 – Mexico City, Mexico | Foro Sol

Who should win the 'Choice Male' trophy at the 2013 FOX Teen Choice Awards?

The race for the Choice Male Artist trophy at the 2013 Teens Choice Awards has five of the brightest stars in the pop scene. Out of this quintet of diverse singers, who do you think deserves the Choice Male Artist award the most out of;

• Justin Bieber
• Bruno Mars
• Phillip Phillips
• Pitbull
• Justin Timberlake

Miley Cyrus releases her new song, 'We Can't Stop'

The first single from the new record, due out this year, is ‘We Can’t Stop,’ a heavily processed, syn-thy dance song. Miley really wants us to know that she has grown up and she is not Hannah Montana anymore, and the sound of the song reflects that.

The song, co-written by herself, is both hip-hop lite and EDM lite, and feels very “right now” as opposed to something she wants to be definitive or eventually a signature for her. The song is trying too hard to be too much to too many people and doesn't pack the punch some expecting..

Austin Mahone shared a sneak peak of his new video for 'What About Love.'

Get ready, Austin has got some moves up his sleeve and he wants to show them off! He released a short teaser for his upcoming video for ‘What About Love.'

The short clip, which runs about 45 seconds, shows Austin singing his upbeat track in a fly multi-colored polka-dotted tank on a plain white backdrop and  in front of a vintage car. My favourite part of the video is when Austin shows off his killer moves in, what appears to be, an abandoned warehouse. This kid can seriously move. Can’t wait to see the full-length clip? Let me know! 

Selena Gomez has a new song, called 'Slow Down.'

What do you think of it? Listen here!

Selena Gomez is letting Selenators hear another new track from ‘Stars Dance.’ The song, ‘Slow Down,’ is actually an uptempo jam, and like ‘Come & Get It,’ embraces her grown up yet fun loving side.

The song, produced by the Cataracs is a dance track that pays several nods with Gomez’s idol, Britney Spears in both production and vocals, as well as in theme.

Taylor Swift preformed with The Rolling Stones!

What did you think of the performance? Watch it here:

Taylor joined the legendary rockers on stage in Chicago for a performance of their 1965 track ‘As Tears Go By.'

Taylor was indeed living a piece of Rolling Stones history that night, not only was she on stage with the band on their 50th anniversary tour, but the song she accompanied them on has a special place in their lengthy discography. The song ‘As Tears Go By’ was the first original song Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote as a team. Pretty cool for Ms. Swift!

Taylor was obviously excited after performing with one of the greatest bands of all time. She tweeted:

"Filing this under 'never in my wildest dreams'. Thank you @RollingStones for inviting me to Chicago to sing with you. pic.twitter.com/dRONtn96rO"

What did you think of the performance?

Justin Bieber shared some big news with his fans!!!

Does Justin Bieber ever get tired? On the heels of a massive overseas touring stint and before he starts the U.S. leg of his lengthy Believe tour, JB has announced a new single, which will undoubtedly bring with it more promotional appearances and touring. Does he ever sleep?!

The Biebs announced his new single titled ‘Heartbreaker’ on his Instagram page, with teaser messages like, “Don’t tell me your my…. #justinbieber#heartbreaker.” He finally confirmed suspicions posting, “Heartbreaker #Justinbiebernewsingle.” The artwork for his newest song is slightly reminiscent of Kanye West’s 2008 album ’808s & Heartbreak,’ with a lone purple heart that looks very disheveled. Great minds think alike, don't they?

Could this be the lead single from his “music journals”? Back in April, Justin's manager Scooter Braun told MTV News that Justin had been writing one or two songs each day while he was out on tour. He said, “We started calling it his ‘music journal’ and we’re talking about what should come next musically. And I think creatively he just wants to share all his thoughts through music.”

Scooter Braun tweeted last week he had received a track listing of the first music journal. So does this mean there will be more than one installment of Bieber’s inner-most thoughts?

Will ‘Heartbreaker’ be Justin’s journal on his break-up with his lady love Selena Gomez? All signs are pointing to ‘yes.’

Exciting news for Justin Timberlake fans!

Looks like something awesome may be brewing in a studio somewhere…

Pharrell Williams posted a photo of himself and his boy — that’s how he captioned it – Justin Timberlake in the studio. That leaves us to wonder if and hope that he and JT are working on the second volume of the latter’s ‘The 20/20 Experience.’

Pharrell worked on JT’s amazeballs solo debut ‘Justified’ so hopefully this means they are reuniting. JT is currently putting together the companion to his best-selling ‘The 20/20 Experience,’ so this appears to be all the proof we need that somethin’ is up and that Pharrell and his knob twiddling self will be involve

Ultimate Music Festival

If you could decide which artists would perform at the Ultimate Music Festival, who would you chose?