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Justin Bieber has concluded his much-profitable “#MusicMondays” series. For the last 10 weeks, the Canadian singer has released a new song (or “journals” as he calls them) on iTunes in order to generate buzz for the Christmas Day 2013 premiere of his second movie "Believe". All tracks have been…

The Fray get into a really bad brawl in a Texas bar in the music video for "Love Don't Die", the first single from the Isaac Slade -led rock band's upcoming fourth studio album " Helios ", which is due in stores on January 14, 2014 via Epic Records. The Fray released their sing-along anthem "Love…

Daft Punk give a "Wax Museum" theme to their "Instant Crush" music video, the Julian Casablancas -assisted electro-pop song serves as the latest single from the French duo's fourth studio album "Random Access Memories". Watch above. Julian Casablancas from rock band The Strokes certainly was the…

OneRepublic made their second appearance on BBC Radio 1's "Live Lounge" on Thursday, December 5th perfoming an acoustic two-song set. The first and sole (until now) time the Ryan Tedder -led band stopped by to play a couple of tracks live on the popular Fearne Cotton-hosted radio show was five…

R&B songstress Tamar Braxton simultaneously premiered the music video for her song "All The Way Home" on VEVO and BET's "106 & Park" on Wednesday, December 4th at 6PM. The Michael Daley and The Underdogs co-produced breezy slow jam is in theory the third single from Tamar's "Love and War" album. I…

Lorde premieres the music video for her September-released single "Team" at last. The mid-tempo haunting song is the long-awaited follow-up to the 17-year-old singer's global smash "Royals". "Team" was co-written and produced by Lorde's New Zealand compatriot Joel Little who also produced the…

Check out the Union J guys get soaking wet in the music video for "Loving You Is Easy". The Steve Mac-produced mid-tempo dance-pop track is the third single lifted from the British four-piece boyband's self-titled debut album. "Loving You Is Easy" succeeds "Carry You" and "Beautiful Life" which,…

US radios are currently supporting Justin Bieber 's "All That Matters", and that's why the Canadian singer is pushing the D.K. the Punisher and Poo Bear co-produced R&B song as his new single. In fact, he's filmed a proper music video for the slow jam, which premiered on VEVO today, December 2nd…

Keeping up with her busy promotional schedule while in Japan , pop star Lady Gaga appeared on the Monday, December 2nd episode of variety show " SMAP×SMAP ". She performed the songs "Venus" and "Applause" from her new album "Artpop". Look at that stage! Your fave US show could never. Gaga was the…

British four-piece girl group Neon Jungle come forward with their second single called " Braveheart", which will be out on iTunes on January 19th, 2014. Neon Jungle released last September their debut single " Trouble" which managed to peak at #12 on the UK Singles Chart and at #4 in Scotland,…

New The Killers Christmas music alert! Continuing with their annual tradition of releasing a new Christmas-themed song around these dates, the Brandon Flowers-led rock band made available on iTunes today (December 2) the eighth single of the series entitled "Christmas In L.A". As with the…

Just as promised Young Money rapper Tyga delivers with the fourth installment in his ‘Well Done’ mixtape series. Following the format of the previous 3 installments, ‘Well Done 4’ comes with several new tracks and also showcases the West Coast MC over a few of the year's most popular instrumentals…

Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco gives MTV the go ahead to premiere his new video 'Old School Love' featuring British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. The DJ Frank E-produced tune will be appearing on Lupe's forthcoming fifth studio album 'Testuo & Youth'. Lupe kept true to the song title and teamed up…

British boyband One Direction made the second "Saturday Night Live" appearance of their career on the December 7th episode of the NBC show, hosted by Paul Rudd. Zayn, Liam and Co. hit the stage twice that night to perform two songs from the group's last-month release third studio album "Midnight…

The nominees for next year's Grammy Awards were announced in a ceremony held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday, December 5th. Billed as the " GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! ", a few of this year's hottest music acts perform their biggest songs live. In the case of Macklemore, Robin…

Lady Gaga was the main guest on the Friday, December 6th episode of "Alan Carr: Chatty Man" in the UK. The pop star sat down for an interview with the hilarious Channel 4 presenter before performing acoustically two tracks from her new album "Artpop"; the controversial ballad "Dope" and the new…

With his second studio album 'Because The Internet' due out in stores in just four days, Los Angeles-born Childish Gambino unleashes the official music videos to his single '3005' and 'The Worst Guys' featuring Chance The Rapper . Although Chance The Rapper's only part in 'The Worst Guys' is his…

It was a homecoming affair for both Little Mix and Emblem3 last night (December 5th) on Fox's "The X Factor". The UK girl band hit the stage of the American version of the talent show that saw them be crowned as winners in Britain, while the California-based three-piece boy band came back to the…

It’s not gross. It’s a normal thing for some pregnant women. Poor Kelly Clarkson stopped by "The Ellen Show" on its Friday, December 6th episode to promote her new Christmas disc "Wrapped in Red", but also update Ellen on her pregnancy journey. And boy, is she suffering. She’s not “glowing”, or…

Nelson Mandela , renowned freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 95 on Thursday afternoon (December 5th). Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison on charges for conspiracy to overthrow the government before becoming the president of South Africa, had been dealing with a respiratory infection for…

Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller teams up with Rolling Stone Magazine to premiere 'The Star Room / Killin' Time', the first record from his forthcoming newly announced album 'Live From Space'. The two tracks (now made up into one) originally appeared on his sophomore LP 'Watching Movies With The Sound…

It's here. Watch now Lana del Rey's highly-anticipated short film "Tropico" in its entirety. The almost 30 minutes-long, Anthony Mandler-directed visual sees Albino model Shaun Ross co-starring alongside the gorgeous New York City singer. It's a really pretty "short film". But probably something…

Many big names in music performed Christmassy tunes during NBC's 16th annual " Christmas in Rockefeller Center " telecast, aka. the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting, aired on December 4th. Some were live, and others pre-taped, however all artists, especially the females, delivered…

DJ Cassidy recruits Jessie J and Robin Thicke for his new single "Calling All Hearts", the first offering from his upcoming album. The retro track hears the UK songbird and the American blue-eyed crooner exchanging verses over the groovy production. Nice vintage song, but wouldn't its release fit…

Kelly Clarkson's first Christmas album "Wrapped In Red" is back in the Top 10 on iTunes, and no wonder that's the reason RCA Records continues spending money on promotion. Kelly's latest television appearance was on NBC's "The Voice" on its December 3rd eliminations episode. Watch her perform…

Rick Ross rounds up Future and his MMG label mates Meek Mill and Wale for the official remix to 'No Games'. The original version of the hard-hitting tune can be found on Ross' upcoming sixth solo LP 'Mastermind'. Produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League . The world is yours, I've got them calling me Tony…

Her new album "Britney Jean" hits stores today, December 3rd and considering she's not willing to promote the album as it should be, that is by performing the singles on television, RCA Records has at least convinced Britney Spears to plug her eighth album by doing interviews. On the December 3rd…

Watch Kelly Clarkson give a merry performance of "Underneath The Tree" in the official music video for the first single from her debut Christmas-themed album "Wrapped In Red", which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart last month. Would have preferred something more tender and home-loving…

After delivering with 'Last Christmas' and 'Love Is Everything' last month, Ariana Grande kicks off December on a high note as she releases a new track titled 'Snow In California'. The Christmas-themed tune will be appearing on her upcoming 'Christmas Kisses' EP scheduled to arrive later this…

Los Angeles-born singer Jhene Aiko grabs a verse from Taylor Gang's Wiz Khalifa for the official remix to her track 'Vapors'. The original version of the record features Vince Staples and can be found on Jhene's recently released EP 'Sail Out'. "Been on this road so long don't even know where we…