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I’ve been in a ballads “mood” lately. So when I discovered this song browsing YouTube recently, I knew I had to set up an interview with the artist to find out more about her. “Home” (released in January this year) is the latest single of up-and-coming Canadian singer Tara Macri. This is too the…

Remember The Wanted? They were a British male band who were really popular in 2011 when their single “Glad You Came” was a big hit in the UK (#1) and in the U.S (#3). The band eventually disbanded around 2014 when their last album together 2013’s “Word of Mouth” performed poorly (I swear their…

“Secrets” is the brand new single from The Weeknd’s “Starboy” album, in case you didn’t know, and the Canadian crooner officially gave the song the music video treatment today on VEVO. Directed by Pedro Martin-Calero, the music video for “Secrets” opens with a French girl uttering a brief speech…

I’m finding it very hard to understand Shakira’s promotion strategy for “El Dorado”. Thus far, she’s only hosted “private parties” for select people of the media and celebrity friends in Miami and Barcelona. That’s it. Shakira was in New York City and she didn’t do “Jimmy Fallon”, she was in Miami…

Anybody who knows me will know that I can’t wait for Tori Kelly to release her second album (rumor has it the album is coming out later this year), I loved 2015’s “Unbreakable Smile” so much and I love Tori, so this new collaboration she has recorded with rapper Lecrae, “I’ll Find You”, will do to…

Can you believe it’s been four years since Pharrell Williams released “Happy”? “Happy”, which lost an Oscar to “Let It Go”, was a song from the “Despicable Me 2” soundtrack. The Pharrell-produced and sung song was a massive hit for the former N.E.R.D member. “Happy” reached number one in all the…

As previously announced, DJ Khaled revealed the tracklist of his forthcoming new album “Grateful” via Instagram at 12:30pm EST today. June 23 will be the date “Grateful” arrives in stores and 23 are the tracks that compose the album. Coincidence? Ha. Among the new tracks revealed today, there are…

Halsey took over Rockefeller Plaza in New York City this Friday morning to perform a live mini-concert for NBC’s “The Today Show”. The American singer performed “Now or Never” and “Strangers”. Both songs are part of Halsey’s newly-released second studio album “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom” (June 2),…

Dinah and Normani are the only ones left now. Ally Brooke of Fifth Harmony just made her solo debut. The 23-year-old Texas singer is one of the featured artists, alongside rapper A$AP Ferg; on the new Lost Kings single “Look At Us Now”, released today on all digital platforms. Who are Lost Kings?…

Didn’t David Guetta hear Justin Bieber’s EDM collaborations with DJ Snake (“Let Me Love You”) and Major Lazer (“Cold Water”) from last year? It seems like he didn’t. Because why could he give his new song with Justin Bieber, “2U”, such a generic EDM production if he did, right? “2U”, a David…

If you missed the memo, the girl anthem “Power” is the next single from Little Mix’s “Glory Days” album. The all-female group premiered the music video for “Power”, after posting several teasers in the latest days on social media, today on VEVO. The colorful “Power” music video sees Little Mix…

Sia doesn’t only release music to get money for herself; she also releases music to get money for important charities and institutions that fight to make a positive change in this world. That’s what differentiates Sia from other artists in this industry. The Australian singer-songwriter released…

Katy Perry’s “Witness”, due in stores all around the globe on Friday, June 9th, 2017 is the pop singer’s fifth studio album. “Witness” is made of 15 tracks on its standard edition and of 17 on its deluxe edition (“Dance with the Devil” and “Act My Age” are the two bonus tracks of the deluxe…

Just a week after releasing their new single “Down” on digital platforms and sending it for adds on radio, Fifth Harmony premiered today the official music video for their Gucci Mane-assisted catchy pop song on VEVO. The “Down” music video premiere took place at 8:15 am (EST) on VEVO this Thursday…

Niall Horan keeps promoting his solo career wherever he goes, and wherever was BBC Radio 1’s “Live Lounge” today. He performed two songs in acoustic mode on the Clara Amfo-hosted show, live from the London studios of BBC Radio 1. The first song Niall sang was his latest single, “Slow Hands”.…

Camila Cabello may be hopping on a new remix of one of the biggest songs of 2017, “Despacito”. Either that or she will record something else totally brand new with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi. Camila was recently at a radio show of Capital FM in the UK doing an interview where she was asked to…

Why isn’t this woman big yet? She’s got the looks and the vocals. Syco better get it right with her next single or else allow her to depart, because evidently they would have proved incapable of getting Louisa Johnson’s immense talent to truly shine. And it would be their entire fault. She would…

If you’re a hater of Jennifer Hudson (we aren’t, just saying), then this is your lucky day. Everything you probably ever wanted to say to the American powerhouse vocalist to the face (all negative of course) someone just did. And his name is James Corden, host of “The Late Late Show” on CBS.…

With every passing day Kelsea Ballerini is taking a step farther away from country. It seems replicating the Taylor Swift path, going from country to pop, is what is in her mind. Kelsea, 23, released today, June 8, a new single called “Legends”, a song that is believed to be the lead single from…

Call it karma? Today we received a takedown copyright notice from Epic Records for something included on our blog post yesterday about DJ Khaled and Rihanna’s shooting a music video for their secret “Grateful” collaboration in Miami. In the blog post, besides including a bunch of paparazzi photos,…

A preview of David Guetta and Justin Bieber’s forthcoming collaboration has been released online. The 13-second preview was uploaded by Portuguese top model Sara Sampaio on Twitter. The preview consists of a short black and white video of beautiful Miss Sampaio singing along to the lyrics of “2U”…

Shakira has just been announced as the latest artist to be added to the bill of performers of the upcoming Global Citizen Festival 2017, a charity event that will take place on July 6 in Hamburg, Germany. Chris Martin of Coldpla y is the creative director for the festival and he just showed on…

Sam Smith made his point quite clear. He is back in the recording studio, finally working on his second studio album. The British singer-songwriter uploaded not one but a whole bunch of photos on Instagram a few hours ago (June 7) showing him and his crew very busy in a recording studio (possibly…

Here’s a treat from M.I.A; a new song called “Goals” - released just a day before the British general election in which Ms. Arulpragasam will vote Labour (left-wing). And who wouldn’t, right? Theresa May is a ”Liar, Liar”. #CorbynFTW. After this “lil’ plug”, behold the new M.I.A below and enjoy.…

Now that Kesha was recovering from all the drama, negativity and torment from the Dr. Luke, and RCA Records animosity cases, she suffers a new low blow: to be publicly embarrassed, and in a very awful way. Had it been me who had went through this situation, I would lock myself in my cabin in the…

Could you get 55 small balls of chocolate candy in your mouth? No? Well, Ed Sheeran can. See? He has more talents other than singing and songwriting and being an excellent performer! The British man was the featured artist on Tuesday’s new episode of the “Carpool Karaoke” series on CBS’ “The Late…

DJ Khaled announced last week that Barbados-born singer Rihanna would feature on his forthcoming album “Grateful” (June 23) and he wasn’t lying. #GRATEFUL IS SO CLOSE !!! Summer is here !! and I have so many surprises!! Bless up the amazing !!! @rihanna!!! pic.twitter.com/KhX3QzmGES — DJ KHALED…

Justin Bieber will be releasing a collaboration with David Guetta this Friday, June 9th, the Canadian singer announced today via Twitter. The brief and straight-forward message read: “New music. This Friday. Me and @davidguetta #2U”. “2U” is expected to be the title of the song he and the French…

Do not mess with Beyoncé. “Beyoncé Capital” was a very popular Beyoncé fan account on Twitter with over 12k followers, whose owner also possessed a popular Beyoncé-inspired clothing line sold on the websites beyonceclothing.com and beyoncecapital.com. The owner, a 15-year-old fan of the…

We now live in a world where apparently masks are really difficult to take off for whatever reason. It happened to fan-favorite Valentina, from Season 9 of VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, a few weeks ago when she was eliminated from the drag queens competition. In Valentina’s case, it wasn’t the…

She may be a mental wacky job but it can’t be deny that Azealia Banks is one talented raptress. She’s so unique and original every time. Rumor has it she’s preparing a new mixtape or album for us to be released soon but in the meantime she’s having fun releasing one-off singles here and there. The…

Ariana Grande got her wish fulfilled: to give back to Manchester. She held her “One Love” benefit concert on Sunday (June 4), featuring guest performances from Justin Bieber, The Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Marcus Mumford, Niall Horan, Little Mix, Katy Perry, Take That, Imogen Heap,…

DJ Khaled used Instagram Monday (June 5) to reveal the official cover art for his forthcoming studio album “Grateful” and announce the release date. The album cover is a photograph of DJ Khaled’s song Asahd taking a hot bath in the Jacuzzi and looking adorable as ever. The release date of…

As promised, DJ Khaled released his new single “To The Max”, featuring Canadian boy Drake, at 6am EST sharp today, June 5. “To The Max” is another song that will be featured on DJ Khaled’s forthcoming new album “Grateful” – due in stores later in 2017 via We The Best and Epic. “To The Max” has…