Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga said that she’s looking to embrace “new ideas” on her next album.
Lady Gaga (whose first two albums ‘The Fame’ and ‘The Fame Monster’ both topped the UK album charts) - affirmed plans to make her third record a marked departure from her current style.
She told MTV News: “Well, I'm going to write new music... that's the beauty of writing your own music - you don't have to rely on songwriters and producers to write hit songs for you. So I'm going to write a new album and I'm going to have new ideas.”
Lady Gaga is currently performing on her ‘Monster Ball’ world tour, which she said she hopes will allow her songwriting style to “evolve” and give her music “a new sonic energy”.
She said: “Most certainly I have no f**king clue what they're going to be yet, because I'm just starting this tour, and I wrote The Fame Monster during the last tour. So, I assume that it will inspire some kind of new sonic energy and lyrical style. “I find The Fame Monster to be completely different than The Fame. I've evolved, but artists should evolve. In the '70s and the '60s, artists evolved all the time - from album to album the music was changing, the feeling was changing, the artists seemed almost entirely different than who they were five or six years before.”
Can’t wait for album No.3 ... it’s like once i hear something new from her, and need ever more ... it kind of reminds me of Madonna back in the day!

You can see Lady Gaga at The O2, Dublin on Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st February log onto http://www.ticketmaster.ie/ or http://www.o2blueroom.ie/ for details!

UKs Top 10 of the decade...

OMG... Okay it’s Certainly NOT my Top.10 singles of the decade... but, it’s the ‘great’ British publics!
Mine would certainly be ALOT different... in fact, why don’t I do one...?
In the mean time ... here are the UKs Top.10 best songs of the decade... As voted for by... The U.K. PUBLIC:

10: James Blunt – ‘Your Beautiful’
9: Kylie Minogue – ‘Can’t get you out of my head’
8: Beyoncé – ‘Crazy right now’
7: That That – ‘Rule the world’
6: Gnarls Barkley – ‘Crazy’
5: Amy Winehouse – ‘Rehab’
4: Kings of Leon – ‘Sex on fire’
3: Arctic Monkeys – ‘I bet that you good on the dance floor’
2: The Killers – ‘Mr. Brightside’
1: Snow Patrol – ‘Chasing Cars’

‘Chasing Cars’ spent 134 weeks in the UK charts, Longer than Elvis and Frank Sinatra! and it was even the last ever live performance on Top of the Pops!
It was also used on the last episode of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

Click to listen to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfZUxPF7AMI

UK Charts

The Facebook campaign worked and stopped Joe McElderry getting to Christmas No.1 however there was nothing in there to say keep him from getting to No.1 (which is a shame...) Joe climbs one place to grab his first solo UK No.1
Michael Bublé ends Susan Boyle’s reign of the abbum chart and scores his UK No.1 Album

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: 3OH!3 & Katy Perry – “Starsrukk”
4: Cheryl Cole & Will.i.am – ‘3 Words’
3: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
2: Rage Against the Machine – “Killing in the name”
1: Joe McElderry – “The Climb”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: JLS – “JLS”
4: Lady Gaga – “The fame monster”
3: The Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D”
2: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”
1: Michael Bublé - “Crazy love”

Ace of Base

Ace of Base star Jenny Berggren has revealed that she is embarking on a solo career (in the oddest way possible!)
Jenny has performed with the Swedish band since 1987, but she posted on her Twitter page: “Merry CHRISTmas! Check out jennyberggren.com! I've played so many roles, now I will start my own way. Follow me. Luk 2...”
Jenny’s new website contains a video montage of her career with Ace of Base, before she announces: “Now I wanna reveal my story” and a solo video plays.
Ace of Base began their pop career as a four-piece - Ulf Elkberg and siblings Jenny, Jonas and Malin Berggren - before continuing as a trio when Malin departed the group in 2007.
Jenny confirmed that Ace of Base will now proceed as a duo, writing: “Meanwhile, the boys in the band are doing their musical thing, as I do mine. We wish each other the best of luck and work for the future. My hopes are that we can work together in the future, when I have proven myself as a solo artist.”
Earlier this year Ulf Elkberg annouced that Ace of Base had completed a new studio album - their first since 2002 - but were debating whether to “add a fourth member to the group again or to bring it out under a new name”
Ace of Base have sold more than 50 million records during their two-decade recording career, notching up 12 UK Top 40 hits with songs including ‘All That She Wants’, ‘The Sign’ and ‘Don't Turn Around’ as well as a string of U.S Hits!

Click to hear their U.K No.1 ‘All that she wants’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aom_Vvsmg7I
Click to hear their U.S No.1 ‘The Sign’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96jFtzVa80A

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

I wish you, your family & friends a very happy Christmas and wonderful New Year! May 2010 bring you all you wish for!
I’ve already a few concerts lined up next year to blog on including: Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Kelly Clarkson & Whitney Houston...
I will be posting a few articles over the festive season but Monday 4th January will be when I’m updating 2 /3 times a day ... Once again, HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Click to hear my favorite Christmas song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ymlnxMZkXA

Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens has confirmed all the rumours that she’s planning a comeback.
Rachael has been absent from the charts for more than four years, revealed her plans while wishing fans on her message-board a ‘merry Christmas’.
“Some of you may have read in a couple of the papers that I'm getting back into music, It's very early stages at the moment but I'm going into the studio in the New Year... all very exciting! I'll keep you all posted with what's going on.”
Rachael Stevens has five of her seven solo singles go into the UK Top 10, ‘Sweet Dreams My La Ex’ and ‘Some Girls’ both peaking atNo.2, but she has remained absent from the release schedules since her second album, Come And Get It, stalled at number 28 in October 2005.

Click to remind yourself exactly how good her singles were ... com’on... you danced to these to!

Sweet Dreams my LA Ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbtoHJcfJOk
Some girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXl-_pdRrII

Boyzone

Boyzone have claimed that their upcoming new album sounds “like Coldplay meets U2”... Humm, that already sounds wrong... Lol Still, I'm sure the first record will be a huge hit if it's one of the tracks Stephen sings on.
Boyzone, had recorded a number of new songs before the passing of Stephen Gately in October, revealed that they have recently been working to finish the record.
Shane Lynch said “We have been locked in 24/7 for most of the past few weeks working on the album, As this is our comeback album, we shopped all the songs out to the best writers to make it as good as we possibly could, so I think it's going to be amazing... “I would describe it as having a live band sound, kind of like Coldplay meets U2.”

Click to hear their classic ‘No matter what’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eul_Vt6SZY

US Charts

Congratulations to Ke$ha who knock’s Jay-Z off the No.1 singles spot, she’s also currently No.1 in Australia too!
There's just no stopping Susan Boyle's ‘I Dreamed a Dream.’
The album continues it’s reign as the U.S No.1 album by selling 661,000 copies ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ has now sold a total of 2,465,000 copies in the U.S and is the second-best selling album of 2009.

Top 5 U.S. Singles:

5: Owl City “Fireflies”

4: Iyaz – “Replay”

3: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
2: Jay-Z & Alicia Key’s – “Empire State of mind”

1: Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:

5: Carrie Underwood – “Play on”

4: Taylor Swift – “Fearless”

3: Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”
2: Alicia Key’s – “The Element of freedom”

1: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”

Click to listen to ‘Tik Tok’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_AAn24fEk8

Bros

Luke and Matt Goss have announced that Bros WILL re-unite in 2010, the lads even plan to play at the O2 arena in London, so ladies time to get your knickers at the ready!
The twins, 41, said that they are interested in a one-off comeback with bass player Craig Logan.
Speaking at a party in West Hollywood, Luke told ‘The Sun’: “We want to do a show, somewhere like the O2, and then say, ‘Thanks a lot, see ya'. “If I can find a bunch of people, and Matt and I can see eye to eye with them on things we want to do, then, yes, we're doing it.
“We'd do a show that was amazing, I want it to stand up today, I don't want it to be a nostalgia-only driven thing.”
Some little part of me is kinda wanting to see them perform some of their old hits like ‘When will i be famous’ and ‘I owe you nothing’

Click to listen to ‘I owe you nothing’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF-kezGy8Vs

Diana Vickers

Diana Vickers has announced details of her first ever headline tour on her official website.

Diana will play six dates (so far) across the UK in thefirst half of 2010, beginning on 20^th March and ending in her hometown of Blackburn on27th March.

Diana Vickers, finished fourth on ‘The X Factor’ in 2008, is currently starring in the West End production of ‘Little Voice’ while working on her debut album for an April release.

Her collaborators (on the currently-untitled album) include singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding, Madonna producer Guy Sigsworth, Cathy Dennis, Indie star Lightspeed Champion and Ivor Novello-winning songwriter Chris Braide.

Diana Vickers' UK tour dates in full:

March 20 - Bristol, Cooler

March 22 - Birmingham, Glee Club

March 23 - London, Water Rats

March 25 - Manchester, Deaf Institute

March 26 - Glasgow, Classic Grand

March 27 - Blackburn, King Georges Hall

Radiohead

Radiohead are due to begin recording their new album in January according to their guitarist Ed O'Brien,
Ed wrote on the group's official website.“The vibe in the camp is fantastic at present, and we head off into the studio in January to continue on from the work we started last summer, I am so genuinely excited about what we’re doing, but for obvious reasons I can’t divulge anything more. “Anyway we all love surprises, don't we? Ten years ago we were all collectively in the land of ‘Kid A’ and although we're hugely proud of that record, it wasn't a fun place to be. What's reassuring now, is that we are most definitely a different band, which should therefore mean that the music is different too, and that is the aim of the game. Keep it moving.”

Can’t wait! ... Click to listen to the fantastic Karma Police: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LeLAELIxKY

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus has broken the record for performing with the largest ever attendance at London's 02 arena.
Miley (who is supported by her brother Trace's band Metro Station), played to 16,196 fans on the third of her five concerts in the capital.
Miley Cyrus previously sold out 10 UK dates for her ‘Wonder World’ tour in just 10 minutes.
It’s been recently reported that she’s also recorded a cover of Poison's '80s rock classic song ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’

Click to listen to Miley’s version of ‘The Climb’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs

Sugababes

The Sugababes have revealed that they intend to release up to a massive 6 singles from their upcoming album “Sweet 7”.
The Sugababes have already released: ‘Get sexy’ and ‘About a girl’ from the album and the third single: ‘Wear My Kiss’' is expected in early February.
Heidi Range said “We also want to release our collaboration with Sean Kingston 'Miss Everything'. I think it has a really good summery feel to it,We hope to release a lot more singles from this album, like five or six, so that will take us all the way to the end of next year.”
Amelle Berrabah added: ‘Thank You For The Heartbreak’ is definitely a song that we love. We also want ‘Little Miss Everythin’, which was written for us by Ne-Yo.”
The group released download-only single ‘Santa Baby’ today!
Click to listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV7wT70naM

UK Charts

Rage Against the Machine has put a stop to The X-Factor finalist making the Christmas UK No.1 single ... and it’s all thanks to a Facebook campaign.
To be honest I’m glad Joe didn’t get to No.1, not because I don’t like him, but because I think The X-Factor has taken away the fun of what’s going to be No.1 for Christmas, personally it think the campaign shoulda picked a Christmas song..

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: 3OH!3 & Katy Perry – “Starsrukk”
4 Peter Kay’s animated all star band – “Official Children in need medley”
3: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
2: Joe McElderry – “The Climb”
1: Rage Against the Machine – “Killing in the name”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: JLS – “JLS”
4: Lady Gaga – “The fame monster”
3: The Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D”
2: Michael Bublé - “Crazy love”
1: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”

Click to list to the Christmas No.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuOAY-S6OY

US Charts

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys now spends itss fifth at No.1 on the U.S Singles chart and grab the Christmas No.1
Susan Boyle remains at No.1 in the album chart, a selling yet 582,000 copies in its third week

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Owl City “Fireflies”
4: Iyaz – “Replay”
3: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
2: Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
1: Jay-Z & Alicia Key’s – “Empire State of mind”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Carrie Underwood – “Play on”
4: Taylor Swift – “Fearless”
3: OST “Glee” – “The music Vol... 2”
2: Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”
1: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys has said that she feels privileged to have recorded “Empire state of mind” with Jay-Z.
Alicia said that she has been overwhelmed by how successful the song has become across the world: “It's always amazing as an artist to be able to be part of a song like 'Empire', You know that you feel it, but you never know what's really going to happen. To see the way that song has taken off from Spain to Rhode Island is a beautiful thing.”
“I went to the studio and heard it with this vocal already on it from the writers and I loved it. It's about the endless possibilities. I'm a very, very passionate person who feels things really deeply and Jay is the same.”
‘Empire State of Mind’ has spent the last four weeks at the top of the US Top 100. It also got to No.2 the UK and Ireland on download sales

You have to admit that it’s a fantastic song! Click to listen: http://www.muzu.tv/jayz8wjrivuorf/empire-state-of-mind-jayz-alicia-keys-music-video/503833?country=ie

U2

U2 have been crowned with the biggest grossing tour of 2009, with a gross of over 300 MILLION DOLLARS! Beating their nearest rival Madonna by over 100 MILLION DOLLARS!
I saw 5 of the Top 10 concerts this year: U2, Madonna, Pink, Britney Spears & Tina Turner and they all rightfully deserve their place in the Top 10
Roll on next year’s concerts!

1) U2
Total Gross: $311,637,730 Number of Shows: 44
Total Attendance: 3,071,290 Number of Sell-Outs: 44

2) MADONNA
Total Gross: $222,017,248 Number of Shows: 46
Total Attendance: 2,187,993 Number of Sell-Outs: 46

3) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND
Total Gross: $156,340,910 Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 1,736,926 Number of Sell-Outs: 42

4) AC/DC
Total Gross: $135,287,350 Number of Shows: 76
Total Attendance: 1,583,143 Number of Sell-Outs: 52

5) PINK
Total Gross: $102,878,271 Number of Shows: 131
Total Attendance: 1,550,026 Number of Sell-Outs: 69

6) ANDRE RIEU
Total Gross: $95,854,338 Number of Shows: 112
Total Attendance: 834,992 Number of Sell-Outs: 18

7) BRITNEY SPEARS
Total Gross: $94,813,948 Number of Shows: 70
Total Attendance: 1,097,229 Number of Sell-Outs: 61

8) BILLY JOEL & ELTON JOHN
Total Gross: $90,218,314 Number of Shows: 32
Total Attendance: 719,423 Number of Sell-Outs: 31

9) TINA TURNER
Total Gross: $86,372,137 Number of Shows: 59
Total Attendance: 822,083 Number of Sell-Outs: 47

10) COLDPLAY
Total Gross: $84,369,360 Number of Shows: 66
Total Attendance: 1,199,862 Number of Sell-Outs: 31

Rihanna

Tickets for Rihanna’s concert in The O2, Dublin went on sale today, i have mine... Should be a good night, Can't wait!
It's on Saturday 22nd May 2010
Log onto http://www.ticketmaster.ie/ or http://www.o2blueroom.ie/ for details!

Click to listen to her current smash ‘Russian Roulette’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R24f6vswDI0

Leona Lewis, Paul McCartney & George Michael

This will be my last post about a certain TV show that came to an end yesterday but I want to let you know of a few performance that I thought were brilliant!
One being Leona Lewis covering an Oasis classic ‘Stop crying your heart out’, Paul McCartney singing ‘Live and let die’ & ‘Drive my car’ and the other was George Michael singing ‘December song’

What do you think?

Click to listen / Watch Leona Lewis’s performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Or33i2XaU

Click to listen / watch George Michael’s performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YYh7aN3W6A

Click to listen / watch Paul McCartney’s performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScTmkHIuATU

Joe McElderry

No sooner, in fact not even 24 hours since Joe McElderry won The X-Factor and there’s already a storm brewing.
A price war has erupted last night as fans raced to download his winning song ‘The Climb’.
Amazon and Tesco were offering it for just 29p, and their nearest rival Play.com was charging 67p.
X Factor bosses are urging 7digital.com where it can be downloaded for 99p.
A hard copy ‘CD single’ available in stores on Wednesday are expected to cost £3.99.
This is MASSIVE bad news for Simon Cowell because those which sell for less than 40p don't count in the UK Top 40 of Sunday (When it will be announced if he’s made it to No.1 for Christmas)
This is an added blow for Joe because there is a Facebook group campaigning to get Rage Against the Machine to No.1 and it currently has 732 THOUSAND members!

Click her to see Joe and his wining performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Xu0LtxMBc

UK Charts

Lady Gaga has scored her 3rd UK No.1 single after last weeks performance on ‘The X-Factor’, In the album charts it’s no surprise that Susan Boyle’s holding onto her reign for a third week

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
4: The Black Eyed Peas – “Meet me half way”
3: Rihanna – Russian Roulette”
2: Peter Kay’s animated all star band – “Official Children in need medley”
1: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: JLS – “JLS”
4: The Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D”
3: Michael Bublé - “Crazy love”
2: Lady Gaga – “The fame monster”
1: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”

Check out Lady Gaga’s fantastic performance of ‘Bad romance’ on last weeks ‘X-Factor’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grKF_AcmYdc&NR=1

Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon have announced that they will be taking a six-month break from music.
Kings of Leon have spent most of the year on tour, will be taking the first half of 2010 off before returning to work on their fifth studio album.
Nathan Followill told Q: “We're going to take six months off now. I'm going to sit on my couch and cry tears of joy sitting in my pants with a tub of chocolate chip cookie ice cream. Then it's on to the golf course, a bit of fishing and some camping in the wild.”
He added: “Cooking your own meat under the stars, that's the way to reconnect with something real after a year of immigration lines at the airport.”
Let's hope their fifth is as brilliant as their fourth! Click to listen to their classic No.1 single: “Sex on fire”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RNp7veIJE

Lady GaGa

Lady GaGa has this week secured her third No.1 single in Ireland.
Lady Gag’s current single ‘Bad Romance’ climbs UP 2 places to claim the top spot in this week's chart.
Her debut song “Just Dance”' and follow-up release “Poker Face” also reached the chart summit earlier this year.
Black Eyed Peas remain in second position with “Meet Me Halfway”

JLS

No rest for the wicked huh... JLS have revealed plans to record and release their second album during 2010, even though they’ve just released thier debut!
The guy’s told a British newspaper that they hoped to have the LP in the shops before embarking on their planned arena tour next December.
Marvin Humes said: “We've got a few days off over Christmas and we can't wait to go home to our mums for a kiss and a cuddle, then it's straight back into it with the tour in February and the release of our third single.”
He added: “As soon as the tour is finished the plan is that we will go into the studio and start putting the second album together. That should be ready to go by November and fans will be able to hear the new songs at the arena tour next December.”
The band reportedly want to work with producers Ne-Yo, Ryan Tedder and RedOne on the follow-up to.
2009 has been a fantastic year for the boys, after scoring two UK No.1 single’s and a No.1 album

US Charts

Jay-Z and Alicia Key’s hold onto the No.1 spot in the U.S single’s chart for a fouth week running,
Susan Boyle remains at No.1 in the album chart, a selling yet ANOTHER ½ a MILLION copies in WEEK... You go girl!

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Owl City “Fireflies”
4: Iyaz – “Replay”
3: Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
2: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
1: Jay-Z & Alicia Key’s – “Empire State of mind”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Lady Gaga – “The Fame”
4: R: Keely – “Untilted”
3: Taylor Swift – “Fearless”
2: Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”
1: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”

Lady Gaga

Just for all you folks that missed the fantastic performance of Lady Gaga on The X-Factor on Saturday... Here it is for you in full complete with interview at the end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grKF_AcmYdc&NR=1

Note the £57,000 bath... yes, that right £57,000 ($93,000)

Eminem

Eminem has been named the top-selling artist of the '00s in the US after selling over 32.3 million records since the turn of the century, according to Nielson Soundscan.
The Beatles hold the title for the bestselling album of the decade with their November 2000 collection ‘1’, which has sold 11,499,000 copies over the course of the decade.
The top-selling albums in America this decade are below:

1. The Beatles: 1 (11,499,000)

2. 'N Sync: No Strings Attached (11,112,000)

3. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me (10,546,000)

4. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP (10,204,000)

5. Eminem: The Eminem Show (9,799,000)

6. Usher: Confessions (9,712,000)

7. Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory (9,663,000)

8. Creed: Human Clay (9,491,000)

9. Britney Spears: Oops!... I Did It Again (9,185,000)

10. Nelly: Country Grammar (8,461,000)

Click to hear the classic song (even though i'm not an Eminem fan) 'Stan' ... you have to admit, it's brillaint!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfOZk8DWmgs

Top Of The Pops

The line-ups for the Christmas and New Year ‘Top Of The Pops’ specials have been announced.

Radio 1 duo Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates will host the shows, which will be on BBC One on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.

The Christmas Day episode, which starts at 2pm, will include performances from: Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian, La Roux, Sugababes, Lily Allen, Florence & The Machine, Muse, Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity, JLS and Alexandra Burke.

The New Year's Eve show, which starts at 6.30pm, will feature a review of the year with guests including Robbie Williams, Shakira, Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz and Calvin Harris.

“Top Of The Pops this Christmas and New Year is going to be excellent,” said Fearne. “It's my fave show to be part of, especially with the lineup this year! It's going to be huge and massively festive.”

Reggie Yates added: “I'm so excited that ‘Top Of The Pops’ is returning to our screens this Christmas. A silly jumper, too much lunch and ‘TOTP’ make the perfect Christmas.”

Ere ere... i love watching TOTPs on Christmas day, infact i’ve only ever missed it once (which was when i was in Australia) but even then i recorded it... The line up is a great selection to! CAN’T WAIT!

Susan Boyle

This is the moment the Susan Boyle had dreamed of all her life – (but never thought would finally come true).
Susan not only got to share a stage with her idol Elaine Paige but also got to sing a duet with her.
Susan and the West End legend performed the classic track I Know Him So Well for a Piers Morgan special I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Story.
After filming at the weekend, an emotional Susan Boyle told ‘The Suns’ TV Biz: “I never thought I'd see myself standing on the same stage with such an icon from the West End theatre, let alone singing with her as an equal. I've really enjoyed myself and I'm really enjoying the show. I don't want the dream to end. In fact I want it to become a reality.”
It was only back in May when the world saw Susan Boyle on ‘Britain's Got Talent’ where she told Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan that she wanted to be as successful as Elaine it was hard for the judges and the audience not to burst into mocking laughter.
Susan shed tears of joy while Piers put his arm round her and gave her a gentle peck on the forehead.
She told the crowd: “All this was totally unexpected. All I want to do at this stage is thank everyone for their support. It's bloody fantastic.”
The show (which will also be aired in America), will also see Piers present Susan with a platinum disc for her album ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ after it has smashed almost every record going for a debut album.
Entertainment industry insiders predict it will have sold more than 4.5million copies worldwide by Sunday.
Should be a GREAT show: Click to see that very first performance: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x90724_susan-boyle-britains-got-talent-200_music

Outkast

Outkast member Big Boi has revealed tentative plans for the duo to release a new studio album in 2010.
Big Boi told Billboard the record would follow solo albums from both him and partner Andre 3000 next year, their first album since 2005's Idlewild.
“This is all in the next year or so, starting with my album coming at the top of the year, Dre 3000 right after me, and when the solo albums come out, depending on how the fans support them, then we're gonna give them the Outkast album.”
Big Boi refused to be drawn on future Outkast live dates, but said that he will hit the road alone in support of his album Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty, promising the gigs would be a “high-powered funk energy extravaganza”
All i can say is lets hope it’s a success, i couldn’t bare another hit like ‘Hey Ya!’ Click the link to remember the annoying hit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wl6R8u6Zus

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is to give her husband Nick Cannon's new R&B group a support slot on her 2010 tour

Mariah is due to hit the road for her 'Angels Cry' jaunt next year, according to The Prophet Blog.

Nick recently signed new band RydazNrtist to his label NCredible Entertainment.

Mariah Carey is allegedly helping them get off the ground by handing them a slot on the US tour.

Details of the dates have yet to be unveiled, but the singer will ring in the New Year with a concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on December 31.

An official tour announcement is expected later this month.

UK Charts

Rihanna missed out on her 3rd UK No.1as Peter Kay held onto the No.1 single.
In the album charts it’s no surprise that Susan Boyle’s put a stop to Westlife scoring another No.1 by holding onto her reign for a second week

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: The X-Factor Finalists – “You are not alone”
4: The Black Eyed Peas – “Meet me half way”
3: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
2: Rihanna – Russian Roulette”
1: Peter Kay’s animated all star band – “Official Children in need medley”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: The Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D”
4: JLS – “JLS”
3: Take That – “The Greatest Day”
2: Westlife – “Where we are”
1: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”

Ting Tings

The Ting Tings are said to be celebrating their recent nomination for a Grammy.
The Ting Tings are up for best new artist, have said that they are “delighted” about their nomination and excited about attending the 2010 event,
Katie White (the lead singer) said: “We are delighted about being nominated for a Grammy. All that hard touring of the USA did us proud.
Thanks to everyone that came to see us and supported us.”
As for how they heard the news about their nomination, Kate said: “We got the news at 5am this morning as we got up to take a flight from Berlin to LA for some more shows out there. We got into our driver's car in a daze of gobsmacked-ness and forgot to take our bags to the airport, so we ended up missing our flight.”
The Ting Tings are currently in the studio working on their second album, which is due for release next year.... CAN’T WAIT!

Click here to listen to their fantastic single ‘Great DJ’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8AH7yYQpro

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson has promised fans that he will return to his full creativity after being dropped by his record label.
Interscope apparently took the decision to drop Marilyn because his last album: ‘The High End Of Low’ flopped selling just 121,000 copies to date.
Manson told Metal Hammer that his creative talent was stifled under the firm. He explained: “I was so restrained from the music that I wanted to make - what they would allow, they would put out, what ideas they would allow to be conveyed in these videos. At least half of my creative output has been squashed, so now I think people can expect a whole lot more.”
For all his wackiness i actually like some of his material ...

Alicia Keys

Tickets for Alicia Keys Dublin date at The O2 next May go on sale today, Tickets start from €50.00 I’m sure she’d be fantastic live!

Her new single “Doesn’t mean anything” is brilliant!

Click the link to listen: http://www.muzu.tv/aliciakeys?as=y&country=ie

Click for tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.ie/

If you missed her brilliant performance on The X-Factor click the link to watch: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbcqdj_alicia-keys-medley-live-x-factor-20_music

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue has announced she’s to release a new live album.
‘Kylie Live In New York’ will be available as a download from 14th December.
It was recorded at the city's ‘Hammerstein’ Ballroom on 13th October (the final date on Kylie’s 'For Me, For You' tour of North America).
Also, fans will be able to stream the first half of the concert on Kylie Minougue’s ‘YouTube’ page from midnight on December 12,
Kylie has released two previous live albums, 1998's ‘Intimate and Live’ and 2007's ‘Showgirl Homecoming Live’.
Kylie is currently working on her new studio album for a spring 2010 release

Click the link to go to her YouTube page: www.youtube.com/user/kylieminogue

Shayne Ward

Louis Walsh has announced that he still has faith in Shayne Ward.
Louis, who mentored Shayne Ward on 2005s ‘X-Factor’ program before then becoming his manager, insisted that he expects the popstar to prove himself when he releases his new album next year.
Louis told The Independent: “Shayne was not a mistake. He's making an album and he's touring. I still believe in him as an artist.”
Back in September, Shayne announced that his third album had been pushed back until 2010. He also described his new material as “unbelievable”.
News of the delay led to fans of Shayne Ward staging a protest outside the studios where X-Factor is recorded over the way Shayne had been treated by Simon Cowell's record label.
It’s a shame ‘cos everyone had very high hopes for this guy 4 years ago, he certainly had the potential to become the UKs Justin Timberlake ...
There’s certainly some mismanagement gone on somewhere! I hope he does come back with a bang!

Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle’s debut album ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ continues to sell by the bucket load around the world.
Last week Susan Boyle registered upwards of 1,195,820 sales in just a week - 411,820 copies in the UK and 784,000 in the USA.
No other female has scored as big a debut in American or UK music history.
The only debut album to sell better in its first week in America was Snoop Dogg’s 1993 album which sold 803,000.
Experts say Susan (who is back home in Blackburn, West Lothian) will shift another two million copies this week.
When the royalties start rolling in she will be a millionaire many times over. The current worldwide shipment of I Dreamed is 3,361,000 - and bosses at her label are making urgent arrangements to manufacture more.
So far the album has been at No1 in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and is No2 in Holland and Argentina and No5 in Switzerland.

Click the link to watch that magical moment when the world fell in love with Susan Boyle:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x908f4_susan-boyle-singer-britains-got-tal_music

US Charts

Jay-Z and Alicia Key’s hold onto the U.S No.1 spot in the singles chart for a third week.

After selling over a whooping 700,000 copies, Susan Boyle rockets straight into the No.1 album spot with her debut ‘I dreamed a dream’.

Top 5 U.S. Singles:

5: Iyaz – “Replay”

4: Owl City – “Fireflies”

3: Ke$ha – “Tik Tock”

2: Lady Gaga – “Bad Romoance”

1: Jay-Z & Alicia Key’s – “Empire State of mind”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:

5: Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster”

4: Rihanna – “Rated R”

3: Adam Lambert - “For your entertainment”

2: Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”

1: Susan Boyle – “I dreamed a dream”