Cleopatra

90’s girl band ‘Cleopatra’ have announced details of a live comeback show for next week.
The girls made up of sisters Cleo, Yonah and Zainam, will do a show at ‘Embassy’ in London on 17th November.
Cleo said “We are here to reclaim our true position in the pop world,” Yonah added: “Our natural connection as sisters is so much stronger; it shows in our music and live performances. We're hotter, solid and tighter than ever.”
Cleopatra had massive success in the later 90’s with Top 10 singles like “Cleopatra's Theme”, “Life Ain't Easy” and “I Want You Back” in 1998.
They were even snapped up by Madonna's Maverick record label in the US. I still think “Cleopatra’s theme” is a great pop song! ~ Tickets are priced from £7 and are available now.
Click to listen to “Cleopatra’s theme”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb-Ff4piZIg

US Charts

Owl City returns back to the US No.1 spot for a second time in it’s chart run.
Also congratulations also goes to a previous American Idol winner Carrie Underwood who sold a massive 318,000 copies of her second album “Play on” “Play On” is the largest sales week for an album by a woman in 2009 and the second-best sales week for a country release behind Rascal Flatt’s “Unstoppable” which sold 351,000 in the first week of release.

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Jay Sean feat... Lil Wayne – “Down”
4: Iyaz – “Replay”
3: Jason DeRulo – “Whatcha say”
2: Jay-Z & Alicia Key’s – “Empire State of mind”
1: Owl City – “Fireflies”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Various Artists – “Now 31”
4: Various Artists – “Glee: The music Vol…1”
3: Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas”
2: Michael Jackson – “This is it”
1: Carrie Underwood – “Play on”

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending 8th Nov) are down 2% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.02 million).
Year to date album sales stand at 294.4 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (339.3 million).

Rihanna

Rihanna has been confirmed to be a mentor and she’ll be performing on ‘The X Factor’ later this month.
Rihanna is expected to sing her new single “Russian Roulette” from her fourth studio album titled “Rated R” (which is released on 23rd November).
Rihanna said: “I am beyond excited - it was the easiest decision I've ever made. A lot of people watch the show over here on YouTube and I personally caught a lot of it when Leona Lewis was on, who's an amazing artist. So to say yes to Simon was an honour, especially as I know the show so well.”
Shakira will be the celebrity guest on this Sunday's show, and Susan Boyle will perform her debut single: “Wild Horses” on the 22nd.
Click to hear Rihanna’s new single “Russian roulette” … I’m still on the fence with this one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zln0wp98LKs

The Ting Tings

Things are looking even more promising for ‘The Ting Tings’ to break into the US market as they’ve been working with Jay-Z on new material and they signed to his ‘Roc Nation’ record label in America.
The Ting Tings have spent the last six months writing songs for their second album, due for release in spring 2010. Jay-Z will be producing a number of tracks for the duo from Manchester.
“Jay is hoping to lend his production skills to some of the new material,” a source told the Daily Star. “The staccato rhythmic style of The Ting Tings sits well with what he does best, so that was the attraction.
“Jay can make them one of the biggest British bands in America”… I certainly agree and I hope their follow up is just as good as their debut! ~ Can’t wait!

Click to listen to their classic “That’s not my name”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UX0p7uAW2s

Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams is on course knock Cheryl Cole’s album off the No.1 spot on Sunday in the UK despite initial sales figures showing JLS's self-titled debut in the lead.
According to Music Week, registration issues at the Official Charts Company (who compile the sales figures in the UK) resulted in some of Robbie’s album sales not being counted.
Robbie (who lost out to Alexandra Burke in the single battle two weeks ago) is currently beating JLS by a “handful of sales”.
Both acts however are ahead of Snow Patrol's “Greatest hits - Up To Now” and Biffy Clyro's “Only Revolutions” which are in third and fourth place respectively.
Cheryl Cole’s debut album “3 Words” which has spent the past two weeks at the top, is currently at No. 7.

Personally I'd prefer Robbie to be No.1

Boyzone

Ronan Keating has said that he would love Boyzone to perform a tribute to Stephen Gately on TV show ‘The X-Factor’.
Ronan said that the remaining members of the boyband are keen return to the ITV1 show but the tribute would have to be “done right”.
“There's a couple of weeks to go and we'll see,” Ronan told GMTV when asked about guesting on the reality series. “If it's done right, and it's the right thing, we'd absolutely love to do it. It's just how we do it.”
Ronan also confirmed that the band are continuing to record thier album, which will feature vocals from Stephen.
“We're going to make a record. We were just at the beginning of making this record - and there were two songs that Stephen had already put his vocals on,” he said.
“So for Stephen were going to finish the record off, and that's keeping us going now. The four of us are sticking together a lot because we feel that when we're together, he's still in the room almost.”
Can’t wait to hear the first tracks, I actually really liked their comeback single “love you anyway”

Click to hear it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85yYAf4EMT0

Cheryl Cole

I’ve given Cheryl Cole’s album “3 Words” a few spins now and to my surprise it’s actually really good!
I thought it might me kinda like a cheesy pop album, but it’s by far the opposite, it’s mature and classy!
“Rain on me” is a great up-tempo song, and of course her No.1 smash “Fight for this love” is a good song (but definitely not the best track)
I’d deffo recommend the CD as a stocking filler for anyone this Christmas!

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys have confirmed that they are to release a second vinyl single exclusively via ‘Oxfam’
The Artic Monkey’s originally release a 7" of “Crying Lightning” back in August through the charity and will now repeat this for their next track “Cornerstone”.
Oxfam trading director David McCullough said: “Oxfam shops have always been one of the best places on the high street to find great music, as the success of 'Crying Lightning' proves.
“The partnership with Domino has broken new ground for us, and we're delighted to be continuing it. Arctic Monkeys fans can pick up an exclusive from the band at the same time as helping us to fight poverty around the world.”
A 10" release of the “Humbug” album track will be available in 50 Oxfam music stores from November 16. It will feature new track 'Catapult', exclusive B-sides “Sketchead” and “Fright Lined Dining Room”, and a code to freely download MP3 versions of the songs.

Peter Kay

Peter Kay is releasing another single (and video) for Children In Need. Peter’s new single will premiere on BBC One on November 20. The video will include 100 British and American celebrities!
Peter is quoted as saying “It's taken two years of planning to create the video and I just know people are going to be both astonished and delighted, It's been a real labour of love but the result is joyous, potentially another 'Amarillo'!”
Peter Kay has previously released covers of “(Is This The Way To) Amarillo” and “I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)” for Comic Relief, both of which reached No.1 and sold over a million.
He also scored a hit with his comedy alter ego ‘Geraldine McQueen’ last October, with spoof single “The winner’s song”.... i predict another massive hit for him over the festive season!

UK Charts

JLS becomes the only act of 2009 to sell over 100,000 copies of two singles this year it it’s first week of release, and score their second No.1 single … something tells me the album (which is out today) will be doing the same on Sunday!

Top 5 U.K. Singles:
5: Alexandra Burke feat... Flo Rida – “Bad boys”
4: Jay Sean feat... Lil Wayne – “Down”
3: Black Eyed Peas – “Meet me half way”
2: Cheryl Cole – “Fight for this love”
1: JLS – “Everybody in love”

Top 5 U.K. Albums:
5: The Solders – “Coming home”
4: Foo Fighters – “Great hits”
3: Michael Bublé - “Crazy love”
2: Bon Jovi – “The Circle”
1: Cheryl Cole – “3 Words”