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Usher unveils new iPhone app
With help from Seattle startup Melodeo, international recording artist Usher today is unveiling a new iPhone app called Usher’s Top 100. The $2.99 app includes hours of the r&b star’s favorite songs.
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Jazz Re:Freshed
Uprock aim’s to shatter the common misconceptions about what jazz music is, who’s making it and who it’s for. Hence the conception of Jazz Re:freshed.
Presently, the Jazz Re:freshed weekly live sessions are charged an intentionally low entrance fee, even though the calibre of performers (Azymuth, Mark de Clive Lowe, Kaidi Tatham, Bembe Segue, Jason Yarde, [...]
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Janet Jackson on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar
Pictures from the October 2009 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, where Janet Jackson gives a world exclusive interview following her brother Michael Jackson’s death.
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Michael Jackson This Is It Poster revealed
The poster for Michael Jackson’s comeback concert rehearsal footage film This Is It, has been released. The forthcoming film, made by Sony Pictures Entertainment,will be released worldwide from October 28, for two weeks only. Tickets to see the film, will go on sale from September 27.
Read full article at Uncut
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Jay-Z Rhapsody commercial
In this commercial, Jay-z recreates all of his past album covers. Iconic.
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Janet Jackson To Pay Tribute To Michael At The VMAs
Following Jackson’s sudden death in June, his sister Janet will return to the VMA stage to pay musical tribute to her brother. On Sunday, Janet — who has won nine VMAs — will make a special appearance at the VMAs to help open the show and honor MJ’s career.
Read full article at MTV.com
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Speech Debelle nabs U.K.’s coveted Mercury Prize
Little-known U.K. rapper Speech Debelle won the 2009 Mercury Prize in London today, defying the odds makers and becoming the first woman to take home the honor since rapper Ms. Dynamite in 2002. The 26-year-old artist, who released her debut album, Speech Therapy, earlier this year, was awarded a cash prize of £20 000.
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Kanye West, Drake, Lil Wayne and Eminem shooting Forever video
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem have reportedly joined forces in Florida to shoot a video for their latest collaboration Forever.
While a release date has not yet been announced, the music video has reportedly begun filming in Miami.
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Whitney Houston: will her sales disappoint?
Last Monday was a big day for Whitney Houston, whose first all-new album in seven years finally arrived in stores. An even more important day might be tomorrow, when first-week sales results will be announced, providing one answer to the question of just how much the public has missed her.
Read full article at Entertainment Weekly
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Naomi Campbell becomes fashion’s new Russian princess
Naomi Campbell, whose relationship with the Russian millionaire, Vladislav Doronin, is bubbling away as nicely as a bowl of hot Borscht, stars as a ‘tsarina’ in the latest issue of V magazine.
Read the full article at Telegraph
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Beyonce, Jay-Z Up For British Awards
The “Beautiful Nightmare” singer, Beyonce Knowles is up for Best Video for “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”, Best International Act and Best Album for “I Am . . . Sasha Fierce” at the annual British awards ceremony, which recognises music of black origin.
Source: The Herald
http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=9529&cat=3
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Whitney Houston Returns to Scene for Her Fans
It took nearly a decade, but Whitney Houston made her comeback to television in a four-song concert in Central Park broadcast on Good Morning America on Wednesday. Includes a video of the show.
Source: People
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20301931,00.html
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‘I’m finally doing me and I have a sound that is nobody else’s’ , singer Mpho
ILuvLive has fast become a reservoir for London’s live music junkies and its return this month at Shoreditch’s finest, Cargo, came as no exception. Hosted by 1Xtra’s Ras Kwame and Twin B, ILuvLive did its usual to showcase the best UK urban talent, staging the likes of self- proclaimed UK’s best rapper, Sway, alongside up [...]
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VV’s the Light That Never Goes Out
With a BBC Sound of 2009 nomination under her belt, a powerful voice à la Amy Winehouse and catchy retro songs with a modern twist, VV Brown (Vanessa by her real name), a pretty 24-year-old of Caribbean origins hailing from Northampton, is definitely one to watch for a whole lot of music fans – be [...]
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The Soul Family Soul-D-Out
There was only one place soul fans should have been on Friday 20 Feb night and that was The Cobden Club in Ladbroke Grove. The event: Soul-D-Out, a night – founded and hosted by D-Nyce of Rampage – that brings to the forefront the unique talents of some of the UK’s finest soul artists. To [...]
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