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Rihanna on Letterman, Good Morning America Rihanna, Rihanna for Nokia in London, Rihanna in the soup. Here we must conform to the image of Rihanna, “naked except for the barbed wire,” which decorate the whole world.

After his sad episode earlier this year it did not appear to be Rihanna’s year but the truth is that Barbados girl has finished the year with great momentum. With a rested head, with a little help from her friends and then presenting her new look on the cover of Vogue Italia, Rihanna has not only returned but, above, has done it so convincingly. And I refer to the tests. Rated R, which was released last Friday, already has great reviews. Congratulations!

To round off 2009, or to a good start in 2010, the singer, which is only 21, could pocket a whopping half million dollars for an exclusive performance in Abu Dhabi on New Year´s Eve. It would be her first performance in the Middle East, after the cancellation of an appointment in May due to the sad event starring his ex at the Grammys.

X Factor not only launched Susan Boyle. Leona Lewis also became a star thanks to winning the third edition of the British competition. After dispatching four million records with her debut album, Spirit, the girl has just released his second job: Echo. But apparently it is not enough.

According to the Daily Mirror, Leona wants to become a fashion designer. At least, the girl dresses better than other ‘designers / pop divas’ (Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera or Mariah Carey are just an example).

The British seem to have the intention of being counseled by a major designer: Stella McCartney, daughter of the leader of the Beatles. Both of them could undertake the design of an eco-friendly line. The truth is that the two have much in common: they are both vegetarians and fighting for the non-use of fur.

The first album by Susan Boyle, the 48 years old Scottish who shot to worldwide fame last April after her participation in a talent competition on British television, has become the most successful launch of the year in sales figures in the United Kingdom.

The Official Charts reported today that the album “I Dreamed A Dream” sold on Monday, first day of the sale, 130,000 copies, a figure which is higher than all the other four best-selling albums.

It seems that the work of Boyle easily surpass the record in the first week on sale, which Leona Lewis stablished two years ago, with 375,872 copies sold.

Even before it was in the stores, the disc (Sony Music Entertainment) had already broken records at Amazon, the Internet sales site, which has never before received such a high number of purchase orders prior to the sale of an album.

“I Dreamed a Dream” is the title of the album and song from the musical “Les Miserables” which made Boyle became an international celebrity last April.

Then, she was a 48-year unemployed with a privileged voice, who performed the song on “Britain is got talent,” mesmerized the competition jury and the tens of millions of people around the world within days that saw the video on YouTube, which also broke records.

As noted last week Julian Monaghan, the head of music sales from Amazon.co.uk, “just eight months ago, nobody knew the talents of Susan Boyle.

“Now, has generated more pre-orders for a CD purchase globally than any other artist. It is an incredible achievement and is a sign that has captured the hearts of people across the UK, USA and the rest of the world “said Monaghan

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Adam Lambert has succeeded in drawing attention. The American singer, without the approval of the ABC at the, American Music Awards made a very racy performance, kissing another guy and simulating oral sex with one of his dancers.

Good Morning America have now withdrawn his participation scheduled for Wednesday. The network received over 1,500 complaints about the broadcast on Sunday. And television network is now saying that the singer´s intervention would not be appropriate for a hearing in the morning.

The short fall he suffered last night Jennifer Lopez at the gala of the American Music Awards went unnoticed during the broadcast of the event, but today was played over and over again by television and Internet media.

Lopez, a 40-year-old mother of twins, participated last night in Los Angeles in the thirty-seventh edition of Awards American Music Awards (AMA), where she performed her song “Louboutins.”

She came on stage, imitating a boxing ring, dressed as boxers do before a fight, with a satin jacket and hood. Getting into the ring, took off his jacket to reveal a dress similar to the Roman gladiators.

At one point, the singer went up one by one onto the backs of the dancers, and jump down her legs failed her. The fall lasted a split second, as she quickly recovered and continued her dance.

During the broadcast of the event no one noticed the slip, but today the nine-second clip that recounts her fall is among the most viewed on the Internet.

The gala of the American Music Awards was held last night at the Nokia Theater, and the hero was the late Michael Jackson.

The “King of Pop” was nominated this year for three awards that dominated during the 80s, which got a score of awards, 10 of them in 1984 for his album “Thriller”.

At the gala said her sister, Janet Jackson, with hits like “Miss You Much,” “What have you done for me lately” or “If”.

Meanwhile, pop star Shakira performed “Give It Up to Me” her new single from “She Wolf”.

Latinos were very much present at the gala, which was heard speaking in Spanish to the Colombian model and actress Sofia Vergara and also took the baseball player Alex Rodriguez home.

Almost without realizing it’s been 10 years of that debate. Do you remember? The end of the millennium, beginning on 1 January 2000 or 2001? 10 years with its 10 summers, its 10 winters (in terms of spring and fall we have some doubts because of climate change) and. the 10 lists of best albums of the year. It must be that, as the years are met, the decades to “shorten” why I do not think the same time elapse between Nirvana’s Nevermind and the Is This It the Strokes and between this and the Monster version of The Fame Lady Gaga which goes on sale next week.

The fact is that we are at the gates of December and not in any December. Last December the decade or more, no less. If every December scorches us with lists of the best of the year in the Arabian categories this year promises to come loaded with as many of what the petó during the decade now ending. The NME have opened fire with his 50 best albums of the decade.

The English do not wake up. Several years ago the Q, which has a perspective on the world of pop music very similar to the weekly NME, it listed the 100 best albums of music history. With a pair. If I remember correctly in the 44 or so, put the K of Kula Shaker, a record that, as years passed since the truth is that a beautiful façade was designed by Dave Gibbons (the Watchmen) and a pair of good topics revival inspired by Hindu mysticism. Man, I acknowledge the enthusiasm of the journalist at the time, but K has not been the 44th best record of history or for relatives of Crispin Mills. Never. Never. 4 or 5 years later, in the late nineties, based on advertising its new list, the Top 100 Albums of the twentieth century, the possibility of amending such barbarity “You think that remains the 44th best record in history ? Rectifying is wise.

Is this it’s great for New Yorkers Strokes a top the list published in this week’s issue and that hurts the absence of Scots Franz Ferdinand. At first glance the only player missing is questionable, regardless of personal tastes, the list box which shows the great honor Up the Bracket by The Libertines and Primal Scream XTRMNTR. The rest of the list, which are twice the band Radiohead and Carl Barat and Pete Doherty, and which strangely only sings in English you can find the following:

1. The Strokes - ‘Is This It’
2. The Libertines - ‘Up The Bracket’
3. Primal Scream - ‘XTRMNTR’
4. Arctic Monkeys - ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - ‘Fever To Tell’
6. PJ Harvey - “Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea ‘
7. Arcade Fire - ‘Funeral’
8. Interpol - ‘Turn On The Bright Lights’
9. The Streets - ‘Original Pirate Material’
10. Radiohead - ‘In Rainbows’
11. At The Drive In - ‘Relationship Of Command’
12. LCD Soundsystem - ‘Sound Of Silver’
13. The Shins - ‘Wincing The Night Away’
14. Radiohead - ‘Kid A’
15. Queens Of The Stone Age - ‘Songs For The Deaf’
16. The Streets - ‘A Grand Do not Come For Free’
17. Sufjan Stevens - “Illinois’
18. The White Stripes - ‘Elephant’
19. The White Stripes - ‘White Blood Cells’
20. Blur - ‘Think Tank’
21. The Coral - ‘The Coral’
22. Jay-Z - ‘The Blueprint’
23. Klaxons - ‘Myths Of The Near Future’
24. The Libertines - ‘The Libertines’
25. The Rapture - ‘Echoes’
26. Dizzee Rascal - ‘Boy in Da Corner’
27. Amy Winehouse - ‘Back To Black’
28. Johnny Cash - ‘The Man Comes Around’
29. Super Furry Animals - ‘Rings Around The World’
30. Elbow - ‘Asleep In The Back’
31. Bright Eyes - ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning’
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - ‘Show Your Bones’
33. Arcade Fire - ‘Neon Bible’
34. Grandaddy - ‘The Sophtware Slump’
35. Babyshambles - ‘Down In Albion’
36. Spirtualized - ‘Let It Come Down’
37. The Knife - ‘Silent Shout’
38. Bloc Party - ‘Silent Alarm’
39. Crystal Castles - ‘Crystal Castles’
40. Ryan Adams - ‘Gold’
41. Wild Beasts - ‘Two Dancers’
42. Vampire Weekend - ‘Vampire Weekend’
43. Wilco - ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’
44. Outkast - ‘Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
45. Avalanches - ‘Since I Left You’
46. The Delgados - ‘The Great Eastern’
47. Brendan Benson - ‘Lapalco’
48. The Walkmen - “Bows and Arrows’
49. Muse - ‘Absolution’
50. MIA - ‘Arular’

Surprisingly the presence of Blur’s Think Thank, a record that detracts compared with the rest of their discography and parallel projects Albarn (Gorillaz or GBQ) and the inclusion of more complicated album The Shins, Wincing the Night Away.

After all the rumors of dissolution, the group confirms the contrary, there is no end of band and are working on their next album

Red Hot Chili Peppers is a funk-rock band formed in Los Angeles (California) in 1983 which followed the post-grunge movement. During most of their career, the group has been formed by singer Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael ‘Flea’ Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. The band has fused its style different musical genres from rock and funk to rap, punk-rock, psychedelic rock and hard rock, thereby achieving success within reach of a few: having sold 70 million records.

Chad Smith, drummer of the band said: “We are taking a break, relaxing. We’ve been touring for a year and a half, now it’s time to be with family and recharge to get back to create more music together.”

Recently, Anthony Kiedis said to the “Rolling Stone” magazine that for the moment, and throughout 2009, you would not hear about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and has been so far. He added that his hiatus as a band would last this year alone.

“Right now we are no longer a band,” says Kiedis. “It took a long time to make ‘Stadium Arcadium’ (published in 2006). It was tough, it was a big effort joined to previous two pulls very long as ‘Californication’ and ‘By The Way’” he said.

“I really do not ever stop until the tour ended last year. We were emotionally and mentally burnt after that effort,” continued Kiedis, and then quipped: “Then, after talking all together, the final decision was” Do not do anything related to Red Hot Chili Peppers for a year or more. Let us endeavor to live, breathe, eat and learn new things. ”

Regarding what is going to spend your free time, Kiedis said that for now only stay at home: “I’m sticking to my youngest son, learn to surf … But the bug is starting to bite that says wouldn´t it be nice to think of new songs and to compose some pieces. But they are just that, pieces.

In an interview with Chad Smith in the British magazine Q, the drummer gave back in hopes of a return to the fans, making it clear: “No, we haven´t broken up” he said. “We’re not playing now, but damn!, We played a lot. It was just time to grab a little break and live life. We are not machines!”.

However, Smith confirmed: “We make music when we feel it is right. You can not force someone to do something. If they’re feeling, then why do it? Better do something else, then return with more energy.

On September 25, 2009 The Red Hot Chili Peppers were nominated for the Walk of Fame Rock along to ABBA, The Chantels, Jimmy Cliff, Kiss, Darlene Love, The Stooges and Donna Summer, among others.

Nowadays the Red Hot Chili Peppers are already in the studio since last October. Their next album will not appear until autumn 2010. So far we only know that will address a more electronic point than the last one.

The British singer confirms the return of Take That. A hard point out to the market, Robbie has already begun recording with his former band .

Robbie Williams’s return to music has not left anyone indifferent. His barrage of hits from both public and critics after its passage by the BBC worldwide love back to those who anxiously awaited him.

Now, just a few days after the publication of “Reality Killed the Video Star” on 9 November, and after successfully submitted their single ‘Bodies’ and his second hit ‘You Know Me’ the singer launches a bomb to media: Take That definitely joining again.

The first encounter with his former boy band mates came in September. When Take That came back almost a year ago, Robbie flatly refused to participate in the reunion (even at the meeting edited on DVD), and his companions continued without him. Take That are now succeeding as in its heyday during the 90s.

After the meeting in September, there have been much more complicated, good feelings, memories and, ultimately, frindship. Gary and Robbie are friends. So much so that after being reunited with Jason and Howard on the occasion of the bachelor party for Mark Owen organized an exclusive club in Soho in New York, Robbie Williams went into a tattoo shop and was shot in the arm near the wrist, the symbol of Take That.

According to Europa Press, Robbie did not disclose anything during his interview on the BBC: “I can not say too much, just that we have come together and we made some small things.” According to previous reports, former band members have already spent a time composing new songs for a hypothetical return of Take That, tour included.

And since the beginning of the reunification process of Take That, rumors about the addition of Robbie Williams broke. However, the artist chose to focus on his album “Reality Killed the Video Star”, which made him lose an opportunity to participate in a multibillion-dollar tour confirmed the return of the former boy band into the studio and on stage.

However, it appears that both Williams and the other components of Take That have this thorn stuck. Already in the “Ultimate Tour” of 2006 in one of the songs featured a 3D hologram of Robbie singing with the rest of the members of the group, and has not stopped speculation about joining ever so far, which is already confirmed.

The British media has dropped the bomb: The Spice Girls will open the London Olympics concert in 2012. Yes, the quintet of hot girls is together again to perform at the opening gala, more than two million people is expected to attend.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has already said for months: “Our Olympic Games will be spectacular. The music and culture will be very important” My question is this: are the Spice Girls really the most significant of England? Would they have picked someone else? We believe that Victoria Beckham is already thinking about the outfit she will wear on her night of glory …

Hopefully the five will be better than in 2007, when they landed in Madrid for a more than kitsch concert. Here I leave you with a video of Posh giving it all.

Robbie Williams has already announced the list of songs from his new album “Reality Killed the Video Star” was published on 10 November. The stunning new single “Bodies” came out last October 12. Here it is:

Robbie Williams released his new album “Reality Killed the Video Star on November 10 and will be preceded by the single Bodies that came on 12 October (which will be available in 2 special remixes: the single mix of Trevor Horn, and Fred Falke Remix Full Length).

The album was issued in standard edition and deluxe edition including a deluxe packaging and a DVD with documentaries and making off. Here is a small sample of what it will be:

The album was composed mostly in Robbie’s home studio and recorded in London. Among the artists who collaborated to write and compose are Danny Spencer & Kelvin Andrews, Brandon Christy, Craig Russo, Richard Spencer and Scott Rudin, Chaz Jankel, Guy Chambers and Phil Eisler.

On the production work of legendary Trevor Horn, Robbie says, “You have added something to the disc with what I have not counted in previous works, his genius.” On the album, Robbie says, “I want people to get excited, I want to dance, I want at least 50 minutes to forget who they are and where they are - and during those 50 minutes to forget who you are, I also hope that people identify with the songs. This is a disc that I feel very proud, I think it is fucking great. I want it on record that, if people think of Robbie Williams, says, “Yes, Reality Killed the Video Star”.

The list of items that are part of the new album is as follows:

Morning Sun
Bodies
You Know Me
Blasphemy
Do You Mind?
Last Days Of Disco
Somewhere
Deceptacon
Starstruck
Difficult For Weirdos
Superblind
Will not Do That
Morning Sun (Reprise)

Not long ago we got to see Robbie back on stage in X Factor after a crisis that made him consider his life completely. Welcome back, Robbie!