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Not all music is great to everyone; however, we're all allowed to have our vices, even in the face of scrutiny. This week Jay Downey takes over the list obligatory to name ten...

Rihanna and Katy Perry  are surely nightmares for parents of young girls. Who knows, maybe RiRi and KP emphasize their womanhood and sexuality as some sort of post-feminism feminist thing. Or maybe they don't give a shit about that and they do what they do because sex sells. We're not here to get into the motivations and deeper social Meaning of their personas, because, look at that headline, after all. So yes, the two famous friends went to the strip club this weekend. Of course they did. We can't believe they haven't done this  sooner . [...]

Rihanna is now the first artist in the 20-year history of Billboard's Nielsen to hold 10 No. 1 hits. She broke the tie with Katy Perry who has nine No. 1s since her 2008 arrival. Now thanks to "Stay," Rihanna's latest single... [[ This is a content summary only. Click on the titles for full stories... ]]

Le classifiche di Billboard registrate tra il febbraio 2012 e il febbraio 2013 premiano su tutti tre artisti: sono infatti re delle nomination, con 11 categorie a testa, la cantante country e fidanzatina d'America Taylor Swift , i veterani Maroon 5 e i nuovissimi Fun , vera rivelazione dell'estate scorsa. Per il resto, anche i Billboard Music Awards non presentano chissà quali novità: i tre leader delle nomination sono tallonati da Rihanna (a quota 10), Carly Rae Jepsen (a quota 9) e gli One Direction (fermi a 8). [...]

Woodkid: The Golden Age -  Woodkid has been teasing us; you, me, and the world in general. Prior to his March 18 th full album release, The Golden Age , Woodkid (Yoann Lemoine) put out one EP per year in 2011 and 2012, and three singles in the span of three years. Cruel and unusual punishment when the first of those singles was the song ‘Iron’, which leads my Top 10 Favorite Songs list…possibly of all time. Woodkid also garnered attention with his fantastic music videos. Having done short music [...]

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In a strikingly austere modernist theatre in the Mitte district of Berlin, Yoann Lemoine stands triumphant onstage, arms outstretched messianicaly, e gging on the adulations of a mid-week crowd. There's near-hysteria in the auditorium for the man better known as Woodkid and it's not difficult to see why. Lemoine has earned acclaim and gongs (including a Cannes Lion) for his work with the likes of Lana Del Rey , Drake , Katy Perry and Taylor Swift but tonight finds the hirsute Frenchman fully transformed into a musical [...]

We at Idolator are true believers in the power of love, not to mention the romance of Valentine’s Day! We'd never allow the cynical musings of certain pop stars (we’re looking at you, Ms. “The truth about love is it's all a lie” Pink ) or the lingering memory of a terrible Garry Marshall movie take that away from us. However, we do concede that a day of L-U-V can go to H-E-LL if one doesn't plan their Valentine's Day playlist accordingly. After all, V-Day isn’t necessarily an easy date to pull off : romantic dinners, [...]

Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Beyonce - Getty From nominees, to performers, to presenters, to fans, many of music's biggest names walked the red carpet at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, which went down tonight (February 10) in Los Angeles. Some of the ladies strolling the red carpet included a red-hot Rihanna, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift , both opting to show tons of cleavage, Beyonce in a black and white pant suit, Kelly Rowland looking stunning in a sheer black number, a dazzling Carrie Underwood [...]

Filed under: News , Awards AFP, Getty Images Adele 's performance of "Set Fire to the Rain" from her Royal Albert Hall live album has just won a Grammy award for Best Pop Solo Performance. The singer beat out peers Kelly Clarkson , Carley Rae Jepson , Katy Perry and Rihanna , proving that she can continually win for songs off of 2011's 21.

Talk about prolific:   Miley Cyrus has written about 40,000 love songs this year. At least, that's what she told Cosmopolitan in the behind-the-scenes video that accompanies her March 2013 cover story. (She might be being hyperbolic.) The feature in its entirety was posted today after  the very sexy cover  leaked early. As for the interview, Miley is... Well, she's still just Miley. She talks about not wanting to be like Rihanna or Nicki Minaj ("That's not my vibe") [...]

Twitter isn't a popularity contest but if it were these ten accounts would be ahead of the class sitting at their own table in the virtual cafeteria of social networking high school and their ring leader is a bad ass canadian who blazes the bubble kush, damn I wanna sit with the popular kids but I'm stuck over here with the nerds. The #Beliebers have gotten their boy to #1 they're a powerful force not to crossed with many prepared to slit wrist and spill blood in protest of their leaders drug habit, Bieber is closely followed [...]

Alicia Keys al Superbowl 2013 : Se lo spettacolo previsto per l'intervallo del Superbowl è ormai nelle mani di Beyoncè (con reunion insieme alle Destiny's Child), ecco arrivare l'indiscrezione successiva. A febbraio, a cantare l'inno americano sarà Alicia Keys . Negli anni precedenti, grandi nomi ebbero questa responsabilità, tra cui Whitney Houston , Diana Ross, Billy Joel, Mariah Carey e Christina Aguilera. E proprio quest'ultima fu al centro delle critiche per aver sbagliato le parole durante l'esecuzione . Ecco cosa sbagliò, come potete rileggere qui: "“O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming” era [...]

dj earworm - united state of pop 2012 (shine brighter) yep, it's that time of the year when dj earworm offers up his massive pop mash up megamix. see how many tracks you can recognize! full track listing is as follows: "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen "Diamonds" by Rihanna "Die Young" by Ke$ha "Gangnam Style" by PSY "Glad You Came" by The Wanted "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida "Ho Hey" by The Lumineers "Home" by Phillip Phillips "It Will Rain" by Bruno Mars "Lights" [...]

When it came to the chart-topping singles of 2012, some artists, like fun. , Gotye , Carly Rae Jepsen and Taylor Swift , reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the very first time. Others, like Adele , Kelly Clarkson , Rihanna and Maroon 5 , were no strangers to the dizzying highs of the pop chart's [...]

It's hard to believe another year in pop music has is almost over — and what a wild and crazy one 2012 turned out to be! From surprising new couples, reconciliations and engagements (ahem, Chavril ), to K-pop dance crazes and viral music videos (thanks, Carly Rae Jepsen ), bizarre new haircuts to bittersweet farewells, Grammy sweeps and ghost sex ; we can only wonder how 2013 will top the last 12 months. To bid a fond adieu [...]

The list-mongers over at Forbes have unleashed one more list of rich people before the year ends, this one their "30 Under 303 roundup comprising 15 lists of 30, which is, like, so many rich people. The music category is filled with just about every big name in pop right now, and it's frightening to think that some of these youngsters have been in the spotlight for nearly a decade and are still in their twenties. Pop's leading ladies Taylor Swift , [...]

dj earworm - united state of pop 2012 (shine brighter) yep, it's that time of the year when dj earworm offers up his massive pop mash up megamix. the full version (with video) is coming out soon, but i'm leaking this one for those of us who can't wait! full track listing is as follows: "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen "Diamonds" by Rihanna "Die Young" by Ke$ha "Gangnam Style" by PSY "Glad You Came" by The Wanted "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida "Ho Hey" by The [...]

The end of the year is looming, so it's time for all sorts of round-ups and lists. Check out DJ Earworm's anual mashup of 2012 biggest American hits: United State of Pop: Shine Brighter . The mix features hits by Ke$ha , Taylor Swift , Bruno Mars, Katy Perry , Rihanna and PSY.

DJ Earworm is back with this year's United State Of Pop  mash-up, and we're still picking up pieces of our brain after hearing how he paired up Taylor Swift 's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" with two late entrants into the 2012 canon, Ke$ha ("Die Young") and Bruno Mars ("Locked Out Of Heaven"). After that, we hear snippets of Carly Rae Jepsen , Rihanna , [...]

As the name suggest Hit Songs Deconstructed is a website dedicated to analysing the structure and composition of hit songs. The insight from this analysis is used to help  mentor new song-writing talent. Mark caught up with Founder and Editor-In-Chief David Penn to find out more. From all of your research what is the most common technical similarity in a hit record?  A short, effective intro that instantly hooks the listener into the song,  a first chorus that hits early, infectious and simplistic melodies, fluctuations in MTI levels (momentum, tension, [...]