Words: Jordan Andrew 'The Mindy Project' When I first saw the trailer for 'The Mindy Project' , I truly thought E4 were just trying to fill a half an hour slot. That was my big mistake as from the first episode I was giggling away 'The Mindy Project' created by Mindy Kaling , who is also the lead character playing Mindy Lahiri (being [...]
For the past couple years, by cutting categories, throwing Deadmau5 onto a side stage and launching watch-along hashtags, the Grammys have tried to counteract the impression that their award's importance is diminishing. This year, they've ... read more »

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, [...]

BÄde Rihannas popmusik og kÊrlighedsliv udgÞr et dilemma for pressen. Hvordan kan man sige noget interessant om musik, der er sÄ mainstream? Og hvad stiller man op med et voldsoffer, der nÊgter at hade sin gerningsmand? FÄ styr pÄ din Rihanna-forvirring her. NÄr et navn som Rihanna udgiver en ny plade, er det altid interessant at betragte, hvordan pressen griber det an. Hvordan vÊlger de at skrive om pop? Pop er jo en mÊrkelig Gud der elsker dig, uanset hvor meget du hader den. Den stiller [...]

"Having created the best pop song of the year, at this point in time, Calvin Harris can do no wrong..." Calvin Harris | 18 Months When thinking of Scottish DJ/producer Calvin Harris a vague mental fog appears. The name is certainly recognisable, a face can almost be visualised, but how many song titles of his can be named? It is only when looking at the tracklisting on his new long awaited, ironically-named record, 18 Months , that you understand and appreciate the strategic use of celebrities to catapult this rather strange proposition into [...]
The 2012 VMA nominees are out, and while there are certainly plenty of big names and obvious choices, there are a few surprises buried in there. Frank Ocean gets a nod, as do A$AP Rocky, Jack Whi... Continue reading "VMA Awards 2012: Handicapping the Video of the Year Nominees" >
101. Amerigo Gazaway - Breakadawn 102. FourTet - Pinnacles 103. Dillon - Thirteen ThirtyFive 104. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - How Can U Luv Me Light Years (prod. J-Zone) by Has-Lo 105. Has-Lo - "Light Years" "Itâs thick like a novel of Tolstoy A black kid impregnates the system hustlin coke, cracks and boy" 106. [...]

Because there were so many music videos to emerge in 2011, we have to give props where props are due. As it would be impossible to simply call one music video the "Best Music Video of 2011," for the first time ever, we're naming winners in a bunch of categories based on the major themes we saw in this year's crop of clips. So, instead of one best music video of 2011, we've arrived at nine! See which videos really made a mark on 2011 below. Best Music Video About A [...]

A good song doesnât make a good video and the reverse can also be true, but a good video helps. Hereâs our pick of best music videos from 2011 (click the song title to watch the video) & let us know if you think we missed any gems in the comments section below: Beyonce - Run The World Bombay Bicycle Club - Leave It By Ryan Hope Cee Lo - Bodies By Mikael Colombu Coldplay - Paradise [...]
Often, usually after a long night out, in the wee hours of the morning, I find myself fixated on my computer, repeatedly blaring whatever music video strikes my fancy at the time. While there a... Continue reading "Guilty Pleasures of 2011: Rihanna's "We Found Love"" >
1. "Beat Of My Drum" by Nicola Roberts 2. "Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn 3. "Far Away" by Marsha Ambrosius 4. "Run The World (Girls)" by Beyonce 5. "We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris 6. "Safari Disco Club" [...]
We've been enjoying Rihanna  's  Talk That Talk album immensely over the last few months, the album is packed with numerous treats such as We Found Love , which is already a classic in our book!  For our latest giveaway, we are super excited to be giving you the opportunity to win a copy of the album signed by the lovely RiRi! HOW DO I ENTER? We'd love it if you liked Hard Candy  on Facebook and this post up above. [...]
Rihanna will definitely be cured from exhaustion after getting this piece of news. The Barbadian singer who is being hit left and right with racial slurs, now has all the reasons in the world to to be happy and celebrate after the media reported that she has scored her biggest hit in her entire career. [...] Rihanna "We Found Love" Becomes Her Biggest Hit is a post from: RnB Music Blog
Yesterday we posted numbers 50-21 in our Favourite Songs of the year countdown, and we're edging ever closer to the Top 10. Today sees us revealing the bottom half of our top 20, which can be enjoyed below, in tantalising reverse order of course. 20. Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day 19. Rihanna feat Calvin Harris - We Found Love 18. Little Dragon - Ritual Union 17. Adele - [...]
Joe writes: My tracks of the year are: 5. Price Tag - Jessie J (the album came out last year but the single was this year) 4. Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri 3. Video Games - Lana Del Ray 2. We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris 1. Someone Like You - Adele My personal favourites are Video Games, Jar Of Hearts, and You Don't Know How Lucky You [...]

Barbadian pop singer Rihanna has to be one of the hardest-working woman in popular music right now. The talented singer's most recent single, the Calvin Harris -produced " We Found Love " recently became her ninth #1 Billboard Hot 100 single (eleventh if you count her collaborations with Eminem and T.I. ) and the song's album, Talk That Talk became her sixth top ten album, the [...]
Is Talk That Talk actually an album? It's certainly a CD with a booklet and some music. Talk That Talk opens as if it had started somewhere else, "You Da One" fading into existence mid-performance and then catching us up on the particulars. Which is a bit of a clever move on the part of Rihanna's producers, considering we're seven years into her career and haven't had a moment to escape her voice since her tumultuous 2008, and even then somebody somewhere was queuing up "Umbrella" on your favorite bar's jukebox. These...

by Jonno Seidler ( One A Day ) A strange thing has been happening to me lately. I've been having serious, emotional responses to what seems to be terrible, mainstream-crossover takeover dance music. It's something most people I work with aren't exposed to all that often, having replaced their car radios with iPod jacks and eschewed the ARIA Top 50 for Beatport and HypeM charts. Ask me what the Number One song in the country was this week and if it wasn't for my new friend Tim Byron , I'd have no [...]

With two - time best video of the year winner, Andreas Nilsson taking 2011 off to focus on adapting Ingmar Bergmanâs horror classic Hour of the Wolf for the stage, the field was wide open for a new batch of directors to step in and create some really amazing work. Two all-caps video-making collectives - CANADA and DANIELS - dominated the year with their visually spectacular and incredibly innovative clips, while a number of old faves like Garth Jennings, Patrick Daughters, Megaforce and Keith Schofield did some spectacular [...]

Rihanna's new studio album, Talk That Talk , is out November 21st via Def Jam. Today, the pop superstar revealed the album's tracklist on her Facebook and you can find it listed below. Though no guest features were announced, Rihanna reports on her Twitter that there's only "one feature on the album. And we got the best." Also below is the video for the album's previously revealed lead single, "We Found Love". Talk That Talk Tracklist: 01. We [...]