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Tokio Hotel have revealed the album cover of their highly anticipated US debut!
Scream will hit stores this April.

Chart-topper Duffy has revealed she went solo because all the peoples she worked with kept trying to pull her.

The sexy songstress will complete the double tomorrow when debut album Rockferry joins single Mercy at the top of the chart.

And I can reveal the soulful star has always been a popular young lady. She has told how she was forced to go it alone as she was fed up of fleeing attention from male bandmates and producers.

Duffy said: “I was collaborating with a lot of people. But every band I got into it was like I had a boyfriend. Every producer wanted to marry me or wanted to be in a duet. I was always running away from something. So I thought, just sing and stay away from the politics. And then I was discovered.”

That was certainly a wise move. Her brilliant debut album is set to shift around 180,000 copies in a week. That can be enough to get you a No1 in the States and it is heading towards the top five fastest-selling UK debuts. On Thursday she celebrated with a mesmerising performance at Bush Hall, West London.

The biggest cheer of the night was for the enchanting Stepping Stone, a future smash hit.

And Duffy revealed a secret heartache behind the track — it is directly aimed at a mystery man from her past. The Welsh singer said the song has some “revenge in it”, adding: “I wrote it about when I fell in love for the first and only time. But I didn’t have the balls to tell him. He still doesn’t know this is about him.”

Ashlee Simpson is in a good place. She has two multi-platinum records that debuted back to back at the top of the charts and collectively sold more than four million copies in the U.S. alone. She has two sold-out tours under her belt, a tight-knit family, a loyal fan base, and a burgeoning second career as an actress. So when it came time to create her third album, she wanted the music to represent where she was at in life.

“Life is really good right now. I’m young. I love my life and I enjoy my time off too. I wanted to celebrate all that on my next record. I wanted to make music people could shake their booties to and use beats for the first time. I wanted to sing fun songs. Basically, I wanted to make a party record.”

Ashlee teamed up with power producer Timbaland on her new single “Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)” making it destined for dance-floor anthem status. The track immediately rocketed to the Top 20 pop singles on iTunes and received its TRL debut. The video for the hauntingly catchy song takes your imagination on a wild ride through a dreamlike world of surrealism.

Here is Lil’ Mama new song titled “Shawty Get Loose” featuring T-Pain. Lil’ Mama will be releasing her debut album entitled “Voice of the Young People” in 2008.

Meet sexy Kerli, the Estonian pop/rock princess with a gothic twist. At just 20 years old, Kerli already has a firm grasp of what matters to her most—and that is her music. Kerli feels that it is her mission to deliver genuine music to her audience. For Kerli making music has never been about fame or money but a hope that her music might help someone in their time of need or even just bring a smile to someone’s face.The debut album, Love is Dead, showcases Kerli’s unique sound and effortlessly ethereal voice. Listeners will be intrigued as they are taken on a journey from the whimsical “Walking on Air” to the haunting “Love is Dead.”

Audio Streams: Love is Dead:

Gina released her debut album “In Search of Cleo” with some very special shows at The Box in NYC. Not sure if you are familiar with any of the tracks from the record, but here is the MP3 for “Pretty Girls On Prozac”. Its got a dark, edgy feel that is totally unique…I think you’ll dig wiredset.com/media/ginagershon/03%20Pretty%20Girls%20On%20Prozac.mp3

Gina’s keeping it real and doing this release independently so the only places to purchase the album are from her official site:
ginagershon.com

Please check out the new video for the infectious track “All Over You” from The Spill Canvas. The song can be heard on their Sire Records debut No Really, I’m Fine.

Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=DV3tLQ2uGzs

Stripping away the glossy production and grandiose dynamics that sent their debut album Albatross soaring, Classic Crime get back to basics with the Seattle Sessions. If anything, the stripped back arrangements and rawness of the sound feeds the immediacy and intensity of Crime’s music, further accentuating the drama inherent in the lyrics and Matt MacDonald’s vocals. And drama washes across this set, themed around touring’s heavy toll. “I’m so lost,” MacDonald cries out on “Far from Home,” the album’s emotional denouement, as the band struggles to stay afloat under waves of homesickness. The C&W tinged “Drink in My Hand” is a romantic number intercut with road angst, with MacDonald lamenting, “I am almost nowhere, and I’m getting there fast. Bitterness spills over the heavy hitting “Wake Up (Ship Wreck),” and drips across the folky “The Test,” as the band sarcastically raise a glass to “the promise of glamorous living.” It feels so ludicrous the pursuit of this dream, we thought we’d be there long ago,” perfectly sums up the mood of the set and band itself. But they’re not the only ones far from home and fearful of the future, with the evocative “When the Time Comes” drawing veiled references to Iraq and Afghanistan. Filled with impassioned songs, each beautifully delivered, and backed by superb guitar work and strong rhythms, this sublime set is very different from Crime’s electric work, but just as magnificent.