Rihanna’s new single ‘Rude Boy’ is the 14th track from the Barbadian singer to make its way on the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles. That officially breaks Beyonce’s record of having the most Top 10s by a female artist in a decade. Rihanna is now even with Ludacris and is only second to Jay-Z [...]

DMX is putting on a gospel rap extravaganza at his church this weekend. It has been reported that the often incarcerated rapper agreed to perform at the Morning Star Sanctified Church for a fundraiser tomorrow and he’s doing it for free. According to Pastor Barbara King, DMX and his family have been members of the [...]

Sir Paul McCartney will be performing his first ever solo stadium tour in the UK this coming summer. The 67-year old Beatles legend will also be headlining Hard Rock Calling and then the Isle of Wight music festival with Jay-Z and The Strokes. The singer said “It’s always brilliant to play for the home crowd [...]

John Mayer has been flirting with Ke$ha over Twitter recently. This past weekend, the soft rock singer asked his fans to stop denying their own love for her and own up to the fact that they like her music. John then sent a personal message to the trashy pop star saying “Dear Ke$ha, you have [...]

Following the disappointing sales of her most recently album, music insiders are saying that Rihanna is looking to release a new one by this summer. Supposedly, the Barbadian beauty of a singer is looking to have a lighter sound in this upcoming record, something more fun that ‘Rated R’, proving that she has moved on [...]

Warner Bros. Records is losing two legends this week. First to leave is Liz Rosenberg, a public relations icon who has been with the company for the past 39 years and has handled some of the biggest names in history. Second to leave is Madonna, who is following Liz as she forms her own agency, [...]

Jay-Z apparently wants to collaborate with British train wreck of a singer Lily Allen. The rapper recently spoke with BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat and told the media that he plans to collaborate with the drunkard for the Wireless Festival. Jay-Z said “I spoke to Lily Allen. I’m trying to get her for Wireless. Hopefully that [...]

The Recording Industry Association of America recently announced a compilation of its awards for the past decade last week and there was one artist who came out about the rest – Beyonce! The R&B singer reached more gold and platinum sales milestones than any of her competitors with 64 RIAA certifications. Those certifications include that [...]

The singer and producer recently admitted that he is not shy when it comes to taking risks with his music. This is what Timbaland said on the matter: “I’m definitely a risk taker with my music. I like to challenge the new sounds. If I can challenge whatever’s out there, then I’m good. My style [...]

John Mayer recently got an interesting job offer – the singer got an offer to write his own porno. In his now infamous interview with Playboy Magazine where he dropped the N-word, John also said that his dream is to write porn. Now, Vivid Entertainment is offering him the chance to write and direct one [...]

On Super Bowl Sunday, an ad for the Air Force used music that suspiciously sounded like The White Stripes song ‘Fell in Love with a Girl’. The band and their management are pissed off and have released a statement announcing their intention to take action to stop the song running in the ad. They said [...]

I’m not sure exactly what will be going down, I don’t know who’s going to be there and I’m not entirely sure what it’s even really called. However, 10-10-10 actually works for me. It’s recently been reported that something big will be happening in music on October 10th, 2010. The event is said to be [...]

Music producer Rodney Jerkins thinks that combining the amazing talents of Lady Gaga with the so-called talents – or lack thereof – of Lindsay Lohan could make for an amazing collaboration. But perhaps the first major step before he starts thinking about getting the singer and the freak together is getting Lindsay to get her [...]

Michael Jackson’s estate needs young, talented, self-motivating people who didn’t pay much attention to the news back in 2004-2005. Lawyers for the King of Pop’s estate have recently filed legal documents asking the probate judge for permission to hire people to run the late singer’s business. Specifically, the estate is looking to hire co-executive and [...]

Sources claimed that Kings of Leon had left Columbia Records for Warner Brothers and that the band’s new deal involves them paying half of the recording costs in exchange for more control of their music and greater profit. However, the band says that they are loyal to their label and that the switch is simply [...]

Many celebrities have joined the fight to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake, including music mogul Simon Cowell. The snarky American Idol judge is collaborating with The Sun to record a charity single for the newspaper’s Helping Haiti campaign. He has even negotiated a deal with Prime Minster Brown to waive the tax for [...]

When your dad is best friends with the best in the music business, you know that your guest list is going to be insane. Diddy threw his eldest son Justin a 16th birthday bash that got filmed for MTV’s ‘My Super Sweet 16’ this past Saturday. The guest list included the likes of Chris Brown, [...]

Simon Cowell reportedly turned down the $100 million offer he received to stay at American Idol to be able to bring The X Factor to the US. That kind of offer obviously says that AI execs believe that the show would be worthless without him but Simon seems to think otherwise. The music mogul said [...]

Since Simon Cowell’s announcement of his departure from American Idol, rumors have been running rampant as to who would be taking his place on the judge’s panel. Some sources have actually responded to the rumors that Ryan Seacrest may pull up the chair and do double duty next season. One such source said “Anything is [...]

Ben Barnes just landed another lead role in the movie ‘Killing Bono’. The music-based comedy, which started filming in Ireland this past weekend, is about two brothers who are attempting to become rock stars but can only look on as some of their friends, namely U2, become the biggest band in the world. That sounds [...]