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*Candice Glover’s rendition of The Cure’s “Lovesong,” famously remade by Adele, caused a sustained and emotional reaction from the judges and audience on “American Idol” last night that hasn’t been seen since Fantasia’s “Summertime.” Each of the final six contestants had to perform twice – a Hal David/Burt Bacharach-penned tune for the first song (Candice [...]
*Rihanna’s been a big hit lately on the newsstands, but like her counterpart, Taylor Swift, who has also been plastered all over the place, fell a bit short when it came to sales. In a report compiled by WWD, Taylor Swift covered five magazines, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Haper’s Bazaar, Elle, and Glamour in the past years, but her [...]
*Michelle Obama won’t turn the big 5-0 until January, but plans for her birthday party are already underway, with Beyonce and Adele reportedly booked for the milestone celebration. That’s if an unnamed source for the UK’s Daily Mail is telling the truth. “America’s first lady will be holding a huge celebrity-packed party for her birthday [...]
*Best Actress Academy Award winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon join the list of presenters for the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Berry won the award for her performance in “Monster’s Ball” (2001), Bullock for “The Blind Side” (2009), Kidman for “The Hours” (2002) and [...]
*The day after the 2013 Grammy Awards, the above photo popped up of Adele looking like she’s giving Chris Brown a piece of her mind. In the shot, Breezy is standing up to greet the British superstar with his right hand outstretched and open while Adele appeared to be speaking forcefully at him. Nobody knew [...]
*Someone was about to pull a Kanye on Adele during her acceptance speech at the Grammys on Sunday, but the whole operation ran into a brick wall named Jennifer Lopez. J.Lo was the presenter of Adele’s Grammy win for Best Solo Pop performance. Just before the Valentino-clad British sensation began her acceptance speech at the [...]
*Dame Shirley Bassey, who recorded the theme songs for the James Bond films “Goldfinger,” “Diamonds Are Forever” and “Moonraker,” will make her first appearance at the Academy Awards this month, producers announced today. Bassey, whose career has spanned more than six decades, is scheduled to perform at the awards show on Feb. 24 in Los [...]
Heather Russell is definitely a “Girl On Fire.” After being signed by Simon Cowell (American Idol) and Rob Fursari (Lady Gaga, Beyonce and more) at just nine years-old, her trail has been ablazing! Heather Russell’s Rendition of “Girl On Fire” By Alicia Keys Russell—a Los Angeles-based recording artist—has been on a whirlwind journey, breaking into [...]
*After snippets had begun to surface online, “Skyfall,” Adele’s title song for the new James Bond film of the same name, has officially premiered in its entirety. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The single was originally scheduled to be unleashed Thursday (Oct. 4) at 7:07 p.m. ET (or 0:07 a.m. in the U.K. ) but [...]
*British songstress Adele, who rocketed to stardom in 2011 on the wings of her multiple Grammy-winning album “21,” announced on her website today that she is expecting her first child, with boyfriend Simon Konecki. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “I’m delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together,” she wrote. [...]
*Adele’s monstrous sophomore album “21” has now surpassed Michael Jackson’s seminal album “Thriller” on the UK’s all-time biggest selling albums list. 21 has now sold 4,274,300 copies in the U.K., 500 more than Jackson’s 1982 classic. Adele’s album is now No. 5 on the list. Topping the U.K.’s biggest selling albums of all-time is Queen’s [...]
*It is now official. The nominees have been revealed for the upcoming 2012 Billboard Music Awards that is set to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 20. And among the nominees are Rihanna, with 13 nods, along with Lil Wayne who is recognized in 10 categories. Also Lady Gaga, Adele, [...]
*Nicki Minaj this week earns her second consecutive No.1 album, as “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” sold 253,000 copies to top the Billboard Albums Chart. The album unseated last week’s No. 1 album, Madonna’s “MDNA,” which features Minaj in the set’s first single, “Give Me All Your Luvin.” Madonna not only lost the top spot, but [...]
*Music producer The Dream took a big bold leap out on a limb all by himself recently when he told the Guardian over the weekend that Black people can’t make good Soul music anymore. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) As Adele soars off the charts [...]
*The producer of Adele’s smash hit “Rolling in the Deep” revealed he was influenced by Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s hit “Brooklyn Zoo” and the White Stripes song “Seven Nation Army.” Producer Paul Epworth told Uaudio.com: ”When we were doing ‘Rolling In The Deep’ we wanted the impact and feeling of the track to have a little [...]
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