2012 Billboard Music Awards: 20 essential takeaways from the show
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Like most music awards exhibits, the Billboard Music Awards are so not about the statuettes that are doled out. The display — which aired dwell last night on ABC from the MGM Grand Hotel, with hosts, Modern day Household stars Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell — is typically far more about every little thing but the awards: performances, tributes, collaborations, and other sundry craziness. Hell, even the fashion — hello to Miley Cyrus’ barely-there suit-jacket top — is much more important than the prizes! And that was no diverse this year. Just a handful of the 46 awards were actually provided out throughout the present — LMFAO dominated — which was jolted to existence with performances from Katy Perry, Cee Lo Green, and Linkin Park tributes to Robin Gibb, Donna Summer season, Whitney Houston, the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, and Stevie Wonder a collaboration between Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys and a heartfelt speech by Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Here are twenty important takeaways from the evening:
one. LMFAO usually do the exact same schtick. And seriously, they’ve done it all over the place — on practically each morning show, late-evening talk present, awards show. And we’ve noticed it all ahead of, correct down to Redfoo and SkyBlu dropping their pants at the end. Okay, so maybe the break-dancing zebra was new. Why did Billboard have them open? Likely, due to the fact they had been simply available. (Their availability also almost certainly contributed to them winning so numerous awards, honestly.)
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Music Power Rankings: Taylor Swift, Bono, Britney Spears and Justin Bieber
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Taylor Swift pledges $4 million for Country Hall’s education center
Taylor Swift, the country superstar who grew to become a specialist songwriter at 14, scored a record offer at 15 and released her initial album at 16, is kicking in $ four million towards the creation of an schooling center that will bear her title at the Nation Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, part of the museum’s $ 75-million expansion.
The Taylor Swift Educational Center will increase the museum’s educational amenities seven-fold, officials stated in announcing her pledge Thursday.
“Taylor Swift represents country music’s best traditions,” museum Director Kyle Young mentioned in a statement. “By stepping forward to fund our education center, she has the moment once more demonstrated that she has an eye on our industry’s future. …It is not an overstatement to say that the Taylor Swift Training Center will have a profound impact on our museum, our new campus, our city and even our nation. It will actually be the heart of our living museum, educating and inspiring young men and women and families, teaching them country music background and assisting them to make meaningful connections amongst the music and their personal lives.”
It is currently being developed to consist of three classrooms and a children’s exhibition gallery. The museum’s capital campaign has raised $ 56.eight million to date. The expansion is scheduled to be completed early in 2014.
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About to Pop: Gym Class Heroes, Bean + More Singles
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Initial off, we’d like to congratulate the Desired, whose new song ‘Chasing the Sun’ won in the most current About to Pop competitors. This Saturday and Sunday (Might 19 and 20), fans will get to hear the quintet’s second U.S. single blasting through their speakers on PopCrush’s weekly radio show. Now, the time has come for five fresh songs to battle it out in this week’s About to Pop challenge, with singles from Fitness center Class Heroes and pop newcomer Bean producing the reduce.
Gym Class Heroes could currently have a spot in our Prime 20 countdown for this weekend with ‘Self Back Property,’ but the band is competing for About to Pop airplay subsequent weekend with their newest single ‘The Fighter,’ which characteristics OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder. Bean is also competing to become up coming week’s About to Pop featured artist with her track ‘Cops and Robbers.’ Though she could not be a familiar title to you now, Bean’s sultry voice on this piano-driven pop song will certainly have you asking for far more.
On prime of these two tracks, B.o.B is also in this week’s About to Pop running with his Taylor Swift-featured track ‘Both of Us,’ although Nelly Furtado also has a chance of becoming our newest victor with ‘Big Hoops (Greater the Better).’ Lastly, singer Thomas Fiss is returning for round two this week with his new hot single ‘Let Go.’
B.o.B. Talks Swag With President Obama, Meek Mill Giving Away $8,500 Bike & More
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B.o.B. recently performed for President Obama, and the young ATL pop star shared their interaction on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Present,” “He came in, he was like ‘Nice sneakers.’ I was like ‘Hey guy, great swag.’” [RickeySmiley]
Wiz Khalifa just lately popped up in the video for Maroon 5′s “Payphone,” playing a man who gets his automobile stolen, then blown up by Adam Levine. Hmm. [YouTube]
Meek Mill, who just dropped a excellent mixtape, is giving away a customized Ethika motocross bike really worth $ 8,500 to a fortunate fan. Submit your “A1″ motocross bike trick by means of Viddy by June two to win. [Viddy]
Items are not seeking fantastic for Lil Boosie, whose defense rested their scenario yesterday (May 10), with out calling a single witness, right after the controversial rapper’s murderous lyrics had been scrutinized. “Yo Marlo, he drive a Monte Carlo/ Dat bitch grey, I want him dead today/ Right here go the cake,” appears quite easy. Good luck with that, Boosie. [AllHipHop]
Uh, so the Ying Yang Twins remixed Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend.” Weird. “Word to my homeboy Bieber.” [YouTube]
Album Sales: Carrie Underwood rules supreme, Norah Jones takes the second-place spot
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Carrie Underwood blew away the competitors on the Billboard 200 this week, scoring her third straight quantity a single album with her fourth release, Blown Away, and moving 267,000 copies.
Other Leading 10 newcomers incorporated Norah Jones, with her Danger Mouse-made Little Damaged Hearts, B.O.B., Marilyn Manson, and the 1st-ever soundtrack from NBC’s Smash.
Examine out the complete Leading ten beneath:
1. Carrie Underwood, Blown Away – 267,000
This is Underwood’s third straight quantity a single right after 2009′s Perform On, which debuted with 318,000, and 2007′s Carnival Ride, which started out with 527,000. Underwood’s 2005 debut Some Hearts is her only album to not reach the summit of the chart — it debuted at No. two with 315,000 (behind Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor) and finally offered 7.two million copies. Her existing single “Good Girl” has climbed up to No. 8 on the nation songs chart, and adhere to-up “Blown Away,” which she carried out on the Idol stage last week, kicks off its run at No. 22 on the Hot Digital Songs chart.
2. Norah Jones, Small Broken Hearts – 110,000
Norah Jones could have stayed the program and made lovely, jazz-tinged, perhaps slightly snoozy records and gone platinum for the rest of her occupation (her Grammy-winning debut Come Away With Me offered more than 10 million copies, and her three subsequent records have all reached platinum standing), but the chanteuse took a chance with her darker, Danger Mouse-produced fifth album. As such, Little Damaged Hearts opened to Jones’ lowest product sales ever — but by some means, we doubt she’s too anxious about it.
Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ gets used to the Billboard Hot 100 summit
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