tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75577910380784162432024-03-06T15:20:10.931+08:00Stronger Than MusicXmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-69728773420673276852011-04-07T22:24:00.000+08:002011-04-07T22:24:49.141+08:00BRITNEY SPEARS' NEW ALBUM "FEMME FATALE" DEBUTS NO. 1<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZBuy4Pm_uqohSohMyhy-t_c-gGy6CcU5OjdmvA7dkuI56IgH3Lg3wTif8HyimFkX32xsQ04MBIgpQ5wV_IZLZTXPb2eysifA4chozoUqx_8rguRWyCWhsgxtfEyTVAsJio15T-uIMiw_/s1600/photo04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZBuy4Pm_uqohSohMyhy-t_c-gGy6CcU5OjdmvA7dkuI56IgH3Lg3wTif8HyimFkX32xsQ04MBIgpQ5wV_IZLZTXPb2eysifA4chozoUqx_8rguRWyCWhsgxtfEyTVAsJio15T-uIMiw_/s400/photo04.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SPEARS IS THE FIRST FEMALE EVER TO HAVE</span></u></strong></div><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SIX NUMBER ONE ALBUM DEBUTS</span></u></strong></span></div></strong></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, NY - This week <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Britney Spears</strong> triumphs with her newest album <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Femme Fatale</strong> (Jive Records) bowing at No. 1 on U.S. albums charts. The chart-topping entry makes <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Spears</strong> the first female ever to have six No.1 album debuts, and marks the second biggest album debut of the year. The album also debuts at No. 1 in Canada, Australia and Korea and enters in the Top 10 in 15 other countries.</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The release of <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Femme Fatale</strong> follows the recent video premiere of the apocalyptic club thumper and Top 10 hit, "<a href="http://bit.ly/gc4hVu" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-property: initial; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: inherit;" target="_blank">Till The World Ends</a>" on VEVO. The video is currently on heavy rotation on MTV, MTV Hits, MTV Tres and VH-1.</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Additionally, <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Spears</strong> is earning accolades with <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Femme Fatale</strong>: <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Rolling Stone </em>magazine gave the album 4 out 5 stars and claims that "<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Femme Fatale</em> may be Britney's best album...". The <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Associated Press</em> adds, "<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Spears once again sizzles, and her flame burns as bright as ever,</em>" and <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">People Magazine</em> raves, "<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">One of the best start-to-finish albums of her career...</em>"</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Femme Fatale</strong> is executive produced by longtime collaborators <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Max Martin</strong> and<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Dr. Luke</strong>. The iconic superstar, <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Britney Spears</strong> has sold nearly 70 million albums worldwide to date with her previous releases <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">...Baby One More Time (1999); Oops!...I Did It Again (2000); Britney (2001); In The Zone (2003); Blackout (2007); Circus (2008).</strong></span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-46683536072913877902011-04-06T19:21:00.000+08:002011-04-06T19:21:34.398+08:00STM World Premiere: Till The World Ends - Britney Spears<div style="text-align: center;"></div><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qzU9OrZlKb8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-77563460485045114142011-04-05T12:24:00.000+08:002011-04-05T12:24:51.561+08:00STM Teaser: Till The World Ends - Britney Spears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogs.fusionradio.fm/fusion/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Britney-Till-The-World-Ends.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://blogs.fusionradio.fm/fusion/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Britney-Till-The-World-Ends.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Britney Spears</b> is all-set to release her newest video for brand new single, "<b>Till The World Ends,</b>" produced by Pop Gods Max Martin and Dr. Luke with Billboard and penned by Ke$ha and Alexander Kronlund. The video, directed by Ray Kay (Justin Bieber's "Baby", Lady Gaga's "Poker Face", Adam Lambert's "For Your Entertainment" and Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair") will be released in two versions: one that features an "apocalyptic" storyline and the other one will feature Britney's signature dance moves.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HOT! HOT! HOT! Like Slave<i>ney</i>, Overprotected<i>ney</i> and Boys<i>ney</i> is back, bitches!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wait for the full video which will premiere on VEVO on <b>April 6 (Wednesday)</b> at <b>12 midnight PST</b>!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buy "Till The World Ends" on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/till-the-world-ends-single/id423850231"></a></span><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/till-the-world-ends-single/id423850231"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iTunes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ieBW6sjcgNo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-15194175049230888362011-03-29T12:46:00.000+08:002011-03-29T12:46:30.925+08:00'FEMME FATALE' OUT NOW!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://popboi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/femme-fatale-deluxe-edition.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://popboi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/femme-fatale-deluxe-edition.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">BRITNEY SPEARS' LATEST ALBUM, 'FEMME FATALE' NOW OUT WORLDWIDE!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Check you nearest music retailer and digital music stores for your copy!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>CRITICS ARE LOVING THE NEW ALBUM!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The bow-down-to-Godney press reviews are already rolling in for Britney's seventh studio effort, <i>Femme Fatale</i>. And that's in addition to <a href="http://www.britney.com/us/blog/rolling-stone-reviews-femme-fatale" style="color: #cc0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i><b>Rolling Stone</b></i></a> giving four out of five stars and <a href="http://www.britney.com/us/blog/popjustice-reviews-femme-fatale" style="color: #cc0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b>Popjustice</b></a> calling the album "basically brilliant." Check it out:</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"...entirely unapologetic, dark, throbbing dance-pop..." —<b><i>Us Weekly</i></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Spears shows that she can still give the Lady Gagas and Rihannas of the pop world a serious challenge on the dance floor. <i>Femme Fatale</i> is a nonstop party, starting off with a fun flourish with the poppy 'Till the World Ends' and winding down with the dark, downbeat 'Criminal.'" —<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MUSIC_REVIEW_BRITNEY_SPEARS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-21-13-54-15" style="color: #cc0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b>Associated Press</b></a></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"This is a great dance record. Revoke my critic's card, label me a pop poseur, confiscate my Bob Dylan vinyl, but it's the truth. Brit's seventh studio album kills as a dancefloor soundtrack." —<i><b>Boston Herald</b></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Spears and her fans needed this record. Pop music needed this record. It’s engaging, and, in pulling the best elements from her past two efforts, Spears and her production crew built a purely blissful account of currently-trending tunes." —<b style="color: #cc0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/album-review-britney-spears-femme-fatale/" style="color: #cc0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Consequence of Sound</a></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Molded by all-star helmers Max Martin and Dr. Luke, the album is a ballad-free, treadmill-ready playlist of tireless dance beats and top-shelf production." —<i><b>Entertainment Weekly</b></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Either taking a gamble or just a reflection of her own tastes, <i>Fatale</i> is the most club-ready album from a major artist since Madonna's <i>Confessions on a Dance Floor</i>." —<a href="http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/awards-campaign-2009/posts/review-britney-spears-returns-to-the-club-with-the-gutsy-and-infectious-femme-fatale" style="color: #cc0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b>Hit Fix</b></a></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Brit's always delivered on the dance floor — and the beat goes on here with the saucy come-ons of 'Hold It Against Me,' the robot swagger of 'Big Fat Bass' and the Ke$ha-written party-girl anthem 'Till The World Ends.' —<i><b>In Touch Weekly</b></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Other pop artists will come and go, but Britney Spears is a true femme fatale who makes the best pop music around — and you can hold that against me." —<a href="http://popboi.com/2011/03/13/britney-spears-femme-fatale-album-review/" style="color: #cc0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b>Pop Boi</b></a></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"7 out of 10." —<i><b>SPIN</b></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Reviews are starting to pour in for Britney Spears' latest release, <i>Femme Fatale</i>, and the consensus seems to be that the pop star has delivered 'another <i>Blackout</i>,' which in the parlance of Spears' fans means it's good — real good." —<a href="http://www.popeater.com/2011/03/15/britney-spears-femme-fatale-reviews-blackout/" style="color: #cc0000; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b>PopEater</b></a></span></b></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-20184083418785437572011-03-20T15:45:00.033+08:002011-03-20T15:56:35.698+08:00STM Event: FEMME FATALE: The Grand Album Launch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Calling all Pinoys who “heart” Britney Spears</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pinoys Heart Britney</b>, the premiere and most interactive Britney Spears fan club in the Philippines, together with <b>Sony Music Philippines</b> and <b>Astroplus</b> present <b>FEMME FATALE: The Grand Album Launch</b>! This event is our way of welcoming the highly-anticipated new album of this generation’s biggest pop icon, Britney Spears!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happening on <b>April 2<sup>nd</sup></b>, <b>4pm</b> at the <b>SM Megamall Event Center</b>, this is definitely going to be the ultimate bonding experience for all Pinoy Britters out there! Get your copy of Femme Fatale FIRST and get a chance to get exclusive Britney freebies! Also, wear your dancing shoes and join the “Hold It Against Me” Dance Contest (courtesy of Movement Dance Studio) and win Britney’s latest perfume “Radiance” (courtesy of LuxAsia)! Details on how to join the contest can be found here: <a href="http://on.fb.me/f07b5J"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://on.fb.me/f07b5J</span></a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Not to mention lots of fun activities lined up, so don’t dare miss this event!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what are you waiting for, Pinoy Britters? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confirm your attendance now thru this page:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="http://on.fb.me/hR5haN" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://on.fb.me/hR5haN</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We know you <i>wanna go (o-oh…)</i> to this <i>drop dead beautiful</i> event, only a <i>criminal</i> wouldn’t! (Haha!) Follow the <i>trip of your heart</i> and we’ll keep on dancing<i> till the world ends</i>! And eh, please <i>don’t hold it against us</i>! :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>FEMME FATALE: The Grand Album Launch</b> is presented to you by <b>Pinoys Heart Britney</b>, <b>Sony Music Philippines</b> and <b>Astroplus</b>, in partnership with <b>SM Megamall</b>, <b>LuxAsia</b>, <b>Movement Dance Studio</b>, <b>Britney Pinoy Believers</b> and <b>Britney Spears Live in Manila</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visit us on Facebook for more info about this event:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pinoysheartbritney"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.facebook.com/pinoysheartbritney</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://www.facebook.com/sonymusic.ph</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-47837137989640362692011-03-04T12:48:00.000+08:002011-03-04T12:48:28.124+08:00STM World Premiere: On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull<div style="text-align: center;"></div><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t4H_Zoh7G5A" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-44808207067943119842011-03-01T00:05:00.000+08:002011-03-01T00:05:16.716+08:00STM World Premiere: Born This Way - Lady Gaga<center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wV1FrqwZyKw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-61153424654463369722011-02-24T14:56:00.001+08:002011-02-24T15:00:40.741+08:00Listen to Avril Lavigne's "Goodbye Lullaby"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://feme.com.ua/uploads/posts/2010-12/1292534513_avril_lavigne_goodbye_lullaby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="http://feme.com.ua/uploads/posts/2010-12/1292534513_avril_lavigne_goodbye_lullaby.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excited for <b>Avril Lavigne</b>'s new album "<b>Goodbye Lullaby</b>"? Fret no more! You can now stream the new album below! Yes, in <b>FULL</b>! Enjoy S-TeaM! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><br />
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</span></center><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Tracklist:</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Black Star<br />
2. What The Hell<br />
3. Push<br />
4. Wish You Were Here<br />
5. Smile<br />
6. Stop Standing There<br />
7. I Love You<br />
8. Everybody Hurts<br />
9. Not Enough<br />
10. 4 Real<br />
11. Darlin<br />
12. Remember When<br />
13. Goodbye<br />
14. Alice (hidden track)</span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-78126501058693743472011-02-21T21:36:00.001+08:002011-02-21T21:36:35.171+08:00STM Experience: Taylor Swift - "Speak Now" World Tour Live in Manila<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a while since the last time I went out to watch a concert. 10.10.10 was the last concert I went to, which is Adam Lambert's "Glam Nation Tour" at the SM Mall of Asia open grounds. 4 months later, here I am again making a concert review to share my wonderful experience to all of STM's avid readers. And trust me, I enjoyed this one so much!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Manila</b> was lucky enough to be part of <b>Taylor Swift</b>'s "<b>Speak Now</b>" <b>World Tour</b>. After successful concerts in Singapore, South Korea and Japan, it's Manila's turn to witness Taylor Swift's explosive country extravaganza on <b>Feb 19</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chosen by Taylor Swift herself, Filipino talent, <b>Sam Concepcion</b> opened the concert at exactly 8pm with his version of Chris Brown's "Yeah Yeah Yeah". His second song was Kung Fu Panda's theme "Kung Fu Fighting", followed by his hit, "Even If". His last song was a rendition of Katy Perry's recent hit, "Firework" which delighted the audience.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taylor's set did not start until 9pm. When the lights went down, it was Swift's opening song, "Sparks Fly". Audience went crazy! It was indeed the start of a magical night with country music's favorite princess. Here's the concert set list:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">1. Sparks Fly</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">2. Mine</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><div style="text-align: center;">3. The Story of Us</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Back to December/ Apologize/ You’re Not Sorry (medley)</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. Better Than Revenge</div><div style="text-align: center;">6. Speak Now</div><div style="text-align: center;">7. Fearless (Acoustic)/ I’m Yours (medley)</div><div style="text-align: center;">8. Fifteen</div><div style="text-align: center;">9. You Belong with Me</div><div style="text-align: center;">10. Dear John</div><div style="text-align: center;">11. Enchanted</div><div style="text-align: center;">12. Long Live</div><div style="text-align: center;">13. Love Story</div></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">I must admit that this is one of the best concerts I've ever been to. The crowd is awesome, singing all of the songs throughout the entire concert. Right from the start, you'll know that this is an audience full of energy and true enough, they never lost the energy until the concert ended. Even Taylor herself got amazed at how incredible the audience was and expressed her happiness through her Twitter account right after the show.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Of course, Taylor was as energetic as her audience, dancing, jumping and running throughout the entire concert which delighted the crowd. She was even uttering Filipino terms from time to time. I believe she said "Magandang Gabi" (Good Evening), "Salamat" (Thank You"), Mahal Ko Kayo" (I Love You) and "Kumusta" (How Are You) to which the audience responded with loud cheers. She also had a few costume changes: The sparkly gown on "Sparks Fly", the blue dress on "Speak Now", the shining gown on "Enchanted" and the white dress on "Love Story", which added excitement to the whole experience of watching Swift perform.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">The moment Taylor appeared on stage, every person at the Big Dome instantly got mesmerized. There's something about this girl that captivates you. Like when you we're a child and obsessed with Barbie. Maybe because her songs are about experiences. Our personal experiences. We easily relate to every heartbreak and tear and happiness and boy crush that she has or had in the past. Not to mention the charismatic beauty this artist has and the heart of a down-to-earth person. Truly, it was enchanting to meet this artist in person and share with her, even for a night, all of the wonderful experiences of being a teen and being in love.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Avril Lavigne</b> rocking a pair of bikini? Wow! </span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-42265001537265678682011-01-21T09:52:00.000+08:002011-01-21T09:52:28.915+08:00Britney Spears' 'Hold It Against Me' Debuts Atop Hot 100<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="highlight" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=stm02-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004ISEQ6Y&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Britney Spears becomes <u>just the second artist in the Billboard Hot 100's 52-year history</u> to debut multiple songs at No. 1, as "Hold It Against Me" blasts in at the summit</span>.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spears previously launched at the apex with "3" the week of Oct. 24, 2009. She joins Mariah Carey as the only acts to arrive at No. 1 more than once. Carey made such grand entrances with "Fantasy" and "One Sweet Day" in 1995 and "Honey" in 1997. (All charts will be refreshed tomorrow (Jan. 20) on Billboard.com).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hold It Against Me" is the 18th song to debut at No. 1 and the first since Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" the week of Nov. 13, 2010.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The track is Spears' fourth No. 1 on the Hot 100. Prior to "3," she reigned with her debut single "...Baby One More Time" (two weeks, 1999) and "Womanizer" (one week, 2008).</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hold It Against Me" starts atop Digital Songs with 411,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. As previously reported, the sum marks the <span class="highlight" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">highest debut frame by a lead female artist</span>, besting the 325,000 shifted by Taylor Swift's "Today Was a Fairytale" the week of Feb. 6, 2010.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>On Radio Songs, "Hold It Against Me" begins at No. 23 with 45 million first-week audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS, the <span class="highlight" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">highest audience sum for a debuting title in the chart's history</span>.</b> The song's No. 23 entrance is the chart's best since Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" began at the same rank the week of March 1, 2008.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two other tracks storm the upper reaches of the Hot 100. "What the Hell," the first single from Avril Lavigne's fourth album, "Goodbye Lullaby," due March 8, opens at No. 13. The song starts at No. 6 on Digital Songs with sales of 163,000.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At No. 23 on the Hot 100, Kanye West and Jay-Z debut with "H*A*M." The first single from the superstar pair's upcoming collaborative album, "Watch the Throne," enters Digital Songs at No. 10 (125,000).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Directly below "Hold It Against Me" on the Hot 100, three titles dip one notch each: Bruno Mars' "Grenade" (1-2), Katy Perry's "Firework" (2-3) and Rihanna's "What's My Name?," featuring Drake (3-4).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow" lifts 7-5, jumping Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)," featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E (6-6), while "We R Who We R" slides 4-7.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P!nk descends 5-8 with "Raise Your Glass" but claims dual Greatest Gainer/Digital and Airplay honors with "F**kin' Perfect" (57-30). The second new track from her "Greatest Hits... So Far!!!" retrospective bounds 66-25 on Digital Songs (70,000, up 95%) and 68-44 (27.5 million, up 54%) on Radio Songs.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)" and Mars' "Just the Way You Are" round out the Hot 100 top 10, each dropping a rung to Nos. 9 and 10, respectively.</span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-25254105701134465862011-01-11T23:01:00.001+08:002011-01-12T06:13:12.679+08:00"Hold It Against Me" Dominates!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Britney Spears</b> may be on top of the world once again as her new single "<b>Hold It Against Me</b>" dominates iTunes charts worldwide, only a few hours after its release! In fact, Britney even broke the record she set for her other number one hit, "Womanizer" which reached iTunes US' peak 17 hours after its release. HIAM claimed that spot in an incredibly shorter time of less than 10 hours</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of this writing,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Hold It Against Me" is currently holding the number one spot on iTunes in 13 countries including: US, New Zealand, Spain, Mexico, Sweden, France, Finland, Greece, Portugal, Norway, Italy, Canada and Denmark.</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The song also made records on radio, registering the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">most first day radio spins with <b>705</b>, beating out Mariah Carey’s 498 for “Touch My Body”. It also got <b>7.584</b> Audience Impressions from Pop Radio – <b>Over 9 million impressions</b> in total from all formats. This is millions more than Britney’s last two chart toppers, “3″ and “Womanizer”, both got.</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not to mention, HIAM has been universally critically-acclaimed: 4/5 Stars from Rolling Stone, 4.5/5 from Artist Direct, and positive reviews from L.A. Times, Top 40, The Sun, Popjustice, MTV, Yahoo Music, Idolator, and Neon Limelight.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As promised, STM brings you the world premiere of <b>Britney Spears</b>' latest single, "<b>Hold It Against Me</b>", penned by pop gods Max Martin and Dr. Luke! Checkout Britney's latest smash below. If it's blocked in your country, then try hitting the play button of STM's music player located at the side bar! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enough of waiting! <b>Britney Spears is BACK</b> and ready shake our worlds again!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than two years after the release of her successful CD, "<b>Circus</b>", Spears is ready to drop an explosive new album in March, produced by Pop Gods <b>Max Martin</b> (P!nk, Adam Lambert) and <b>Dr. Luke</b> (Katy Perry ,Ke$ha).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first single off Britney's untitled new album entitled "<b>Hold It Against Me</b>" is due to premiere simultaneously on radio and on iTunes, midnight of <b><u>1.11.11</u></b>! Below is Jive's official statement about the release:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #353535; line-height: 12px;"></span></span></div><h4 class="story" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">January 7, 2011 - Britney Spears Set To Release New Single “Hold It Against Me” On Tuesday, January 11th</span></i></strong></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Song Will Debut Simultaneously At Radio And On The U.S. iTunes Store At Midnight (EST) On January 11th</i></strong></span></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant: normal; line-height: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant: normal; line-height: 12pt;">New York, NY- Britney Spears’ new highly anticipated song “Hold It Against Me” will premiere simultaneously on radio stations and be available immediately in the U.S. exclusively on the iTunes store, Tuesday, January 11th at 12AM EST.</span></i></span></div></span> </span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant: normal; line-height: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant: normal; line-height: 12pt;">“Hold It Against Me” is produced by Britney’s long-time collaborators Max Martin and Dr. Luke and is the official lead single from her forthcoming album. The as-yet-untitled seventh studio album is slated for release in March, 2011 on Jive Records.</span></i></span></div></span> </span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal; line-height: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-variant: normal; line-height: 12pt;">Fans will have the opportunity to purchase the song exclusively on the iTunes store until 1/18.</span></i></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant: normal; line-height: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant: normal; line-height: 12pt;">During her 12-year career, Britney has had five albums debut in the No. 1 position on Billboard ’s Top 200 Albums chart and she’s had 24 Top 40 hits on Billboard’s Mainstream Top 40 chart. Globally, Britney Spears is one of the top-selling artists of the past decade, dominating charts with her albums, selling an astonishing 67 million albums worldwide. Her previous albums include: …Baby One More Time (1999); Oops!… I Did It Again (2000); Britney (2001); In The Zone (2003); Blackout (2007); Circus (2008); and The Singles Collection (2009).</span></i></span></div></span></span></i></span></span></h4>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-85756732336880479162010-12-31T10:13:00.000+08:002010-12-31T10:13:47.978+08:00Avril Lavigne is Back!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR1Hf-QiHAJ6g8MSU54XREjR8pGWUq5Sutpj9O0zXFzzHcfE000MtUhQPJvq3XBj75gtTDAIrhZt-qmcueyc_vhEUee9DX0CwiuqGvAdcNYKT0NZcQ3DzeyWr-RROnPdXRouDB3S3ROOL/s1600/What+the+Hell_Avril+Lavigne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR1Hf-QiHAJ6g8MSU54XREjR8pGWUq5Sutpj9O0zXFzzHcfE000MtUhQPJvq3XBj75gtTDAIrhZt-qmcueyc_vhEUee9DX0CwiuqGvAdcNYKT0NZcQ3DzeyWr-RROnPdXRouDB3S3ROOL/s400/What+the+Hell_Avril+Lavigne.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the artists I have long been waiting to come back is <b>Avril Lavigne</b>. 3 years after the release of her last effort, "<b>The Best Damn Thing</b>", the pop-rock queen is back with a brand new album dubbed as "<b>Goodbye Lullabye</b>" out on <b>March 8, 2011</b>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Her new single called "<b>What The Hell</b>" will premiere on New Year's Eve with a performance on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. The song, written by Lavigne, Max Martin, Shellback (who's also worked in the past with pop superstar Britney Spears) is an uptempo pop-rock track reminiscent of Avril's previous hits "The Best Damn Thing" and "Girlfriend". Lavigne describes it as "a broad message about personal freedom", calling it her "most pop track on the record" and the least personal song from the album.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Checkout the preview of "<b>What The Hell</b>" below!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><center><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zNvzolujYts?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zNvzolujYts?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></center></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-58993747494510028272010-12-19T13:10:00.000+08:002010-12-19T13:10:27.559+08:00Kylie Minogue - Better Than Today (Official Music Video)<div style="text-align: center;"></div><center><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vypAgJWiifA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vypAgJWiifA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></center>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-34517194627127857512010-12-19T13:02:00.000+08:002010-12-19T13:02:03.993+08:00Ke$ha - We R Who We R (Official Music Video)<div style="text-align: center;"></div><center><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mXvmSaE0JXA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mXvmSaE0JXA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></center>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-25787082601752796102010-12-15T22:56:00.000+08:002010-12-15T22:56:17.431+08:00STM Album Review: Loud - Rihanna<m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A year after the release of her dark-themed album, “Rated R” and a series of public fiascos, R&B diva, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rihanna</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is back with another record which she calls “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loud</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">”. With this effort, Ms. Fenti worked with some of today’s hottest record producers, including StarGate, The Runners, Polow da Don, Tricky Stewart and Alex da Kid which kinda explains the R&B-Hip Hop-Dancehall feel of the CD.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Critics claim that “Loud” brings back Rihanna to her dance roots, but STM says otherwise. There may be a few dance-inspired songs but most of the tracks in this effort are slow jams and R&B-driven love songs. Nonetheless, this effort is a big improvement, music-wise, from her lackluster album, “Rated R”. A number of tracks in “Loud” are single material and radio-friendly, most of them are at the first half of the CD. My only concern though is that there is a tendency to lose the “magic” of listening to this effort as mediocre tracks are all found in the second half of the album.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Personally, the best tracks in this effort are the slow jam “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What’s My Name?</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">” featuring rapper Drake; “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheers (Drink To That)</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">” which interpolates Avril Lavigne’s “I’m with You”; “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fading</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">”; the tear-jerker ballad, “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">California King Bed</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">”; and, the album’s explosive dance tracks, “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only Girl (In The World)</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">” and “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">S&M</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">” which are both reminiscent of Rihanna’s previous effort, “Disturbia”. And how could we forget “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love The Way You Lie (Part 2)</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">” which is undoubtedly a lot better, lyric-wise, than its previous version. This new rendition features more vocals from Rihanna, not to mention the brand new lyrics and rap verse from Eminem.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, STM finds this album “loud” but not quite. It is definitely a step-up from the mediocre sound of “Rated R” but not as awesome as “Good Girl Gone Bad”, which is arguably her best effort to date. I was actually expecting something that would best “Good Girl Gone Bad”, as the album title suggests that this effort would contain more of Rihanna’s signature dance-R&B-inspired jams but it just didn’t turn out that way. Nonetheless, Rihanna’s newest effort delivers but kinda lacks the solidity and club-friendly hits that “Good Girl Gone Bad” has.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">REPEAT:</span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> S&M, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What’s My Name?, Cheers (Drink To That), Fading, California King Bed, Only Girl (in The World), Love The Way You Lie (Part 2)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SKIP:</span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Man Down, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raining Men,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Skin</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SINGLE-WORTHY TRACKS:</span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheers (Drink To That), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fading, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love The Way You Lie (Part 2)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-3643491588158071372010-11-03T19:30:00.000+08:002010-11-03T19:30:21.605+08:00Taylor Swift Sells Over 1 Million in Record Billboard 200 Debut<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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</u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Billboard</u>:</b> <b>Taylor Swift</b>'s "<b>Speak Now</b>" album spoke loud and clear last week, as it will debut at No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200 chart with a whopping <b>1,047,000</b> copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the largest sales week for an album since </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/artist/50-cent/340706" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">50 Cent's</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "The Massacre" bowed at No. 1 with 1,141,000 in March of 2005.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991, there have only been 16 instances where an album sold at least a million copies in a week. The last time we had a million-plus frame was when </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/artist/lil-wayne/352101" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Lil Wayne's</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Tha Carter III" launched at No. 1 with 1,006,000 in June of 2008. The SoundScan-era record week is still held by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/artist/nsync/261075" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">NSYNC's</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"No Strings Attached," when it debuted at No. 1 with 2,416,000 in 2000.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, "Speak" owns the biggest week for any album by a woman -- regardless of genre -- since 2000, when </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/artist/britney-spears/290150" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Britney Spears'</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Oops! I Did It Again" danced into the No. 1 spot with 1,319,000. In total, just four albums by women have notched million-plus weeks. Aside from Swift and Spears, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/artist/whitney-houston/4849" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Whitney Houston's</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "The Bodyguard" soundtrack moved 1,061,000 over the busy Christmas week of 1992, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/artist/norah-jones/466959" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Norah Jones'</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Feels Like Home" debuted at No. 1 with 1,022,000 in 2004.</span></span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-63015278886286989322010-10-31T10:08:00.000+08:002010-10-31T10:08:36.734+08:00Happy Anniversary, Blackout!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbCEp_zCxLpXyhSMFuZQ_7ST6xg9ng1_2Vvnl6YEEDbSsxYVIYqVniEPaaLAkUFvc7GiWKJ4M-I-DI64lst0-ShRsztiZAtwBWeUHVh6MMa-EKC5uZM5amntPxdMm-8M1K4fZQV6vskr-/s1600/blackout-.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbCEp_zCxLpXyhSMFuZQ_7ST6xg9ng1_2Vvnl6YEEDbSsxYVIYqVniEPaaLAkUFvc7GiWKJ4M-I-DI64lst0-ShRsztiZAtwBWeUHVh6MMa-EKC5uZM5amntPxdMm-8M1K4fZQV6vskr-/s1600/blackout-.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Britney Spears</b>' 2007 album turns 3 today and I think it's only fitting for STM to dedicate this special post to celebrate the anniversary of this kick ass album. Dubbed as "<b>Blackout</b>," the album's title ref</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ers to "blacking out negativity and embracing life fully".</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> True enough coz this album turned out to be a pivotal point in Britney's personal life. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She may not be at her best state at the time but Spears managed to come out with one of the best pop-dance-rnb driven albums ever! She was even the executive producer of this album, something she's never done before with her previous efforts.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The album </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sold <b>124,000</b> copies on its first day of release in the US, with sales of <b>290,000</b> units in its first week, making it debut at number 2 on Billboard's 200 albums chart. It went on to sell like hot cakes and to date, it has already sold </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><b>987,000</b> copies in the US alone, with total sales of <b>3.1 million</b> copies worldwide. It also gave Britney a year full of awards including her three-peat win at the <b>2008 MTV VMA</b>s for "<b>Best Female Video</b>", "<b>Best Pop Video</b>" and "<b>Video of the Year</b>" for the hit "<b>Piece of Me</b>".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">With 4 singles "<b>Gimme More</b>", "<b>Piece of Me</b>", "<b>Break The Ice</b>" and "<b>Radar</b>", Blackout is a testament that Britney Spears is the true queen of the dance floor and the only pop artist this generation who could make the bitches go wild on stage.</span></span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-27611869922007292582010-10-30T08:50:00.000+08:002010-10-30T08:50:49.834+08:00STM World Premiere: Firework - Katy Perry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtnwoKA6m9GmN9bjpa4p7Yso5gunDvZPfAOYTnCkjvXGRN-c2iByW46ISVzAK5pRTimZUl6C1M26u6kaXhrmxrTFJnfYBVYXA4df8MmjtqdG3Ly17_Q9KKNBbTWrKuKzJX9zugdTjP0xS/s1600/75888_5099907007057_MF_122_74lo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtnwoKA6m9GmN9bjpa4p7Yso5gunDvZPfAOYTnCkjvXGRN-c2iByW46ISVzAK5pRTimZUl6C1M26u6kaXhrmxrTFJnfYBVYXA4df8MmjtqdG3Ly17_Q9KKNBbTWrKuKzJX9zugdTjP0xS/s400/75888_5099907007057_MF_122_74lo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's finally here! <b>Katy Perry</b>'s new video for "</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firework</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">," the third single off her latest album "Teenage Dream" and follow-up to monster hits "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream" has finally been released! Checkout the video below! Enjoy!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><center><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QGJuMBdaqIw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QGJuMBdaqIw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></center></span>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-37634264134189938292010-10-16T12:28:00.000+08:002010-10-16T12:28:53.269+08:00STM Teaser: Firework - Katy Perry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMu8hKTy3ZTlncSAqsQIn8PXMzmNzyJ2IFhseKzcr9PeO3ibWtRCMgG0n8MdN7BDL0m4uxU8s03w0TS4AvvdOHAIrEPGRhCYhrh8O5GCxWNy9TZ5EzmOrtWlmu8tpZzJQsErGnGefsgnO/s1600/Katy-Perry-Fireworks-FanMade.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMu8hKTy3ZTlncSAqsQIn8PXMzmNzyJ2IFhseKzcr9PeO3ibWtRCMgG0n8MdN7BDL0m4uxU8s03w0TS4AvvdOHAIrEPGRhCYhrh8O5GCxWNy9TZ5EzmOrtWlmu8tpZzJQsErGnGefsgnO/s400/Katy-Perry-Fireworks-FanMade.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Can hardly wait for <b>Katy Perry</b>'s new video? Well, the teaser for Katy's music video for "<b>Firework</b>" is now out and you can check it below in full HD glory! Enjoy!</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was lucky enough to have been able to watch one of this year's best-selling concerts! Courtesy of my friend's friend, who happens to be working with the concert's production team, we were able to get hold of <b>VVIP tickets</b> to <b>Adam Lambert</b>'s "<b>Glam Nation Tour</b>" at the <b>Mall of Asia Open Grounds</b> last <b>10.10.10</b> (<b>October 10, 2010</b>). This is another "dream concert" for me so I was very excited to go.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">We arrived at the venue at exactly 8pm. No problem though, coz concerts in the Philippines rarely start on time. (Haha!) The opening act <b>Paraluman</b> already up the stage at 8pm and performed for 30 minutes. When they finished their set, a playlist consisting of current pop music was played to include Lady GaGa's "Bad Romance", Ke$ha's "Take It Off" and Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream". The audience never got bored waiting for Adam Lambert's set which didn't start until 9:30pm. While preparing the stage for Lambert's set, his picture suddenly flashed on the LCD and the audience screamed!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The concert was divided into three parts which Adam describes: “In the beginning, it is mysterious, seductive and a little bit dark. And then the middle section is very vulnerable, strip down, acoustic arrangement, very honest. And the last one is very over the top and fun and lots of dancing.”</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">When Adam finally went up the stage at 9:30pm, the concert grounds with 20,000 people went wild! The concert started with a medley of "VooDoo", "For Your Entertainment", "Down the Rabbit Hole" and a rendition of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire". People started to get off their seats and dance. Very nice crowd, I should say. Very participative. After the number, Adam uttered these words: "<i>Finally, a concert in Manila! Finally in the Philippines!</i>" which received a loud response from the audience. Though I think the most memorable moment during this part of the concert was when Lambert kissed, yes, kissed (in the lips) his bandmate-boyfriend who happens to be the same person he kissed during his controversial performance at the American Music Awards. I believe it was during his performance of "Fever" which is by the way, a song written by Lady GaGa.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The second part of the concert includes some of Adam's slow tempo tempo songs like "Soaked", "Aftermath" "Broken Open", "Sleepwalker" and the fan favorite "Whataya Want From Me" in acoustic style! It was very heart-warming. Adam feeling each and every song he's singing. Definitely sang from his heart.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Come third part of the concert, the energy was already up the ceiling and when Lambert started singing "Strut" the audience had no choice but stand up and dance. The best part I should was the ending song when he started to perform the mega hit "If I Had You". Audience sang their hearts out and were literally jumping in excitement, me included. There was also an encore song, which is his signature AI song, "Mad World".</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Overall, I would say that this is definitely the best way to celebrate 10.10.10 and I surely had a blast. It was a night of pure glam rock, dancing, having fun and letting it all out! Truly one memorable concert for me.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you very much, Mr. Adam Lambert! <i><b>Mahal ka namin!</b></i></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>SET LIST:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Voodoo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">For Your Entertainment</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Down The Rabbit Hole</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ring of Fire</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Fever</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sleepwalker</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Whataya Want From Me</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Soaked</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Broken Open</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Aftermath</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sure Fire Winners</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Strut</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Music Again</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">If I Had You</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Mad World</span></li>
</ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Checkout some pictures (courtesy of <b>Ed Arevalo</b>) and videos (courtesy of <b>suz526</b>) below:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><center style="text-align: center;"><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XjaW_39DAAo?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XjaW_39DAAo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed><b>MAD WORLD</b></object></center><center style="text-align: center;"><b>MAD WORLD</b></center></span></span></span></div>Xmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547030682903700936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557791038078416243.post-26949440022367088262010-10-09T13:07:00.000+08:002010-10-09T13:07:05.305+08:00STM Album Review: The Other Side of Down - David Archuleta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQzvWfXRbvOOCC2KCtqfOu3pKV2WxDjEPsE1G22FlGf9sjs3zfYMHeJ8l_QjsUDA4XskhiyWr08IkRNpG4y-AoXgG9q4XWLoSf2sqbzofbd_fBEIVPhZCYVcBtgebrxKJcji8qo5x7qDT/s1600/David-Archuleta-The-Other-Side-Of-Down-Deluxe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQzvWfXRbvOOCC2KCtqfOu3pKV2WxDjEPsE1G22FlGf9sjs3zfYMHeJ8l_QjsUDA4XskhiyWr08IkRNpG4y-AoXgG9q4XWLoSf2sqbzofbd_fBEIVPhZCYVcBtgebrxKJcji8qo5x7qDT/s1600/David-Archuleta-The-Other-Side-Of-Down-Deluxe.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><u>TRACKLIST:</u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">1. The Other Side Of Down<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />2. Something ‘Bout Love<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />3. Elevator<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />4. Stomping The Roses<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />5. Who I Am<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />6. Falling Stars<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />7. Parachutes And Airplanes<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />8. Look Around<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />9. Good Place<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />10. Complain<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />11. Things Are Gonna Get Better<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />12. My Kind Of Perfect</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Two years after the release of his self-titled debut album, David Archuleta is now ready to give us “<b>The Other Side of Down</b>.” Having written 10 out of the 12 cuts from this CD, Archuleta describes “TOSOD” as a “more personal” and “meaningful” album. If I am to describe this album, I think I’d use the same words as Archuleta’s. This is another side of David we have yet to hear, know and discover, very different from the pop-R&B sound of his debut album.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">If “David Archuleta” is an awesome pop-R&B album, then “TOSOD” is a perfect album. Literally “perfect” lyrics-wise and melody-wise. Add to that Archie’s “perfect” vocals and you have one of the best pop albums this decade.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Archuleta and his team of writers were actually able to duplicate the feeling of excitement we got from Archie’s debut album and not only that, I think the excitement was multiplied 12x this time around. I literally have no tracks to skip on this effort and I just love the fact that each cut has a different feel to it. There’s a little dance-pop element on “Something ‘Bout Love” and “Look Around”; a little pop-rock flavor on “Good Place”; there are David’s heartfelt love songs like “Complain,” “Things Are Gonna Get Better” and “My Kind of Perfect” and not to forget the awesome pop cuts like “Parachutes and Airplanes,” “Who I Am” and the new single, “Elevator”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">My favorite cuts from this album would definitely include the pop-rock anthem “Stomping the Roses”. You just gotta love the addicting melody of the song. I also find it amusing that Archuleta is finally singing an “I-Hate-You” song. Very Kelly Clarkson!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Another “TOSOD” cut I love is the tear-jerker “Falling Stars”. Produced by the people behind David’s mega hit “Crush”, “Falling Stars” starts as a piano-driven ballad and eventually turns into a pop-R&B track with killer bits. Not to mention the genius lyrics about lost love and breaking-up.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Last but definitely not the least, who wouldn’t love the album’s title track, “The Other Side of Down”? If you wanna get inspired, I suggest you listen to this song with killer lyrics about trying to stay positive about anything and everything in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;">Overall, I would say that TOSOD is a very solid pop album. This disc is something that pop music lovers would definitely enjoy listening to, over and over again. There’s no way for this boy but up. He has truly managed to grow a lot on this effort. And I think, aside from the beautiful melodies on “TOSOD”, an added bonus is the fact that David Archuleta was able to translate all his feelings into great pop songs which aren’t only great to listen to, but great to relate to as well.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><u>REPEAT:</u></b> Stomping The Roses, Falling Stars, The Other Side of Down, Parachutes and Airplanes, Who I Am</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><u>SINGLE-WORTHY TRACKS:</u></b> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 18px;">Stomping The Roses, Falling Stars, The Other Side of Down</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 18px;"><b><u>STM RATING</u></b>:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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