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Chris Cornell’s rocked out rendition of the Michael Jackson hit Billie Jean received rave reviews, especially after it was further popularized when American Idol seventh season winner (then contestant) David Cook sang it on the show.

The former frontman for the band Audioslave has taken this to another level, teaming up with popular hip hop and R&B mixer Timbaland to make Scream, a crossover album where Chris takes his music beyond the borders of his comfort zone.

The reviews are mixed though, with some saying Chris should just go back to where he belongs. After all, a hardcore rocker and a hip hop mixer team up Cornell and Timbaland at that was not a partnership people expected. Other reviews have lauded Cornell for doing something new, but still expressed the superiority of his rock music.

In what may be one of the most devastating blow to the music industry, Spiral Frog has spiraled its last straw and is set to close shop. The free music site has lost most of it’s revenue from ad’s, overcome by pressure from the many download sites paid or free. By the way, this is the reason why most of us still prefer to buy music online, we pay, we download the music and we do what ever the hell we do with it afterwards. Spiral Frog’s commitment to ad’s that helped pay its operating costs has run out of steam overcome by the financial crisis and lagging support.
The music industry has been suffering for quite sometime, victim to the utter failure of DRM and the move to control music from the masses. The site is faltering and missing step with the rest of the world who use iTunes for their music and other download sites that charge for the music you want. It may only be time when even the recording industry giants may fail, leaving the masses to dictate what they want when they want it straight from the artists themselves many of whom have already turned to new media and other forms of music sharing the globe has so embraced. gone will be the sites that offer free music (well, except maybe for the FTP sites) that allows access to many of our favorite music from all over the world.

Yep, the long gone Beatles member has an appearance with a TV ad for the “One Laptop per Child” program that aims to alleviate poverty by getting children all over the world educated and thus able to fend for themselves. With a lot of digital magic, he advertises and promotes the move which the group says would emphasize the need for proper education.
Teens are in with Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato and Miley all stirring up the music world. Miley Cyrus has Disneyland all to her own for her 16th birthday bash on the park treating fans to a concert and of course a lot of free Disney stuff. Taylor Swift’s much advertised breakup with Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, she comes up with a new album. Demi Lovato, another breakout star from Disney rocks “Camp Rock” and becomes a teen sensation joining the ranks.

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We can truly say that Carrie Underwood is a hit maker. She no longer can be categorized as a newcomer because during the last three years, she has gone multi platinum, proud of the two No.1 albums and she got 8 Top Five singles, 7 of those singles are on the top. She has ultimately become a seasoned star. She is now focusing on what she really wants to do and what she really wants to say. She will co host the show “The Country Music Association Awards”. Also, she is nominated for the album of the year and best female vocalist. As you can recall, she also won those titles the last two years. She says she is truly blessed to have been given the chance to show what she has got and what she truly can be in the future.

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The music business has come up with female singers with attitude. We are not short of supply specially in the pop music scene. Whether it’s Avril Lavigne’s aggressive act, Katy Perry’s subversive persona or M.I.A.’s firepower. With all of the angst and fury of these wonderful girl anymosity, is there still room for Pink’s attitude? Believe me, i heard her newest single, and immediately listened to it. the tilte is, So What. And my answer to that question is… YES, she surely does. These times called for another breakup theme, so thats what we got. You surely do not want to be Pink’s ex at the moment. Max Martin, the producer and song writer, is once again trying to put back Pink where she belongs. She’ll definitely not to be ignored. Pink’s matchless attitude, very powerful personality is what i love about her.

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One of the most sought after boy bands in the turn of the millenium is Nsync. This band had a tremendous following back in the days. Unfortunately, The group disbanded in 2002, although it was termed as a temporary hiatus. The group’s official website closed down in 2006. That was the time , everybody confirmed that the group was history. They went on with their solo careers. Justion Timberlake makes it even bigger. But now, news of the group working together… again is spreading like wildfire. And a lot of women who listened to N’Sync in their teenager days are more than happy from hearing this wonderful news. The reunion is particularly pursued because the group still is two albums short with their recording company. So they need to finish this before they decide on their individual careers.

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Mania TV Host, CJ Christy is known as the queen of Indie Music.

CJ Christy is not only considered an expert in independent music circles, but she is a dedicated fan. She goes to at least 3 concerts a week. Christy is an advocate of local and national independent artists, musicians and film makers.

She is a cyber jockey and has garnered a huge following with her twice daily live show “Daily Independent” which features the hottest in underground culture and independent music. Because there is no other place showcasing music videos by independent artists on a daily basis, her show is looked to as a trusted filter for the “indie” lifestyle. Thus a feat that makes her to be considered as “The Queen of Indie Music”

Music lovers won�t spend more time going to the market to hear samples and new albums of their favorite artists because most of these, if not all, are available on the Internet. It is also an advantage to the independent artists to promote and distribute their music inexpensively. They may also promote their official sites to the fans so that they can announce gigs or in show band write ups or articles from the newspapers and magazines. It is also an advantage to those artists who don�t have enough time because of their hectic schedules to do all promotions by themselves. They also use this to have things done easier and faster. The music industry is one of the fastest rising industries so expect more traffic on music sites.

By definition, popular music is a genre that belongs to a number of musical styles accessible to the general public and distributed by one or more accepted mass media. It is sometimes abbreviated to pop music. Pop music however is associated to a less broad branch of popular music.

Humanity scholars have proposed a broader range of definition for popular music. They offer four conceptions of definition of popular music. The normative definition states that it is an inferior type of music. Sociological definition defines popular music as a style identified with a particular group. Negative definition asserts that it is something that is wholly different from other types of music. And the technologico-economic definition of popular music is that is it disseminated by mass media.

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We found a list of top ten popular singers who we doubt that will change their stage names soon. It was a very interesting one because we the stage names of the amazing singers included in the list are far different from their birth names!

1) Elton John–Reginald Kenneth Dwight
2) Jay-Z–Shawn Corey Carter
3) Lou Reed–Butch Firbank
4) Iggy Pop–James Newell Osterberg, Jr.
5) Tina Turner–Anna Mae Bullock
6) Gene Simmons–Chaim Witz
7) W. Axl Rose–William Bruce Rose, Jr
Rikki Rockett–Richard Allan Ream
9) Cher–Cherilyn Sarkisian
10) John Denver–Henry John Deutschendorf