Yes Its true, after over a year of being his very successful Island Def Jam label mate, Justin Bieber has had his dream of working with Kanye West come true. West’s remix of Bieber’s song “Runaway Love” made its way online yesterday. Bieber’s vocals are the originals from My World 2.0 , while Kanye puts his [...]
Guitar legend in Rock and Pop music, Carlos Santana is returning to the music biz strong with his eleventh solo album, Guitar Heaven: Santana Performs the Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time. The set is exactly what the title implies it to be, a collection of 13 cover songs of some major guitar driven tunes. [...]
Remember singer/song writer BC Jean? Well maybe you do and you just do not realize it. Jean is best known for co-writing the hit single “If I Were A Boy” with Toby Gad for Beyonce. At that time BC was a relatively unknown 21 year old singer/song writer who quickly got a hard dose of reality about [...]
BRUNO MARS UNVEILS EAGERLY AWAITED DEBUT ALBUM “DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS” SLATED TO ARRIVE OCTOBER 5TH NEW SINGLE “JUST THE WAY YOU ARE” SHAPING UP AS MASSIVE HIT, WITH TOP 3 SUCCESS ON ITUNES “TOP SINGLES”; SOLD-OUT NEW YORK CITY LIVE DEBUT, FOLLOWED BY US TOUR ALONGSIDE MAROON 5 [...]
Kyle and Neil of Vonnegutt with David Letterman and Big Boi
In case you missed it, Clizbeats artists of the month Vonnegutt as they join their boss, Outcast’s Big Boi on the talk show circuit once again.This time the guys can be seen performing on a couple of days ago, on CBS’ The Late Show with David Letterman. Love these guys! Big boi’s long awaited album is great, and Vonnegutt has always been huge supporters of what we at Clizbeats do. So as always, we’re showing the love. Keep up the great work fellas
When Island Records decided to release Justin Bieber’s second album, My World 2.0 so quickly after the release of his debut, the intention was to take his online appeal with the “radio Disney” audience and combine it with the general Teen Pop demographic. With platinum certifications in six countries and his first top 5 single (”Baby”) his team can say mission accomplished. My World 2.0 has had 3 singles impact Pop radio (four including Usher’s Remix of “Somebody To Love” ) There is no doubt that his presence is going to continue to grow significantly with the upcoming release of the album’s third official radio single. The song is “U Smile” and so far it is proving to be Bieber’s most critically acclaimed song yet.
“U Smile” like mnay other Bieber songs was originally released digitally to help market the release of the album. The song’s catchy hook with the lyrics “you smile, I Smile” quickly became Bieber’s Hallmark calling card when talking directly to his fans via his Twitter and Facebook accounts.. Those easy to quote lyrics began being exchanged to various Bieber fans throughout the world, one of the many reasons why Bieber’s name remains one of the most Tweeted about around the world. Now that “U Smile” is finally being released to American Pop radio on August 24th, it has potential to be one of his most successful at radio. Its stripped down, blued eyed soul style combined with the song’ simple universal message has the ability to translate on radio the way it once did online with its original digital release.
.” When speaking of “U Smile”, It is guaranteed to generate warm and fuzzy emotions in millions of young fans. However, it should not disappoint adults either. There is a clarity and resonance in Justin Bieber’s young voice that would be the envy of most American Idol contestants. Just like in the past it is easy to disparage these tunes in their simplicity and lack of high-brow pretension, but it is just that which makes My World 2.0 such a refreshing experience. There is no significant filler here. If you are looking for a pure, engaging pop record, you can’t do much better right now” (Bill Lamb About.com)
If the song’s presence in Bieber’s native Canada is any indication of any possible future American success, the song debuted strongly at number 17 on the Canadian Pop Charts. This pattern of pre-American Canadian success has proven to be a winning formula for Justin with every phase of his career. He was already a massive success on Canada’s Much Music long before the official release of his first single, “One Time” in the US. This pattern was also what gave Clizbeats.com cluess to his massive populatity early on when we aggresively requested interview time with him from Island Def Jam in May of 2009. (The Interview was recorded in June 2009). Keep up the good work JB! You and your team, Scooter Braun and Usher are Rewriting the rule book in Teen Pop marketing in the digital era! The industry needs to take notes!
We first heard whispers of rumors around Linkin Park’s new fourth album when the band recorded the theme for the first DreamWorks Transformers film, “New Divide” in 2008. Now two years later that project has finally arrived. The album is A Thousand Suns and it will be released on September 14th, via Warner Bros. Records. As promised to many avid music fans, the album will be produced by Linkin Park rapper/front-manm Mike Schinoda and acclaimed music producer of nearly all types, Rick Rubin. The first single is called ” The Catalyst ” and it wasted no time hitting it big, debuting at number one on the Modern Rock Chart with a 12. million audiance in its first week.
A lot of the success of the song is attributed to the band’s cutting edge contest called “Linkin Park” Featuring You.” This contest was started last month when the band serviced files for the single allowing fans to remix and feature themselves on the song. The winner would be tagged as official and added as a part of the album. The winner of this contest was a remixer simply named was “NoBraiN”. This sparked an enthusiasm for the song’s release on August 2nd. Take a listen to the new Linkin Park single and its remix.
Mike Posner "31 Minutes To Take Off" J. Records/RMG
We all got to know Detroit singer/songwriter, Mike Posner when his two mixtapes with DJs Don Cannon and Clinton Sparks led to a deal with J. Records, and a top 10 hit single, “Cooler Than Me” which was the suprise hit of the year. Now that his debut album, 31 Minutes To Take Off was released last week we are sure to be hearing a new single from the album. The second single, is “Please Don’t Go” which was co written and produced by Benny Blanco who is famous for working with the likes of Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Katy Perry and many others. Posner took us all by surprise by going from an aspiring artist making music in his Duke University dorm room, to becoming one of 2010’s hottest break out stars. Only time will tell if his sound will stand the test of time, but he is off to a good start. His new album features appearances from the likes of superstars like Boyz II Men and Travis Barker. Take a listen to his new single right here!
David Archuleta "Something Bout Love" From 19/Jive Records/JLG
American Idol’s 2008 runner up, David Archuleta is getting ready to release his 3rd studio album (Second Mainstream Pop Album Excluding Christmas From The Heart) The new album is called The Other Side Of Down, due for release on October 5th from Jive Records.
The first single will be “Something ‘Bout Love.” It was co-written by Archuleta along with S*A*M and Sluggo, best known for producing “Shake It” by Emo Pop Bandm Metro Station, and Chris DeStefano. “Something Bout Love” goes on sale on ITunes officially tomorrow.
Eminem Featuring Rihanna "Love The Way You Lie" Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Eminem finally released the video for his current hit single, “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna at the end of last week It had its world premiere on the various MTV music cable channels (MTV Hits MTV Jams). It is also MTV Jams’ “Jam Of The Week this week.. The video went on to become an online phenomenon on Eminem’s Vevo channel, it was viewed over 6 million times in the first 24 hours of its online release. (More than some cable TV shows) The vide was dorected by Joseph Kahn who worked with Eminem on the video for his hit single, “Without Me.” Kahn casted Megan Fox, (best known for her roles in the Transformers movie series drom DreamWorks) and Dominic Monaghan, (best kmon for his role as Meriadoc Brandybuck in the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy) to play a couple involved in an abusive relationship as Eminem and Rihanna perform in a field and in front of a burning house.
Towards the end of the video both Dominic and Megan, as well as Eminem in some shots are shown burning up in computer generated flames while Rihanna remains standing in front of a burning house. This is a visual reference to Rihanna’s part in the song which starts with, “Just gonna stand there and watch me burn” This visual as well as Rihanna’s involvement in the song may have a double meaning. This is because both her and Eminem have been in very public disfunctional relationships. It means that much more to have Rihanna serve as the female singing those powerful lyrics about love and pain, considering how she was very badly beaten by her ex, singer, Chris Brown.. This may also be why when discussing the songs creation with MTV Em admited to having Rihanna in mind as a guest performer on it the whole time.
“[The song] I did with Rihanna is one of those tracks that I felt like only she could pull it off, only she could do it.”
Check out the video for this explosive If you haven’t already seen it
After many delays, song changes and re-recording and new production, Good Charlotte is finally getting ready to release their 5th Studio album. The album, now titled Cardiology was originally meant for release in 2009. But there were many reasons why the projects title and direction always continued to change. Ultimately, the guys reemerged with a new record deal with Capitold Records and a release date for the finally completed Cardiology . The album is due on October 26, 2010 from the newly formed relationship with the band and Capitold Records.
The finished version is produced by acclaimed Pop/Rock producer, Don Gilmore who is best known for his work with the likes of Linkin Park, Trapt, Sugar Ray, Eve 6 and Arvril Lavigne. The first single is “Like Its Her Birthday.” It was sent to radio this week. Take a listen
Ever since we met Jay Sean has been one of our favorite Clizbeats featured artists to interview. The dude is just genuinely excited about everything he does, and approaches it with a passion and intelligence that is nothing short of inspirational. This drive to do well always added a sense of musical electricity that always makes his music rise to the top of everything else going on in the biz. That’s exactly what happened in one of the recent Clizbeats music news meetings. The song creating this internal office frenzy is called “2012..” ” 2012″ borrows from the mion calendar’s prediction of the arrival of what some claim to be the end of the world, and Jay Sean borrows from the party like it’s the end of the world concept undeniably comparable to Prince’s “1999″ factor that proved to be nothing short of infectious.
2009 marked the year that Jay came to the states with his US debut All Or Nothing, lead by smash single “Down.” Now a year later, and with platinum success achieved Americans are completely in love with his music. Being the opportunist that he is, Jay is ready to return the favor and keep up all the fantastic momentum
“Longevity trumps everything. America has only heard one album.” “I’m so new to America. I’ve got so much more to show them, so much more to give them.”
Jay plans to achieve this longevity with the release of his second American album Freeze Time, and of course “2012 ((It Ain’t The End)” featuring Nicki Manaj. It’s too early to say wether or not lightning will strike twice to the level of “Down” success, but he’s sure off to a great start “2012″ has been serviced as the top most added song to Rhythmic radio across the country. While we wait to see if he’ll capture the same hit making that was found in “Down,” He already has returned the favor to label mate Nicki Manaj. Also serviced to radio this week was yet another “Your Love” remix, this time featuring Jay Sean, surely hitting rotation as well.
Check out the two hits. See if you dig it!
Jay Sean F/Nicki Manaj
“2012 (It Ain’t The End)”
From Freeze Time
Jayded/CashMoney/Universal Republic Records Group
Nicki Manaj Featuring Jay Sean
“Your Love” (Remix)
Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown Records Group
Justin Bieber is adding movie star to his resume.Paramount Pictures, MTV Films and Bieber’s record label, Island Def Jam, say the 16-year-old pop star has signed on to appear in a feature film about his life and career.
The yet-to-be-titled movie is set for release on “Valentine’s weekend” of 2011, the companies said Tuesday Read Full Story Click Here
Lady Gaga Dominates Nominations for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards with Thirteen Nods
The Remix available today in the US, 500k+ sold internationally!
MTV has announced the nominees for the 2010 Video Music Awards and Lady Gaga leads the pack with 13 nominations, the most ever received by an artist in a single year in the history of the show. An additional 5 nominations for her collaboration on Beyonce’s “Video Phone” has the unstoppable star nominated two and even three times in several categories! Lady Gaga’s new collection The Remixis available today in the US. While The Remix has already sold over 500,000 albums internationally, topping the charts in the UK, Japan and Canada, this is the first time the collection will be available stateside. Grab a copy on iTunes now!
Best Special Effects: “Bad Romance”
Lady Gaga Remix Album from Cherry Tree/KonLive/Streamline/Interscope Records
The 27th annual Video Music Awards show will broadcast live from the Nokia Theater In Los Angeles on Sunday, September 12 at 9:00PM ET. Check out Lady Gaga’s full list of VMA nods below: Best Collaboration: “Telephone” & “Video Phone” (Extended Remix) Best Female Video: “Bad Romance” & “Video Phone” (Extended Remix) Best Pop Video: “Bad Romance” & “Video Phone” (Extended Remix) Best Dance Music Video: “Bad Romance” Video Of The Year: “Bad Romance” & “Telephone” Best Art Direction: “Bad Romance” & “Video Phone” (Extended Remix) Best Choreography: “Bad Romance” & “Telephone” & “Video Phone” (Extended Remix) Best Cinematography: “Bad Romance” Best Direction: “Bad Romance” Best Editing: “Bad Romance”
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Atlanta Hip Hop sensation B.O.B. aka Bobby Ray checked in with Craig & Matt of Clizbeats.com! Bob told them about how his love for all types of different music, especially Rock has made him one of the most creative new voices in Hip Hop today. Hear all about the adventure of Bobby Ray!
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Clizbeats.com congratulates our friend and supporter, Tommy Page on his 20th anniversary of reaching the top of the Pop Charts with, “I’ll Be Your Everything” this week. Since then Tommy remains a force behind the scenes at his label Warner Bros, and Reprise Records. He has been influential in radio promotion and has even gotten to sign some [...]
Clizbeats.com is proud to present an exclusive world wide premiere of The Elevated Mixtape The Remix by Clizbeats Featured Artist and the latest addition to the Bad Boy family, Jeremy Greene!
Everything about this kid’s story has turned out to be the American dream, and he has the combination of a singing talent and hustlers heart [...]
Glen Power from international Pop/Rock band, The Script called into Clizbeats to chat about a little bit of everything involved with the making of the band! ! Take a few minutes to learn the story of the guys who came together unexpectedly, only to become one of the biggest forces in Pop music around the world. This [...]
Take a listen to a preview of Clizbeats’ upcoming interview with Cash Money/Universal Republic recording artist/producer, Kevin Rudolf! In this clip you will hear Kevin discusses Lil’ Wayne’s incarceration, and the music we will hear from Wayne in 2010 despite his absence from Cash Money Records!
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As we mentioned in an article post from back in June, Clizbeats Featured artist Asher Roth is making his return to the game with his second album, The Septette Tree that is now preparing for release. This time he trades in the college loving party anthem s for a more progressive unity oriented mind. You [...]
The much anticipated MTV Unplugged performance from B.O.B. is now live courtesy of MTV and MTV.com. Take a look at some of the stripped down performances of some of the favorites from his album B.O.B. Presents The Adventures Of Bobby Ray. The set features collaborations on stage with the likes of Robin Thicke, Janelle Monae [...]
Yes Its true, after over a year of being his very successful Island Def Jam label mate, Justin Bieber has had his dream of working with Kanye West come true. West’s remix of Bieber’s song “Runaway Love” made its way online yesterday. Bieber’s vocals are the originals from My World 2.0 , while Kanye puts his [...]
Guitar legend in Rock and Pop music, Carlos Santana is returning to the music biz strong with his eleventh solo album, Guitar Heaven: Santana Performs the Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time. The set is exactly what the title implies it to be, a collection of 13 cover songs of some major guitar driven tunes. [...]
“Not That Far Away” is the title track of Jennette’s EP that has been released digitally and is now available on iTunes. Jennette co-wrote three of the four tracks on the EP including the title track which she wrote with Rachel Proctor and Blair Daly. All of the tracks were produced by Paul Worley (Lady [...]
