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Nicki Minaj Woos Two Lovers in 'Right By My Side' Video (watch!)

Keith Girard
Nicki Minaj gets friendly with rappers Nas and Chris Brown in the new video for her song the “Right By My Side.” But Nas seems to nab the leading lady. Chris Brown sings the male part of the song, while Minaj woos the brooding Nas. The rapper doesn’t sing but they exchange glances, he gives Nicki a car and takes her shopping. In exchange, Barbie gives him a dainty kiss....
HIP-HOP
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Jennifer Lopez, Casper Smart Sex Up American Idol (watch!)

Keith Girard
Jennifer Lopez is drawing mixed reactions for her performance last night on American Idol that featured boyfriend Casper Smart. Did she look too old for the dancer? It’s rapidly becoming known as the Madonna syndrome, where aging female performers hook up with boyfriends young enough to be children....
POP
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Nicki Minaj Rocks Out Ellen With Two Song Medley (watch!)

Keith Girard
Nicki Minaj is taking her Barbie queen image seriously. She performed a medley of her new songs “Right By My Side” and “Starships” on the Ellen DeGeneres Show atop a huge white throne. The rapper debuted “Right By My Side” on the show wearing a long pink skirt, vest and platinum blonde wig. The video for the song will premiere next week....
HIP-HOP
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Beach Boys Still Surfing Sounds After Half Century (watch!)

Keith Girard
Brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson joined with cousin Mike Love and a classmate Al Jardine a half a century ago to create the Beach Boys and popularized what was then known as the California surf sound. The group has endured its ups and downs since then, including the death of Dennis in 1983 and Carl from brain cancer in 1998, but proved it’s still relevant last night in concert at New York’s Beacon Theater....
ROCK
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The Wanted's Chase the Sun Video Riffs on 'Twilight' (Watch)

Keith Girard
The Wanted, the UK boy band that hit U.S. shores last month, have followed up with a new music video for single “Chasing the Sun.” The boys go right for the pulse of pop culture, mixing their music with a play on “Twilight” vampires. They band made its U.S. debut in March on the Ellen DeGeneres show and Jay Leno’s Tonight show, and earned a shoutout from teen sensation Justin Bieber....
POP
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Taylor Momsen, Johnny Depp Jam With Marilyn Manson (watch!)

Keith Girard
Taylor Momsen battled Marilyn Manson for the heaviest eye shadow on stage at the Club Nokia in Los Angeles yesterday (Apr. 11) in a joint performance for the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards show. Johnny Depp also jumped up on stage and performed the Eurythmic’s tune “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and “The Beautiful People.”...
ROCK
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Lisa Marie Presley Gutsy, Blues-Edged Single Out (Listen!)

Keith Girard
Lisa Marie Presley is ushering in her first album in seven years, with the release of a new single “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,” produced by 12-time Grammy winner T Bone Burnett. Needless to say, the daughter of King of Rock Elvis Presley spared no expense producing the album, recorded at The Village in Los Angeles. She sings in a breathy voice that sounds a lot like Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. It’s been described as “gutsy and blues-edged.”...
COUNTRY

Peter Gabriel Solo Career Captured on Two-CD Set

Winchester
Peter Gabriel began his solo career with the terrific song “Solsbury Hill,” from the first of several solo albums that were all self-titled. The results are now on a staggering, mesmerizing two CD set called Live Blood from Eagle Rock Entertainment. The music for his CD set was recorded live at London’s iconic Hammersmith Apollo on March 23 last year, and several of the songs are now legendary, among them “Sledgehammer,” “Don't Give Up” and “Red Rain.”...
BETWEEN THE LINESROCK
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Katy Perry Finds Fame Disgusting; She Should Know

Keith Girard
Katy Perry’s career was all whipped cream a cherries until her marriage to Russell Brand went sour and ended in divorced. It left her with a sour taste for fame, which she considers “disgusting.” Katy sounded off about her music her upcoming 3D film and her desire to pursue a film career in a new interview with Teen Vogue magazine....
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Jack White’s Disturbing Video; Is it Kiddie Porn? (watch!)

Keith Girard
Jack White fires a blunderbuss in his new video for “Sixteen Saltines,” and it’s loaded with disturbing images of children that border on kiddie porn at worst, and a manual for depraved juvenile delinquency at best. White is flying solo now, but the tune has the same jarring guitar and pounding beat of his White Stripes days. Maybe the route he’s taking with the video is the only way to get attention in these coarse times....
ROCK
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Katherine McPhee Featured on New Smash Sountrack Album

Keith Girard
Katherine McPhee, Debra Messing and Megan Hilty have hit the ground running in the NBC hit “Smash,” and producers are wasting no time capitalizing on the show with the release of a new soundtrack album. The show debuted to stellar ratings in no small part to McPhee’s hot role as an aspiring actress trying to make it big in a Broadway musical. about Marilyn Monroe. The show is being executive produced by Steven Spielberg...
SOUNDTRACKS
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Chris Brown Gets High in New 'How I Feel' Video (watch!)

Keith Girard
Chris Brown gets reflective in a new video for his song “How I Feel” using the ultimate status symbol, a private jet, as the video’s backdrop. The song touches on all of the events in his life that have shaped him, including his 2009 beat down of then girlfriend Rihanna on the eve of the Grammy Awards. The visual approach to the song is less than apologetic....
R & B
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Justin Bieber Touts Carly Rae Jepsen on Ellen (Watch)

Keith Girard
Justin Bieber gave his Canadian protege Carly Rae Jepsen another leg up in the music business with a show and tell on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Justin also unveiled his new single “Boyfriend.” Jepson isn’t exactly a newcomer to music. She was nominated for a Juno, Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys. In 2007, she placed third in the fifth season of “Canadian Idol,” and also appeared in the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour....
POP