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Ke$ha Drops the Pop In New Video Version of ‘Dirty Love’ (watch!)

Keith GirardJanuary 2, 2014

Ke$ha decided to go it alone in a raunchy new video for her song “Dirty Love,” erasing all traces of ’70s rock icon Iggy Pop, who was featured on the album version of the track. Some kind of falling out, no doubt. Probably got tangled up in a rights issue, or even more likely Iggy wanted more money....

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Ke$ha Fires Up X-Factor With Her New Single 'C'mon' (watch!)

Keith GirardDecember 7, 2012

Ke$ha has her eye on even more dollar signs. Her new album Warrior is in stores and she went on “X-Factor” last night (Dec. 6) to fire up the audience with a performance of “C’Mon,” one of her new songs. The 25-year-old singer released the song on YouTube last week ahead of the album’s release. Despite selling more than three million copies of her debut album Animal, which debuted at No. 1 in January 2010, and knocked British phenom Susan Boyle’s out of the top spot after five consecutive weeks, she faced a raft of criticism over her singing....

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Ke$ha Hits Today Show Determined to Show She's Real (watch!)

Keith GirardNovember 20, 2012

Ke$ha is still having a hard time proving she’s real. With he second album about to drop, she went on the Today Show this morning (Nov. 20) with at least one goal in mind. She wanted to prove she can sing. “Because I really can sing,” she told Savannah Guthrie. The 25-year-old singer has been battered by Internet snark over her purported use of autotune, an electronic device that automatically corrects off-key sounds during vocal recordings or live performances. ...

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