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Justin Bieber Goes '80s Retro-Punk in New Look (Photos!)

Keith GirardOctober 24, 2011

Justin Bieber has debuted a new retro punk look, a la '80s rocker Billy Idol, with spiked hair, vest over a long-sleeve tee-shirt, heavy boots and one weird looking glove....

POP

Paul Anka Returns to Studio for Christmas Album Classics

Keith GirardOctober 21, 2011

Music legend Paul Anka waited more than 50 years after his last Christmas album to get back in the studio and record a second, and it will hit stores this holiday season....

POP

Taylor Swift Swears Off Boyfriends; Are Girls Next? (Video)

Keith GirardOctober 19, 2011

Taylor Swift is burned out on boyfriends after dating the likes of Taylor Lautner, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jonas Brothers singer Joe Jonas. Does this mean she’s ready to try girls?...

COUNTRY

Selena Gomez Soldiers on to EMAs, Despite Threat (video)

Keith GirardOctober 18, 2011

Selena Gomez has another man to worry about beside Justin Bieber, and he’s waaay creepier. Known celebrity stalker Thomas Brodnicki, 46, has apparent become obsessed with the teen star....

POP

Justin Bieber Behind the Scenes on Mistletoe Video (watch!)

Keith GirardOctober 11, 2011

Justin Bieber is all syked by his first Christmas album Under the Mistletoe, and has released a new behind-the-scenes look at the making of his first video for the project....

POP

Danielle Dease: Sweet Pop From Deep South (video)

Keith GirardOctober 7, 2011

Danielle Dease, a 14-year-old from South Carolina, has made all the right moves in a bid to follow in teen idol Justin Bieber’s footsteps. She has a record deal, a fan base and most of all a sweet pop voice....

POP

Rihanna Late, Irks Fans, But Rocks Belfast Show (watch!)

Keith GirardOctober 3, 2011

Rihanna continues to have a rough go in Ireland, turning up 90-minutes late to her second Belfast concert and being greeted by boos. But once she got rockin, she put on a crotch-grabbing, booty-shaking show....

POP

Elvis Presley New CD Set Features Year His Career Exploded

Keith GirardSeptember 23, 2011

Elvis Presley was still deeply rooted in the ways of rural Mississippi and struggling to make it as a Memphis rockabilly singer when his career skyrocketed in 1956. Yet, even then, he talked about the loneliness of stardom....

ROCK

Rihanna Flashes Fish Nets, Cleavage in Sao Paulo (photos)

Keith GirardSeptember 20, 2011

Rihanna pulled on some black fish net stockings and a black and white leotard with high rise bikini pants and took South America by storm, with her first concert in Brazil's industrial and financial center, Sao Paulo....

POP

Melissa Ferrick Back With First Album in Five Years (video)

Keith GirardSeptember 15, 2011

Singer Melissa Ferrick has dropped her first studio recording in five years, alerting the music industry she’s back with a vengeance with the feel-good track, Still Right Here....

POPROCK

Selena Gomez Does Dallas on Tour (videos, photos)

Keith GirardSeptember 4, 2011

Selena Gomez continues to bring down the house on the southern swing of her tour through Texas. She played the Gexa Energy Pavillion in Dallas and got a home state welcome....

POP

Beyonce Hot, Wet, Lithe in New 1+1 Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 26, 2011

Beyonce has pulled out most, if not all of the stops, in the most risque video yet for her song “1+1.” She wears a number of revealing outfits and gets doused with water. Girl’s on fire....

POP

Rihanna Takes Emotional Ride in Cheers Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 26, 2011

Rihanna is a lot of things to a lot of people and she showcases all of her everyday emotional interactions on stage, in the car, on vacation and kicking back in her video for song “Cheers (Drink to That).”...

POP

Nick Ashford, of Duo Ashford & Simpson, Dies at 70 (video)

Keith GirardAugust 23, 2011

Nick Ashford, who with wife Valerie Simpson,co-wrote and sang some of music's best known R&B classics, has died in a New York City hospital after a bout with throat cancer. He was 70....

R & B

Leona Lewis Goes American with 'Collide' Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 23, 2011

Leona Lewis, the UK phemon who won “X-Factor,” the UK equivalent of “American Idol” is showing off her slim new figure in her latest video for the song, “Collide.”...

POP