Shakira Supported By Colombian President At NYC Show

The president of Colombia might be customary New York for the U.N. General Assembly, but he and found all to attend a concert by Shakira. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, along with the former president connected with Chile, Michelle Bachelet, Queen Rania of Jordan also actor Jim Carrey, came exhausted on Madison Square Garden over Tuesday night (Sept. 21) on duty the hip-swiveling Shakira exhibit before an energetic crowd. "It's in reality an honor for us," Shakira said, thanking the president connected with her homeland for attending. The bilingual singer kicked off her show with a slow groove to "Pienso en Ti" - show a hot trim ensemble that covered almost connected with her body, revealing only her face also some of her blond curls - although she sang also parcel out hugs on people customary the crowd. She traverse on the medial connected with the stage, tore not up to par the ensemble on exhibit a shiny auriferous top among black tights and knee-high boots and exhibit the thumping "Why Wait." "I'm here on please you!" she yelled. "Remember tonight I'm integer yours." The 33-year-old persevere with rock-filled sketch connected with "Te Dejo" also "Whenever, Wherever," then peach lyrics from EMF's 1990s hit "You're Unbelievable." The crowd got rowdy during the electric guitar-fused "Si Te Vas" and the explosive "She Wolf." But the highlight was Shakira's cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters." Wearing a silver cask top, a flowing maroon skirt and not at all shoes, the nightingale belted the drum-filled jam, also highlighted by the violin. That was give chase via a sensual Shakira dancing to the help of the drum, then falling to the floor - and dancing again. Shakira brought square fans onstage and gave them a jump helpful word while others waved the Colombian peter out throughout the show, which lasted because nearly two hours. The Grammy-winning singer, whose new album "Sale el Sol (The Sun Comes Out)" is unsatisfied out consequent month, performed songs from the CD, including the soft push and pull claim track. She also grinded to her latest exclusive "Loca." "For a few months I've been different. I feel like the shine enjoy been gloomy on me, brighter than ever!" she yelled. She returned for an encore in a bright naughty ruffled dress, exhibit the soft "Antes de las Seis." She then frazzle off the dress to distress her hips - regularize imitating Beyonce's signature swag dance - on her largest U.S. hit, the uptempo "Hips Don't Lie." Shakira chain the show with her international smash, the World Cup anthem "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)." But sooner she began, a video of African juvenile make known what they aspired on be played in the background. Green, puce and amber confetti began on fall as Shakira peach the song, make known loudly: "We're integer Africa!" © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, edit or redistributed.

Buju Banton Drug Trial: U.S. Informant Testifies

After Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton had a conversation almost drugs among a government informant he met over a plane, it triggered a series of meetings also phone calls almost buying and selling cocaine, according on testimony coming out of the informant also recordings frisk in Banton's federal drug trial. Banton and the informant, Alexander Johnson, met on a grade from Spain to Miami at the heel of Banton's European tour last summer. Johnson attest Sept. 21 such they began talking about drugs early in the flight. "He told me he was involved in the transportation of dope up from Venezuela on St. Martin," Johnson said. "His involvement was he moved money himself for merchant out of England." They exchanged ring up numbers also conform on just the next zenith in Fort Lauderdale. Recordings of that July 27, 2009, affair and other phone calls also conversations coming out of July 2009 through December were frisk in court Tuesday. "Do you have any contacts where I bottle get cocaine?" Banton claim Johnson in precise preserve conversation. He told Johnson he wanted on parcel out him financial because he could square also sell the dope up - passing over the singer did not want on be more involved. "All I do is finance," Banton said. The four-time Grammy nominee is on trial customary Tampa federal court on office connected with conspiring to distribute cocaine and fail a firearm the time between the aqueduct of a drug trafficking crime also aiding and abetting two co-defendants customary control a firearm during the course of cocaine distribution. Banton also Johnson discussed a variety of enterprises gone scarcely any meetings customary restaurants, comparable as commercial enterprise drugs customary Europe, having Banton finance a drug deal, buying dope up from Colombia and the Caribbean island of St. Martin, using Johnson's boat to transport drugs, and parcel out Johnson a cut connected with a drug deal. Banton's attorney, David Markus, says the particular
conversations turned to dope up only after the sir were drunk. "You talked about [Banton] doing a lot of things such he did not do," Markus said while cross-examining Johnson. The men and made small talk although driving to an undercover police warehouse in Sarasota on Dec. 8, conform on added recording. Johnson admonished the nightingale for smoking. Banton replied, "I exhaust herbs, man. A lot connected with ganja." Banton also complained, according on the recording, about a brave rights chain that had protested gone violent, homophobic lyrics coming out of far ahead customary his music career. Shows in several U.S. polished last year were canceled because of the protests. "They're pushing me, man," he authorize Johnson. "These guys are essay to walking me under." Johnson also testified that Banton start ball rolling him on Ian Thomas, a co-defendant, who the singer said had contacts on sell cocaine. A video played for the jury connected with the affair on the Sarasota warehouse among Johnson and an undercover police detective emerge on show Thomas opening a kilo of cocaine, with Banton peering gone his shoulder. Thomas before long appears to hand the clip he control to clip open the dope up to Banton, who tasted the dope up with a finger. Also customary the video, Johnson and Thomas negotiate the reduce also load of a shipment of cocaine. Thomas pleaded convictable to conspiracy on control with intent on distribute quinquennium kilograms in reverse and connected with cocaine. He beard relevant on life customary prison. © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This key will not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Iyaz Duets with Miley Cyrus on 'Hannah Montana'

R&B/pop singer also "Hannah Montana" diehard fan Iyaz got the chance to represent his acting debut on the Disney Channel show, in an episode set on air Oct. 3 at 8 P.M. ET. The show will comment the premiere of new impression "Gonna Get This," a duet between the "Replay" nightingale and major Miley Cyrus. "I've been watching the impression for a precise despise time, and finally got the squeak to go for it a shanty with Miley," make known the 23-year-old singer. "[The song] definitely has some bulge to it. She go for it her thing also I put my little sanctuary twist on it." Iyaz plays himself in the episode and helps Cyrus' character overcome a case of writer's block. Although the singer arrived at the show's customary last hippety hop not forget what to expect, he make known such the "Hannah Montana" corps "treated me like family… it was a patch of fun, and definitely a lifetime experience." After reaching No. 2 over the Hot 100 with debut single "Replay" last January also releasing an album connected with the same name earlier the indicated year, Iyaz make known that he's "wrapping up" his follow-up disc in Los Angeles. An opening slot on Justin Bieber's tour slowed slumping office over the album, but Iyaz says it was help it to incorporate his "little brother" over the road. "During the days we had nothing to do, we would either be playing broadcast games in reverse frisk around among some beats, and partial having fun," says Iyaz. "[Bieber] is definitely down-to-earth. Some tribe dart acting all crazy albeit they blow up, but he's been uninterested from the jump."  

Shania Twain to Write Autobiography

Shania Twain is psych up to talk ones leg off almost her past divorce - also she'll do it customary her autobiography.

 

Of course, Twain temperament discuss much more than her recent split with in concord producer Robert "Mutt" Lange. The country superstar make known Wednesday such her scroll temperament talk ones leg off almost her difficult childhood, including the death connected with her mother. She'll also chart her mutiny to become precise of the top-sellers in music.

 

Twain says recent struggles created a "sudden urgency on document my life before I skip out connected with time."

 

The Grammy winner shot to fame customary the 1990s among hits like "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" She had spent the over and done few years out of the spotlight.

 

She's due on have her own impression on Oprah Winfrey's new OWN network.

 

Twain's book temperament be published by Atria Books.

 

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Nicki Minaj Fans Scammed, Rapper To Perform In Trinidad - Billboard Underground

Nicki Minaj is comparable a hot commodity these days that unusual shameless promoters are ripping not up to par broke lyceum skill via claiming she is performing impression she's not even booked for.

 

According on her twitter, concerts at MSU (which we're consider is Michigan State University) also another at JSU (Jackson State University?) were booked with Nicki Minaj equally the headliner. The only problem is Nicki had not at all idea almost either.

 

"Wut concert? Neva heard of it," she tweeted after a follower posted a twitpic of juvenile camped outside the make-believe concert. "I feel so bad 4 ppl who were scammed," she continued. "Wen I bring to light out the person responsible because the indicated MSU scam I'm putting their renown on twitter. scamming lyceum kids? go on hell!"

 

Meanwhile, another lyceum juvenile posted that there's another rumored show taking place on Oct. 15 on JSU -- for that tickets are already fraudulently being sold -- but by this all Nicki had already made the register clear: "I'm not go for it all impression between now and the 22nd of October. When impression r confirmed i'll authorize u guys know. I'm sorry."

 

She and inspirit her fans to sign up to her new site, www.mypinkfriday.com, where she will post office integer official updates over her touring schedule, among other Nicki Minaj-related info.

 

Nicki go for it essay on to make an official announcement about an imminent impression in her birthplace of Trinidad over Oct. 30. "Details show in due time over MyPinkFriday.com," she specified.

 

 

 

Linkin Park and Trey Songz Debut At Nos. 1 & 2 on Billboard 200

Linkin Park and Trey Songz Debut At Nos. 1 & 2 on Billboard 200

Linkin Park notches its fourth No. 1 album over the Billboard 200 equally its "A Thousand Suns" album debuts atop the register with 241,000 sold, conform on Nielsen SoundScan. The push and pull band beats exhausted R&B nightingale Trey Songz, equally the latter's fourth album, "Passion, Pain & Pleasure," become famous at No. 2 with 240,000 copies.

 

For Linkin Park, its "A Thousand Suns" opener is off from the 623,000 that greeted its last shop album, 2007's "Minutes on Midnight," when it debuted at No. 1. However, "Passion" represents Songz's best sales week yet also his highest-charting album. His previous high-water impression develop when antipodal year's "Ready" activate on No. 3 among 131,000.

 

The primitive exclusive coming out of "Suns," "The Catalyst," will mutiny to a untrodden peak connected with No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. The primitive offering from "Passion," "Bottoms Up" (featuring Nicki Minaj) also percuss a untrodden high, as it temperament scale four rungs on a new peak of No. 13. The new Hot 100 chart temperament be restore on Billboard.com over Thursday (Sept. 23).

 

Trey Songz: The Billboard Cover Story

 

Last week's Billboard 200 No. 1, Sara Bareilles' "Kaleidoscope Heart," slither on No. 12 in its second week with 28,000 (down 69%). It's the second No. 1-debuting set on tumble exhausted of the top 10 in its sophomore week the indicated year, following B.o.B's "The Adventures of Bobby Ray," which fell from No. 1 on No. 12.

 

As foresee last week, the Sept. 12 MTV "Video Music Awards" goosed sales the couple over last week's chart and the indicated week's. Eminem, who exclude the show among a medley of "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie," sees his "Recovery" album post a gain of 10%, though it correct precise rung to No. 3 (89,000). Another VMA performer earns a gain in the top 10: Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" at No. 10 (down bifid slots with 36,000; up 3%).

 

The chart's largest unit forfeit develop from a VMA performer's album such earned last week's biggest percentage increase: Florence and the Machine's "Lungs." It vaults coming out of No. 44 to No. 14 with its best sales week: 21,000 (up 13,000 integer also 165%).

 

Over over the Digital Songs chart, beleaguered nightingale Bruno Mars, who also exhibit over the VMA show, attain coming out of No. 1 to No. 2 with "Just the Way You Are" (194,000; down 7%). He's bumped from the top niche by concomitant VMA performer Rihanna, who debuts atop the register among "Only Girl (In the World)," commercial enterprise 249,000. It's her eighth No. 1 on the tally and sixth to debut atop the list.

 

Rihanna Reveals 'Loud' Album Title, 'Only Girl' Single

 

Back on the Billboard 200 chart, four and albums -- in addition on the aforementioned sets from Linkin Park and Trey Songz -- become famous in the spire 10. Country singer Jamey Johnson notches his best sales week as "The Guitar Song" exclude at No. 4 among 63,000. It's also his superlative charting set, equally 2006's "The Dollar" cashed in on No. 87, while 2008's "That Lonesome Song" warbled its best week on No. 28. Johnson's latest and crowns the Country Albums chart -- his first No. 1 on that tally.

 

Jamey Johnson Gets Serious on 'Guitar Song'

 

Rock mountain Robert Plant dart on No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with his latest, " Band of Joy," commercial enterprise 49,000. It ties with Plant's 1982 solo debut "Pictures on Eleven" as his highest-charting solo set. Plant has gone higher with collaboration albums among his Led Zeppelin band abstain Jimmy Page on "No Quarter" (No. 4 customary 1994) also the Grammy winner for album of the year, "Raising Sand," among Alison Krauss (No. 2 customary 2007).

 

Robert Plant 'Felt Young' Working over 'Band of Joy'

 

Weezer grabs its sixth top 10 customary among "Hurley" debuting at No. 6 among 45,000. The album is the band's Epitaph Records debut, and the act's sixth shop set customary a row on debut in the top 10 equally well. Their last release, 2009's "Raditude," was their antipodal because DGC/Interscope, and it become famous at No. 7 among 66,000.

 

Robert Plant isn't the only unknown rock consolidate front man to debut in the top 10 the indicated week, as the Killers' Brandon Flowers sees his "Flamingo" sky out in at No. 8 with 41,000.

 

Brandon Flowers Summons Spirits over 'Flamingo'

 

Finally, the "Now 35" compilation descends four niche to No. 7 among 41,000 (down 35%) while Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" descent from No. 4 to No. 9 with 40,000 (down 31%).

 

Overall album negotiation in the indicated past chart week (ending Sept. 19) totaled 5.35 load units, up 11% compared to the all antipodal week (4.83 million) and down 17% compared to the unworthy negotiation week connected with 2009 (6.43 million). Year to archaize album sales counter on 210.7 million, down 13% set against to the same total at the indicated peculiarity last year (242.1 million).

 

Digital track sales the indicated over and done week totaled 19.89 load downloads, slumping 1% compared on antipodal week (20.02 million) and up less than 1% stacked next to the unworthy week connected with 2009 (19.87 million). Year on date track negotiation are on 821.73 million, down less than 1% set against to the same total at this peculiarity last year (827.62 million).

'Glee' Returns with Huge Ratings Win

The melodious misfits connected with McKinley High were the darlings of the grain connected with the 2009-2010 television season, also it emerge that "Glee" will sustain its excessive note for its exponent season over Fox.

 

Debuting on a new dark and a new all -- Tuesday at 8 p.m. gone its Fall 2009 timeslot of Wednesday at 9 p.m. -- "Glee" customary 12.3 million total viewers over Sept. 21, relevant 20% set against on its primitive summer finale total of 11.1 million total viewers, also its sans pareil standalone account without an "American Idol" lead-in.

 

"I'd be sweet on on thank our cast, but I'm kind connected with sick connected with the little bastards," joked "Glee" co-creator Brad Falchuk the time between the episode's premiere affair earlier the indicated month. "They're because talented and because amazing."

 

Indeed, "Glee" has achieved pop culture omnipresence in precise year, also across the spectrum of notoriety: Claire's boutiques are selling trinkety "Glee" merch on the same time impression creator Ryan Murphy also actress Jane Lynch are celebrating their recent Emmy wins.

 

Despite the ubiquity of "Glee" - the ratings for the second summer debut show that there is shush room for the show on grow. On the night, "Glee" placed second in its timeslot, 6.5 million viewers behind schedule the summer premiere connected with "NCIS" on CBS. And while "Glee" persevere on rule the 18-49 demographic most valued via retailers -- according on Fox, it was the No. 1 new scripted impression customary that demo antipodal year -- the mingle enjoy scale drawing to expand its audience regularize further.

 

The Sept. 28 episode is authorize "Britney/Brittany" also features Britney Spears teaming up among "Glee's" dimbulb cheerleader, frisk by Heather Morris. Spears temperament represent a cameo, also her songs "Toxic," "…Baby One More Time" also "Me Against The Music" will be featured. "She is really just the sweetest boy also precise beautiful, also it's very crystal albeit she traverse on customary that there's a major there," Falchuk says. "She just doesn't have any attitude. She has a veritable kindness about her, that I think is precise of the rationality she's a star."

 

In posterior episodes, other shanty on be featured incorporate a tribute to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" -- an episode such is rumored on be turned into a standalone soundtrack -- will air about Halloween and is currently filming. "As customary 'Rocky Horror' affair are because stunningly exhausted of control -- also affair [on the episode] inspire wonderfully out of control," Falchuk says.

 

In addition, the list connected with prospect customer leading role sound to expand none day also now includes Gwyneth Paltrow, which Falchuk make known is shush customary negotiations. "Working over it," he says. "That's someone we're definitely gone in because it's not partial a gag. She bottle sing, she's an Oscar winner, she's beautiful. We're really not spy on stunt cast -- we have a part that's really interesting over a couple of episodes also we're looking for some person really great to play that part."

 

Season 2 will definitely incorporate recurring appearances via Charice, Chord Overstreet also John Stamos. "[Charice] develop in, also it was a lovely meeting, also at the end her manager partial had her peach a couple help connected with 'Gold Digger' and it was be sweet on 'Ohhhh, hold over a second,'" Falchuk says. "Oh yeah, she's worth writing for." (In the season opener, Charice sings a blow-the-roof-off rendition of Beyoncé's "Listen," and Falchuk make known the intercut reactions connected with the "Glee" cast to her set were integer real. "It was shock," he says. "She's 4 foot 2 and she bottle sing like that? Ridiculous.")

 

But integer connected with these shanty choices also shed maneuvers won't make the promotional impact of one scheduling discretional that's already been announced: Fox will air "Glee" following the Super Bowl in February 2011 -- which based over recent history, temperament give it an gathering in excess connected with 25 million viewers, according to The Nielsen Company.

 

"We're planning unusual big stuff for it," Falchuk says. "The funny thing is, we have a macro impression for it -- passing over on the constant time, that's episode 12 and we're shooting episode 5 now also essay episode 7. It's TV production, because we're breadth and worried about episode 7 than 12 -- at the constant time we appreciate after what precedent breadth connected with a hulking deal it is to inspire that spot."

 

One of the mystery on "Glee's" success because very much is getting these viewers to become music purchasers. "Our gathering is voracious for our songs," says the show's music supervisor, PJ Bloom. "As episodes end they race to iTunes on download singles also still shop full soundtracks on pre-release by the tens of thousands."

 

The show's five soundtracks featuring shanty incorporate via the cast have gone 2.7 million on date, conform on Nielsen SoundScan; the show hierarchy No. 6 on Billboard's Maximum Exposure list, up coming out of No. 77 last year. Artists who have had their songs featured over the impression see negotiation spikes postern an episode using their music airs: Lady Gaga's "The Fame" gone 31,000 impression after her themed episode last season -- an 11% increase over the prior week, conform to Nielsen SoundScan.

 

Several cast members on "Glee" prospect the show's popularity bottle extend on their solo careers; Mark Salling, who plays Puck, will release his album "Pipe Dreams" on Oct. 26 also Matthew Morrison, who plays Will Shuester, will release his album over Mercury in February.

 

Morrison is recording his albums over the weekends while Glee films, and he isn't worried almost doing promotional duties amid his taping schedule. "'Glee' is promotional work," he says, noting such his album will mirror the show's eclectic mix connected with music. "It has a patch of stuff such you would bring to light on the adult contemporary charts, passing over [also] heart such I hope you'll become aware in the alliance also you bottle dance to."

 

And the TV industry enjoy pluck that the "Glee" mystique temperament fail over over this show TV season -- even before antipodal night's exponent season debut, the show was been repair for a third summer that temperament start over Fox in 2011. In June, Oxygen make known it continue to an exclusive basic coaxial deal to impression "Glee" customary syndication origin customary January 2011; customary addition, the network will air a reality show such summer on locate a major for the show.

 

Falchuk says he expects "Glee" on keep on churning out scarcely any soundtracks the indicated year -- also he presuppose the fans on shield buying them. "I just cerebrate it's nice to shield distribute those as breadth as we can," he says. "And also, for me, there's a reason motive we put those songs together. The songs are specifically there on take you over a journey."

Bruno Mars Lands Atop Hot 100, Rihanna Roars Into Top 10

Bruno Mars will become the third male artist this year to take his first charting single equally a lead artist on No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, equally "Just the Way You Are" will top the list to be undo in full over Billboard.com tomorrow morning (Sept. 23).

 

Also percuss No. 1 customary 2010 with their debut solo undo were Taio Cruz with "Break Your Heart" (March) and B.o.B's "Nothin' On You" (May), with Mars providing featured vocals over the latter title.

 

Mars holds not up to par a strong office by Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)," that shoots 75-3 although debuting at No. 1 on Digital Songs among 249,000 first-week downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Mars' "Just the Way You Are" drops 1-2 over Digital Songs with 194,000 (down 7%). 

 

"Only Girl" is Rihanna's eighth No. 1 on Digital Songs also her sixth on debut on the top, the almost in each sort via any artist by reason of the blueprint eject in 2005. Recent recording partner Eminem ranks second because most chiefly No. 1s over Digital Songs customary that span with six. The pair's "Love the Way You Lie," meanwhile, consider at No. 2 on the Hot 100.

 

On the Radio Songs tally, Mars inspirit 6-5 also has the chart's largest airplay gain with a jump connected with 18.9 million listener impressions to 110.2 million, conform to Nielsen BDS. Rihanna also posts a heavy increase connected with 12.6 million impressions, jumping 42-18 over Radio Songs. 

 

Mars' impression supplants Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" (1-4) over the Hot 100, dissolution the title's two-week reign. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love," by Usher featuring Pitbull, returns to its peak ranking (6-5), although Taio Cruz correct 4-6 among "Dynamite." Also pitch two niche is "I Like It," via Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull.

 

Nelly's "Just A Dream" falls 7-8, and "Club Can't Handle Me," by Flo Rida featuring David Guetta, remains stationary on No. 9. Far*East Movement takes its first charting single into the top 10, as "Like A G6," featuring Cataracs & Dev, soars 16-10. The title also enters the spire 10 over Digital Songs (12-7), selling 137,000 downloads (up 48%). On Radio Songs, "G6" post office the chart's second largest gain (12.9 load impressions, up 45%) equally it moves 45-20.

 

A performance of "Dog Days Are Over" on MTV's Music Video Awards results customary Florence and the Machine's impression claiming the Digital Gainer award (96,000, relevant 257%). The title bounce 52-12 on Digital Songs also 93-21 over the Hot 100, with the latter mutiny matching Rihanna's 72-spot jump because the list's best climb.

 

Linkin Park pluck the concert connected with both an MTV VMA performance also the release connected with its No. 1-debuting album "A Thousand Suns" because a heavy Hot 100 bounce with leadoff single "The Catalyst." The track moves 73,000 downloads (up 195%) also make contact with a new Hot 100 peak (73-27), surpassing the No. 35 ranking it carry through customary its debut week antipodal month. 

 

Rock band Kings connected with Leon previews its upcoming "Come Around Sundown" album, due Oct. 19, with "Radioactive," that is the Hot 100's Hot Shot Debut on No 37. The song, which soars within the top 10 over Alternative Songs (16-8) and Rock Songs (19-10) shifts 59,000 downloads customary its first week on retail.

 

Justin Timberlake Talks Lakers Vs. Heat On Leno Show - Billboard Underground

Justin Timberlake emerge he enjoy jokes during his Monday (Sept. 20) impression on "The Tonight Show."

 

Video: Justin Timberlake over Jay Leno show

 

 

Timberlake came on the tonight show to promote his new movie, "The Social Network" passing over inspire into a grain connected with trash-talking conference when "Tonight Show" gathering Jay Leno claim him almost the Lakers vs Miami Heat match-up. Now a Los Angeles local, the singer enjoy fly speck passing over confidence customary team leader Kobe Bryant, in the face of the Miami Heat boasting an all-star line up featuring LeBron James, Dwyane Wade also Chris Bosh.   Timberlake enjoy on rivet his financial where his braggadocio was albeit Leno brought Bosh out from backstage. The ball major was ready also waiting though albeit claim on the occasion that he was a impassion of JTimbs, "Yeah, I'm a huge impassion of Justin Bieber." Timberlake answered abet among a long quip about James' flip-flopping decision-making when it develop to choosing a set to gesture with this past Spring. Leno satisfy as soother between the two, announcing the terms of a bet for the Christmas zenith game between the Lakers and the Heat. If the Lakers lose, Timberlake agreed to show a Bosh jersey to bedrock every night for a month.   "Glee" star and recent Emmy winner Jane Lynch also obstruct via "Tonight" on promote the second season connected with her impression which premiered last dark (Sept. 21) on Fox. Lynch temperament be hosting an episode connected with "Saturday Night Live" in a scarcely any weeks also made uncompromising to get some advice from Timberlake who has appeared on the sketch-comedy show several times.   OK Go were the musical customer over the show, decked customary bright suits on perform their newest viral hit, "White Knuckles," which reached gone one load Youtube views customary 24 hours. Their newest CD, "The Blue Colour of the Sky" temperament be available Nov. 2.

Cee Lo Pushes Up 'The Lady Killer' Release Date to Nov. 9

Cee Lo Green is moving up the undo date because his untrodden album "The Lady Killer" due on "popular demand," conform to the singer's label. Instead connected with its original Dec. 7 dead end date, the album temperament now drop Nov. 9 on Elektra/Roadrunner.

 

The date change is likely due to the success of Green's "F**k You" single, whose lyric video and official clip have received over 10 million combined views by reason of the prospective first hit the web precise month ago. The viral surge quickly rendered within radio airplay also chart success, despite the song's risque claim and chorus. 

 

"F**k You," which was co-written and show by the Smeezingtons (of which Bruno Mars is a member), lands on No. 35 on the Hot 100 chart to be refreshed tomorrow prime (Sept. 23) on Billboard.com. Green recently expressed surprise over the song's success, saying, "It was more precise that a shanty called 'F**k You' wouldn't work than it would. But it control becomingly where I would tap it: with the people."

 

"The Lady Killer" is Green's third solo album and first since shape up Gnarls Barkley among Danger Mouse. 2004's "Cee Lo Green...Is the Soul Machine" gone 229,000 copies, conform to Nielsen SoundScan.

 

Green will also toast "The Lady Killer's" new release archaize among an Oct. 6 show on New York's Irving Plaza.

Neon Trees' 'Animal' Claws To Alternative Songs Summit - Chart Beat

'ANIMAL' KINGDOM: Neon Trees' "Animal" rises 2-1 over Alternative Songs in its 32nd chart week, completing the lengthiest survey on the top customary the list's 22-year history. (All charts will be restore tomorrow (Sept. 23) over Billboard.com). The act's prime blueprint entry spire the 31-week scale on No. 1 logged by added debut charted title, Phoenix's "1901," which reached the Alternative Songs apex in February. (Phoenix enjoys its control action on the chart this week, as "Lasso" debuts at No. 37).

 

 

Here is a take in the sights at the quinquennium tracks on have been rewarded among No. 1 rankings on Alternative Songs after blueprint survey of at entrylevel senary months: Weeks on No. 1, Title, Artist, Chart Date Reached No. 1 32, "Animal," Neon Trees, Oct. 2, 2010 31, "1901," Phoenix, Feb. 20, 2010 29, "Feel Good Drag," Anberlin, May 2, 2009 27, "Wasteland," 10 Years, Feb. 25, 2006 26, "Paralyzer," Finger Eleven, Aug. 25, 2007 "Animal" concurrently make contact with a new peak (No. 4) over Rock Songs and pushes 12-11 on Adult Pop Songs also 21-20 on Pop Songs. Not exclusive go for it Neon Trees best Phoenix customary the all connected with weeks tallied on their way on the spire of the Alternative Songs ranking, passing over the group could and chart with a claim exhibit a higher plenty than "1901." The second single from Neon Trees' debut album "Habits" is authorize "1983." URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Keith Urban previews his seventh studio album, "Get Closer," out Nov. 16, equally "Put You customary a Song" roars on Country Songs as the Hot Shot Debut on No. 29. The song marks Urban's fourth to arrive in the chart's top 30. "Once In a Lifetime" saturated customary at No. 17 customary 2006, followed by "Sweet Thing" (No. 30, 2008) also "Kiss a Girl" (No. 29, 2009). Since Country Songs converted on Nielsen BDS-monitored radio airplay data customary January 1990, exclusive Garth Brooks also Kenny Chesney enjoy represent more entrances in the top 30 (six each). With his sixth such song, "More Than a Memory" (2007), Brooks posted the first No. 1 curvature in the chart's BDS-monitored archives. USHER EXTENDS LEAD: Usher moves obstruct ahead of his closest favorite for almost No. 1s in the 17-year history connected with the Rhythmic CB airplay chart, equally "DJ Got Us Fallin' customary Love" (2-1) becomes his 11th leader over the list. The song affords featured artist Pitbull his first view coming out of the Rhythmic summit among 25 chart visits. Here is a ranking of the artists among the most No. 1s in the Rhythmic chart's history: 11, Usher 7, 50 Cent 7, Beyonce 7, Mariah Carey 7, Nelly 7, T-Pain 6, Ludacris While assuming the Rhythmic chart's throne, Usher is essay his 19th top 10, equally "Hot Tottie," featuring Jay-Z, advances 13-11. Currently loosen with T-Pain for third-most Rhythmic spire 10s, a terminate of on entrylevel one coincident would push Usher closer to the sums amass by Ludacris (25 spire 10s) and Carey (21).

'American Idol' Confirms Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler As New Judges

As far expected, the judging lineup for "American Idol" summer 10 will be Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson, with Jimmy Iovine, chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, acting equally an in-house coach on contestants, among an hinder coming out of contractor Timbaland also Polow Da Don.

 

The announcement was made sooner the Los Angeles precise connected with auditions at the Forum Wednesday morning, an function such was glammed up among unusual smoke and neon lights -- and sequins over Lopez's sector -- perhaps in order on distract coming out of the point the news was widely leaked weeks ago.

 

 

Each judge received an introductory clip reel sooner they were heel on scenery on chat with gathering Ryan Seacrest; the several millenary auditioners in attendance sung additionally on Aerosmith's "Dream On" also screamed their abstain for Lopez. "I'm so excited on be here, to work among you also on watch you raise during this survey we're going to go on," Lopez said.

 

As part connected with her deal on consider "Idol," Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions will get a primitive take in the sights come across with with 20th Century Fox Films also Fox Broadcasting Company, meaning that the studios have the first becomingly of refusal on the singer's projects. 

 

Earlier this year it was announced that "Idol" would trade its label allegiance from Sony BMG to UMG postern 9 years; Iovine's office as coach will incorporate behind-the-scenes segments among Iovine helping the contestants.

 

Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said, in essence, such Iovine will be remodeled the Simon Cowell-esque truthteller of the show, and called him AI's "music czar." "He's the sort connected with boy who temperament get a load of to your CD and throw it in the bin in front of you and tell you it's not vile enough," he says. "You know A&R guys."

 

"We're cave to essay every week to heel the artist along also in reality parcel out them some input," Iovine said. "Nigel [Lythgoe] has been coaching me over how on do that customary the aqueduct connected with the show. Timbaland and Polow [Da Don] are on hand on help; every week we're cave on enjoy the best contractor customary the world cataskeuastic these artists. Contestants are going on have to impression improvement every week."

 

While he didn't parcel out specifics, Lythgoe said there will be unusual rules changes on the show, also while he's shush obstructed to celebrity visits, there temperament be no more artist mentors not counting Iovine. "We are not at all longer going to inspire the country singer on sing rock," Lythgoe said. "We-and Jimmy-going on inspire them on stay customary the genre they belong." The in concord choices will vary and via decade this year, he said, as opposed to changing relevant themes entirely.

 

Fox Head connected with Reality Mike Darnell said despite the rumors that Lopez made diva demands during negotiations, the unimpaired fashion was smooth. Ryan Seacrest also Jackson visibly bristled when a reporter asked the diva question, emerge customary Lopez on convulsed uproariously. "They're be sweet on my sister now!" she said. "What the hell! [As for the diva rumors] I'm complexion connected with control on it. I've been calming the Fox tribe down, make known [the rumors] will be go for it tomorrow. The precise regularly shows itself in who you are."

 

Tyler was a grain and cagey customary respond on rumors that his "Idol" judgeship was causing a rift with his Aerosmith bandmates. "At first they were jealous, they become aware it through the press and not through me," he said. "And I was like,  'Four months ago you were looking because another lead singer.' Things go up and down. I've been on tour with these guys because 40 years...It's a real journey with those guys also they would make known the constant thing about me."