Ed Sheeran covered 'Dirrty' because it's 2002 again

Ring the alarm, Ed Sheeran's throwin' elbows. We've all been waiting for Sheeran to embrace his "grown up" phase, and here it is. The singer covered Christina Aguilera's 2002 hit "Dirrty" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and turned it into a soulful, acoustic guitar piece that was oddly pleasing to the ears. ...

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Christina Aguilera does a spot-on impression of Britney Spears singing

Wait, is it the '90s again? Christina Aguilera and Jimmy Fallon took turns doing musical impressions of famous singers on Monday's Tonight Show. Christina tried her hand at Cher and Shakira, during which she sounded mostly like herself, but her Britney Spears impression? Spot on. Guess X-Tina spent a lot of 1998 listening to "Baby One More Time" — much like the rest of the world. ...

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Avenged Sevenfold Asia Tour 2015 Live in Jakarta

Avenged Sevenfold have announced that they will return to Southeast Asia in January 2015. Visit 3 weeks, A7X visited Southeast Asia since 2012, in this visit including Korea, Hong Kong, Taipei, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore . A7X will then return to America to perform for the first time in Hawaii.Band from Huntington Beach, California has achieved worldwide success with a series of best-selling albums, and toured in support of Hail To The King, who topped the Billboard Top 200 charts after its release, making the band won consecutive No. 1 debut. They have obtained Diamond, Platinum and Gold awards for their album sales in almost a dozen countries, and Hail To The King became No. 1 in Brazil, Canada,...

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From Florence & The Machine to Jamey Johnson

Florence & The Machine"What Kind Of Man"Republic Florence Welch usually fluctuates between indie-pop siren and art-rock weirdo, but on this head-spinning ambient-R&B single, she's both. "With one kiss, you inspired a fire of devotion," she sings, proving few singers do widescreen melodrama better. --Ryan Reed Florence & The Machine: The Billboard Cover Story Jamey Johnson"You Can"Big Gassed Records An upright bass strut morphs into big-band brassiness before nuggets of honky-tonk wisdom give way to a vaudevillian hook on "You Can," which precedes Jamey Johnson's new album. It's an unexpectedly frisky ping-pong of musical styles for a veteran trad-country singer-songwriter, and that's a good thing.--Jason...

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Kanye West: 'Dame Dash Presented Me to the World'

In Breakfast Club interview, Ye admits to being disloyal to the Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder. By Moriba Cummings Posted: 02/20/2015 01:13 PM EST Filed Under Dame Dash, Music News, Kanye West, The Breakfast Club, BET Honors Kanye West's interview on Power 105's The Breakfast Club gave a lot of insight into his approaches to fashion, music, and entrepreneurship. One of the most outstanding segments of the sit-down, however, was his words about former boss Damon Dash, whom he credits for introducing him to the world.  "He presented me to the world," he told Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy. "I wouldn't have a record deal if it wasn't for Dame Dash."Before...

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Oscar Sales Boost for Best Original Song Winners: Here's What It Looks Like

Winning an Academy Award is a good thing for many reasons. It means your peers appreciate and respect you. It means more career opportunities. It means you get a shiny gold statue to put on your mantelpiece. And on the business side, it also means more money. But while Oscar-nominated movies typically enjoy a massive box office boost, that's less true for Oscar-nominated songs. Oscars 2015 In that category, it's closer to a winner-takes-all scenario: A best original song nomination doesn't hurt, but the winning songs really reap the benefits. We went through the last five years of best original song Oscar winners to see how winning the Academy Award affected that song's digital sales. In the graphic above, we're looking at three...

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Nicki Minaj Crew Member's Death: Arrests Expected

Nicki Minaj attends the Alexander Wang fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2015 at Pier 94 on September 6, 2014 in New York City. Craig Barritt/Getty Images   Police in Philadelphia say arrests are expected in the killing of a member of rapper Nicki Minaj's tour. Homicide Capt. James Clark tells The Associated Press that detectives have identified three people involved in a fight early Wednesday that ended with the fatal stabbing of 29-year-old Devon Pickett of New York City.Members of Nicki Minaj's Road Crew Stabbed in Philadelphia, One KilledHe said they were questioning one of the three Friday afternoon.A second member of Minaj's tour was also stabbed, but his condition is not known.Police...

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