Showing posts with label billboard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label billboard. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Gauging the Lady Gaga Galaxy

By
Aphrodite M.



Lady Gaga recently topped the ultimate media maven Oprah Winfrey in Forbes magazine as the world’s most powerful celebrity. Billboard projected one million sales for the first week’s release of her new album “Born This Way.” Whatever your opinion about Gaga, she seems to be conquering the world one palatable pop beat at a time. So, what is the secret to her meteoric success?

Find the answer and the rest of the article here!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Britney Spears & Nicki Minaj Perform "Super Bass" & "Till The World Ends" - Billboard Awards (VIDEO)


In case you missed it, Britney and Nicki are getting ready to kick off their tour together and Sunday night at the 2011 Billboard Awards the two warmed up by hitting the stage for a quick performance. Check it out...


WATCH IT FROM YOUR PHONE - CLICK HERE







RELATED LINKS:


Rihanna/ Britney Spears Kiss -- Banned From TV! We Got It For You....

Justin Bieber Wins Top New Artist At Billboard Awards -- Kisses Selena Gomez (PHOTOS)

Nicki Minaj & Taylor Swift Best Looks On Billboards Red Carpet 2011 (PHOTOS)

Beyonce Billboard Awards Tribute & Performance (VIDEO)

Rihanna/ Britney Spears Kiss -- Banned From TV! We Got It For You.... (VIDEO + PHOTOS)

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez weren't the only ones smooching it up last night for the public. Did you see Britney and Rihanna kiss on stage at last night's Billboard Music Awards show?

No, you didn't. Because ABC cut to the audience when it happened!

After giving a performance of their remix of Rihanna's S&M, RiRi grabbed Britney's face and planted a big wet one on her cheek.



Shades of Madonna and that 2003 kiss with Britney at MTV's Video Music Awards, huh?









RELATED LINKS:


Justin Bieber Wins Top New Artist At Billboard Awards -- Kisses Selena Gomez (PHOTOS)

Nicki Minaj & Taylor Swift Best Looks On Billboards Red Carpet 2011 (PHOTOS)

Beyonce Billboard Awards Tribute & Performance (VIDEO)

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Beyonce Billboard Awards Tribute & Performance (VIDEO)


She's going hard promoting for her new album "4" ....Beyonce is everywhere right now!

She was honored at this years Billboard Awards by First Lady Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, mom Tina Knowles, among others in a pre-recorded video played before her performance.

After Bey performed, Tina presented the award to Beyonce, who gave a touching acceptance speech.

Before wrapping up her speech, Bey couldn't leave without thanking hubby....
"I want to thank my best friend...I love me some Jay Z".







Check out more Billboard Awards links below:

Justin Bieber Wins Top New Artist At Billboard Awards -- Kisses Selena Gomez (PHOTOS)

Nicki Minaj & Taylor Swift Best Looks On Billboards Red Carpet 2011 (PHOTOS)

Justin Bieber Wins Top New Artist At Billboard Awards -- Kisses Selena Gomez (PHOTOS)



JB was a lucky man Sunday night....

Getting one of the loudest ovations of the night, Justin Bieber scored himself 6 Billboard Awards including "Top New Artist of the Year" on Sunday night.


He thanked his mom, whom he kissed before taking to the stage – right after he kissed Selena Gomez, who was sitting next to him in the audience.



Justin was among others winners like Taylor Swift who was named Album Artist of the Year and Beyonce was presented the Billboard Millennium Award.


Update:

Check out the video of the kiss...





CHECK OUT THESE RELATED LINKS:

Nicki Minaj & Taylor Swift Best Looks On Billboards Red Carpet 2011 (PHOTOS)


Beyonce Billboard Awards Tribute & Performance (VIDEO)

Nicki Minaj & Taylor Swift Best Looks On Billboards Red Carpet 2011 (PHOTOS)



These girls rocked the Red Carpet at this years Billboard Awards!



(CLICK EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE)













Nicki lost her Top New Artist Award to Justin Bieber and Taylor ended up taking home Album Artist Of The Year.




RELATED LINKS:

Justin Bieber Wins Top New Artist At Billboard Awards -- Kisses Selena Gomez (PHOTOS)


Beyonce Billboard Awards Tribute & Performance (VIDEO)

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Billboard Artist Of The Year: Lady Gaga!




Billboard's year-end music recaps are based on chart performance during the chart year that began with last year's Dec. 5 issue and ended with the Nov. 27, 2010, issue. The year-end Top Artists list ranks the best-performing acts of the year derived from activity on two charts: the Billboard 200 albums tally and the Billboard Hot 100 singles list.

Gaga takes the artist of the year honor thanks in part to the chart performance of her first two albums, "The Fame" and "The Fame Monster" (both on Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope), which rank at Nos. 4 and 13, respectively, on the year-end Top Billboard 200 Albums tally. Four singles from those albums appear on the Hot 100 Songs roundup, led by "Bad Romance" at No. 8.

Taylor Swift is 2010's No. 2 artist of the year and Ke$ha was names Top New Artist.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Nicki Minaj Responds To Billboard - Says She is NOT Lady Gaga

Seems like Nicki agrees with our previous post, that Billboard should of let her live -- with HER own shine!

We like the cover but why put "Gaga's" name on there....love Gaga and all...but can Nicki please have her own shine? Thanks kindly - TOTT :)


Nicki Minaj Covers Billboard - Get To Know Miss Minaj (Photo + Video Interview)

Friday, November 12, 2010



Nicki Minaj covers Billboard this month...we love the cover, love Lady Gaga too, but why add her name onto Nicki's feature cover.



Nicki took it to Twitter as she felt the same:

((READ FROM BOTTOM UP))

Nicki Minaj
its ok 2 give everyone their individual props. no need to lump them all into 1. it undermines the work i've put in. the work my fans put in
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Nicki Minaj
i was underground for a very long time. ppl seem to think i popped up yesterday & started calling my barbz "barbz". its unfair to assume
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Nicki Minaj
that was in reference to the billboard mag cover story. (a story i absolutely love but i felt the need to clear that one little thing up) ;)
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Nicki Minaj
its funny how ppl jump to conclusions. maybe a lil black girl from queens couldn't think 2 call her fans barbz on her own. go figure
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Nicki Minaj
I didn't "borrow a page" out of anyone's book. i've been calling my fans barbz way b4 i've ever heard any1 b called a "monster" ;)



Do you agree with us and Nicki on this one?


Check out Nicki's interview with Billboard here:

Nicki Minaj Covers Billboard - Get To Know Miss Minaj (Photo + Video Interview)
Friday, November 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010

Nicki Minaj Covers Billboard - Get To Know Miss Minaj (Photo + Video Interview)


On the surface, Nicki Minaj is a cartoon: a vivacious, va-va-va-voom 26-year-old girly girl with a fondness for silly voices, hip-hugging Barbie-doll costumes, anime facial expressions and day-glo accessories.

But three years ago, Minaj, born Onika Maraj and raised in Jamaica, Queens, was just another tough, street-wise, potty-mouthed chick who couldn't keep a job.

"The last job I had was as an office manager in a little, tiny room where I literally wanted to strangle this guy because he was so loud and obnoxious,"
Minaj recalls.
"I would go home with stress pains in my neck and my back. That's when I went to my mother and said, 'Look, I'm not going back to work.' I'd been fired like 15 times because I had a horrible attitude. I worked at Red Lobster before that and I chased a customer out of the restaurant once so I could stick my middle finger up at her and demand that she give me my pen back. I swear to God I was bad."
Thankfully, Minaj has found a much more productive way to channel her fury. After being discovered by rapper Lil Wayne a couple of years ago off the strength of a street DVD appearance and becoming the first lady of his Young Money crew, Minaj has become one of rap's most attention-grabbing MCs and this decade's Queen Bee.

Watch her below in her interview w/ Billboard:



Now, three mixtapes -- including 2009's highly touted "Beam Me Up, Scotty" -- and a slew of guest appearances later, Minaj is set to release her solo debut album, "Pink Friday," on Nov. 23 through Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown.


The album straddles the lines between boisterous hip-hop ("Roman's Revenge," "Did It on 'Em"), glossy pop ("Check It Out," "Your Love") and vulnerable R&B ("Right Thru Me," "Here I Am"). The set boasts an eclectic roster that includes Will.i.am, Drake, Rihanna, Kanye West and Natasha Bedingfield and features production from West, Swizz Beatz, Bangladesh, Drew Money and Oak.




"When I started rapping, people were trying to make me like the typical New York rapper, but I'm not that,"
Minaj says.
"No disrespect to New York rappers, but I don't want people to hear me and know exactly where I'm from. I wanted the album to be universal and versatile. It really feels like it speaks for every one of my personalities."

Currently, there's a flyaway radio contest and a $1,000 shopping spree competition going on across the country. A tour is also in the works for next year. And while details are scant about her future ventures, Minaj is working with MAC makeup to start her own line, hopes to get into acting and wants to start a children's charity. She also plans to further develop her live show, working with choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson and a voice coach.


But for now, Minaj is fine-tuning the final details of "Pink Friday" and continuing to cement her status as the baddest bitch in the building-even if it means summoning the angry girl from a couple of years ago.


"I push people around me but I don't push anyone more than I push myself,"
she says.
"I tell people all the time, 'You want to work for me? You have to give 250,000%,' because when I'm in the booth, I don't half-ass it. I demand perfection from everyone around me and if you can't live up to that, then bye-bye."


Read more about Nicki in this months issue of Billboard.

We like the cover but why put "Gaga's" name on there....love Gaga and all...but can Nicki please have her own shine? Thanks kindly - TOTT :)

Monday, October 11, 2010

Billboard's HUGE Mixup w. Nicki Minaj After She Breaks Records - Replaces Her Photo With Mariah Carey..check the pics!




In case you missed it, Miss Nicki Minaj, boasting “50k for a verse, no album out,” has made Billboard history for a second time.

The female MC has set a new record on Billboard's Hot 100 chart by having the most singles on the chart at one time, with seven entries including Ludacris’ “My Chick Bad”, Lil Wayne’s “Knockout”, Trey Songz’ “Bottoms Up”, Usher’s “Lil Freak”, Sean Kingston’s “Letting Go (Dutty Love)”, and Jay Sean’s “2012 (It Ain’t The End)."

Per Soundscan, the songs have reached close to $4.3 million in sales. While all but one entry are cameos where Nicki appears on other artists’ songs, the femcee's official debut single “Your Love” has reached a staggering $755k in sales without a video.

Take that Nicki Haters!

.....but for some reason Billboard put up Mariah Carey's photo instead of Nicki's!!??




*confused*


Mariah has not even had a hit out in a while, how could they mistake that?
check out the tweets below:


Nicki tweeted,
Dear @billboarddotcom Please Put a Nicki Minaj Picture Next to her Songs. "Right Thru Me" has a pic of Mariah Carey... *confused face* RT



Billboard then responded,

@NICKIMINAJ Hi Nicki & fans! We are terribly sorry but it is a tech issue. We have our team looking to fix it ASAP. It's #1 priority!



Mariah Carey even chimed in,


@NICKIMINAJ whaaaaat? *very confused face* exactly! Miss ya + hope alls good w/you: )


And Billboard responded once again tweeting,

@MariahCarey We are sorry for the confusion with the photos. It's a tech issue & we intend to have it resolved ASAP.




What kinda of "mixup" is this?? Poor Nicki. I feel her pain, she did work that hard to get there.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

T.I. Getting Sued As Soon As He Gets Released From Prison!


T.I. is about to be out of prison March 26th and he’s already back at the center of legal trouble. According to sources, the KING is being sued for trademark infringement and unfair competition by the television network Akoo, over the rapper using the same name for fashion label, Akoo Clothing Company.

The lawsuit comes right on the major criticism for T.I.’s risque Akoo billboard, remember that one? The one which featured a woman licking her lips while leaning her head against a male model’s crotch. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BILLBOARD & READ THE STORY.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

PETA To Feature Tiger Woods On Controversial Billboard Without His Permission! Check it out...


Lol wow! So, the Animal-rights group PETA plans to unveil within the next few weeks a " spay-and-neuter" billboard featuring Tiger Woods — without the golfer's blessing...and I'm not sure if he will be too happy about it!

The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals is searching for a local advertiser to put up a billboard in Windermere, FL, which will include an image of Woods and text: "Too Much Sex Can Be a Bad Thing....For Little Tigers Too. Help Keep Your Cats (and Dogs) Out of Trouble: Always Spay or Neuter!"

It will be a challenge to find an advertiser to put up the sign, acknowledged Virginia Fort, a campaigner with PETA who is working on the project.

"It's a fun, tongue-in-cheek approach. We hope these billboard companies will understand," Fort said.

She said the billboard isn't meant to offend the golfer, his family or fans, but to prevent millions of cats and dogs from being euthanized at shelters each year.

"The world has been transfixed on Tiger's life after Thanksgiving. We're putting the focus where it needs to be," Fort said.

It's uncertain when the billboard would go up in Windermere but "the soonest would be in two weeks," she said.

Woods is not affiliated with PETA and has not endorsed the ad, Fort said.

"We're sure Tiger will appreciate our attempt — from a story that's distracted the world and followed Tiger — to turn it into something positive for little tigers," she said.

Woods' attorney, Mark NeJame, declined to comment. The golfer's agent, Mark Steinberg, and spokesman, Glenn Greenspan, did not return phone calls seeking comment.


Damn, is PETA even allowed to use Tiger's photo without his permission?! lol I'm not sure if it's a good or a bad thing for Tiger, but I think PETA will definitely get tons of awareness with this one!! What do you think about the billboard?

Saturday, January 23, 2010

A NYC Man Gets Put On Blast By His Mistress: Cost Her $250,000!


IN CASE U MISSED IT: An NYC man got put on blast by his mistress who put pictures of them up all over the city on billboards.

Not just any NYC man, Charles E. Phillips president of Tech Conglomerate Oracle and a member of Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Charles reconciled with his wife and YaVaughnie Wilkins who had a long term affair with Charles spent well up to $250,000 on billboards in NY, San Fran, and ATL blasting him! The billboards were taken down but were said to have costed an estimated $50,000 per sign to show the world their relationship.

A spokesperson for Charles says that while Charles and YaVaughnie Wilkins did have an 8 1/2 year relationship, that has since ended and he wishes her the best. A website was also made to display their affair at www.charlesphillipsandyavaughniewilkins.com but has since been shut down.

Some may say she went too far, or maybe she is wrong for being with a married man or you canlook at both sides and see that she wanted to show everyone it's not ok to play with woman's minds...but at the end of the day,

Was it all worth it?

answer the poll:


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Susan Boyle Set To Top The Billboard 200 For A Third Week!

Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream” is on course to spend a third week atop the Billboard 200, as industry sources suggest the set will sell at least another 500,000 copies and could approach 600,000 by week’s end on Dec. 13.

This past week, Boyle’s “Dream” held on to the No. 1 slot for a second week with sales of 527,000, after bowing last week with 701,000. Now, with 1.23 million sold in its first two weeks, “Dream” is chasing after Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” (2.53 million sold this year) for the title of 2009’s best selling album. With four sales weeks left in the SoundScan tracking year, Boyle could overtake Swift’s sales figure by year’s end.

This wouldn’t be the first time a surprise fourth quarter release rallies to overtake the seemed-to-be-certain top seller of the year. Back in 2007, Josh Groban’s “Noel” was released 12 weeks before the end of the year and blew through 3.7 million in that span of time. Two weeks before the year was over, it had overtaken the soundtrack to “High School Musical 2″ (3 million) to become the year’s best seller. Two years ago this week, “Noel” sold 582,000 copies and then scored sales of 669,000 and 757,000 in the two successive weeks, respectively.

Meanwhile, the highest debut on the tally will come from either the second installment of the “Glee” television soundtrack, or Chris Brown’s new album, “Graffiti.” Currently, “Glee” is projected to sell between 110,000 and 120,000 in its first week, while Brown may shift 95,000 to 110,000.

After that, it looks like the currently jailed Gucci Mane will be the next biggest bow, as his “The State Vs. Radric Davis” could break out with 90,000. A little over a month ago, the first “Glee” soundtrack entered the chart at No. 4 with 113,000 sold copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. As for the beleaguered Brown, his last album, “Exclusive,” debuted at No. 4 in 2007 with 294,000.