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MTV Artist To Watch In 2011: Miguel

Posted 12/21/10 9:01 am EST by in Celebrity, Interviews, MTV Featured Artist, Music, PUSH, Videos

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Miguel's already landed on MTV's Artists To Watch In 2011 list, and he very could very well dominate R&B in 2011. The Los Angeles singer combines the best elements of neo-soul (think artists like D'Angelo, Maxwell and Musiq) and radio-friendly R&B club jams (think Usher's more restrained moments).

Miguel's hit single, "All I Want Is You" features one of the most memorable bass lines in recent memory and has become a calling card song for the young performer. His debut album has been a long time in the making, but if it's anywhere near as carefully constructed and lovingly arranged as "All I Want...," then we're looking at a real powerhouse who's set to rise to the top and stay there.

Below, you'll get a video introduction to Miguel. We start with a fun Q&A, where he talks about his album, his love life, the making of "All I Want Is You," and the influence of Queen and Freddie Mercury on his music.

Check out Buzzworthy's interview with Miguel, then enjoy his video for "All I Want Is You." And while you're on this Miguel kick, be sure to check out his exclusive MTV photo gallery. Miguel's debut album, All I Want Is You, is due out next year.

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MTV Artist To Watch 2011: A Day To Remember

Posted 12/20/10 10:00 am EST by in Celebrity, MTV Featured Artist, Music, PUSH, Videos

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Florida's A Day To Remember are good at lots of things: making us laugh (see their funny music videos), making us want to mosh (perhaps even break out the old "picking up change"/floor punch), making us scream along to the loud parts and feel all warm and tender with the soft ones. In the punk-screamo-Warped Tour scene, nobody switches gears and mixes it up like this.

The group's latest release, What Separates Me From You, shows off their growth as songwriters, with songs like "All I Want" and "All Signs Point To Lauderdale" sounding particularly ready for the radio. Despite the shiny new tunes, A Day To Remember, powered by Jeremy McKinnon's dexterous vocals, still knows how to crack a joke and turn up the volume.

Be sure to look out for A Day To Remember on the road in 2011; the band will no doubt be touring incessantly and coming to a town near you.

Check out A Day To Remember's hilarious "I'm Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?" video below and watch them perform an acoustic version of "Have Faith In Me," live at MTV.

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MTV Artist To Watch 2011: Wiz Khalifa

Posted 12/20/10 9:30 am EST by in Celebrity, Interviews, MTV Featured Artist, Music, PUSH, Videos

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Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow" is the surprise hit of 2010. The infectious, unforgettable Pittsburgh anthem pays tribute to Wiz's hometown, using the Pittsburgh Steelers' colors as inspiration for his once-you-hear-it-you'll-never-forget-it chorus.

The success of "Black And Yellow" (which recently got the all-star remix treatment with Snoop Dogg, T-Pain and Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J.) might be the first time many folks have heard the creaky, charismatic musings of Wiz Khalifa, but to underground hip-hop fans it's just the latest in a long line of rap anthems.

With countless solo mixtapes (particularly Kush & Orange Juice) and albums (Flight School) under his belt and a popular collaborative mixtape between himself and Curren$y (How Fly), Wiz Khalifa has been turning heads for a couple of years now.

With a style that splits the difference between skater and hip-hop kid and a flow that adds East Coast lyricism to Snoop Dogg's masterful murmurs, you can see and hear why MTV News named Wiz Khalifa the Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010. And with his major label debut due out next year, it looks like 2011 will be the Pittsburgh-repping MC's biggest year yet.

See why 2011 will be the year of Wiz Khalifa in the exclusive Buzzworthy interview below. Plus, watch his "Black And Yellow" video and check out MTV.com's Wiz Khalifa photo gallery.

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MTV's Artists To Watch In 2011

Posted 12/20/10 9:02 am EST by in Celebrity, MTV Featured Artist, Music, PUSH

It's almost officially time to call 2010 a wrap, which means it's officially time to look ahead to all of the great new music, artists and bands we'll be hearing lots of in 2011. With the clock ticking down the last days of the year, we've assembled a can't-miss list of artists to watch in 2011. Some of these artists you may know, others you may not, but all of them are sure to be big names in the music scene in the new year. Here goes.

+ Wiz Khalifa: Pittsburgh's pride broke out this year with his Steelers-themed hip-hop anthem, "Black And Yellow." With his major label debut due out next year, look for big things from this skate-rap phenom.

+ A Day To Remember: These screamo funnymen from Florida know how to throw down and make us laugh. Watch their inventive and hilarious video "I'm Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?," and you'll see exactly why.

+ Warpaint: Ethereal, ghostly and utterly unforgettable. This is the new girl-group pop made by a quartet of enigmatic of Los Angelenos.

+ Miguel: This angel-voiced Los Angeles R&B singer has been seducing listeners for the latter part of 2010 with his ballad "All I Want Is You." Referencing the work of D'Angelo, R. Kelly and Prince, he just opens his mouth, and he's a lady-killer. Ask your girlfriend.

+ Graffiti6: The London duo--U.K. producer TommyD and singer/songwriter Jamie Scott--embellish their pop-rock with shades of soul and psychedelia. Their songs have appeared on "Grey's Anatomy" and "CSI: New York."

+ New Politics: Unhinged Danish garage rockers lean toward The Hives. One of the most sensational live acts to come down the pike in quite some time.

+ Middle Class Rut: Forget 2011. Sacramento's Middle Class Rut take us back to the glory days of '90s alt-rock, sounding like an angrier Weezer or a kinder, gentler Rage Against The Machine.

+ Tinie Tempah: Born in Nigeria and raised in London, this Brit MC mixes up U.K. Grime sound with hip-hop and R&B.

+ The Vaccines: Calling to mind some British rock's most-valued exports (My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths, James), this band has made a name for themselves with their gauzy, propulsive indie rock.

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MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: The Downtown Fiction

Posted 12/13/10 6:00 am EST by in Celebrity, Interviews, MTV Featured Artist, Music, PUSH, Videos

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This week's MTV PUSH Artist of the Week is the Virginia power trio The Downtown Fiction. Led by singer/guitarist Cameron Leahy, this young band combines the pop-punk now sound (think a less-tongue-in-cheek All-American Rejects) with some tightly wound classic-rock moves of yesteryear (think The Rolling Stones).

The Downtown Fiction got their start where so many bands do these days: online. In 2008, Leahy and drummer Eric Jones posted some demos to MySpace, corralled friend David Pavluk to join them on bass and soon found themselves a part of the roster on Photo Finish Records.

Since then, the band has released two EPs, one self-titled and one called The Best I Never Had -- both of which are being reissued, together, as The Double EP, which throws in some demos for good measure.

In the videos below, you'll get to know the young men behind the music. First up is an exclusive Buzzworthy Q&A in which the band members talk about touring Japan, give some details on its "no budget" video for "I Just Wanna Run" and explain the weird feeling of hearing the music on shows such as "The Hills" and "Keeping Up With The Kardashians."

In the following piece, the band talks about its sound in relation to playing live and recording in a studio. In the final clip, Eric Jones talks about balancing school and his music career. After the jump you'll see video interviews where the band members talk about how girls love David, why Eric loves espresso and their uniting affection for high voices.

Also also after the jump, see live videos of the band performing "I Just Wanna Run," "Best I Never Had" and "You Were Wrong."

Check out video interviews and live performances by MTV PUSH Artist of the Week, The Downtown Fiction, and check out an exclusive MTV Downtown Fiction photo gallery.

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MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: My Chemical Romance

Posted 11/29/10 6:00 am EST by in Celebrity, Interviews, MTV Featured Artist, Music, PUSH, Videos

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Last week, the New Jersey arena punks of My Chemical Romance released their dazzling new full-length album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. And this week, My Chemical Romance is MTV's PUSH Artist of the Week.

It's one of the great pleasures of being a music fan to watch a band evolve. And nothing has given fans more pleasure than witnessing My Chemical Romance grow from ferocious emo-punks, playing basement shows in New Jersey, to glam-rock titans, playing arenas all over the world.

Danger Days takes the grandeur of their previous work, The Black Parade, and tightens the reins, creating a laser-focused, Technicolor punk-rock opera about a dystopian future that sounds a lot like our present.

Below we have an almost embarrassing amount of awesome MCR stuff for you to take in. You can watch live performance videos from the band's recent gig at Los Angeles' House Of Blues, which was streamed live on MTV.com. You can also check out the My Chemical Romance's Buzzworthy fan interview, which was filmed at the House Of Blues.

+ Watch on-demand videos of My Chemical Romance performing "Helena" and "SING," live at L.A.'s House Of Blues, as well as My Chemical Romance's fan interview and behind-the-scenes clips all below. And see more video from the show here.

+ Check out images from My Chemical Romance's incredible performance at L.A.'s House Of Blues.

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MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: Bruno Mars

Posted 11/1/10 5:44 am EST by in Celebrity, Interviews, MTV Featured Artist, Music, PUSH


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Bruno Mars burst onto the mainstream musical landscape when he teamed up with Travie McCoy on the smash hit "Billionaire," which was released in early 2010 and pretty much took over the rest of the year, as did B.o.B's "Nothin' On You," another breakthrough track of 2010, on which Bruno sweetly crooned. You also know some Bruno Mars songs you may not know you know; Bruno Mars cowrote Flo Rida's "Right Round" and Cee-Lo Green's runaway viral hit, "F*** You."

But Bruno Mars is much more than a featured artist on another major artist's song. He's a major artist in his own right. With his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, featuring "Just The Way You Are," finally released, Bruno Mars is stepping out of the downstage darkness into the solo spotlight, showcasing his smooth voice and worldly influences that range from rock, reggae, and R&B to pop and hip-hop.

As he'll tell you in this exclusive MTV PUSH video, Bruno Mars is "just a dude that wants to sing." But he's also a dude who's destined to be a star.

Watch Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" video, don't miss him in the "Billionaire" video, watch his live 2010 MTV VMA performance with B.o.B and Hayley Williams and get more Bruno Mars.

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MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: Chiddy Bang

Posted 10/25/10 5:54 am EST by in Celebrity, MTV Featured Artist, Music, PUSH, Videos

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What, exactly, is Chiddy Bang? Chiddy Bang sounds like a high-impact sound, a street movement and a sudden sensation. All those things are true. But specifically, Chiddy Bang is Chidera "Chiddy" Anamege and Noah Beresin, aka Xaphoon Jones. They're hip-hop heads, indie-rock experts, sample savvy, instrumentalists and lyricists, and they're about to become very very big.

Chiddy Bang went from a college campus--Chidera and Noah met at Drexel University--to must-know band among the music blog set (not to mention Kanye West, who blogged about them), which latched on to their early tracks and The Swelly Express mixtape--to mainstage must-sees at Glastonbury and Lollapalooza and guest spots on Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg's live shows. And if it hasn't already, Chiddy Bang's new album, The Preview, and their upcoming The Swelly Life full-length, is about to take up permanent residence on your iPod. And we guarantee it won't sound anything like anything you've already got on it.

Watch Chiddy Bang's exclusive four-song "Live At MTV" performance at MTV, don't miss Chiddy Bang's videos and photos, and check out exclusive Chiddy Bang interviews after the jump.

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MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: 3OH!3

Posted 10/18/10 6:00 am EST by in Celebrity, Interviews, Music, PUSH, Videos

Often with MTV PUSH Artists of the Week, we have to do some sort of introduction. Well, this week's artists need very little in the way of a "getting to know you." Your mom probably warned you about these dudes. It's 3OH!3, and they are here to party.

Over the course of two albums, this Colorado duo, made up of Nathan Motte and Sean Foreman, have revived the oft-mocked but much-loved subgenre of party anthems. On this past summer's Streets Of Gold, the band refined its electro-style stadium rock, delivering shout-along singles like "My First Kiss" featuring Ke$ha and "Double Vision."

In honor of these two wild and crazy guys being our PUSH Artist of the Week, we've got an absolute gold mine of videos for you to check out.

First, take a listen of their recent clubs hits, "Double Vision" and "My First Kiss."

You can also check out the duo's party-shakin' tunes "Don't Trust Me" and "Starstrukk.”

Next, watch 3OH!3 answer fan questions:

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MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: Prince Royce

Posted 10/11/10 5:58 am EST by in Celebrity, Interviews, Music, PUSH

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Last week, we introduced you to the Bachata-pop crossover sound of New York-born Prince Royce. Well, this week, the young man is our MTV PUSH Artist of the Week.

Prince Royce makes seductive, bilingual pop, and along with famed Bachata group Aventura, he has become of the rising stars of that genre's revival.

In these exclusive new MTV videos, Prince Royce talks about the meaning behind his single, "Corazón Sin Cara" (from his self-titled album) and growing up in the Bronx. Prince Royce also discusses his musical style and how he's bringing Bachata back.

Get to know Prince Royce in his own words in the videos below and watch his breakthrough bilingual take on Ben E. King's classic "Stand By Me" and "Corazón Sin Cara." Plus, check out more awesome MTV photos of Prince Royce.

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