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Buzz Bites (5/17/13): Candice Glover Is The 'American Idol' Season 12 Winner!

Posted 5/17/13 9:00 am EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music, News

Candice Glover wins "American Idol," Britney Spears and will.i.am head to the studio next week + Bruno Mars is Entertainment Weekly's cover guy in today's Buzz Bites.

Candice Glover wins "American Idol"; her album, "Music Speaks," streets July 16.

+ Congratulations to Candice Glover, the "American Idol" Season 12 champ! She's the first female to earn the top spot since Jordan Sparks in 2007. "I definitely can't believe that I'm even standing here," Candice told MTV News. Her Music Speaks album is due July 16. (MTV News)

+ Will.i.am, who is executive producing Britney Spears' forthcoming eighth album, says they've already had some "juicy sessions." "We start [recording] next week," he revealed. (Billboard)

+ Bruno Mars is Entertainment Weekly's cover guy! To go along with his Moonshine Jungle World Tour, Bruno's pictured with a very big cat -- a black leopard, to be exact. He'll be performing "Treasure" during Sunday's Billboard Music Awards. (Idolator)

+ Beyoncé ignored doctor's orders to perform her second show in Antwerp, Belgium after canceling the first date due to dehydration and exhaustion. "Now my doctors told me not to perform tonight, but there was no way in the world. I just have to say that y'all give me so much inspiration, and I just want to thank you guys," Bey said. (MTV News)

+ Watch Selena Gomez rehearse "Come & Get It," and learn her dance routine while you're at it! "Hope you guys enjoy dancing along," Selena tweeted. "Send us your versions we'll feature some on twitter. XOXO." (E!)

+ She may only be 20, but Demi Lovato has a five-year plan, which includes being a mom. "I've been working so hard my whole life. At the end of the day, yes, I want to be a musician and I have a lot of goals, but my biggest goal in life is having a family," she told MTV News. (MTV News)

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Buzz Bites (5/2/13): Chris Kelly Of Kris Kross Dies At Age 34

Posted 5/2/13 9:02 am EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music, News

Kris Kross' Chris Kelly dies at age 34, will.i.am is executive producing Britney Spears new album + Lil Wayne hospitalized for seizures again in today's Buzz Bites.

Kris Kross' Chris Kelly died yesterday. He was 34.

+ Chris Kelly, one-half of the rap duo Kris Kross, died in an Atlanta hospital yesterday after he was found unresponsive in his home. He was 34. The cause of death has not yet been determined. (MTV News)

+ will.i.am has confirmed he will be the executive producer for Britney Spears' upcoming album. "I gotta be the vehicle between her and her fans. ... Don't we want to see something that comes from her heart?" he told Rolling Stone. (MTV News)

+ Lil Wayne was hospitalized in Los Angeles Tuesday for seizures again, according to TMZ. The site also reported he was treated and released yesterday morning. (MTV News)

+ Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's death. The New York Post reports that a playground in New York City's Brooklyn Heights will be renamed "Adam Yauch Playground." A renaming ceremony will take place tomorrow. (Pitchfork)

+ The new season of Big Time Rush's TV show kicks off today on Nickelodeon. Season 4 features the guys recording their third record and getting ready for a world tour. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ Diplo and Skrillex are teaming up for a new group called Jack U! The newly formed duo are booked to perform Diplo's Mad Decent Block Parties over the summer. (MTV News)

+ Watch Kris Kross' "Jump" video.

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Buzz Bites (4/24/13): Watch will.i.am, Britney Spears, And Miley Cyrus' Google Hangout

Posted 4/24/13 9:00 am EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music, News

Watch will.i.am, Britney Spears + Miley Cyrus' Google Hangout, Madonna's iconic costumes to be in an L.A. pop-up exhibit + Snoop Lion and Big K.R.I.T. hit "RapFix Live" today in this edition of Buzz Bites.

Will.i.am invited album collaborators Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus to his Google+ Hangout.

+ Last night will.i.am, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, and others participated in a live Google+ Hangout to celebrate Will's #willpower release. "His energy is just electric. He's a charmer," Britney said. See the chat. (MTV News)

+ ATTN people of Los Angeles: Drop any plans you have tomorrow and run to Macy's Century City for Madonna's one-day-only fashion exhibit. Some of her iconic stage outfits will be on display, including the wedding dress she wore to the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, and the cone corset she rocked on her 1990 Blonde Ambition Tour. (Billboard)

+ Today is the first official time Snoop Lion will appear on "RapFix Live," although technically Snoop Dogg has visited before. Watch Snoop's return today at 4 p.m. ET on MTV.com and MTV Jams. Big K.R.I.T. is also a guest. (MTV News)

+ Listen to Jack White's cover of Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter," which he recorded on Record Store Day on Saturday in his Third Man Records insta-vinyl recording booth. He also opened the booth to the public so folks could record their own vinyl on the spot. (Spin)

+ "Glee"'s Darren Criss is heading out this summer for his "Listen Up!" tour. The star hits 16 cities, beginning May 29 in San Francisco, and he wraps it up on June 30 in Silver Spring, Md. (Just Jared)

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Snoop Lion, Will.i.am Release Albums; Watch 'Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life' On Tuesday At 11 p.m.!

Posted 4/22/13 2:03 pm EST by in Celebrity, Music, The Week In Pop

Welcome to Buzzworthy's "The Week In Pop," where we round up new album releases, talk show musical guests, and TV performances by your favorite pop stars and more (so you don't have to).

This week, Snoop Dogg debuts his rap-to-reggae transformation album, Reincarnated, under his Snoop Lion moniker. (Catch Snoop Wednesday on "Live With Kelly And Michael" and on Thursday's "Late Show With David Letterman.") Also, will.i.am drops his fourth solo album, the Twitter hashtag-ready #willpower (see him on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday). Meanwhile, French indie electro-pop group Phoenix release their fifth album, Bankrupt!, "American Idol" alum Fantasia adds songwriting to her singing credits for her fourth record, Side Effect Of You (watch her on Wednesday's "VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live With Carrie Keagan"), and Sweden's Junip release their sophomore self-titled effort. On TV, get pumped to witness "Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life" when it premieres Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET on MTV. The week closes with Saturday's "Radio Disney Music Awards": the show will feature performances by Selena Gomez, Cher Lloyd, Cody Simpson, Austin Mahone, Mindless Behavior, and more.

Snoop Lion, will.i.am, Phoenix, Fantasia + Junip release albums; Ke$ha's "My Crazy Beautiful Life" premieres Tuesday in this edition of The Week In Pop.

NEW ALBUM RELEASES

+ Snoop Lion, Reincarnated: "There's so much death, there's so much destruction, there's so much mayhem, and there's so much misunderstanding in music. We're losing so many great musicians and we don't love them while they're here. And I want to be loved while I'm here, and the only way to get love is to give love," Snoop Lion states at the onset of his post-Rastafarianism transformation debut, Reincarnated. For his Major Lazer-produced reggae-pop album, Snoop enlists a diverse array of artists. Watch the videos for "Here Comes The King" with Angela Hunte and "No Guns Allowed" with Drake and Snoop's daughter, Cori B., and listen to "Torn Apart" with Rita Ora and "Ashtrays And Heartbreaks" with Miley Cyrus. Also check out the unity track "Lighters Up" with dancehall artists Movado & Popcaan.

+ will.i.am, #willpower: For will.i.am's fourth solo album, he makes 15 soon-to-be ubiquitous dance-pop tunes that are jam-packed with star collabs, including a British-accented (!) Britney Spears (watch the "Scream & Shout" remix video with Diddy, Hit-Boy, Waka Flocka Flame, and Lil Wayne), Miley Cyrus ("Fall Down"), Justin Bieber (watch a hologram'd Biebs in the futuristic "#thatpower" video), and 2NE1 with his BEP bandmate apl.de.ap on the YOLO-minded "Gettin' Dumb." Will takes a break from the dance floor for the midtempo, contemplative "The World Is Crazy" with Dante Santiago, "Love Bullets" with Skylar Grey, and album closer "Ghetto Ghetto" with 7-year-old rapper Baby Kaely.

+ Phoenix, Bankrupt!: The French indie electro-pop band, who recently surprised fans at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with a guest spot from R. Kelly, release the follow-up to their mainstream breakthrough album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Highlights include the shimmery "SOS In Bel Air" with its infectious chorus, and their synth-laden single "Entertainment." The sprawling title track boasts lush instrumentation before the strutty, humorously titled "Drakkar Noir" ushers in back-to-back with "Chloroform," which deals with the more noxious side of love.

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New Video: will.i.am Featuring Justin Bieber, '#thatpower,'

Posted 4/19/13 1:30 pm EST by in Celebrity, Music, Videos

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Justin Bieber appears as a hologram in will.i.am's "#thatpower" video.

If we could hijack a celeb's Rolodex (fine, iPhone contacts), it would be will.i.am's! Aside from being able to, you know, call and PERSONALLY congratulate Fergie on her pregnancy, we'd be able to hit up everyone on will's forthcoming #willpower" disc, including, but not limited to Will's "Fall Down" pal, Miley Cyrus, his "Gettin' Dumb" collaborators, 2NE1, and, most important, Will's "#thatpower" collaborator, Justin Bieber! And by the look of his newly released "#thatpower" video, will and Justin are in the throws of a VERY serious bromance, so you know he'd pick up if we (or "will") called.

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New Song: will.i.am Featuring 2NE1, 'Gettin' Dumb'

Posted 4/17/13 3:00 pm EST by in Celebrity, Music

Will.i.am pairs up with K-Pop superstars 2NE1 for a new song, "Gettin' Dumb."

"Get Dumb" with will.i.am and K-pop's 2NE1's brand-new dancehall anthem.

Can we officially change will.i.am's name to "will.i.am gonna take over the entire planet with all the PHENOMENAL collabos coming from my next album, #willpower," already? OK, maybe that's a little long-winded, but between the recent release of Will's "Fall Down" with Miley Cyrus and now this EPIC dance smash with K-pop supergroup 2NE1 in "Gettin' Dumb," we're pretty sure that Will is already #winning, and the album hasn't even dropped yet (but it will on April 23!). Blackjacks (those are 2NE1 superfans, btw), it's time to LOSE YOUR ISH.

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Buzz Bites (4/17/13): Hear Snippets Of 'The Great Gatsby' Soundtrack With Florence + The Machine, Lana Del Rey, And More

Posted 4/17/13 9:00 am EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music, News

Hear snippets from Jay-Z produced "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack, Daft Punk reveals "Random Access Memories" track list via Vine + Jack White invites fans to record vinyl on Record Store Day in today's Buzz Bites.

Listen to snippets from "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack.

+ Listen to snippets from the "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack. Produced by Jay-Z, it features Florence + The Machine, Lana Del Rey, the xx, will.i.am, and more. The Beyoncé/Andre 3000 duet of the late Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black" is not available to hear just yet. It will be featured on the deluxe edition. (Rap-Up)

+ Daft Punk revealed the track list for Random Access Memories in a creative way: They shared it via Vine. Watch the 13 songs flash by in 6 seconds, and also hear their tune "Get Lucky" with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, which was featured in an ad that ran during "Saturday Night Live." (Pitchfork)

+ If you're in Nashville on Record Store Day this Saturday, Jack White invites you to cut your own record on vinyl! His Third Man Records label has a one-of-a-kind vinyl record recording booth, which he's opening to the public. Watch his Raconteurs bandmate Brendan Benson demonstrate how it works. (Rolling Stone)

+ Listen to will.i.am's bumpin' collab with K-pop phenoms 2NE1, "Gettin' Dumb." The track appears on will.i.am's forthcoming #willpower, which streets April 23. (Billboard)

+ Selena Gomez was a total pro during her MTV Movie Awards performance of "Come & Get It," but she did what most of us would do when she met Brad Pitt: She played it cool, and then hid under a table. "He was like, 'Can I have a picture with you?' I was like, 'Can I have a picture with you?'" she said. "He's so pretty." (MTV News)

+ French Montana has revealed the track listing to Excuse My French, which will be released May 21. Executive produced by Diddy and Rick Ross, it also features collabs with Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, Drake, Lil Wayne, The Weeknd, and more. (Rap-Up)

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New Song: will.i.am Featuring Miley Cyrus, 'Fall Down'

Posted 4/16/13 12:30 pm EST by in Celebrity, Music

Listen to Will.I.Am's collab with Miley Cyrus, "Fall Down."

will.i.am teams up with Miley Cyrus on his latest "#willpower" track, "Fall Down."

will.i.am and Miley Cyrus each have a lot going on right now: Will's hashtagged album #willpower drops in a few short days (April 23, to be exact) while Miley is doing everything from prepping HER upcoming disc to collaborating with Snoop Lion on "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks." But if anyone's got the collab world on lock, it's Will: After teaming up with Britney Spears for "Scream & Shout" and Justin Bieber on "#thatpower," Will's just released a brand-new single from #willpower, the Miley Cyrus-assisted "Fall Down."

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Buzz Bites (4/12/13): Will.i.am Unveils The Star-Studded '#Willpower' Track List

Posted 4/12/13 9:00 am EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music, News

Will.i.am unveils "#willpower"'s star-studded track list, watch Kelly Clarkson perform "People Like Us" and gush with Mariah Carey + grab Cassie's "RockaByeBaby" mixtape in today's Buzz Bites.

Will.i.am has revealed the track listing for "#Willpower."

+ Will.i.am released the track list for his forthcoming solo album, #Willpower (also, props for adding a hashtag). The 18-song set features guest collabs with Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, and more. The album streets April 23. (Rap-Up)

+ Kelly Clarkson returned to her "American Idol" roots at last night's results show. See her neon-splashed performance of "People Like Us," and watch the adorbz lovefest between Kelly and Mariah Carey. (Just Jared)

+ Grab Cassie's new free mixtape, RockaByeBaby. Rick Ross, Pusha-T, Too Short, Wiz Khalifa, Meek Mill, and more appear on the 13-song mix. (Pitchfork)

+ Watch Taylor Swift's commercial for Diet Coke, which features her working out the lyrics to "22." As the ad progresses, people sing along to Taylor's catchy lyrics, whether they're driving or cooking. (MTV News)

+ 2 Chainz will showcase his acting chops for an upcoming episode of "Law & Order: SVU." Check out photos from the set, where he's hanging with Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay. This isn't his first TV role -- he made his acting debut during an episode of "2 Broke Girls." (RapFix)

+ Listen to Psy's new single, "Gentleman." Like his smash "Gangnam Style," it mixes Korean and English lyrics wrapped in beat-laden electro-pop. (MTV News)

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New Song: Will.i.am Featuring Justin Bieber, '#thatpower'

Posted 3/15/13 4:30 pm EST by in Celebrity, Music

Listen to will.i.am's #thatpower with Justin Bieber.

will.i.am and Justin Bieber know they've got "#thatpower."

As it would appear, will.i.am has a penchant for collaborating with THE BIGGEST STARS IN ALL THE LAND. First, will hooked up with Britney Spears (in the musical sense! Minds out of the gutter, y'all) for their epic "Scream & Shout," not to mention that time he jammed out with Diddy, Hit-Boy, Waka Flocka, Britney again, and Lil Wayne on the "Scream & Shout (Urban Remix)." Now, will's partnering with the one and only Justin Bieber on the hashtaggy "#thatpower," a cluuurb-ready anthem slated to appear on will's forthcoming solo album, #willpower, out next month.

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