American Idol Season 11 - Auditions St. Louis

Wohoo! The Last stop of Auditions is in St. Louis, the state where Carrie Underwood Audition eight years ago.
This episode is very interesting there's a lot of promising act it's like I'm watching again the first two episodes which full of talented people. My Favorite Audition Episode this Season.

Well, Here's my review of the people who make it to Hollywood :

Johnny Keyser
WOW! He is amazing singing "The Change is Gonna Come", he had a lot of dynamics that blew me away, I think he is one of those great singers this season. And I love how the judges react.

Rachelle Lamb
She auditioned with her daughter and she's a former professional singer. She sang a funny song (i forgot the title), I love her voice really great audition.

Reis Kloeckener
He got Bullied in High school (that's his sobbed story). He sang "Lean On Me", this voice give me chills, he is singing with emotions and he had this great tone.

Ethan Jones

He sang Edwin McCain's "I'll Be", he can sing but I think it's a little bit karaokeISH.

Lauren Gray

Another contestant sang "One and Only" (Damn It!Jealous Much!haha). I don't think she is a great singer, I mean she is good bu not that great. The Judges over praised her audition.

American Idol Season 11 Auditions - Galveston

Galveston, Texas is the next spot of the round of Idol Audition. Hoping they can find another Kelly Clarkson (which I doubt will happen).

Another so-so episode but this time there are few great singer. I like the space thingy introductions, that was awesome!

Sylar Laine
The voice was not my cup of tea, but I admit that she is good and has a big potential.

Baylie Brown
She auditioned for Season 6 and got cut off during the Hollywood Week (Group Rounds). Well, Baylie was great she is obviously a country girl, I like her tone and I think she will make it far this time.

Kristine Osorio
OMG! She sang one of my favorite Adele Song, I think she sang it pretty good, a little bit emotional and her tone is kinda unique.

Linda Williams
Seriously! She is Awful, she is not that good and shouty for the whole time. Jennifer, I'm on your side on this one.

Cortez Shaw
Although I don't like the arrangement that he did to the precious Adele song, I think the voice was good and can improved.

Ramiro Garcia
He sang Amazing Grace. The arrangement was refreshing although I think his more like a gospel singer than a pop/contemporary singer.

54th Annual Grammy Awards - The Nominees

THE 2012 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

Record of the Year
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Bon Iver, “Holocene”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Mumford & Sons, “The Cave”
Katy Perry, “Firework”

Song of the Year
Kanye West, “All of the Lights”
Mumford & Sons, “The Cave”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Bon Iver, “Holocene”
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Best New Artist
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex

Album of the Year
Adele, 21
The Foo Fighters, Wasting Light
Lady Gaga, Born This Way
Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops and Hooligans
Rihanna, Loud

Happy for Bruno Mars and Adele, taking full control of the nomination. I think Adele will win all her nominations, because her album was just superb.

For the full list of Grammy Nominations click here.

The Grammy Awards is on February 12, 2012.

Favorite November Tracks

Oh my! Almost time for the Year-End Countdown!EXCITED!

Well, before that here is my list of my favorite tracks for November:

1. Westlife - Lighthouse

2. Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris) - We Found Love

3. Adele - Someone Like You

4. David Guetta (feat. Usher) - Without You

5. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain

6. Adele - Rumour Has It

7. Glee Cast - Someone Like You/Rumour Has It

8. Lil Wayne - How To Love

9. James Durbin - Love Me Bad

10. Kelly Clarkson - Mr Know It All

American Music Awards 2011 - Winners

AMA 2011

Here are the Winners of recently concluded 39th American Music Awards :

• Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
• Adult Contemporary Artist: Adele
• Alternative Rock Artist: Foo Fighters
• Contemporary Inspirational Artist: Casting Crowns
• Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
• Country Male Artist: Blake Shelton
• Country Band, Duo or Group: Lady Antebellum
• Country Album: Taylor Swift, “Speak Now”
• Latin Music Artist: Jennifer Lopez
• Pop/Rock Female Artist: Adele
• Pop/Rock Male Artist: Bruno Mars
• Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group: Maroon 5
• Pop/Rock Album: Adele, “21”
• Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
• Rap/Hip-Hop Album: Nicki Minaj, “Pink Friday”
• Soul/R&B Female Artist: Beyonce
• Soul/R&B Male Artist: Usher
• Soul/R&B Album: Rihanna, “Loud.”
• New Artist of the Year: Hot Chelle Rae

Katy Perry won a special award for becoming the first woman ever to have five number one singles from an album.

The awards night feature some performances from Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Drake, J.Lo, LMFAO, Maroon 5, Mary J. Blige, etc.

GLEE Preview : Rumour Has It/Someone Like You

Santana

This is It! Glee is doing an Adele Mash-Up of Rumour Has It and Someone Like You performed by the new rivals of New Directions, The Troublestones.

The Mash-Up was just Amazing, Amber Riley (Mercedes) is good but Naya Rivera (Santana) is insanely great, the emotions (the way she looks at Britanny) and the way she sing got me to love her more.

The performance will be shown on Sixth episode of the series entitled,  Mash Off.


Here's The Full Performance of Troublestones singing Rumour Has It/Someone Like You:

October Favorite Tracks

Here are my Favorite and Most Played Songs for the month of October :

1. Adele - Someone Like You

2. Adele - Rumor Has It
3. Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All
4. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain
5. Lauren Alaina - Georgia Peaches
6. Jason Derulo - It Girl
7. Westlife - Lighthouse
8. Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris) - We Found Love
9. Lil Wayne - How To Love
10. Zia Quizon - Ako Na Lang

September 2011 Favorite Tracks

Here are my Most Played Songs for the month of September :

1. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson

2. Rumor Has It - Adele
3. How To Love - Lil Wayne
4. Safe - Westlife
5. Someone Like You - Adele
6. Count On Me - Bruno Mars
7. Avril Lavigne - Wish You Were Here
8. Christina Perri - Arms
9. You Can't Stop The Beat - Glee Cast
10. Jason Derulo - It Girl

VMA 2011

Here is the complete list of winners for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards:

Best Female Video:
Lady Gaga for ‘Born This Way’

Best Male Video:
Justin Bieber for ‘U Smile’

Best Video with a Message:
Lady Gaga for ‘Born This Way’

Best Special Effects:
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West for ‘E.T.’

Best Hip Hop Video:
Nicki Minaj for ‘Super Bass’

Best Editing:
Adele for ‘Rolling in the Deep’

Best New Artist:
Tyler for “The Creator”

Best Pop Video:
Britney Spears for ‘Till the World Ends’

Best Rock Video:
Foo Fighters for ‘Walk’

Best Collaboration:
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West for ‘E.T.‘

Best Art Direction:
Adele for ‘Rolling in the Deep’

Best Choreography:
Beyoncé for ‘Run the World, Girls’

Best Cinematography:
Adele for ‘Rolling in the Deep’

Video of the Year:
Katy Perry for ‘Firework’

Highlights of this Year VMA :

• Beyonce is pregnant. (YAY!)
• Katy Perry won the night
• Lady Gaga, Adele, Beyonce and Britney Spears stole the show.

My Favorite performances are Lady Gaga's You and I and The Amy Winehouse Tribute.

 This performance of You and I was very good. Lady gaga dressed up as her alter ego " Joe Calderon ".  Singing at the beginning with the piano is so captivating. She can really sing, though i think Haley Reinhart version of this song was better.

 VMA shows the a video of Tony Benett and Amy Winehouse doing a duet. Russell Brand introduce Bruno Mars who is paying tribute to Amy with the song "Valerie". Speechless!

And the Video of The Year goes to Katy Perry's Firework. Ok! Firework video is good and  inspirational, but, bitchy or not in my opinion, Adele and Bruno Mars deserved this award than Katy. (Ok! I'am being bias).

Adele's Rolling In the Deep and it's Versions

"Rolling in the Deep" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, 21. The song was written by Paul Epworth and Adele, who described it as a "dark blues-y gospel disco tune" The song was released November 29, 2010 as the first lead single of the album. The song has been positively received by music critics. As of June 2011, "Rolling in the Deep" had sold over 4 million digital copies in the United States, making it her best-selling single outside her country. 

"Rolling in the Deep" has reached number one in eleven countries and top five in several other countries. The song has also become Adele's first number-one song in the U.S., reaching the top spot of four Billboardcharts. "Rolling in the Deep" spent seven weeks at the top of Billboard Hot 100, the longest-running number-one single of 2011 so far.

The music video begins with an abandoned house, where Adele is sitting in a chair singing. During the video, the scenes shows hundreds of glasses filled with water that vibrate to the beat of a drum, a mysterious person dancing in a room with white flour and dust, the drummer playing the drums behind the stairs, plates being thrown and breaking on the wall in front of the staircase, and a white model of a city which is set on fire by five bursting light bulbs at the end of the song.

Because of the gaining popularity of the song, we heard a lot of amazing version of this Adele hit. Here's my Top five best version of Rolling in The Deep:

5. Glee Cast (Episode : Prom Queen)

4. Vicci Martinez (The Voice Audition)

3. Linkin Park (I-Tunes Music Festival)

2. David Cook (Petapalooza Las Vegas)

1. Haley Reinhart ( American Idol : 21st Century Week)

Haley Reinhart's version was very good,when she sings this on Idol i was convinced that this song was her single, i love how she attack every verse on this Adele hit and also because of Haley the song make it to the top on iTunes.

Now that Adele released "Someone Like You" as her next single I'm looking forward to some great covers.

Billboard H100 : Party Rock's the TOP

LMFAO leaps to its first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100,  as "Party Rock Anthem," featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, lifts 3-1 with Digital Gainer honors."Party" bumps Pitbull's "Give Me Everything," featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack and Nayer, to No. 2 after it had ascended 2-1 on last week's Hot 100.Adele's former seven-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Rolling in the Deep" dips 2-3, while Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" spends a third week at No. 4, claiming the Hot 100's Airplay Gainer award for a second consecutive week


The next three songs on the Hot 100 maintain their rankings from last week: Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" (5-5), Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" (6-6) and Perry's former five-week topper "E.T," featuring Kanye West (7-7).Lil Wayne lifts 10-8 on the Hot 100 with "How to Love." OneRepublic's "Good Life" charges 18-9 after frontman Ryan Tedder sang the song with finalist Beverly McClellan on last Wednesday's (June 29) first-season finale of "The Voice."


Outside the Hot 100's top 10, original songs from "The Voice" inaugural champion and runner-up roar into the top 20. Victor Javier Colon's "Stitch by Stitch" sews up a No. 17 start as the chart's Hot Shot Debut and Dia Frampton's "Inventing Shadows" begins at No. 20.




Source : Billboard

                                                                                                           

JUNE - Favorite Tracks

Here are my Top 15 Tracks for the month of JUNE!

16. Good Girls - Cris Cab

15. Pitbull - Give me Everything

14. The Script - Science and Faith

13. Taylor Swift - The Story of US

12. Fiction - B2st

11. Adele - Rolling In The Deep

10. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj Feat. Esther Dean

9. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song

8. California King Bed - Rihanna

7. Dia Frampton - Losing my Religion

6. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

5. 2NE1 - Lonely

4. David Cook - The Last Goodbye

3. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain

2. Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts

1. One and Only - Adele

Here's The Lyrics of the number 1 song, ENJOY! :

You've been on my mind
I grow fonder every day,
lose myself in time just thinking of your face
God only knows why it's taking me so long
to let my doubts go
You're the only one that I want

I don't know why I'm scared, I've been here before
Every feeling, every word, I've imagined it all,
You never know if you never try to forget your past
And simply be mine

I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
Promise I'm worth it to hold in your arms
So come on and give me the chance

To prove that I'm the one who can
Walk that mile
Until the end starts

Have I been on your mind?
You hang on every word I say, lose yourself in time
At the mention of my name, will I ever know
How it feels to hold you close
And have you tell me which ever road I chose you'll go

I don't know why I'm scared, I've been here before
Every feeling every word, I've imagined it all,
You never know if you never tried to forgive your past
And simply be mine

I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
I promise I'm worthy to hold in your arms
So come on and give me the chance

To prove that I'm the one who can
Walk that mile
Until the end starts

I know it ain't easy
Giving up your heart
I know it ain't easy
Giving up your heart

(Nobody's perfect, trust me I've earned it)
I know it ain't easy, giving up your heart
(Nobody's perfect, trust me I've earned it)
I know it ain't easy, giving up your heart

I know it ain't easy
Giving up your heart

I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
I promise I'm worth it to hold in your arms
So come on and give me the chance

To prove I'm the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts
Come and give me the chance
To prove that I'm the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts.