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 | Posted by toontoom
| Fri, April 26, 2013 at 11:49 PM |
Rihanna has had quite the successful year, and her work did not go unnoticed by Billboard, who nominated her for 10 categories in their upcoming awards show. The categories she nabbed include Top Dance Song, Top R&B Album, Top Social Artist, and Top Artist overall.
Also up for nominations are Nicki Minaj, who's up for seven awards, and Wiz Khalifa, who's nominated for Top Hot 100 Song category for his feature on Maroon 5's "Payphone."
Performances at this year's awards will include Prince, who will be honored with the Billboard Icon Award, and Miguel, who is nominated for the fan voted Milestone Award.
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Mindless Behavior gives rolling out a taste of Mindless Mania
The Popular Boy Band discuss their upcoming sophomore album, lessons from the past and girls for the future
With one chart-topping album under their belt and legions of adoring fans, the future seems bright for teen heartthrobs, Mindless Behavior. Their debut album, "#1 Girl," topped Billboard 200, selling 36,000 copies in its first week. Today, with a sophomore album scheduled for release on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, band mates Roc Royal, Prodigy, Princeton and Ray Ray talk candidly with rolling out editor Amir Shaw on why the second time around will be a worthwhile journey, rehashing memorable moments from their last tour, and giving advice on how to meet girls.
From experiencing puberty to travelling the world, the popular boy band's new album will continue to build on what they established with their hit debut. Ray Ray states, "We have matured a lot. That's the biggest difference between the first and second album. We have more concepts to talk about. We're more relatable to everyone." Princeton continues, "For the first album, it was about finding the number one girl. But with the second album, we wanted to go global. We traveled overseas and gained a bigger fan base. We began to experiment with new sounds that were worldlier."
With maturity comes experience and for Mindless Behavior dating is a subject the group is well versed on. When they sit down with Shaw, each band mate gives dating advice to high school males looking to get girls' attention and provides female fans tips on the best way to get their attention.
Visit rollingout.com to read the interview in its entirety. Be sure to check out the exclusive photo shoot and video footage with celebrity photographer DeWayne Rogers.
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Rolling out, the nation's largest free urban weekly, is a digital and print magazine that focuses on the black experience in response to entertainment, politics, fashion, culture, sports and lifestyle points of interest. Headquartered in Atlanta, rolling out is positioned as the voice for the African American experience, using its newspaper as a platform in the marketplace to express urgency for education reform, and to document entrepreneurial endeavors and other relevant issues in the Diaspora. For information on rolling out, please log on to rollingout.com. Recording artist and chart-topping music producer Ryan Leslie talks to WSJ's Lee Hawkins about his journey from a 15-year-old Harvard freshman to a major record producer and now one of the top...
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| Mon, March 04, 2013 at 8:36 PM |
  
New York, NY (FOX FUSE) - Dancehall star David "Mavado" Brooks makes history as the first Caribbean artist to receive an exclusive video premiere on Billboard, with his new single "Take It" featuring Karian Sang.
Distributed by Zojak World Wide and produced by Troyton Music, the blockbuster dancehall pop single debuted back in September and has been steadily gaining momentum on the international market, peaking at #1 on the BBC 1Xtra and Choice-FM charts in December, and also hitting #1 on CHRY 105.5FM in Toronto. The track also steams up airwaves in South Florida on Miami's hit station WEDR-99Jamz, and continues to enjoy airplay on reggae specialty programming, globally.
"Zojak World Wide/Troyton Music utilized top tier radio DJ pools to get the track played in major markets," states Zoe Espitia, CEO of Zojak World Wide. "The company also secured radio interviews with commercial stations in the US and Canada, and enlisted Rhona Fox of Fox Fuse as the PR for the video."
Signed to We The Best/YMCMB, Mavado continues to thrill dancehall fans by staying true to the genre, despite his evolving move beyond dancehall borders. "Now aligned with a powerful hip-hop conglomerate, Mavado nonetheless has pledged allegiance to the music that birthed his career," writes Billboard journalist Patricia Meschino, in the exclusive premiere on March 4, 2013.
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According to Billboard, the King of The South lands on the #2 spot and moved 179,000n units in the first week. Great way to end the year. Hail To The King!
Back on the Billboard 200 chart this week, T.I.'s "Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head" album arrives at No. 2, giving the hip-hop star his eighth top 10 effort. The new set launches with 179,000 - an improvement over the 160,000 that welcomed his last effort, 2010′s "No Mercy." The latter title debuted at No. 4 upon its December release that year.
via: http://rashaentertainment.com/t-i-s-trouble-man-debuts-at-no-2-on-billboard-200 The Game breaks down the concept for each track on 'Jesus Piece'. The Compton rapper explains how each feature came with Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Common, Kayne and Rick Ross.
via: http://rashaentertainment.com/the-game-breaks-down-jesus-piece-for-billboard-magazine-video Billboard Magazine gives the last cover of 2012 to the King of the South, T.I. In this issues, Tip states, "People keep expecting me to fail. I'm going to continue to be huge".
via: http://rashaentertainment.com/t-i-graces-the-cover-of-billboard-magazine-december-2012 The fire is still burning for Grammy Award singer Alicia Keys with her latest feature on the cover of Billboard Magazine's November issue. The cover is entitled, The Girl Who Played With Fire. Keys' album, Girl On Fire, due November 27th.
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| Mon, October 29, 2012 at 1:32 PM |
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Rihanna logs a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris), which scores Airplay Gainer honors for a second consecutive week.
Rapper Flo Rida concurrently bounds into the chart's top 10 (with the songwriting assistance of an R&B/jazz legend).
"Found," the lead single from Rihanna's sixth studio album, "Talk That Talk," due Nov. 21, spends a second week at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with 235,000 downloads sold, down 3%, according to Nielsen SoundScan. On Radio Songs, "Found" charges 7-4 (103 million all-format audience impressions, up 22%, according to Nielsen BDS)...click to continue reading
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