Whitney Houston, pop and R&B icon, passed away at the age of 48. Time, location and cause of death are currently unknown.

 

From the mid-80s to the late 90s, Houston was one of the best-selling musical artists in the world and influenced some of today's biggest talents including Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera. In addition to her music career, Whitney also landed roles in several motion pictures including the 1992 block-buster The Bodyguard in which she co-starred with Kevin Costner. She also contributed to the soundtrack for the film which was awared the 1994 Grammy for Album of the Year. Her single I Will Always Love You became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. In addition, she also became the first act of any kind to sell more than a million copies of an album in a single week.

 

Houston caused a stir of controversy when she married troubled R&B singer Bobby Brown. The relationship saw both Houston and Brown spiral out of control with the former admitting to a serious drug addiction that resulted in several arrests. The two eventually divorced in 2007 after 16 years of marriage.

 

Whitney Houston is survived by her daughter Bobbie Kristina Brown. Rest in peace.

Pop/country sensation, Taylor Swift, has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year. The 21-year-old musician is now the youngest recipient to receive the award which will be presented at Billboard's 2011 Women in Music event December 2nd in New York.

 

The award, which has been received by both Lady Gaga and Beyonce, salutes a female artist who has experienced huge sales in a particular year as well as creative breakthroughs.

 

I guess that means congratulations are in order for Miss Taylor Swift. Though I'm not really a fan of her music, she's clearly a hard working individual and undoubtedly deserving of the award in my eyes. What do you guys think?

One of my favorite performances last night at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards was undoubtedly Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Nayer who performed one of the biggest hits of the year, Give Me Everything Tonight. Not only do I like the song, but the trio sounded dead on with the album version of the single. There was a brief slip-up toward the beginning of the song but Ne-Yo and Pitbull corrected it right away.

 

I never realized how small Nayer's part in the song actually is until watching this performance. Hearing the artists peform Give Me Everything Tonight live made it seem as though Nayer would start singing and Ne-Yo would cut her off. It wasn't a mistake or anything but just the way Nayer would stop singing abruptly as soon as Ne-Yo came in and her facial expression when she did so.

 

Anyway,you can read on to check out the performance and be sure to share your thoughts! What was your favorite part of the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards?

I think most of us are past the incident involving Chris Brown assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Now, it makes it a lot easier to just sit back and enjoy this guy perform. Last night, the With You hit-maker lit up the stage at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, dancing to some of the top songs in various years. My favorite had to be his routine for Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. I guess I just appreciate the respect most artists have for one another. It doesn't matter what genre an artist or band might fall under, if they're good, most artists respect them.

 

Of course, Chris Brown had to throw a couple of his own tracks into the mix. He started off his dance routine/performance with one of his more recent hits ?Yeah3X? and topped it off with Beautiful People.? He definitely had the crowd going crazy.

 

You can read on to check out the video of Chris' performance and be sure to share your thoughts. What was your favorite part of the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards?

Greetings readers! It seems like ages since we've given away any goodies. Well, all that's about to change! We've been provided with some cool merchandise to giveaway to three lucky readers.

 

In honor of the June 7th release of AC/DC: Let There Be Rock on DVD and Blu-Ray, we're giving away not only the Limited Collector's Edition on DVD and Blu-Ray which includes a guitar pick, a book and a bundle of postcards, but included in each prize pack is a key-chain, a poster and a baseball hat. You can read on to check out the official contest rules and details on how to enter.

 

The only movie powered by AC/DC, this legendary concert film, covering a 1979 Paris concert during the Australian heavy metal band's Highway to Hell tour showcases the power and precision that the quintet bring to vicious rockers like Whole Lotta Rosie and Let There Be Rock. Pixiesh lead guitarist Angus Young, attired in his trademark school-boy's uniform, takes center stage with his energetic antics and frenetic solos, while the rest of the band crank out their minimalist boogie with quiet determination. Interview segments and humorous backstage footage show another side to the thuggish musicians, especially AC/DC's flamboyant lead singer Bon Scott, who died two months after this filmed concert. Click here to enter! 

Remember that hard-rock band A Perfect Circle? Yeah, that band that made hits like Three Libas and Weak and Powerless. The group recently announced a reunion tour and there was some speculation that the reunion meant a new album. For once, the speculation was correct.

 

Unfortunately, a new album won't be available any time soon. "We're going to have at least one new song on the tour," guitarist Billy Howerdell told Antimusic. "It's very close to being done, and from there, things should come together. Once we're on the road and start hashing out ideas, they could quickly become a song and make it onto the stage. So there's an album in the works, but not for this summer. The idea was to get the juices flowing a bit and get back into A Perfect Circle mode, and go from there. But we do intend to record new material."

 

The band announced earlier this year that they'd end their long hiatus to head on tour this summer to play some renunion dates. So there you have it! One of the more memorable rock bands of the early 2000's are planning to make a comeback. Yay!

You really have to wonder when Lady Gaga is going to lose her momentum. I mean, most musicians have one huge hit and a few small hit singles here and there. There's obviously a reason she's been dubbed the new queen of pop. Gaga has had huge hit after huge hit since 2009 and she doesn't show any signs of slowing down anytime soon.

 

The pop star is set to perform on NBC's Saturday Night Live on May 21st. The performance will take place just in time for her new album entitled Born This Way which hits reailer shelves May 23rd. The first single off the album is titled Born This Way and it has been in the top ten on the Billboards for several weeks. Her latest single is called Judas and it's been posted all over the web for Gaga fans to listen to.

 

Gaga's last appearance on Saturday Night Live was back in 2009. She'll be joining frequent SNL host Justin Timberlake and this will be his first time back on the show since 2009 as well. So definitely mark your calendars. It should be a fun night!

Justin Bieber is REALLY Bald, Watch Video! I saw the clip of Justin Bieber getting his head shaved on Jimmy Kimmel a couple of days ago, however, I thought it was a prank. I thought for sure the pop sensation was wearing a bald cap. I guess I was wrong.

 

P. Diddy was a guest on "Jimmy Kimmel" alongside Bieber and when he agreed to let Kimmel shave his head, P. Diddy warned the "Baby" hit-maker that it was a bad idea. His fans in the audience were obviously against it. After all, Justin's hair is practically his trademark.

 

If you read on, you can check out the video of the dreadful shaving. In my opinion, I think Justin looks absolutely horrible. He resembles something that crash landed from another planet. He recently stated, "People will focus on my beautiful, silky-smooth vocals. I think the girls will be upset, but they will get over it." I sure hope that's true.

Jimmy Buffet falls off stage, watch video. Yesteday, the web was flooded with the news of Jimmy Buffett's accident where he reportedly fell off stage and found himself in an Australian hospital. Today, a video was released of the incident.

 

After the fall, the 64-year-old artist lay unconscious for 10 minutes on the floor as paramedics attended to him. He was quickly rushed to the hospital where a CAT scan revealed no immediate damage. Buffett spent the night in the hospital but was released the morning after.

 

He's reportedly postponed his upcoming concert in New Zealand to recuperate. He doesn't have another gig scheduled until April which means he will have plenty of time to recover. Jimmy's rep have assured his fans that the artist is doing just fine. You can find the video of the fall inside. It looks extremely painful. Poor guy!

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"Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" is the inspiring true story and rare inside look at the rise of Justin from street performer in the small town of Stratford, Ontario to internet phenomenon to global super star culminating with a dream sold out show at the famed Madison Square Garden in 3-D.

 

So are you Justin Bieber's biggest fan? Then it's time to put your love for the star to the test! Read on for details on how to win the once in a life time opportunity of meeting Justin Bieber in person!