Game Releases Cover Art For "The Red Album"

To provide further proof this album is set on its August release date, Game released on his twitter page the cover of the Compton-native's fourth studio album The R.E.D. Album. The cover incorporates the red motif of the album into the artwork, with a predominantly red-hued face portrait with his hand curled around his jaw and nose.

The album, scheduled for release on August 23rd, will mark the rapper's return to new music since 2008. Check out the album below:

Alice Cooper Joins Kesha For "School's Out"

Kesha is on tour in Europe and why not spruce things up with a summer-appropriate cover of "School's Out"... WITH ALICE COOPER HIMSELF! That's exactly what fans were treated to at the Get Sleazy Tour's stop in Oslo, Norway, where Kesha brought out a black eye-shadowed Alice to perform his magnum opus alongside the pop star.

The singer's tour runs through September. Will you be attending?

Check out the performance below:

Beyonce "4" The Win; Tops Billboard 200

Beyonce's fourth-studio album, appropriately titled 4, has taken the honors of debut atop the Billboard 200, becoming only the second female artist to collect four consecutive top spot notches in BB history. The album's 310,000 copies sold last week put her in a dead-tie with Britney Spears whose streak of four number one albums ended in 2007 when Breakout came in at number two.

The album's sales were more than triple the nearest contender, Adele's 21, and also are the third best sales week of 2011, ahead of Spears but behind Lady Gaga and Adele. This marks some good news after rumors swirled that a pushback of the album's release was imminent. However, while the sales are good, they do mark her lowest first week numbers in her career as a solo artist, coming just 7,000 short of her debut album Dangerously In Love.

Wonder what next week sales will look like...

LMFAO Scores First #1 On Hot 100

LMFAO must be laughing their ______ ______ off because their latest single "Party Rock Anthem" has ascended to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, displacing the one week reign of Pitbull's "Give Me Everything." Much like its predecessor, this is the first song of theirs to ascend to the top of the charts as their highest charting song (aside from a David Guetta collaboration) was "I'm In Miami Bitch," which stalled at number 51. However, their music has become a party staple, including "Shots" which has been played at every bar, nightclub, and frat party since its release in 2009.

The main component propelling the song from 3-1 on the Hot 100 was digital sales, which were up 22% this week as compared to last. Selling 258,000 copies, the song replaces Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (TGIF)" on the Hot Digital Songs chart. America now joins nearly a dozen other countries where the song has topped the charts, including most of Europe.

Check the video below:

NEW MUSIC: "Let Me Down" by Kelly Clarkson

A Kelly Clarkson song has leaked on the internet and is rumored to be a song from her upcoming album. Listen to the track below (review soon to come):

Gaga Planning Born This Way Ball + Next Single Soon

Lady Gaga's two year, 200+ global tour generated a huge revenues, huge buzz, and expanded her fan base in a way that has crowned her the "Queen of Pop" at the moment, according to Rolling Stone. Now the singer/activist has taken to twitter to inform her "monsters" that the Born This Way Ball's tour dates will be announced soon. The tour, which has been crafted mostly under the artistic direction of Mother Gaga herself, will likely be another massive sell-out, especially if the 1.1 million in first week sales of the album is any indication.

In other Gaga news, the next single for the album will be released soon, but not too soon. According to the singer, she has scheduled a few American television appearances this month (which shows, she has yet to divulge) with the hopes of propelling "The Edge of Glory" to number one in honor of Clarence Clemons. Clemons, who had been heralded as one of the greatest saxophonists and who formed an integral part of The E Street Band, passed away last month and has a solo performance in Gaga's latest singer. In a tweet sent out to her 11 million followers, the singer wrote, "Coming back to America for some surprise TV performances. I want to make Edge of Glory #1 for Clarence."

Do you think her performances will do the trick? Check out the video of the track below:

VIDEO PREMIERE: "Free" by Natalia Kills featuring Will.I.Am

Natalia Kills is a burgeoning pop star in her native UK signed to Will.I.Am's label and the now the "Free" singer has released the video for the single. A relatively simple visual, the video is a series of different shots of the singer and various models freeing themselves from their clothes, from the need of money, and from convention. Add to that a couple of verses from the Black Eyed Peas' frontman in black and white frames, and we have the newest creation from Kills.

As for the song, it is certainly congruent with what radio has been feasting upon recently, dance-pop with a few piano-led chords and scattered. Lyrically, the song tells the story of a very cash-strapped Natalia and her freedom from all of the material and monetary desires of the world, although Will's verse is outright drenched in excess and materialism.

The song is released August 29th but check the video below now:

Beyonce Storms UK Charts With Album + Single

Although early rumors suggested Beyonce's album would underperform its first week, a recent promotional blitz and growing buzz surrounding the album has derailed those claims as 4 becomes the first album of Beyonce's since 2003 to debut at number one in the UK. This comes after headlining Glastonbury and performing a series of promo concerts in the British Isles. In addition to its success in the UK, the album also debuts atop the Irish and Scottish charts while the album's number two debut in Australia matches the best charting album of her career there with Dangerously in Love.

This from an album whose lead singles became the least successful singles as of late. However, the exception is the UK, where the second single "Best I Never Had" exceeded the midweek prediction of a number six debut to arrive at number three. A congrats is in order.

J. Cole's New Video Described As "Stunning"

J. Cole has joined a major pop tour as the opening act for Rihanna's Loud Tour, but we have yet to get a video for his debut single, "Work Out." But the wait is nearly over, as suggested by Cole, who spoke recently opened up to Rap-Up about the music video.

Speaking with the online hip-hop magazine, the North Carolina-native said, "The visuals on the video for 'Work Out' are stunning. I never shot a video like this before." He goes on to describe the video as a much "more superstar look" than his previous video "Who Dat." The song is the lead single for the debut studio album for Cole, titled Cole World: The Sideline Story. The album is due in stores in September.

Listen to the track below:

Christina Aguilera Will Return To "The Voice"

Christina Aguilera's career and personal struggles of the past year look to be far behind her after the singer's decision to join the very successful music competition show, "The Voice." Now it looks that Xtina will be seated on that rotating chair for another season, joining the other three judges that include Cee-Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton. The show just wrapped up its first season, crowning Javier Colon as the winner of the competition.

In other music competition television news, there continues to be uncertainty as to whether Jennifer Lopez will return to the judging panel of American Idol next year. Although last season's contestants and fellow judges Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler have expressed hope for her return, the "I'm Into You" singer has not made any official decision. Much like Aguilera, Lopez's music career had slowed considerably before joining the television singing program. Since, she has had a successful album and an international number one with "On The Floor."

Taio Cruz & Ciara Team Up on Tour

                                             
Taio Cruz and Ciara will be headlining the Malibu Concert Tour, a series of beachfront and poolside dates that will take the Brit and Crunk junkie across the country. Although the two will not be touring side-by-side, they will split the ten dates with seven going to Ciara and three going to Cruz.

Speaking to US Magazine, Ciara said, "Fans can look forward to having a blast! The Radio Maliboom Boom Station Invasion Tour is going to be all about energy and pure fun! Malibu reached out to me with the concept and right away I was interested because we'll be traveling to some of the hottest cities in the country and I thought it'd be a really cool and sexy run to be a part of to help celebrate summer."