Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Kanye West & Jay-Z Perform At MoMA


Kanye West honored New York City's Museum of Modern Art by performing at their annual charity event which raises funds for the museum's budget. A connoisseur of modern art himself, West performed a string of his biggest hits such as "Gold Digger," "Runaway," and "Monster." In addition to his own songs, the Chi-town emcee performed a cover of Stevie Wonder's song "They Won't Go When I Go."

After thanking the crowd and his fans, the rapper surprised everyone by inviting his biggest mentor (and advocate) Jay-Z to the stage where the two performed a version of "Empire State of Mind" and "H.A.M." The performance has been included after the jump.

In other Jay-Z and Kanye news, their collaboration album Watch The Throne is expecting a summer release (tentatively July) and will include several collaborations, including one with Mrs. Carter herself (Beyonce for those who are confused) and Bruno Mars.

Beyonce Reveals Title of New Album + Video Teaser


Beyonce's new song "Run The World (Girls)" may be not be performing as strongly as many had anticipated, but that does not mean that the promotional tour and traditionally high-budget single treatment has been abandoned. Quite the contrary as the singer plans to hit the Good Morning America stage for their Summer Concert Series. Beyonce has also revealed the title of her new album. Simply titled "4," the new album will see a release this summer. As for the reasoning behind the title? Aside from it being her fourth studio album, it is also her birthday (the inspiration behind the title of her sophomore effort), her mothers birthday, her wedding anniversary and the birthdays of several friends. Interesting!
In addition to the release of the album title, Beyonce has released a nice teaser to the video for "Run" (watch below). It looks to be quite the production but will it save the song from its crippling descent down the charts? We'll have to see.

Adele Scores Her First Hot 100 Number One Single


An enormous congratulations is in order for Britain's soul diva as Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" ascends from the runner-up spot to take the number one space on the Billboard Hot 100. This marks the first time a solo female artist from the UK holds the number one spots on both the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 since Leona Lewis achieved it in April 2008, and only the second solo female artist from the UK in British history.

The song has racked up massive airplay increases this week and outsold the juggernaut that is Katy Perry's "E.T." by nearly 60,000 more digital downloads with 294,000. The singer will also likely get a boost this week as the hit show Glee covered the song this past week. Interestingly enough, "Rolling In The Deep"'s ascent to the top spot makes the song more successful in the US charts as opposed to the UK, where the song stalled at number two.

Enjoy the video below of the number one song in America: