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."

Jennifer Lopez Pays Ellen A Visit

Jennifer Lopez was guest on The Ellen Degeneres Show today, continuing the promotional tour for her new album Love? The two talk about her title as People's Most Beautiful Person, her role as American Idol judge, and her new album including a brief clip of the "I'm Into You" music video.

In other J.Lo news, the new album exceeded early week predictions of 60-65k copies for first-week sales as the album pulled in 80,305 copies, according to Hits Daily Double. Check out the interview.

A Third the Way Through: How's 2011 Been?

At the end of 2010, Katy Perry was atop the singles charts in America and several other national charts, while Susan Boyle capitalized on what worked with her debut album as she secured her reign atop the album charts around the world for a second holiday season. But exactly how the first few months of 2011 would shape out would surely be an interesting ride.

The big story thus far this year has been Adele's enormous success. Having the strongest first week sales of any album this year and being the first album of 2011 to cross the platinum barrier, Adele's 21 has officially confirmed that her transatlantic journey proved to be successful. Add to that the growing momentum of her lead single "Rolling in the Deep," she may be the first British female with a number one album and single since Leona Lewis accomplished that feat in 2008.

Another major story was Britney Spears's return to music. Her lead single "Hold It Against Me" would preform quite well on the charts, debuting at number one on the Hot 100 with over 400,000 copies sold in its first seven days on digital music media. Unfortunately, the song strong entrance on the charts would be short-lived as the song rapidly fell off the charts (largely because of the absence of any promotion). March would prove to be far better as the album debuted at number one, her sixth chart-topper and the youngest artist to do so.

REVIEW: "Love?" by Jennifer Lopez

For Jennifer Lopez, musical innovation and artistic originality have largely taken a backseat in her career to make room for mainstream profitability. J.Lo's debut album On The 6 was a latin-pop infused R&B/crossover album that had a few gems amid a monotonous sea of average ballads, while the follow-up albums followed suit with the same recycled formula of money-making collaborations. While Love? is not much of a stark contrast from what has defined Jennifer's aristry hitherto, there is a greater cohesion with her seventh studio album that makes this go around that much more refreshing.

One of the first things evident with this album is the prominence of eurodance beats, something well executed by Lopez with "Waiting for Tonight." Although the former single was a riskier choice back in 2000 when dance music entered a period of dormancy in pop radio, it is a particularly strong direction for Lopez who has always been revered for her stage-strutting abilities as opposed to her vocal acrobatics. Opening with the international smash "On The Floor," the album seems more fitting for a title such as that song as opposed to the interrogative title with which its currently branded. Song after song, the album best unravels when heavy synths and bouncy chord progressions dominate the melody.

VIDEO PREMIERE: "On The Floor" by Jennifer Lopez

Some might think a female in their forties with two children would all but eliminate the possibility of capture the pop audiences of today. In most scenarios, that would sadly be the case. But Jennifer Lopez seems to see those qualities as nowhere near impeding as the 41-year-old is staging quite the surprising comeback in pop music. As you can see in the video below, the singer is defiantly proving the old adage, "Age is nothing but a number."

Jennifer Lopez Shares Details About "On The Floor" Music Video

 

Jennifer Lopez's new single "On The Floor" is expected to be "wild and crazy," according to the singer. The new American Idol judge has finished filming the video for the trancey/techno dance club number, which features a verse from Miami's Pitbull and will appear on J.Lo's upcoming album Love? When speaking with MTV, the singer goes into detail about the visual.

Did J.Lo Jack Kat DeLuna's Song?

Monday saw the premiere of Jennifer Lopez's new song "On the Floor," a RedOne-produced, Pitbull-assisted dance track with pulsating synths and thumping drums. However, several are saying that the new J.Lo track may very well be a recycled and slightly modified song that Kat DeLuna released in European markets this past November.

Listen to the two tracks below:

NEW MUSIC: "On the Floor" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull

Jennifer Lopez has been trying to reignite her music career since her sixth studio album Brave underperformed on the charts. The Tricky Stewart produced "Louboutins" didn't catch on, even with the AMA performance that featured the infamous slip and quick recover of the singer during her dance routine. But the recruitment of the singer-songwriter as a judge on the refurbished American Idol may facilitate her reemergence upon the pop music scene, especially with the new Red One-produced "On the Floor."

Listen to the track below: