The wait for Jay-Z’s much-hyped new album will be over sooner than expected thanks to an Internet leak, according to NME.com.
The Blueprint 3 will now be released tomorrow (Sept. 8), three days earlier than plan. This will mark Hova’s third album following his alleged retirement in 2003 and the third instalment in his critically-revered Blueprint series. The Sept. 11 release was originally planned to fall eight years to the day following the 2001 release of Blueprint.
Despite being overshadowed by the 9/11 attacks, Blueprint still sold 426,000 copies in its first week and has since been named a must-have album by nearly every music critic out there. It even squeezed into Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list at #464.
The online leak of the much-awaited Blueprint 3 was a minor hitch in Jay’s plan.
“I may be the most bootlegged artist in history,” he told MTV News. “It’s a preview. I’m excited for people to hear the album. I’m very proud of the work I’ve done, so enjoy it.”
In May, Chris Brown posted a video online where he announced he’s working on a new album called “Grafitti.” Brown also said he planned on releasing a new single sometime in the summer. However, music is coming out before Brown intended.
“Countering misleading reports of ‘new’ Chris Brown music: there are no ‘new’ songs from Chris Brown currently being promoted by Chris or his record label,” said a representative for Jive Records in a statement. “There are several old demos circulating that are being falsely promoted as new material from Chris.”
According to MTV News, two singles have been released featuring Brown. These include “Not My Fault” and “Smash” .
Brown’s next LP has no official date of release according to MTV News.
After Brown’s alleged altercation with pop star Rihanna, he has been sentenced to 180 days of community service and five years’ probation.
She’s worked with some of the biggest songwriters in Nashville, contributed a song to the soundtrack of a hit movie and was personally sought out for collaboration by none other than Katy Perry – all before releasing her first album.
Clearly, Jessie James is not your average “new artist.” “I’ve been performing on stage since I was 9 years old,” the singer-songwriter, now 21, tells andPOP. “So it’s definitely something I’m used to. . . . I’ve been doing this forever.”
It’s all coming to a head with the impending release of James’s debut album via Mercury Records/Island Def Jam. Due in stores July 14, the album is a genre-hopping fusion of country, pop, rock and soul, driven by James’ powerhouse vocals. Lead single “Wanted” (co-written by “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi) is already playing on more than 60 stations across the U.S., and its music video was featured by iTunes as a “Video of the Week” last month.
We love Mandy Moore here at andPOP. We were a little upset when she dumped Vince on Entourage but we have slowly recovered from that pain. Jordan speaks with Mandy about the latest album, life in Hollywood, and give us her thoughts on gay marriage and Proposition 8 in California.
After a stint co-hosting the celebrity news show “Extra,” Mark McGrath is back full-time as the frontman of Sugar Ray as the band preps for the release of their first full album of new material in six years.
“Music for Cougars,” the follow-up to 2003’s “In Pursuit of Leisure,” comes out July 21 and will be supported by a summer tour of clubs and festivals.
In an interview with Billboard, McGrath said the group – which still has all of its original members after 21 years – jumped at the chance to record a new album.
Kings of Leon have extended their current North American tour into the summer in support of their fourth album, “Only By The Night.”
The southern rockers, who are in the midst of a spring trek that takes them to Europe in June, will return to their home continent in August for six newly-added dates.
These include three Canadian stops: Edmonton on Aug. 12, Calgary on Aug. 13 and Vancouver on Aug. 15. Tickets for those shows went on sale Friday.
If you want Justin Timberlake to release a new album, the best way to get him to do so is to mess with his sleep. J.T. told Entertainment Weekly he will release a new album when his sleep pattern is disturbed.
“I was heavily fulfilled with the last one and I always have this thing with myself that if I can’t sleep because I need to do it, then I’m gonna do it,” he said of his last album to Entertainment Weekly. “But if I’m not losing sleep over it, then …”
Green Day have confirmed they will release their eighth studio album, “21st Century Breakdown,” on May 15.
“Breakdown” is the band’s first full-length release since 2004’s “American Idiot” and, like its predecessor, features a narrative structure. According to Billboard, it tells the story of a young couple named Christian and Gloria and is divided into three acts – “Heroes and Cons,” “Charlatans and Saints” and “Horseshoes and Handgrenades.”
It’s possible that in the near future, maybe even as close as later this year, U2 will release another album, according to MTV News.
The band is said to have material they compiled in the original “No Line” recording with Rick Rubin nearly three years ago. However, after recording with Rubin in 2006, they decided to move into a new direction, leaving enough songs for another LP.
The wait for Jay-Z’s much-hyped new album will be over sooner than expected thanks to an Internet leak, according to NME.com.
In May, Chris Brown posted a video online where he announced he’s working on a new album called “Grafitti.” Brown also said he planned on releasing a new single sometime in the summer. However, music is coming out before Brown intended.
She’s worked with some of the biggest songwriters in Nashville, contributed a song to the soundtrack of a hit movie and was personally sought out for collaboration by none other than Katy Perry – all before releasing her first album.
We love Mandy Moore here at andPOP. We were a little upset when she dumped Vince on Entourage but we have slowly recovered from that pain. Jordan speaks with Mandy about the latest album, life in Hollywood, and give us her thoughts on gay marriage and Proposition 8 in California. 
After a stint co-hosting the celebrity news show “Extra,” Mark McGrath is back full-time as the frontman of Sugar Ray as the band preps for the release of their first full album of new material in six years.
If you want Justin Timberlake to release a new album, the best way to get him to do so is to mess with his sleep. J.T. told Entertainment Weekly he will release a new album when his sleep pattern is disturbed.
Green Day have confirmed they will release their eighth studio album, “21st Century Breakdown,” on May 15.
It’s possible that in the near future, maybe even as close as later this year, U2 will release another album, according to MTV News.
