Taylor Swift at American Music Award

Kanye West might just have a major problem and several other issues with Taylor Swift’s growing popularity, but who really cares? West like it or not this is definitely Swift’s year.

The country crooner Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson by picking up 5 leading awards as the King of Pop pocketed 4 nods at the American Music Awards. Swift’s 5 nods included the prestigious artist of the year award at the AMA held on Sunday.

The 19 year old country singer proved all MJ fans wrong who expected the Pop King to get a clean sweep. Swift have him a head to head competition in the ceremony’s final prize, the artist of the year category. Besides winning the favorite female artist in the pop/rock and country categories Swift also won favorite adult-contemporary artist award. “Feerless”, the 2008 release of Swift, was named favorite country album. Feerless became the best-selling release in the United States this year.

Among the other multiple winners hip-hop singer Jay-Z and the Black Eyed Peas won two each.

While accepting her award for the artist of the year, live via satellite from backstage at London’s Wembley Arena, Swift said, “Music has never been ultimately about competition”. Swift also added she feels its an “unimaginable honor” for her to be nominated in the same category as Jackson. The country crooner will be performing at a concert in Wembley Arena on Monday.

“I just want to say that music has never been ultimately about competition and to even be mentioned in a category with Michael Jackson who we’ll miss and love forever is an unimaginable honor”, she added. “And I just want to say I’m sending my love to the Jackson family and Janet”.

Michael Jackson at American Music Award

Jackson won four posthumous including favorite male artist in the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories. “Number Ones”, a hits collection of the Pop Star, was named favorite album in both those categories too. Jermaine, MJ’s brother, accepted the awards on the Late singer’s behalf.  “We love you, Michael. It’s not just about the winnings, the awards, it’s mainly the message. The message that Michael had will live on forever…and he saw good in everyone and he wanted them to do good.  To start with love and let’s love each other”, said Jermaine Jackson.

Eminem, who was nominated in 4 categories, went home empty handed. While Jay-Z won the favorite male artist and favorite album in the rap/hip-hop categories, Black Eyed Peas were named favorite group in both the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories.

Green Day, the punk rock trio, bagged the favorite alternative artist title. The favorite country group went to Rascal Flatts for the fourth year in a row.

Thanks to Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Whitney Houston who gave some of the most outrageous performances at the event. Janet with her medleys put the stage of fire.

Its time to look ahead and start afresh… Rihanna has moved on with actor Tristan Wilds, supposedly the new man in her life. According to some reliable reports Rihanna was spotted with the 90210 star and is said to be dating him currently.

Rihanna and Wilds met through a common friend who is a music producer and had worked with both of them. A source close to the couple was quoted as saying that they fell in love the moment their eyes met. Rihanna arranged a party at her L.A. home over the weekend, where Wilds turned up as an unexpected guest.

Rihanna with Tristan Wilds

“No one knew why Tristan was there initially, because it was not an industry party — it was very intimate”, a guest present in the party was quoted as saying by the New York Daily News. The guest also added, “But everyone quickly realized they weren”t meeting for the first time, because they were openly affectionate for everyone to see”.

Another insider said, “He’s a real gentleman. She likes him a lot, and it shows. From the moment he walked into her party, Rihanna lit up”.

Right after Rihanna was honored with the title of Glamour Woman of the Year, she was blessed with a new man friend. The 21 year old singer, who was bashed up badly by her former boyfriend, R n B singer, Cris Brown, called over her friends to her Los Angeles home during the weekend. Rihanna headed for a London trip for the next installment of her Rated R tour.

One of the biggest surprise of the party was the unexpected guest, the 90210 actor Tristan Wilds. A source close to the Rihanna said, “They were openly affectionate for everyone to see”.

This is the third time Rihanna is linked to someone since Chris Brown turned into a complete dirty dog back in February. Earlier the singer was romantically linked with Justin Timberlake and Usher.

According to reports by the Daily News, Rihanna and the 20 year old Tristan, are caught spending time together and making plans to keep in touch throughout her album tour.  “They’re already planning to use iChat and Skype to stay in contact until Tristan finishes shooting 90210 for the season and can fly out to meet her on the road”.

Rihanna has although denied all the talks and have called it a rumor. In an interview with Atlanta’s Q100, she said she does not have Tristan’s number and even know him too well. She also said a resemblance of Tristan to Brown, which is being discussed too often in media these days, keeps reminding her of Brown constantly.

It may sound very weird but the truth is that Tristan and Brown are apparently Twitter pals. Tristan has been reported to have sent an @ back to Brown that he feels tired and wrote, “Keep grinding, kid. All we can do”.

Well, whateva it is….We want Rihanna to be happy.

Rihanna

Its been nine month after Rihanna had been bashed up badly by her former boyfriend rapper Chris Brown. And now Rihanna felt this is the right time to speak out about the night that left her wounded and freaking.

“This happened to me. … It can happen to anyone”, the 21 year old singer told in an interview on Good Morning America and on 20/20. Rihanna was interviewed by Diane Sawyer on Friday.

The singer also added that parting from Brown is practically very difficult for her since she was deeply in love with him. “He was definitely my first big love”, said Rihanna also mentioning that Brown held a special place in her heart.

After the horrific incident Rihanna lodged an FIR against Brown. The 20 year old rapper is presently serving his sentence of 3 months community services and 5 years probation and also working on new music, his album Graffiti, which will hit the stores on November 23rd. “Russian Roulette”, the first single of the album debuted last week. Brown has apologized for his unlawful act a number of times in public.

Rihanna, who was in much shock due to the unexpected incident for long, also added, “I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears,” the 21-year-old songstress tells Glamour. “That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day… The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard”.

Chris Brown

Chris Brown seems to be too much in love with Rihanna even now. During the itsy-bitsy hours on Monday morning, the rapper was hooked on to the micro-blogging site called Twitter. Brown kept tweeting about the good times he had with Rihanna on Twitter and also posted a YouTube link to a photo montage of himself and Rihanna during their happier times.

“I’m sorry y’all. Just had to post it”, Brown wrote as an accompanying text to the photo montage on the Twitter. “For the fellas: showing emotion doesn’t make u weak … being honest makes you strong”, followed immediately by the rapper.

Brown is currently in police custody performing community services as a penalty for bashing up his ex-girlfriend Rihanna on the Grammy night. Mark Geragos, attorney of Brown, refused to comment anything about Brown’s Twitter feed. Brown’s tweeting about Rihanna and what happened between them on February 8th night although does not break any law.

Brown also Tweeted about his “I Can Transform Y” video premiere on MTV, which is scheduled on Tuesday. The buzz kept rolling as he tweeted about his official album date. Directing toward his fans, Brown also tweeted, “Now blog about this … LOL”.

Rihanna

First the rumors had surfaced and now she unveiled the truth. Rihanna has recently released her brand new single “Russian Roulette” to return to the music arena with a bang. The album, named as “Rated R”, is the pop singer’s first release since February, when she was bashed up by her then boyfriend, Chris Brown. All set to hit the stores on 23rd November, speculations are on that the album will follow up to 2007’s “Good Girl Gone Bad”.

People are much curious about Rihanna after the pitiful experience of the singer with her former rapper boyfriend Chris Brown. Besides being in news for the unexpected sad reason, Rihanna had been making headlines as one of the fastest rising stars of the industry. With her release of “Good Girl Gone Bad” she gave multiple hits and topped the music charts for long. According to a report by Nielsen SoundScan, Rihanna’s hit single, “Umbrella”, rose to sell 2.5 million copes alone in the U.S.

The lyrics of the songs are obscure, which will in a way keep people in darkness and on a roll to do a lot of guess work. “He says close your eyes, sometimes it helps, and then I get a scary thought”, says Rihanna.

Chris Brown

Chris Brown has engaged himself into a number of community services. Brown was spotted clearing  weeds and debris at police horse stables in Virginia on Wednesday. This was marked as the rapper’s first day of the service of his 180 day court ordered community service for bashing up ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

Besides the 20 year old R&B singer there were two others who were in their probationary period. The three of them were found clearing tall weeds and brushing by hand and yard tools. There were only a few fans and  television crews who gathered up to catch a glimpse of the Brown. Additional officers were present for the security reasons.

Brown was found dressed in an orange vest, white tank top, baggy jeans and red baseball cap waving his hands towards his fans while working. Although he hadn’t spoken to the media persons. The additional officers present said that the working schedule of Brown will be flexible, which will include both the work hours and the number of working days. The rapper is expected to perform  different types of manual labor, said  Gene Lepley, who is a spokesperson to Richmond Police.

Due to security reasons, it will not be revealed where and when Brown would be working. “We’ll just take a look at it day by day and certainly would ask for the cooperation of the public and Chris’ fans so that he is able to satisfy the work requirements”, added Lepley.

Christina Milian and The-Dream

Christina Milian and The-Dream are much in news these days for creating some sweet music. Confirmed by the MTV News the pair recently tied knots in Las Vegas during the Labor Day weekend.

As per the MTV News reports, it was revealed by a close source of The-Dream that, “ It was the first of three ceremonies”. The source also added that the  couple is all set to get married once again in Rome sometime very soon. On their first wedding anniversary, the duo will be seen taking their wedding vows again in presence of their family and close friends at Stateside in Italy. According to reliably news sources the couple got wed on September 4th, Friday.

The Grammy winning songwriters, Miriah Carey and Rihanna, along with Milian had rented the formal attire for the wedding. They also rented a tuxedo for The-Dream from the same store. A source close to The-Dream called it an entirely misinformation and stated that the wedding couple were dressed just appropriately for the auspicious occasion.

Earlier this January, the Cuban couple, Milian and The-Dream, appeared comfortably cozy in public drawing a lot of media attention. They were seen together at a listening session at Atlanta for his sophomore album. The same night the couple were caught spending time at Def Jam Record’s executive’s birthday celebration in Manhattan. When their publicly cozy moments were made public in news, The-Dream simple denied the whole love affair and said instead that it was nothing beyond a business union. He also added that Milian was signed for his label imprint with Interscope Records in a partnership deal.

“Yeah, it’s a new Radio Killa thing that we have. Um, actually, what happened was, I think about a month ago, I think I sat with her. It was one of these things where you try to grow an artist, you can either grow them from the ground or you can come in and say, ‘This artist needs this, that’s all.’ And that part of me I have, which is what she didn’t have”, said The-Dream coyly with a smile.

It’s not many days back that Chris Brown got into a stack
He was charged for beating up, Rihanna, the Jill for his Jack
Pictures of assault were all over in news
Everybody said this is not to be excused

Parents and Parish made Chris understand the implications
So, he apologized on all forms of communications
He was sorry, yeah Sorry … but who could have listened
The judge of the State said you could be imprisoned

But that’s not you Brown, the color with a proper noun
The one with a golden heart …The one who could again start
So the path begun… for amending his ways
And realizin’ what he wants… for the next many days.

But the world is a tricky place; you’ve got good as well as bad
Some put their foot in their mouth and can make you total mad
There’s Oprah as example, Chris seems pissed
She made him poster boy for the domestic violence list

With 6 months community labor, the R n’ B star will be mature now
He’ll be doing anger management classes and he’ll learn he vows
To manage his feelings with love and care
Here’s Chris Brown saying “I Solemnly Swear”.

Created by Eva Lane.

Chris Brown

Chris Brown, the R&B singer has revealed recently that he is still deeply in love with his ex-girlfriend, Rihanna, and cant recall of having beating her up. Brown had earlier pleaded guilty to bashing up Rihanna badly.

Brown, famous for his songs like “Kiss, Kiss”, was condemned to five years trial period and some community service last week for assaulting Rihanna in February on the eve of Grammy awards. With a bruised face Rihanna lodged a complaint with the police.

Although Brown had apologized for his brutal act several times publicly yet he hasn’t sat for any formal interview in this regard since the incident had taken place. It was only after he was sentenced by the court that Brown spoke to star interviewer Larry King and to People magazine openly.

In an interview with King for his CNN’s show “Larry King Live”, Brown was asked if he could remember what had exactly happened on that black eve. To which Brown simply said he can’t recall anything.

“I just look at it like, wow, I’m in shock, because, first of all, that’s not who I am as a person, and that’s not who I promise I want to be. So when I look at the police reports or hear about the police reports, I just don’t know what to think”, said Brown.

The R&B singer also said to the People magazine that he is still deeply in love with Rihanna. “I never fell out of love with her. That just wouldn’t go away”, he added.

Rihanna

R&B singer Rihanna is to go live on a stage show in UAE. Yes. She has booked her first live stage show since her split with Chris Brown in February. The couple had been in spotlight after Rihanna alleged that her ex-boyfriend had physically abused her. Their publicized fight in Los Angeles on the morning of February 8 led them to withdraw themselves from performances at the Grammy Awards that night.  Rihanna, who was left bruised and battered, gained sympathy from the public and the paparazzi afterward.

But, personal problems did not keep the singer away from work. She returned to the recording studio just days after her fight with Chris. Now, she is preparing for a live stage show in the Middle East that is to be held on May 28.  Promoter Yassin Matbouly has said ”We have been working to bring Rihanna to the region for a while now but it has never been the right time for one reason or another. This time everything worked out and the gig will more than likely be the last outdoor concert before the summer – and one not to miss.”