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Jan172015 by No Comments

American Idol, Empire Series Opting for Cross-Promotions

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Presently cross-promotion with "Empire" is being talked by producers of American Idol to get some contestants. Empire is a new series from the stable of Fox and it is about a music industry family. According to American Idol executive producer Trish Kinane it would be a silly thing for them to ignore the music connection. American Idol and Empire will be aired back-to-back on Wednesday night. Both are hot and to gather enough attention of viewers. Age has given status of biggest show to the singing contestant where as the new series is seen to be a success out of the box. Even it has earned second season demand. Producers and host of American Idol, Ryan Seacrest, along with the three judges, Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban, have come up with ideas to get s...

Jan122015 by No Comments

Glory Grabs Golden Globes Best Original Song Award

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The Best Original Song at the Golden Globes was awarded to Glory of hip-hop star Common from the movie Selma on Monday. The award was collected by Common and his co-writer John Legend from singer Prince. The award was the only success at Golden Globes for the movie even though it was nominated for best actor, best director and best picture. The other nominations in the Best Original Song category were Big Eyes from Big Eyes, Mercy Is from Noah, Opportunity from Annie and Yellow Flicker Beat from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I. While accepting the award the 42-year-old rapper and actor Common said he found the movie to be bigger than other when he first time stepped on its set. Selma has awakened his humanity. It is also expected Glory may be an Oscar contender. Gramm...

Jan92015 by No Comments

Taylor Swift Grabs 3 People’s Choice Awards

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There are three reasons for Taylor Swift to rejoice today. She has won 3 People's Choice Awards. She is the favorite pop artist and also favorite female artist. Her "Shake It off" grabbed the award for favorite song. The 41st annual People's Choice Awards was held on Thursday at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre LA Live. It is the only Holloywood awards that is completely based on the opinion of publich and not on the votes of industry. The nominations are based on social media activity, music sales, box-office grosses, national ratings averages and online votes. The favorite male artist award was grabbed by Ed Sheeran for his album "X." Maroon 5 won favorite group category, Lady Antebellum as favorite country group, Hunter Hayes as favorite male country artist, Carrie Underwood as favo...

Jan82015 by No Comments

Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ Tops US Billboard 200 For Eighth Week

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Taylor Swift's '1989' continues ruling the weekly US Billboard 200 chart even in 2015. This is the eighth non-consecutive week the album has topped the chart. The country-turned-pop superstar ended the year holding Number 1 position and started 2015 with same recognition. This is her 5th album and second longest-running No. 1 album. Her second full-length album 'Fearless' topped the chart in 2008 and 2009 for eleven non-consecutive weeks. Her other two popular albums, 'Speak Now' of 2010 and 'Red' of 2012, were on No. 1 positions for six and seven weeks respectively. According to Nielsen SoundScan Music, '1989' has sold 172,000 physical copies until the week ending on January 4. A total of 244,000 downloads have been registered in the same period. 'The Pinkprint' was at No....