Cik Icik Bum Bum: September 2009

Monday, September 28, 2009

Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel on Amazon!

Mariah Carey’s highly anticipated album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is out tomorrow, September 29th! It is being featured as an Amazon Daily Deal this week starting today. You can buy it a day early for $5.99 on Amazon Mp3.

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (Amazon Daily Deal): http://bit.ly/MemoirsMC

Mariah Carey fans will also be delighted to hear that she will perform on October 2nd on The Today Show. She is set to perform four songs, "I Want To Know What Love Is" will be one of them.

John Mayer Premieres "Who Says"

John Mayer has released a new single, titled "Who Says", on his official website. Alerting fans about the song, which will serve as the first single off his upcoming studio album "Battle Studies", he tweets " 'Who Says,' the first single from Battle Studies. From my heart to yours."

He has also begun shooting the music video for "Who Says". No release date or detais on the video yet. "Battle Studies", will be released in the U.S. on November 17th.

Listen to "Who Says" on John's official website.

Madonna Tops UK Charts!

Madonna made a major achievement today when she matched Elvis Presley's U.K. record for a solo act as her "Celebration" retrospective (Warner Bros.).

Madonna and Presley, with 11 No. 1s each in the U.K., are now joint second only to the Beatles, who have 15 to their name. According to U.K. Chart Company data, Madonna has also spent more weeks at No. 1 in the market, than any other female solo artist.

"Celebration" pushed Muse's No. 1 of last week, "The Resistance" (Helium 3/Warner Bros.), down into runner-up spot, while Dizzee Rascal's "Tongue N' Cheek" (Dirtee Stank) debuted at No. 3. The U.K. rapper also had a new entry on the chart last night (Sunday) at No. 11 on the singles chart with "Dirtee Cash."

Nickeback's European Tour Dates

Nickelback have just announced the dates for their European tour. According to their their official website Nickelback.com, the tour will start on January 17th in Liverpool, England and will wrap up February 1st in Hamburg, Germany. There will most likely be more dates added later on.

Here's a clip from Nickelback's Dark Horse Tour:

New Carrie Underwood Video - Cowboy Casanova

Carrie Underwood's new single titled "Cowboy Casanova" was just released into a video. It was originally supposed to air on October 2nd, this eary release must surely please Carrie's fans! "Cowboy Casanova" is the lead single of Carrie Undewood's new upcoming album "Play On" (to be released on November 2nd).

"Cowboy Casanova" was written by Carrie with the help from Brett James who penned her 2006 hit single "Jesus, Take the Wheel", and Mike Elizondo who is best known for his work with hip-hop artists Eminem, Jay-Z and Dr. Dre.

Pink Netbook

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Nelly Furtado - Mi Plan

WHILE HER SINGLE, “MANOS AL AIRE” CONTINUES TO LOCK DOWN THE #1 POSITION ON RADIO IN THE U.S. AND PUERTO RICO FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK…

NELLY FURTADO’S NEW ALBUM, MI PLAN IS RELEASED WORLDWIDE

Mi Plan is Nelly’s fourth studio album and first completely in Spanish.

Multi-awarded Canadian-Portuguese singer songwriter, Nelly Furtado releases her fourth studio album and first completely done in Spanish, Mi Plan, which will be available worldwide on CD, Digital and Mobile formats.

“Manos Al Aire”, the first single off the album, continues to lead radio charts around the world. In the US, the song is NUMBER ONE for the THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, while continuing to dominate charts in Germany, Italy, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Spain and all of Central America.

Nelly Furtado has reached Platinum in 31 countries, and sold over 18 million copies of her past albums, “Whoa, Nelly”, “Folklore”, and “Loose”, and now has reinvented herself, while maintaining her musical trademark. After 10 years of making albums in English, and having collaborated in Spanish with artists such as Juanes, Wisin & Yandel and Calle 13, Nelly has accomplished her dream of recording an entire album fully in Spanish. This has been a natural step in her artistic evolution; Nelly does not consider Mi Plan a Latin album, but rather “music in Spanish for the world”.

Mi Plan is a collection of songs full of rhythm, feeling and sensations aimed to hit the heart and soul of her audience, despite language. Also found on the album are amazing collaborations with top artists from diverse countries and musical genres: Josh Groban (“Silencio”), Alejandro Fernández (“Sueños”), Juan Luis Guerra (“Como Lluvia”), Julieta Venegas and La Mala Rodríguez (“Bajo Otra Luz”), Buika (“Fuerte”), and Alex Cuba (Mi Plan).

Get Nelly Furtado's new album here.

Unleash Your Inner Gaga Contest!

Polyvore.com is hosting a contest calling all Lady Gaga fans to Unleash Your Inner Gaga! Polyvore lets you mix and match actual clothing from real designers to create custom outfits that you can share, and even purchase! Get inspired by Gaga's unique sense of fashion to create your best Gaga-themed outfit! Lady Gaga will personally choose one winner to receive a signed copy of The Fame and a bunch of cool merch, and the winning outfit will be featured on LadyGaga.com! Click HERE to go to the contest now!

New Joss Stone Album - Colour Me Free

Joss Stone's new album "Colour Me Free" is finally going to see the light of day. It is no secret that Joss and her record label BMI haven't seen eye to eye for quite some time. The new album will be released on October 20th.

"Colour Me Free" was written and recorded in about a week in Devon in early 2008, along with musicians and writers. It was recorded at Mama Stone's—a music venue in Wellington, Somerset, owned by her mother, Wendy Joseph, which also enjoys recording studios and writing facilities—, where Stone also kicked off a promotional tour of concerts in several cities across the United Kingdom, including Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, and Dover. Her only U.S. performances to support the release were at the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on 18 April and at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on 23 April.

Track listing:

1. Free Me
2. Could Have Been You
3. Parallel Lines feat. Jeff Beck & Sheila E
4. Lady
5. 4 and 20
6. Big Ole Game feat. Raphael Saadiq
7. Governmentalist feat. Nas
8. Incredible
9. You Got the Love
10. I Believe It to My Soul feat. David Sanborn
11. Stalemate feat. Jamie Hartman
12. Girlfriend On Demand

Here are some upcoming performances of Joss Stone in the United States:

Joss Stone will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on October 1st, 2009. Don't miss her outdoor performance of "Free Me!"

Also catch Joss on these upcoming shows!

9/28 CARSON DALY
9/29 DANCING WITH THE STARS
9/30 CHELSEA LATELY

New Linkin Park Album Coming Soon

Linkin Park is working on their new album now that Chester Bennington's side project "Dead By Sunrise" is finished and nearing its October 13th release.

The band would like to get to a sound simillar to "Hybrid Theory", but different. The hit single "New Divide" is in no way an indication as to what the new album will sound like.

Here's what Mike Shinoda has to say about the untitled new album:

"We mentally want to get back to [2000's "Hybrid Theory"] not because we want to sound like [that], because I don't think we do," Shinoda says of the forthcoming Linkin Park album, which they aim to release in the first half of 2010. "But we want to make this record a record with identity, hopefully not one you've heard before. One you can listen to and say, 'That's brand new... It's definitely Linkin Park, but it's definitely different.'"

George Michael - To Release Live DVD

It is rumored that George Michael will be releasing a live DVD of one of his London concerts this December. The official date so far is December 7th.

The DVD and Blue Ray release was filmed last year in London's Earl Court, while George Michael was ending his "25 Live" tour.

Here's a taste of the footage you might see in George Michael's upcoming DVD: