Originally posted by Sheezus Robbie, not that I'm planning on signing a DJ or producer, but if I did I have a question: Is the collab rule still in play? Because that'd basically force the artist to have two singles and then be done with the era.

Originally posted by hooky I released a solo single as Zedd before releasing Temple with Gaga. The collab rule also only applies to signed artists. So, Zedd could release singles with, for example, Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant even if he already had songs with two signed artists. Also, I believe it applies to the album as well. No more than three signed artists (including the album artist) on the album.

Gemini Tour Day 4


Opening Act: FKA twigs

tours are for albums

this whole week for me is promoting my album

idc about singles this week nn

Originally posted by hooky Do tour dates boost single sales as well as album sales? If so, I think that's a little unrealistic. Usually the people who see an artist on tour already have the album or will buy it soon after the concerts (if they like it of course), making getting the single pointless. Unless the tour is in support of a single or two (), the tour will be promoting a whole album or EP. I just don't want Ari on the singles chart to be decimated by all these people doing tours Also, I believe the week is Saturday @ noon to Saturday @ noon. Egle tried to make it start and end on Friday beginning last week but (s?)he pushed it back to Saturday

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Originally posted by EuphorianSea dd

Originally posted by Sheezus Prediction: Nobody releases a single this week because they're afraid of Justin and Taylor. Also, whatever the song is theyre pushing won't be as iconic as Gunshots

f so I'm gonna end up out of the top 3 in the singles chart with Lena/Azealia/TaylorxJustin n I still have a bit of hope

Originally posted by HausOfCarlos f so I'm gonna end up out of the top 3 in the singles chart with Lena/Azealia/TaylorxJustin n I still have a bit of hope

Lena on Schlag den Raab

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German's biggest recording artist and songwriter Lena Meyer-Landrut, who is probably better known just as Lena, is one of the hardest working people in the industry, and never gives up on her dreams and the things that she wants to achieve even if someone tries to hold her down. Even though Lena didn't quite breakout in 2010 after winning Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, she never gave up on her hopes and waited for her moment to come. Sure, Lena's song "Satellite" became a hit all over the Europe, it got certified in few countries, and people still know this song to this day when they hear it on the radio or playing on TV. Lena signed a record label deal right after she won Eurovision Song Contest back in 2010 - she signed a record deal with Universal Music, but sadly, only by Universal Music Germany, which made her stay in Germany. However, even though Lena didn't have the chances to break out globally, she made sure to milk her home country Germany and released three albums there, which two of them went number one and her one, her latest released album "Stardust", was blocked by another artist and had to peak at number two. After her latest album "Stardust", Lena decided to disappear from the music scene for a while for unknown reasons but she sure managed to build her own brand in Germany, as she represented L'Oreal products in Germany and France, voiced few movies, became the face of Doosh, recorded a song with her longtime mentor called "Revolution" and also became a judge on the German version of The Voice Kids, so she was slowly but surely building the hype all this time. Now, a few days ago, Universal Music announced that they had signed a global deal with a German recording artist Lena and that Indigo Records - a home to many successful artists like Zendaya - will be taking care of Lena's career in United States and United Kingdom, while Universal Music will be promoting and spreading Lena's music elsewhere except Germany, where Universal Music Germany will be responsible for Lena's chart success and releases. Lena didn't waste a minute as shared the exciting news on her social media as well right after Universal Music's announcement, saying that "she is really excited and hyped to share her music and her vision with the whole world, and that Indigo Records is the label that will help her to reach out to people."

Few days later after Universal Music announced that Lena had signed a global record deal with Indigo Records and Universal, they also released her brand new single "Trouble", which Lena's album's lead single and her global debut, because it's the first song by Lena that was released outside Germany/Europe. Although the single is yet to debut in Top 1500 on American iTunes, but someone from Universal Music and Indigo Records, a reliable insider who has worked with Lena on her debut US/global album, confirmed that she is planning to take appear on about fifteen different TV shows and festivals this week, and pose for few magazines too. And the song is expected to chart even without the promotion as well, because it's really catchy, it's a great tune with great lyrics that make you want to dance, and it's produced by hitmakers Eg White and Max Martin, and the latest producer is a really important and big name in the music industry because he is an excellent producer and songwriter, who is responsible for most of 2014 hits, including number one singles Bang Bang, Shake It Off, Problem, Blank Spaces and others.

At the moment, Lena is getting ready to fly to United States, where she's going to make her American TV debut on The Voice, and where she is going to promote her brand new single "Trouble" by performing on TV shows, festivals, events, award shows and other things. However, it seems as if Lena is not ready just yet to ditch her home country Germany where she started her career and where she was discovered, because she before she flied out to America, she decided to shoot an appearance for German TV show Schlag den Raab before her flight to America. During the show, Lena sat down with her long time mentor Stefan Raab, who discovered back in 2010, and had a long talk with him about their memories, about Lena's future, new music, her English skills and basically every single thing. The interview was really long, but it was really interesting and entertaining as well, because the episode had huge rating numbers. It was a really nice interview and it was fun to watch how Stefan and Lena talk like they're just friends and like cameras aren't filming them, it was just ar really warm interview and they talked about so many things. Later during the show, Lena appeared on the stage with her band where she performed her brand new single "Trouble". Although Lena seemed to be really nervous because her voice was shaking just a little bit in the start and she wasn't as confident as always, she was just standing infront of her microphone stand right in the center of the stage without moving a lot or doing any kind of move with her hands or hips or legs or whatever, but that's only it was the first time ever she was performing this song live, she probably didn't even rehearse for the performance before it because of her tight schedule, but later on during the performance, she pulled herself together, lifted her chin, straightened up and sang really well, moved a lot around the stage and acted carefree as she was smiling, spinning around and making this performance look really fun. It's pretty obvious that Lena's voice isn't that strong and it's far from being Adele, Emeli Sande or other great singers-esque, and it may even come off as annoying sometimes, but if the song that Lena is signing is really well-produced and produced in the way to suit Lena's interesting and unique in a way voice, then she can sound like a really good and skilled singer that is able to hit higher and lower notes, and also who is able to hold a longer note for at least five or more seconds - depends on Lena is feeling in the moment: if she's too tired or her throat is too dry, then she might hold the note for only like five seconds, but if she's feeling good, if she's feeling rested and if she's rehearsed before the performance than she might even hold the note for ten or longer seconds. Besides, "Trouble" seems to be the song that was particulary produced by Max Martin for her, not for any other artist, because Lena's voice sounds really strong on the song, and there are not so many long or high notes, but it's not that obvious and the song doesn't lack those type of things. There are sometimes situations when producers record the song and then just give it away to whoever wants the song, but in this case, it seems as if Max Martin got together with Lena and he created something special with Eg White for her.

INTERVIEW:

Stefan: Oh, Lena, it's been a long time since the last we had seen each other! How are you doing?
Lena: I'm doing better than ever, Stefan, honestly, the things are just coming up together, everything is now working out exactly the way I want and the way I wanted it to work our for a long time, and I just can't wait to share everything that I've come up with during the past few years. I signed a global record label deal with Universal Music, and I signed with Indigo Records in United States and United Kingdom, so I'm really excited to go there and start promoting my new single, which is out on iTunes right now by the way, go buy it if you like it, I will be performing it later tonight.
Stefan: What made you want to expand your career? To release your music not only in Germany, but in other countries like United States and United Kingdom, or Australia, or even Japan?
Lena: I honestly wanted this type of career for a long time, it's just I didn't have any kind of chance to break out. I didn't want to be only a German act and stay in Germany forever, as much as I love Germany, but I want to be... bigger than I am in Germany. I want to go to America, I want to perform on their shows, I want to go to Australia and perform on their shows as well, I don't want to be that little German act anymore, I want to go with full force and be a global artist. And... why now? Well, I didn't have a chance to release my music worldwidely before, and I had to wait a long time, more than four years, to finally release something that could be huge not only in Germany, but basically worldwidely. I'm really excited for the things that should happen pretty soon, I can't wait for all the surprises that should happen in a month or so.
Stefan: Let's talk your brand new single, "Trouble". The song was produced by Max Martin and Eg White, am I right? How did you three link up together?
Lena: It's actually a funny story. So, back in February 2014, when I found out Universal Music had signed me on the record label and they told me to start working on my first official worldwide debut album, I started freaking out because I didn't know what to do. Basically, they just gave me this huge budget to record the album, and they told me that I have to give them back a full-length album with 16 tracks on it. At first, I was lost, as I didn't know what to do or where to go. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, and besides that, I wasn't sure how to start producing an album or anything. You know, you can be your own executive producer, but then you have to find everyone and everything by yourself, and in Germany, it's pretty easy for me to find producers and people that I want to work with, but when it comes to producers that are known outside Germany, I didn't know where to go or what to do. I didn't have any kind of contacts or numbers, anything. So when we finalized with Universal in April, Ariana Grande released her new single "Problem", and it became my instant jam. I loved the song, and then I searched for the guy who produced it, and I found out that none other than Max Martin produced her hit. When I listened to the song that he has produced, I knew that I wanted him to be my executive producer and I wanted him to help me to create this album. So I called my Swedish label, I told them that I need to contact Max Martin, I need his adress and everything that they can get. And the only thing that they told me was that he was about to have a session in this little recording studio in Sweden, and as soon as they told me that, I went online, booked my tickets to Sweden and went to that studio. Obviously, Max didn't know who I was, and I was almost literally on my knees, I was really nervous so I was having trouble with my English accent, and I'm pretty sure it was hard for him to understand me, but soon after I played my discography for him, he agreed to executive produce my album. Then, he somehow contacted Eg White, and he polished the song a little bit more, made it really perfectly shaped, and that was it. And "Trouble" was the fifth song that I recorded with Max, and right after he played the finished version of it, I knew I wanted to make this song my first and lead single, because it perfectly helps people to shape up the sound of this album - it's all something of quality, it's really clean and clear, but it's pop.
Stefan: What about the album?
Lena: Well, the album is not quite finished yet, we still have to record few more songs, and we also have to work out the release date and things like that, but right now, it's in a really good shape and it's coming up to be a great album that should be out by the end of February I think? I don't want to confirm any kind of date just yet, and I don't even want to estimate the date, because I'm a little bit unsure with my promo schedule or the other stuff, but it should come out in the next few months, I'm pretty sure about that. It's mainly produced by Max Martin, with some help from his team, and I also worked with some German producers like Bosko and Swen Meyer.

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Whewww Lena got it made