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Taylor Swift’s had a massive career thus far, scoring over nine number one singles, ten to be exact, and over five number one albums. This past week the singer songwriter would spend her second week at the top of the singles charts, scoring her second single off her first ever greatest hits album ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’, an album which has really taken off for the singer, becoming a massive success for her critically and commercially. It has taken off so much in fact that it appears to be that the singer songwriter has decided to take a little of a break on promoting it. “I’m really starting to focus on things like my personal life. Plus, I really need the downtime. I’m in charge of a record label now, a multi million record label, one with artists who’s albums and careers are being funded by me. It’s time I start being a lover, friend, sister, and business woman, with music on the side. I’m still going to promote just not as much. All the success I’ve received for this record has been well deserved and well appreciated. I think it’s time my fans and I just take a moment for ourselves to enjoy the success I’m not only having but we are both having. It’s always good to take a few moments for self reflection. I think everyone should take a few moments in life to, you know?”

Today the singer songwriter would visit Late Night With David Letterman where the singer would talk about her grueling promotional schedule and wanting a break from it, along with the current status of her single plans for the rest of the album. “I don’t think people realize how much of a grueling schedule us artists are on when promoting a single. We have to get up every morning like at sometimes as early as three am to do promotion and press. This morning I was up at eight in the morning which is pretty late for me but still, album release week I was up at four in the most mornings and wouldn’t get to sleep until one in the morning. It’s physically exhausting. I’m someone who loves to exercise, visit friends, have some downtime too, so having to fit that in there is nearly impossible too. You start to lose your mind. If you don’t have a management team who cares about you or know your limits, you can really hurt and strain yourself. It’s really rough. Being a pop star may look fun but there’s a price that comes with being one.”

About the single campaign, “the single campaign is still on track as it’s always been, there’s just some slight changes. Instead of releasing a whole new single that’s eligible for charting, I’m thinking about releasing a single that’s really more of a radio single, a song that’s sent to radio with the purpose just to promote the album and bring in sales there. It was done a lot in the past by artists such as Mariah Carey and No Doubt. That’s the thing. I was such a fan of the music and marketing in 1990s. It was so genius in terms of bringing in album sales and I’d rather sell albums than singles. More importantly, I think I’d rather have my album sell than just spit out singles no one will remember in a month or so’s time, you know?”


Following the interview with David, Taylor would perform ‘Style’ and ‘Too Good To Lose’, the two singles from the greatest hits album she released almost three weeks ago, ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’. It’s available for purchase now on iTunes and in stores at Target.

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Taylor Swift has been in New York City this past week for some minimal promotion for her album ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ which has managed to scan platinum in a little less than fourteen days. In fourteen days total the album has managed to sell over one million and four hundred thousand copies, making it the fastest selling album of the year and also giving Taylor Swift the highest first week sales of the year with a huge and heft seven hundred and twenty one thousand copies of the album sold first week. These were just physical copies in the United States meaning that if it’d been made available digitally like on a retailer such as iTunes, it’s possible that the album could have sold maybe over one million copies first week. It’s unsure whether or not this is factual but it’s a theory fans and many music industry business insiders have come up with when regarding Taylor’s career high sales. Ever since Taylor Swift scored these high sales, the artist and label owner of Tigerlily Recordings, a label she bought with her own money, the singer has been promoting her own work along with giving major press release coverage to other artists such as Eric Saade and Leona Lewis for their upcoming works that are set to be released sometime this year. “Right now, I’m focused on not only giving myself the most commercial success I can get but really about the other artists on my label as well. We’ve always treated them well but I really want to make sure they all are getting promoted equally and never really disappear off the map. Because you know that can totally happen. It’s happened before. Artists will just take forever recording an album and in a years time no one even knows who they are anymore. I don’t want that to be me or any of the artists so I’m really making sure they can good and really just great single promotional campaign along with an amazing album campaign. Here at Tigerlily Recordings creativity has always been thte most important aspect and I do not really see that changing. We’ll always be about that.”


The singer songwriter would take to the stage in Time’s Square, New York City today where she would host a televised concert in support of the Swift Education Center. The television concert would be hosted on NBC, marking it Taylor Swift’s second ever televised concert hosted by the network, the first being her Central Park concert hosted three weeks ago, marking it as her first ever concert since the release of the album. Since then, the singer songwriter has embarked on a world tour, a world tour that has been sold out so far for every date and has visited cities like London, Paris, Sydney, Los Angeles, and New York City, multiple times (in fact the singer-songwriter would continue for six more dates in New York City due to extreme high demand in the city). There seems to be no stopping the singer as there’s demand for her Forever Yours Tour along with her music, mostly her album Forever Yours: The Greatest Hits album.

At the concert, Taylor would perform a variety of songs, mostly including songs from her albums 1989 and Forever Yours The Greatest Hits. ‘Style’, ‘Blank Space’, ‘Welcome To New York’, and ‘Style’ were all performed from the album which too was a massive success for Taylor. From her album ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’, she would perform the two number one singles from the record ‘Style’ and ‘Too Good To Lose’, along with the covers from the album, Tom Waits’ ‘Hold On’, and the most successful cover from the album ‘Too Good To Lose’, both number one singles from the album. She would then perform the rest of the number one singles in her catalogue, marking it as a setlist that averaged out at about fifteen songs. The singles from Taylor Swift’s album Yours: The Greatest Hits, ‘Style’ and ‘Too Good To Lose’ are available now along with the album at retailers like iTunes and the physical versions are made available at Target. So please make sure you go and pick up your copy today.

Originally posted by HausOfCarlos I love what you're doing with Sky btw

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Tigerlily Recordings has had massive success with artists over the past two years. The record label launched back in the summer of 2013, their first artist signed being none other than British pop vocalist Leona Lewis. She would find the footing for the label, scoring a platinum hit, ‘Cold Hearted Love’, a song that would give the label enough promotion to launch and sign another artist to their artist. That artist was none other than current label owner, Taylor Swift. The singer songwriter would start off her career on the label with debut single ‘Serenity’, a song which would become a successful single for the American singer songwriter. Once finding her footing, she’d following it up with the release of her second and lead single from her debut record on the label, ‘All At Once’. That single would be none other than ‘She Loves You Better Than I Do’, which would peak at number three on the charts and would sell over one million and five hundred thousand copies. From there the singer would climb her way to the top of her charts and would eventually score ten number one singles and five number ones albums, catching us up to present where the singer is currently in the third week of her album release of her greatest hits, ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’, and the second week of release for her single ‘Too Good To Lose’, which features none other than friend, business partner, and fellow collaborator, Justin Bieber. The song would become a huge hit for the two pop stars, one from Canada and one from United States. Together the two would make history, furthering or extending their lead as the two artists, both female and male, as the two artists with the most number one singles and number one albums. Taylor has five number one albums and ten number one singles. Justin has fourteen or fifteen number ones to his name as well, the two averaging well over twenty four number one hits together and thirty top three singles. The two are an unstoppable force it seems.




The promotion for Taylor Swift’s greatest hits album wouldn’t stop once she’d score the number one debut for the album (which would include over seven hundred thousand copies of the album sold first week) or when she would have two consecutive number one singles form the album. (‘Style’ and ‘Too Good To Lose’). In fact, promotion would continue today as on AllAccess Media, two promotional singles were released in promotion for the album. Those promotional singles were for two tracks off Swift’s greatest hits album, her first ever greatest hits album, ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’. Those were none other than ‘I Wish You Would’, a song originally from 1989 but became an instant fan for Taylor Swift fans. The other would be for one of the new tracks, a leftover from the Electric Princess entitled ‘Nylon’, a song about not needing the love of a man and finally being strong enough to embrace the feeling independence. The songs were sent to pop radio, along with the adult contemporary, hot adult contemporary, alternative, and rhythmic radio. Instantly the song would take off on the radio formats after they’d get a little bit of a push on radio by Tigerlily Recordings, the promotional singles receiving a mimi radio deal from Swift’s label. For the first twenty four hours, the two promotional singles would be played back to back at the top of the hour on major radio stations such as Z100 radio in New York City ,Y100 in Miami, KIIS FM in Los Angeles, 97.1 AMP Radio in Los Angeles, and other radio stations across the country. The two serve as aids to help sell Swift’s first ever greatest hits release, ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’. “I decided to release the promotional singles for many reasons”, Taylor told AllAccess who managed to catch a word with the pop star recently turned label owner. “I didn’t just release them to sell the album. I released them because I knew they would most likely would not have the chance to become singles so I’d give them the second best option. The second best option was them becoming promo singles. I mean it’s not exactly what I wanted but it’s close enough.”

Justin Bieber was all smiles and energetic, while performing on The Today Show. His performance consisted of 3 new songs from his compilation, 'The Collection & More' also promoting to help support his new 1 week only promotional tour that would take place in just a few cities, in order to promote his tour alongside Taylor Swift coming soon. Justin Bieber performed Memphis, Fever, and Too Good to Lose between each of Today Show's commercial breaks and news reports. Justin's morning segment was titled 'JUSTIN: Today Show & More' and Today Show put the hashtag #JustinToday on the bottom of the screen, which trended #1 in the US the whole time Today Show aired the morning. The tickets for Today Show sold out within 1 day for the Justin Bieber medley, and the fact it was happening at 9 AM during a school day didn't stop his fanbase. The usual morning reports and news started off, then, one of the Good Morning America hosts said 'We've got the multi-platinum singer, Justin Bieber here today. In the building, performing 3 songs from his new album already GOLD after 1 week on shelves, stay tuned'. It then went to commercial break, but when the programming returned the hashtag #TodayAndMore was at the bottom of the screen, along with Justin Bieber on stage alongside host. 'It's so nice to finally see you again' said the host to Justin, who replied 'Yes. I haven't seen you in forever! It's fun to be in Times Square, and performing 3 new songs'. The host then said, 'Yes, let's talk about this new music. You've returned with an album 'The Collection & More' containing past hit singles + some new songs. You're performing 3 new songs here today, and the first one is the #1 hit single 'Memphis'. Ladies and gentlemen, Justin Bieber'. Justin nodded, and then went over to the middle of the stage as the host exited. Smoke appeared on stage, and quick flames bursted in the air. Justin then said 'New York...you wanna have a Memphis feel this morning?' and began performing the single. The performance included choreography, along with Justin dressed down in a white outfit matching his backup dancers, that had 'JB' in blue+red on his jacket. The performance also contained Big Sean who came through half-way and did his verse, this time without a joining from Justin. In the end of the performance, they both did a freestyle to Big Sean's 'Beware'. After it went to commercial break, he came back to stage solo again and said 'The next song I'll be performing is 'Fever' on my album'. He performed 'Fever' to some choreography also, and this time he went into the audience while singing and touched fan's hands. Then he started singing to a fan, before going back on stage and ending the performance. After 'Fever' and it's performance ended, they went back to showing the traditional weather forecast. Then after, Justin returned with a piano on stage and said 'This one...this is my last performance for today. It's a little song with Taylor Swift, let's invite her out right now. I'll be performing this song alongside her on piano to close out this morning'. He then ended his medley performance of the day with a piano-assisted R&B feel to 'Too Good to Lose'. The performance was dubbed the best performance of the 3, despite there being no choreography or other artist involved. Justin even got a little too emotional towards the end, as you could hear tiny cracks in his voice. The song must've been written in relation to Vanessa Hudgens, his current fiance, we're guessing? Taylor also provided a sensual, yet confident performance with persistent vocals and a nice attitude. If you liked any of the 3 songs, they're all available on iTunes and the album is there too.

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Justin had an interview + talked with Ellen, and performed 2 songs on the show today. Justin's arrival in Ellen was hyped and talked about among FOX and Ellen fans, when he finally arrived there was ofcourse -- applause and happiness ensuing. Justin was able to make it to the recording on time, and Ellen got to talk about his new album, 'The Collection & More' plus other things. Justin performed 'Too Good to Lose' & 'Master Technique'. Justin Bieber is one of the most popular musicians today, with over 20 hit singles, millions of albums sold, millions more singles, and over 20 #1 albums & singles. He returns with a Greatest Hits album, that contains 3 discs filled with 30 hit singles, demos, and new tracks. The album is currently in stores, and on iTunes + Amazon. Justin sat down with The View earlier during the week, in which he described the newest album as 'just a re-collection, and a look back at my career. I feel so blessed that I was able to accomplish this, and I'm now at a position to where I can sit and have the time to reflect back on it. I hope my fans will enjoy this experience, just as much as I have these past years'. Justin's interview was and performance was 30 minutes. The interview and performance were also live, and streamed on his website for non-American citizens. Ellen asked Justin about the engagement with Vanessa, and ofcourse they did a fair share of joking -- to which she originally came out in a wig, exactly like Justin's haircut asking him how he liked it. The interview was watched by millions, becoming one of the seasons top rated episodes according to FOX, with a 7.0 million viewer tune in during that afternoon. The performance started with lights shining in the air, and you saw Justin Bieber in the middle. In the background were background dressed in white, -- and there was a woman to the side of the stage. Then he sung the beginning, and got everyone into the spirit. 'I'm tryna give you what's right girl'. As the song went on, the performance got better and even more pumped. Then mid-way towards the performance, he takes the girl by her hand to the middle of the stage and whispers the lyrics in her ear. The girl looks him down in silence, and they bust into the same routine he did on The Voice Finale in US, the other day. He went into a car propped on stage as she suddenly disappeared when the lights came on -- "Welcome to Memphis" appeared on stage. The car drove off of stage in a huge space for it, and a fake sunset was propped following it - as if he drove off into the sunset. Then he began 'Master Technique', to where he and a girl danced off in a sensual, yet sexual and joyful way to the song -- and he belted the vocals, while doing choreography with his team. It was a joyful performance, and once he finished he got back on stage towards the end and hugged some fans. He also had copies of 'The Collection & More' in his hands, as he gave them out to the audience and announced everyone was going home with a copy.

Tracklist:

1. Too Good to Lose (Darkchild Remix)
2. Too Good to Lose (Babyface Remix)
3. Too Good to Lose (Mike Will Made It Remix)
4. Too Good to Lose (Danja Remix)
5. Too Good to Lose (Jim Jonsin Remix)
6. Too Good to Lose (Piano Version)
7. Too Good to Lose (Alternate Instrumental Version)


Length: 32:44
Producers: Darkchild, Babyface Mike Will Made It, Danja, Jim Jonsin, and Dev Hynes

In addition to releasing the duet with Taylor Swift as an official single #1 single, with a Pop Remix EP last week -- the Remix EP was also uploaded to digital retailers this week. The remixes are Pop-remixes, from Pop-producers, and is a Part 2. An R&B EP with some re-done vocals and R&B-producer remixes. Justin Bieber's label Hyped Records announced the new Remix EP on Twitter this morning, stating 'Can't get enough of Taylor & Justin's new single? The Part 2 Remix EP is too good to miss. iTunes.com/TGTLRemixes2'. The remix EP is only priced at $4.99, with the first 5 tracks being $1.29 and the remaining acoustic and instrumental being $0.99. Justin uploaded the Darkchild Remix to his SoundCloud this morning, as the remix has been praised among all of the new remixes most -- for turning the song into a retro-like throwback sensual, and sexual R&B track. Darkchild commented on the release saying, 'Justin & Taylor are today's King & Queen of Pop, it's only yet right that they hop with other producers, and throw remixes and new editions to an amazing duet together. I really wanted to transform the duet remix I did into something reminiscent of old-school, yet legendary R&B -- a reflection of some of my best work merged, and I'm glad the reception has been so good. It's already reached Top 40 on iTunes, just from being a remix -- and the SoundCloud link has over 1 million listens', The Remix EP is available on streaming services that only offer premium users such as Beats Music but as far as Spotify, Hyped Records has not yet made the decision to upload it to Spotify (though this time it's probably Taylor's label that actually decided not to upload the Remix EP, haha). The new Remix EP is Justin's third remix EP this era, following the 'Memphis (Remixes)' and 'Too Good to Lose (Remixes Part 1)'. Justin's new album, 'The Collection & More' containing the original 'Too Good to Lose' along with 29 other tracks is also available on iTunes, Amazon, and physical retailers. Taylor's new compilation album, 'Yours: The Greatest Hits' featuring the single and her past hits, along with more hits is also out in stores too. Justin commented on Instagram saying the new Remix EP was also out, and that the fans should pick it up if they've liked any of the remixes. In addition, Taylor also went to Tumblr to post about it and picked up thousands of notes -- hopefully they transformed into purchases. Taylor & Justin's new single is also said to have part 2 of the music video premiere this week on VEVO, fans should keep a lookout for it while refreshing on YouTube and listening to the new 5 remixes.

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Superstar duo Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift continued making headlines with the new song, 'Too Good to Lose' (on both of their new compilations, 'The Collection & More' plus 'Yours: The Greatest Hits'). After performing in numerous countries, along with special interviews online, televised, and on radio they performed on ABC's newest talent show, 'Rising Star' infront of judges Kesha, Ludacris, and some other guy. Promotional commercials in US were aired this week announcing 'Justin Bieber & Taylor Swift performing -- this week's episode of hit series Rising Star, only on ABC'. It was also announced and talked about all over Twitter, along with given commercials on the network and a few other networks. Justin talked about the upcoming performance on Z100 saying, 'Yeah, I want my fans to tune in tonight. It's gonna be really fun and crazy! Me and Taylor are ready to rock the 'Rising Star' stage, and show America what's about, yet again and to give these contestants some inspiration and hype for themselves, for the many more performances happening that season'.

Before going on stage, the two would be seen giving advice to the contestants on the show about how they could go on to win the show if they wanted. They also gave the contestants great advice about how to win the competition or at least do their best. “Don’t think about every little thing that can go wrong up there. Lose yourself in the moment, let your heart do what your mind does. Don’t think at all. Just feel what the music is telling you to do. If you’re as passionate about this as I think you are, each and every one of you can win this. It’s going to be a tough competition so just go out there and give it your all. Don’t worry about losing or whether i was good enough. You-you just need to go out there and prove to them that you belong up on that stage. Sing for your life. Sing like it’s the last time you’ll ever perform on stage. Embrace the inner diva in you and just go out there and kill it alright? I believe in you all.” The contestants would all hug Taylor before she’d leave the hallway where they were all gathered to go get ready for her performance. The results would then air as following a commercial break Taylor and Justin would be announced out to stage.

The performance would start off with the two singing on two platforms on the opposite side of the stage. Slowly but surely they’d move toward each other, stretching out like a bridge almost as the two would then sing in front of a huge monitor that would consist of strobe light flashes as the two would sing to each other. When the platforms finally collected, the two would sing to each other with passion, getting a little up close and intimate before ending the performance with a belt that they executed well. They’d then talk about their single with the host before leaving the stage and studio, finishing their promotion for the day.

Zendaya on Late Show with David Letterman

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American R&B Princess Zendaya Coleman, who is known for her first name Zendaya whish she uses as her stage name as well, is currently keep it all pretty busy as she is always on the run from one television show to another one, in order to promote her recently released brand new single Broke a Heart or Two, which became available worldwidely five days ago on January 18th, via Zendaya's record labels Indigo Records and Universal Music. Now, Zendaya is trying to do her best to make this song a hit and make it succeed as she is currently on a huge promotional tour in United States, visiting various television shows and performing on them, like The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers and basically all shows like that. Recently, miss Coleman stopped by CBS Studios in New York where she is currently staying, to shoot her appearance for David Letterman's late night show. Zendaya had the pleasure to sit down with legendary television star and talk show host David Letterman and talk a little bit with him about her recent events in her life, her new music, album, single, videos and all that, and she also appeared on the stage to perform her brand new single Broke a Heart or Two. Zendaya looked pretty casual for something like that, which was actually pretty weird because Zendaya usually goes over the top with her outfits and she tends to choose something that is more fancy for events like this, but she probably decided to tone it down just a little bit this time, because of how tight her schedule is and she probably didn't have enough time to properly dress up for this appearance. For the show, Zendaya wore a camouflage jacket, white shirt, some jeans and bright red shoes, with a tied around her waist. However, even if Zendaya's outfit wasn't as fancy as always, she definitely had enough time to get her make up properly done as she slayed with her beautiful and glowing face. Her hair was somehow inspired by Selena Gomez's hair, because she used to wear her hair like this during Come and Get It era back in 2013 or whatever. Overall, even though Zendaya didn't look quite as fancy as always, but she definitely looked dressed up enough for a late night show appearance. Zendaya's performance was quite usual and casual as she sat on the big chair that was placed in the middle of the stage and performed the song without doing much, just all chilled and laid back.

David: Hello Zendaya! You look as stunning as always!
Zendaya: Hi! No, actually don't look as stunning as always today. I didn't have enough time to get ready for my appearance because I had to rush from another show to this one, and I basically got ready in a car, like, my make up artist got anxious because I couldn't stay still because I had to dress up and also the car was constantly moving so we didn't have a chance to properly do anything, so it was really messy and I tried my best to get ready in like ten or so minutes.
David: Oh wow, you seem to have a pretty tight and packed schedule...
Zendaya: Yeah, I definitely do. Some people might think that being a singer means you just come to a show, sing a little bit and just go home and enjoy your money that you get from this, but that is definitely no the way it all works. Well, if you don't want to succeed, then you can always do that type of thing, but I really want to succeed and I really want to get my music out there especially when I have the oppurtunity to do so, and in order to make my songs succeed, I have to constantly go from show to show and do those type of things, and that's how my schedule gets all so tight and messed up.
David: So Broke a Heart or Two, the song that you will perform for us in a moment, is the second single taken from your sophomore album, am I right? When is the album coming out?
Zendaya: Yes, Broke a Heart or Two is the second single from my sophomore album, and the lead single was Gunshots which features my good friend Taylor Swift and which came out back in June and reached the number one position on the charts, and also was certified Platinum few weeks ago as it sold over one million copies now. And my sophomore album will be coming out in February, actually, mid-February, I would say. The official date and the title of this album will be confirmed pretty soon, I think maybe this week, or the next one. We will see though.

How long is the game going to last? Will it be here up to Mid-March or not?

Originally posted by HausOfCarlos How long is the game going to last? Will it be here up to Mid-March or not?

I hope it lasts 2 more months actually so I can end 'Distant Horizon' and start Ryn Weaver's debut era in mid-feb and release the album in early March

Originally posted by HausOfCarlos I hope it lasts 2 more months actually so I can end 'Distant Horizon' and start Ryn Weaver's debut era in mid-feb and release it in early March

right? The wait is horrible when you just want to release something

Zendaya on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

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Zendaya's brand new Hit-Boy and RoccStar produced single Broke a Heart or Two is fastly rising up the charts all around the world as it already entered the Top 10 on iTunes worldwide charts on iTunes and Top 5 on American iTunes after Zendaya's latest appearance on David Letterman's legendary Late Show where she performed the song and also sat down with David himself to talk a little bit about her new music and upcoming album, and that probably helped Zendaya's single on the charts as it instantly jumped more places and now secured its place in the Top 5. It's hard to tell whether Zendaya will have yet another single on the charts that will be as successful as Gunshots which was released back in June 2014, but hopefully, she will finish up her promotional tour in United States that will definitely help Zendaya to achieve yet another huge selling single before her sophomore album drops sometime in February. Sources tell that Zendaya is currently trying to book as many as possible promotional slots sometime around February 19th, so people are started to say that her album will probably drop sometime around that day with a possible iTunes exclusive first play before the release of her album. Her album is yet to be announced though, but according to Zendaya herself, the album should be announced in the next following two weeks, as she confirmed that herself during her appearance on David Letterman's show. But before her sophomore album drops, Zendaya is trying her best to make her brand new single Broke a Heart or Two as successful as possible with all of the performances that she is lately doing, and the next stop on her promotional tour in the famous talk show The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, which airs on NBC and is one of the biggest television talk shows in United States. Zendaya stopped by the show to give an exclusive interview on her brand new album as she revealed her album's cover, title and release date, and also talked a little bit about other things, including her single Broke a Heart or Two, her schedule, one of her good friends Taylor Swift and other things as well. Later after her interview, right before the end of the show, Zendaya got up on the stage and performed her new single Broke a Heart or Two. The performance was really simple and casual, as Zendaya appeared on the stage completely alone, infront of the microphone stand that was placed in the middle of the stage, and just rocked it all with her beautiful voice and amazing looks.

Jimmy: Hi Zendaya! Now look, I've always wondered what does your name mean and where it comes from?
Zendaya: Hi Jimmy! Well it's a long story. Basically, my dad is from Zimbabwe, Africa, and he liked this name which was Zimbabwean or something, but it wasn't originally Zendaya, it was Kendaya or something like that, I don't even know, and my dad has this thing for letter Z. He's from Zimbabwe, his own name is Kazembe, so he decided to mix my name up and come up with something really original, and that is how this name Zendaya was invented. And it means to give thanks in Shona, a Bantu language native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. And that is the long story of my name, basically.
Jimmy: I'm a huge fan of your music, and I love your new single Broke a Heart or Two. And I know that you have a little announcement of your own that you want to make on our show.
Zendaya: Yeah, I do. So, I'm really pleased and excited and nervous to announce that my new album will be coming out on February 15th via my labels Indigo Records and Universal Music, and the title of my album is Reckless Heart. This is a really personal album for me and I'm really excited but really nervous and a bit scared to share it with you all. It's something that I put all of my tears and hard work into, and it's something really dear to my heart. This album is a little bit more R&B that some people might think, and it's not really Pop or whatever, and that's why I think some people will like it, and some people will hate it, because it's different from my debut album. Either way, I'm really excited to share it with you all guys, as it's amazing, honestly, and I worked really hard on every single song, I worked hard on making this album, so I hope you all love it and enjoy listening to it just as much as I enjoyed creating it.

YAS Zendaya. The week of the 15th should be very interesting- for sure.

Zendaya on Dancing with the Stars

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Earlier today, Zendaya stopped by ABC Studios in New York City where she appeared on Dancing with the Stars show. Zendaya was personally invited by ABC to come and perform on their show, and that's probably because Zendaya was a contestant on the show once, but even though she was really shady towards the show after the season that she participated in ended and she didn't win the season but had to deal with the runner-up's title when she definitely deserved to win, ABC still wanted Zendaya back on the show, and because she needs to do as many as possible appearances now, she decided to come back on the show and perform. And Zendaya is definitely a really smart girl for doing a thing like that, because she overcame her own ambitions just so she could promote her brand new Hit-Boy and RoccStar produced single Broke a Heart or Two and maybe help the song to reach a higher place on American iTunes. And the appearance at Dancing with the Stars definitely helped Zendaya's new single as it instantly jumped few more places higher on American iTunes charts and even managed to enter Top 5, leaving stars like Sia and Meghan Trainor and their hits behind her. Zendaya's performance was really intimate and nice, as her old partner Val Chmerkovskiy and his current partner joined Zendaya during her performance and danced to her song. Zendaya's performance was really intimate and simple, as Zendaya just stood in the middle of the stage infront of a microphone stand while Val and his partner danced a slow, romantic and emotional dance around her. It was definitely a nice performance, but Zendaya's fans were a little bit let down because, according to their tweets on Twitter, wanted to see Zendaya and Val reunite on the dance floor during her performance with Zendaya singing into an earmicrophone, but that probably would have been really complicated so that's why Zendaya decided to do something more different and unexpected. Anyways, even if Zendaya's fans were as satisfied as possible, but it was still a nice performance and it helped the song rise even higher on the charts. After her performance, Zendaya joined Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron as they had a little chart about everything.

Tom: We have a really special girl joining as today who almost won Dancing with the Stars back in early 2013. Please welcome, singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, writer and designer Zendaya Coleman!
Zendaya: Ah, thank you for your introduction my dear! I'm really glad to be back on the show.
Tom: So what have you been up to lately?
Zendaya: Oh, many things, actually. I'm currently focusing on my music career though as I'm getting ready to release my sophomore album called Reckless Heart on February 15th, which is... less than a month, I guess, so that is really exciting. I also just started designing my first fashion line, I'm still in pretty early stages, so I don't want to talk about that a lot since I have no idea what I'm doing, it's just early sketches and ideas, nothing special or huge. My acting career is currently on hold I would say, my brand new TV show K.C. Undercover started to air few weeks ago and back in December we shot the last episode for this current season and now I have more time to focus on music.
Tom: What about that X-Men movie though? The Apocolypse? Are you going to do that?
Zendaya: Who knows, maybe yes, maybe no. I really don't know myself just yet, but I'll let you know.
Tom: Would you ever do Dancing with the Stars ever again?
Zendaya: Honestly, no, because it's the most nervewrecking, anxious thing I've ever done in my life that not only brough me anxiety but it took a lot of my energy and a lot of my time, and yet I still ended up in the second place. But, life is life, I moved on and I'm not really mad anymore, although I was a bit sad when they announced the other couple as the winners of the show, but that's it, I don't really care about that anymore, you know, and I moved on. But no, I would never, ever do this type of thing again. It's just too much of work, especially when you're not really sure you will succeed. I put a lot of my time and energy and work into this, and look where I ended up.