Double Tap airs in Life Alert Commercial!
The well known commercial, where elders fall and slip and cant get it up is now featuring the song from Jordin Sparks. She is appealing to all people with her new R&B sound. She is slowly making her way back to the music industry "One Step At A Time" and coming strong
The Life Alert company now remodeled a version that is motion censored. So when you fall you can have a reminder to tap your Life Alert Button. So if you are dancing to her single "Double Tap" this will be a great investment just in case you break a hip or ankle
The commercial is re-edited to make her song fit perfectly. Here is the script to the upcoming commercial. Elder: I have fallen and I cant get up Life Alert button: "Double Tap immediately " *Elder after being taking being helped*: Thanks to the new Life Alert, I could enjoy a catchy tune while I wait for help, Thank you Life alert
Life Alert is own by millions including young children and this commercial is being aired worldwide
Here is Jordin with a Life Alert patient who broke his neck but was saved on time and who was inspired by the tune
Justin Bieber appeared on Dancing with the Stars new episode tonight, performing his new Top 5 hit single 'Memphis' featuring Big Sean. The song is a small addition to the 20 other past singles on his new compilation, 'The Collection & More' -- currently in store, containing 5 other new songs + 4 demos. The new set hit stores last week, and the sales came in today... a whopping 500,000+ first week was the final total. The highest for a compilation album this century, not to mention his highest career sales yet. Going Gold in the first week was fun for Justin Bieber, but he's back to work and showed the world more of his charisma tonight. The 'Memphis' performance was almost 5 minutes long, an acoustic performance -- including him playing the guitar solo, and also included Big Sean who was there to perform the single along with him for the first time yet. 'Ladies and Gentlemen, for his first performance in over a year...welcome Justin Bieber' the host of Dancing with the Stars said as a white light flickered down on Bieber with his guitar. He began the first lines to the song, while also strumming his guitar. The acoustic tone was also set by a black background,and a silent audience -- as he hit the chorus, he picked up the guitar stride. His vocals were softer than they were in every other performance for the song, and the audience picked up on that with the silence they were giving. Then finally, as Justin was nearing towards the next verse -- Big Sean came to stage for his verse, and they both went into the rap together. Big Sean entered the from the side of the stage, in to which he received a brief moment of applause. As Justin finished the song, he picked up the tone and voice and made it louder towards the end. The ending consisted of him stopping the use of his guitar, getting up out his chair, and singing in full voice while going up to the judge's panel area and singing into the face of the female judge. The performance was romantic, yet also silly -- and Justin got a deserved applause from the performance. However, his fans commented on the performance -- saying it was random that his The Voice performance last week had dancers and choreography, but his performance for a dance show was acoustic and calm. Still though, the fans were positive about the performance. Justin's return to Dancing with the Stars resulted in a trending topic on Twitter. After the performance Justin went backstage during the commercial break, and tweeted out a picture of him with the contestants saying 'Was so excited and happy to finally perform on #DWTS again. Fun contestants, gonna be cool to watch them tonight' he posted alongside the photo. As the commercial break went off, the dancers then went to stage and continued on with the show while Justin was ready to go off to New York to finally do a performance on Good Morning America, announced last week. The performance on Good Morning America would be his first in over a year, too.
Taylor Swift was live on The View this morning where was interviewed accordingly and even performed four songs for the hosts and audience of the show. Her performances were fun and energetic as she performed promotional singles and the lead single off her greatest hits album titled
‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ which hit shelves exclusively at Target on Saturday, becoming the singer’s seventh or eighth official release but her first ever greatest hits record. She was asked about the record, the recording process and how she went about deciding what songs when on the track list.
“Releasing a greatest hits record is something I wasn’t really so sure of doing prior to a month or two ago. I know so many artists who released greatest hits album and have no involvement in them. Some aren’t even made aware that they’re releasing a completion album until it’s out in stores. I didn’t want that to be the case with me so I made sure I told my record label, Tigerlily Recordings, when I was signing with them that they don’t release any compilation albums unless under my consent. They were totally fine with it and eventually I felt the time was right to make this type of record in my career to really reflect on the amazing moments I’ve gotten to share with the world musically and emotionally”.
About the recording process of making ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ Swift seemed to liven up a little more as it appeared to be a question she’d been rarely asked in interviews so far. “The recording process of this record was really extensive yet short at the same time. All the songs on the new edition or new disc side of the album are songs that were either too personal or didn’t really match the sound I was going for on other records. For example, ‘Nylon’ was a song I recorded for ‘Electric Princess’ but it didn’t really match the synth sound I was going for. It was a little to late eighties pop for the record’s disco sound. Other songs like ‘Harvard Smiles’ were just too personal for the records I was making at the time. The covers and Too Good to Lose are all tracks I’ve recorded recently. Those tracks are recent raw vocals. The others are in it’s raw demo form. I didn’t want to give you guys a finalized and edited version of the songs. I wanted to give you them in their raw form, no vocal editing, just the first take.”
When deciding what songs would make the track list for the greatest hits side and newer edition side. “Deciding the track list was fairly simple really when deciding hits wise. I chose the hits most recently in my career that were successful, memorable, and just songs I like. I included all of them on there. And deciding what songs went on the new material disc was a little harder. I had over fifty five songs that could potentially go on it and I had to choose seven. So I chose the ones I loved the most and ones that I feel the fans would most appreciate. It was hard but I think I made the right decisions. The other tracks were amazing but trust me when I say they were lacking in comparison to the ones on the record, the finalized version of it.”
Right before taking the stage to perform the promotional singles ‘Lipstick on His Collar’, ‘Harvard Smiles’ and most recent number one singles (ninth overall) ‘Style’, Taylor was asked about her love life and if all that time spent in London is doing something romantically with another. A slight blush on her cheeks, Taylor shook her head, denying such accusations but hinting at something else. “Am I dating or in a relationship with someone else? No, not right now. I’m really just enjoying life right now and where it’s taking me. But if you’re asking me if I’m spending those trips to London without company, I’ll gladly answer no. I’m just enjoying the moment. I’m not looking for love, I’m letting it look for me. When I find it, I’ll find it.”
Justin Bieber was all smiles and energetic, while performing on Good Morning America. His performance consisted of 3 new songs from his compilation, 'The Collection & More'. Justin Bieber performed Memphis, Fever, and Too Good to Lose between each of Good Morning America's commercial breaks and news reports. The day was labeled 'JUSTIN: The Medley & GMA'. Announced last week he'd be performing on Good Morning America, there was excitement, along with a huge fanbase ready to get their tickets to see him live. The tickets for Good Morning America 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 Robin, 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 #JustinAtGMAs was at the bottom of the screen, along with Justin Bieber on stage alongside Robin. 'It's so nice to finally see you again' said Robin 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'. Robin 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 hit single 'Memphis'. Ladies and gentlemen, Justin Bieber'. Justin nodded, and then went over to the middle of the stage as Robin 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, but she'll be on GMA tomorrow. Right now, I'll be performing this for myself with a piano for the first time'. 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? If you liked any of the 3 songs, they're all available on iTunes and the album is there too. Justin will be finishing his last American performance for a few days on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon tonight.
Good Morning America and Avril Lavigne Teams Up For An Exciting Contest 535 words
You have heard Avril Lavigne's newest single "I'll Lie To Myself", watched the heartbreaking music video for the power ballad, witnessed the brilliant performance on tv specials and tv guestings and it is about time the youth takes over the stage with the Pop Rock Royalty Avril Lavigne.
Good Morning America and Avril Lavigne formally announces their anticipated teaming up for an exciting contest for talented young individuals across the country. As long as you are 13-18 years of age, you qualify for this contest! The lucky local finalist who gets to show what he/she got will be hailed as the winner. Aside from the cash prize, The winner will also be getting the chance to sing a special duet with none other than Avril Lavigne!
The contest is called "Sing Your Heart Out With Avril" and it is an exciting way for young audiences to show their singing talents and creativity! All you have to do for this challenge is to put together a two minute music video to the song "I'll Lie To Myself," contestants are encouraged to be creative and most of all, have fun while doing their entries. The entries can show you dancing, acting and doing the art that you do best -- all while singing to the hit song "I'll Lie To Myself", Aspiring contestants can start sending in their entries through the social media accounts of Good Morning America, don't forget to include their names and necessary information until January 8, 2015.
The singer shared the news to her social media accounts while Good Morning America also announced the contest before their show ended today. Avril Lavigne expressed her excitement to watch the entries for the said contest, Avril encourages aspiring contestants to just be theirselves when they create their entries. Lavigne was asked by Good Morning America her thoughts and advices to the aspiring hopefuls that will join the contest through a phone patched interview today:
"I really want to see creativity and fun from the entries and I hope they all get to enjoy the process. I am excited to check the entries and of course, perform with the finalists on the Good Morning America Contest on January 12! Catch you all there! " - Avril Lavigne
GMA will be picking 5 finalists from the submitted entries and those lucky finalists' entries will be shared to social media where everyone could participate and vote for their own bets. The social media scores will be added to the judges' scores. Aside from having the chance to show their talent on television and internet, The 5 finalists will be part of the GMA Concert for Avril Lavigne's "Heartfelt Confessions" album launch on January 12, 2015 and the winner will perform a special duet with Avril on the GMA Concert. Avril Lavigne will host the concert on the 12th and it will be broadcasted live on ABC during Good Morning America.
Avril Lavigne's newest hit "I'll Lie To Myself" is still available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Target and Walmarr while Avril Lavigne's sixth studio album "Heartfelt Confessions" will hit stores worldwide on January 12, 2015, pre-orders are still available.
Taylor Swift was live on radio waves this morning as she visited the biggest if not one of the biggest radio talk shows in the world. That radio show was none other than On Air With Ryan Seacrest, a show she’s no stranger to as the singer’s been there multiple times before as she is not only a fan of the show but a very close friend to the show’s leading man, Ryan Seacrest who she rung in the New Year with as he hosted the live televised bash she was holding. “It’s always nice to see Ryan. Coming here was really what I was looking forward to the most when waking up. He’s really funny, polite, and just awesome. I love him.” Taylor told fans and interviewers from gossip sites as she signed autographs and took selfies with fans outside the studio. The singer decked out in a very classy black dress and heels would spend about ten minutes with fans before heading inside for her interview.
Taylor would take a seat across from Ryan and Ellen before handing them cookies she baked earlier that morning. They would take part in small talk about the cookies, including who great of a baker Taylor was before starting the interview by congratulating Taylor on her ninth number one and her fourteenth top three. Swift would blush before responding. “I’m really happy about that. I’m not going to say I didn’t expect it but I was having doubts. It was such a busy week in music this week, so it’s great I managed to survive it and come out on top.” When asked if she couldn’t be number one what other artist she think should be, the singer grinned. “I think Justin would’ve made a great number one. ‘Memphis’ is one of my favorite tracks of the year and my favorite of his’ so.”
Taylor would then talk about the record and what the next singles could possibly be. She was straightforward and wasted no time answering the questions about the future singles along with going in detail about the record. “The record was one I didn’t work on for very long because it pretty much was done. If anything most of the time spent on making the record was on the DVD portion. The performances took about a week on total to film. I had to really work in the recording sessions around the other singers’ featured schedules. That was really tough and hard to do but luckily they all had an opening available. The record also really showcases all the highlights of my career along with some of the unknown, personal, and more intimate moments. You get that on the new disc edition. All those songs on there are songs that really have defined some of the phases I’ve went through. ‘Nylon’ is about the power and strength you have once you come back from a relationship that really put you through ****. ‘Too Good to Lose’ is a song that describes the unstableness of a relationship and how you’re living each day on the border of lovers and enemies. Then you have the covers that are just some of my favorite songs I wanted to cover. They too describe me I believe as a person and as a artist. They’re all nothing short of spectacular.”
Taylor would the answer the question about the next upcoming singles. “The singles off the record have been decided. The second one at least. For the third and fourth we’re thinking between two different songs. We’re not sure whether to make one the third or the other the third or fourth. One of those songs is a cover, I’ll tell you that but yeah we’re really deciding between that but the next single, the next single I’ve talked about a lot and I think people will really like the treatment it’s going to get. It’s going to be pretty huge. Hopefully it lives up to the hype and the song performs great. It’s seemed to from it ’s initial commercial reception and critical reception at least so.”
Taylor would then take part in performing the promotional singles from the record ‘Lipstick on His Collar’ and ‘Harvard Smiles’ and the lead number single from the album ‘Style’ acoustically before leaving the studios but not before giving everyone in the studio a hug and cookie before leaving with her mother from the studio for lunch. Taylor’s first ever greatest hits record titled ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ is out now in stores exclusively at Target. Make sure to go get your copy.
Ni hao,Jordin! I Am a Singer/Wǒ Shì Gēshǒu performance
China welcomed american star Jordin Sparks in with open arms. Jordin is finally performing in China for the first time. Jordin is performed two songs there. One of her well known songs "No Air" followed by her new single "Double Tap". People were beginning to question how they will understand the English. Jordin's label set her up to have lyrics translated in Chinese for them. She is also introduced by the well known Hatsune Miku! Jordin Sparks is Performing on I Am a Singer/Wǒ Shì Gēshǒu
Since this is Jordin's first time going to China, she took the opportunity to meet their artist and exchange tips and advice. Jordin Sparks performance was also featuring Jin Au-Yeung on 2 Chainz part. Their audience was standing up by the end of the performance and they made #DoubleTap trend on Twitter in not only China but in Laos. Jordin made a brave move to go World Wide with her new single and gather new fans.
Here is Sparks had to say about her experience:
"I was amazed. When I walked off the plane some girl approached me and started singing "Battlefield" To myself I was surprised someone could remember that from so long ago. When I performed I was introduced by a 3D/Hologram artist which was fabulous. It was very cool and different. Then I took the mic and did my thing! I glared into the crowd and saw signs with my name on it and below it was the translation for it. At the end of the performance had a chance to meet different artists and fans and chat with them. I am more than happy with my experience"
Her performance was described as breath taking and flashing, She had back up dancers and tight rope walkers. She left China completely surprised. Jordin also will take some influence back to the U.S and put a spin on it on a track she have been working on with Harmony Samuels. Sparks is also planned to release a Chinese version of Double Tap featuring Jin
Justin Bieber continued the haul of US promotion for his newest album, 'The Collection & More'. He was interviewed on Jimmy Fallon, and performed his new single 'Memphis' at the end of the show. Justin's return to Fallon was the first since last year, although the two since are good friends and often do keep in touch from time to time -- notably, were seen together at the premiere of 'Lucy' months ago last year. Jimmy Fallon started the interview with, 'Where the hell ya been Justin!?' to which he jokingly replied 'been in the studio working on my grind, bitchhhh'. Jimmy replied with 'Oh yeah? Me too. My mixtape drops in Spring. Sorry, but I'm gonna outsell your new album. Just telling you in advance' he said to Justin, while they both laughed. Then he said, 'But no really, I'm definitely not. Justin's new album sold over 500,000 copies this week -- making it GOLD within week 1. Let's give him a round of applause' said Fallon, as the crowd clapped. 'He's here to perform the single on the album, live TONIGHT!' Fallon continued, before getting into the interview. 'So last time we talked about your new music -- you were in Canada I believe, and you were recording some songs. Where all did you record this album?'. 'Well..it was something I took in my own time, which is why it took a bit of time before I finished despite 6 songs and all. I did some of it in US, some of it in Canada, and a lot of it I surprisingly did on vacation in Cabo. I like to do music while on vacation, because the usual workplace it's a little pressure and such at times. A vacation just feels like a chill workday the whole time, really. It's also really fun to think of songs to write while on vacation' said Bieber. Fallon continued the questions, 'How did you come up with the whole compilation? Like did your label suggest, did you just decide to do this?'.'Well I initially was like, I wanna do movies and I might be taking a break from music. My label ofcourse was like, you kinda ended Crossing Paths a little early in order to do Elite, which ended up being a limited time. I think before you take off with movies you should do something that's small, but actually has a big amount done in the end'. 'I was then like....what about another Best Of, or something? As I did one in the past. But then they were like, "How about a Greatest Hits?" which I initially took a while thinking about, but then agreed'. He continued, "with this Greatest Hits it's not the full commitment that comes with a studio album. All new songs. All new things ready. This is revising, but staying for a minute. I'll be doing promotion in lots of countries which I don't normally do promotion in, and I'll have a tour covering all these hits which goes to lots of exotic places. It's a look back, but I'm gonna be reminiscing for a minute'. Fallon then asked the question, 'So...is this the final album?' to which Biebs replied, 'Oh hell no', in which the audience laughed.
After some more questions, and a commercial break Fallon returned to his little skits and catching up with the news. Then as the end of the show came, he said 'Let's welcome back out Justin Bieber....closing the show with the new single in stores now, 'Memphis'. Justin came out, and this time he performed the song with Fallon's band that performs between commercial breaks, The Roots. They were at their instruments while Bieber was singing, it was a little acoustic, but it had a full out band -- so it was more of a normal performance. Justin's vocals were top-notch, and ofcourse the band added a new flavor. It'd been immediately named one of the best performances of the single yet, and much of the fans were pleased with the newly done instrumentals by The Roots. Justin's new album, 'The Collection & More' is in stores now -- pick up a copy at your local shopping centers. Tune in Late Night tomorrow as Justin sits down on The David Letterman Show, and George Lopez Show for more interviews regarding the new music.