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Tournament: Create a Label 7 | Taylor/Zenny at #1
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Eh, I've only done 2 articles again... to do 18 rushed articles or flop this week. **** work drama.
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VEVO Go-Show: Zendaya
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Zendaya's brand new single Broke a Heart or Two, which was produced by the collaborative team of Hit-Boy and Roccstar, is currently on the verge of conquering the world as it is becoming one of the biggest hits to be released this month - with all of the promotion that it is getting right now, the song is predicted to sell over 400,000 copies this week if Zendaya manages to finish up her promotional tour, and it could become Zendaya's biggest hit to date and pass Gunshots in terms of impact and success. But let's not get ahead of ourselves with all this predicting thing, because Zendaya might not be able to finish up her promotional tour if something happens, for example, she gets sick and the rest of her promotional tour will get cancelled. But that wouldn't make a lot of impact though, since Zendaya has to only appear on three more shows, including BET Awards, and that could hurt the sales, but not significantly. Even if Zendaya would cancel her promotional tour, Broke a Heart or Two would still get promoted as various videos of Zendaya giving interviews and doing stuff like that appear on YouTube every single day. And today, VEVO uploaded a Go-Show new video, and the latest artist who agreed to shoot a VEVO Go-Show type of performance is Zendaya, whose video VEVO uploaded onto their official YouTube channel earlier today. In the video, Zendaya explains why she agreed to do the VEVO Go-Show: "I just love surprising people, even if it is just a birthday surprise or something like that. I love their reactions, because when they get something they didn't expect but they honestly love, they're shocked, they're surprised and I love those type of reactions because they seem to be honest, and not fake. When you expect something, then there is no excitement, honestly, and you often have to fake your reaction, but when it's a surprise... It is a huge deal, then." Zendaya and her guitarist Thomas went to a Starbucks shop in New York, just casually without letting anyone know she's going to be there, as she just entered the shop with her guitarist, ordered a coffee, sat on one of those high chairs with her guitarist sitting down somewhere next to her, as they just started performing Broke a Heart or Two. Once Zendaya stepped into the coffee shop, a few girls immediately recognized her and huge smiles appeared across their faces, but when Zendaya actually started performing the song, the whole coffee shop turned around to take a look at who is randomly performing in the coffee shop, and almost all of them recognized the actress, singer and songwriter Zendaya Coleman. They obviously started cheering then and gathered around Zendaya without interrupting her performance, as they wanted all to become part of this performance. Zendaya performed the acoustic version of Broke a Heart or Two, which sounded much more chilled back and more indie, folk than the original version which is straight up R&B, but most of the people in the coffee shop recognized the song and sang along or whispered along to. They didn't scream or go over the top, because they understood it's an acoustic performance, and it's just weird when some random people start screaming and shouting during this type of performance that is super queit, intimate and simple. After the performance of Broke a Heart or Two, Zendaya greeted her fans and hugged them, talked with them and agreed to take pictures with them, and when she was about to leave the coffee shop, people started asking her to perform some more songs, so Zendaya agreed to perform another one, which was Gunshots. "I'm sorry if this sounds a little bit weird or unrehearsed, because we didn't rehearse this one and Taylor isn't here as well to perform the song with me, so excuse me if it sounds a little bit different, as I already forgot how to perform this song. I think the last time I performed this song acoustically was back in June, am I right? Anyways, this is Gunshots. The acoustic, stripped down and laid back version." The performance of Gunshots was nice as well, although it did sound different without Taylor's smooth voice singing over the bridge and chorus, but Zendaya did a great job with this performance as it was really nice and intimate. And cool. Very cool.
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Zendaya on America's Got Talent
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Zendaya is a one busy girl who disagrees to rest until she achieves the exact she wants. For example, Zendaya wants that her new single Broke a Heart or Two would chart high on the charts, and once she decides what exactly she wants, she goes for it with everything she can. And the same thing is happening right now - just because Zendaya wants her new Hit-Boy and RoccStar produced single to perform good on the charts that should come out on Sunday or Monday, she is now rushing herself and promoting her song everywhere she goes, including various television shows and many different events. And if she lacks of sleep and rest, she never stops until she succeeds and achieves the thing that she wants. For example, even though Zendaya today is probably really sleepy and tired of it all after a long week of promoting, but she is still holding her head up high as she appeared on yet another television show, and this time, the competition where America gets to pick the most talented people from the country - America's Got Talent. Zendaya appeared on the show to promote her brand new single Broke a Heart or Two by performing it for the audience that was watching the show in the venue, and the viewers who were watching the show at home on television. For her appearance on the one of the most watched television shows in American TV history Zendaya dressed up quite unusual outfit that made her appear quite more... sexy and more grown up than usually. Rocking a short bob cut, Zendaya appeared much more older than she actually is and she looked like this really sexy but at the same time smart business woman, that she actually is. And the white tank top and tight leopard pattern printed skirt made her look sexy and hot, yet appropriate and classy at the same time, which is hard to achieve these days I guess, because most of the young girls and young adults try to mix two things - sexiness and classiness, but it just does not work out all the time as they end up looking like some street walkers or whatever. But Zendaya is definitely not that type of case as she perfectly pulled off this outfit and looked like a true goddess with longs legs exposed. Also, with the outfit, Zendaya chose to wear her all time favorite white Louboutin shoes that completed this whole sexy accountant look. For her make up, Zendaya decided to wear something dark, but at the same time not that heavy, as she rocked a dark plum slashed burgundy lip color, and a bit of eyeshadow with eyeliner that made her bright brown eyes pop out even more and appear more darker and brighter than they actually are. Overall, Zendaya served some fire with this outfit as she was unrecognizable because of the beautiful wig that she rocked. Or maybe she actually cut her hair? Nobody knows. Anyways, let's move on from that. So, Nick Cannon, who is the host of America's Got Talent, was really nice when it came to introducing Zendaya to the audience: "She's the next big sensation in R&B, who has been compared to the biggest and most known R&B stars like Aaliyah, Beyonce, Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige. Performing her Top 3 hit single Broke a Heart or Two, which was produced by the hitmakers Hit-Boy and RoccStar, please welcome, the lovely, the beautiful, Zendaya!" Zendaya was already standing on the stage infront of a microphone that was placed in the middle of it, ready to sing the song. Right next to her, there was her guitarist sitting down on a chair with an acoustic guitar in his hands, ready to play the song. It was obvious that they duo will perform Broke a Heart or Two's acoustic stripped down and laid back version. Although the performance was kind of boring, but it was nice, still, as Zendaya more focused on her vocals instead of dancing and doing all that and served good vocals, even managed to hit few high and whistle notes here and there, and held few notes longer than from six to nine seconds, which is a huge accomplishment for Zendaya, since she is kind of known for having an average and mediocre voice. But still, it was a beautiful performance, and it's not surprising when after this performance, Broke a Heart or Two topped the American iTunes for an hour.
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NewNowNext Awards
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Cara Delevingne has been awarded many different awards at various ceremonies in the past few weeks and performed at many of them as well, but today, Cara stopped by the NewNowNext Awards aired on LOGO tv. Wearing a very short see through sheer John Galliano dress with a dark red leotard underneath it and knee length dark red boots, Cara walked on the red carpet looking fierce and beautiful. After winning awards such as 'Best Female Artist', 'Song of The Year' for 'Honey' and 'Best Female Album' for 'Distant Horizon, Cara presented the Best Hip/Hop album category.
Her performance was the opening performance of the show and Cara sang her last single 'Honey'. The performance started by showing Cara tied to a leather luxurious chair along with many dancers all around it, which sort of reminded viewers of Fifty Shades of Grey, which is released n February 14 and which will get a soundtrack created by Cara Delevingne herself. While the song's intro started, Cara started doing a few moves with her head before looking right at the crowd and singing the first few lines of the song, while the dancers started dancing the choreography. The choreography started getting more and more complicated as the song went on and Cara started to make impressive dance moves during the chorus, when she started dancing around while still being attached to the leather chair. As the hook started, a dancer 'liberated' Cara by detaching the ropes and suddenly Tinashe's verse from the single's remix which features Tinashe started and Tinashe appeared on stage while Cara and her dancers were all dancing around Tinashe. When she finished her verse, Tinashe joined the dancers in the choreography as Cara was back at the center of the stage. After a few times repeating the choruses and ending the song, Cara and Tinashe ended the performance were sitting back to back on the luxurious chair and were looking at the crowd.
The performance was then uploaded to Cara's VEVO and Youtube account and started getting great numbers of views for the video which helped the song's streaming. After the performance, Cara sat down for the rest of the show, changing outfits every now and then, presented and then went to the press room and wore a beautiful long Alexander McQueen dress from their Pre-Fall 2012 collection. She answered a few questions asked by the paparazzi and the press which were then also uplaoded to various websites as interviews and Cara left the awards wearing a Armani dress, along with Kendal Jenner her girlfriend, who was wearing a pale green short dress with various golden accessories and golden heels. Cara Delevingne's single 'Honey' is now available along with various remixes for it which can be found on 2 Remixes EP, including collaborations with Tinashe, Stromae, Rita Ora and Azealia Banks. 'Honey' is featured along with the smash platinum hit single 'La Belle' on Cara's sophomore album which was released a few weeks ago 'Distant Horizon' which was also certified platinum last week.
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Just generally putting it out there before someone else snatches it up really.
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Earlier this week, M.I.A. announced her 'INFINITY WORLD TOUR' and tickets for each date went on sale immediately. With the album smashing globally thanks to the universal music, as well as the digital market takeover- M.I.A. is set to embark on more countries and larger venues than ever before in her career. With the tour starting Valentine's Day, and ending about a month later- M.I.A. looks to embark on a massive musical event. Having prepared for this tour for months, an unforgettable show is promised.
February 14th /// New York, New York, United States
February 16th /// Los Angeles, California, United States
February 17th /// Chicago, Illinois, United States
February 19th /// Atlanta, Georgia, United States
February 20th /// Toronto, Canada
February 22nd /// Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
February 23rd /// Buenos Aires, Argentina
February 24th /// Nassau, The Bahamas
February 26th /// London, United Kingdom
February 28th /// London, United Kingdom
March 2nd /// Dublin, Ireland
March 4th /// Barcelona, Spain
March 5th /// Berlin, Germany
March 8th /// Sydney, Australia
March 9th /// Bollywood, India
March 10th /// Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
March 14th /// Hong Kong, China
March 15th /// Tokyo, Japan
March 16th /// Tokyo, Japan
March 19th /// Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Lady Gaga on The Wendy Williams Show
Lady Gaga appeared on today’s episode of Wendy Williams’ BET talk show to talk about her collaboration with the queen of pop herself, Madonna on “PARTYNAUSEOUS” but it ended up being one massive SHADE battle.
Wendy: Please welcome Lady Gaga!
*crowd goes wild as Gaga arrives in a black and white outfit and is greeted by Wendy. She sits down*
Wendy: Hello, how are you?
Gaga: I’m feeling great, how are you darling?
Wendy: I’m very excited that you’re here! Can we get some shoe cam on this? Who are you wearing?
Gaga: These little heels are Gucci, just a simple black stiletto moment.
Wendy: “Simple”? You look a million dollars!
Gaga: Thank you, you look… about a thousand *takes sip of water*
Wendy: Well, uh… thank you? Anyway, you’ve been out doing non-stop press for your new single with Madonna, “PARTYNAUSEOUS”. The video is phenomenal by the way.
Gaga: Thank you.
Wendy: Where is she at the moment?
Gaga: *shrugs* I guess she just had better places to be.
Wendy: …Right. And you recently announced that your new album will be called “Decair”, which will be you’re 5th studio album now after “ARTPOP”.
Gaga: Oh, you mean “ARTFLOP”?
Wendy: You know what?
Gaga: Mhmm?
Wendy: I’m sensing a very negative energy from you right now, Gaga.
Gaga: *laughs* You’re damn right.
Wendy: But, why is that? What have I done? I haven’t done anything right? *to studio audience*
*audience applauds Wendy*
Gaga: Oooh! Can I get a man to clap at the audience to tell them when to applaud or boo? Listen, Wendy. I have places to be so let me just make this real quick. I serve quality to the world through my art and music, a lot like other artists that you attempt to throw shade at and the people whose personal lives you try to expose, which you also don’t have any business discussing. You don’t bring any quality to anything, you bring trash. You’re putting a bad name on women by day in and day out gossiping on live television, poking your nose into other people’s business and generally being a bitch. Maybe you should worry about your own stuff because you’re a tragedy of a human being, as well as a woman. Ugh, repulsive.
*Gaga storms off the set*
Wendy: Well… the next guest on MY show-
*audience applauds Wendy*
Wendy was forced to introduce the next guest early after Gaga gave her a brutal dragging and left the set. Reportedly, the “PARTYNAUSEOUS” hitmaker urinated in Wendy’s dressing room trash can and broke the mirror inside there too.
“PARTYNAUSEOUS” is available on
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Typing up some articles for next week 
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Charli XCX at the NewNowNext Awards
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Just like her fellow label mate Cara Delevingne, Charlotte AItchison more known as Charli XCX attended the NewNowNext Awards wearing a beautiful Jean-Paul Gautier gown for her red carpet appearance and having her hair up in a ponytail. Charli XCX performed her single 'Sucker' during the award show which also is her highest charting single so far reaching the 7th spot on the charts after a heavy promotional week last week which also marked the release of her brand new sophomore album titled 'SUCKER' and which reached the top 8 of the album charts, which was an impressive deed for an artist like Charli.
She performed 'Sucker' wearing a beautiful black leather leotard with long sleeved with a red belt around her waist. The performance was energetic just like most of Charli's performance in the past few weeks and the song went right back to the US ITunes top 10 and reached the top 5 in various itunes charts around the world following the performance. Her label. Variety Records, also uploaded the video of her performance to Charli's official youtube account 'OfficialCharliXCX'.
Charli XCX's brand new single is featured along with the other hit singles 'Boom Clap' and 'Break The Rules' on the album 'SUCKER'.
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I'm doing Charli wrong
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Not even a cute pic
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Don't worry about whatever I "reserved", I suddenly got lazy and I'm sending in my list rn
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I still have to write four more articles, including the video.
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Lemme send in my 11 article promo list.
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dropping m.i.a. as well as clare. it's clear that i can only do somewhat well with only one artist so i'll just go back to céline this week.
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Lady Gaga on The TODAY Show
Lady Gaga appeared on The TODAY Show to make an exclusive announcement – that she now has her own MAC makeup collection.
Host: But right now we have Lady Gaga in the studio with us, hello.
Gaga: Good morning, thank you for having me today.
Host: It’s definitely a pleasure to have such a superstar on the show today. Now, you’ve recently collaborated with the queen of pop herself, Madonna.
Gaga: Yes, I have.
Host: Let’s take a look at the video for “PARTYNAUSEOUS”
*plays clip of PARTYNAUSEOUS M/V*
Host: You both look very glamorous there. Now you’re here today to make a special and exclusive announcement.
Gaga: Yes. In collaboration with MAC makeup, I am releasing my own line of cosmetics.
Host: Congratulations! And the line is called “Decair”. Explain why you decided to call it that.
Gaga: Well, decair is Portuguese-French for the word “decay”, and it’s also the name of my new album. And this is just the parte une for the line, this is light on the surface but there’s something much darker and personal on the inside. That doesn’t mean dark as in gothic or deadly necessarily, I think decay can be positive and symbolizes rebirth and a re-genesis, that was what I was going for with the colours and the concept.
Host: That sounds fantastic! Let’s take a look at the promotional spot for the line.
*premieres promotional ad which includes the chorus for "Burqa"*
Host: You looked ravishing! I’m definitely going to be purchasing this I think.
Gaga: Well, that’s great to here! Thank you.
Host: And here we have two MAC makeup artists, Summer and Brooke.
Makeup Artists: Hello.
Host: Welcome! And they are going to preview the new products on me right now, so I’m a little nervous.
Gaga: *laughs*
The appearance continued with Gaga showing the camera the eye palettes and powders as well as the lipsticks included in the line and the makeup artists gave the host a “decair” make-over.
 
“PARTYNAUSEOUS” is available on
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dropping m.i.a. as well as clare. it's clear that i can only do somewhat well with only one artist so i'll just go back to céline this week. |
So you won't do SNL today? If so, then I'm snatching today's episode.
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yeah i'm not doing it- i don't think robbie allowed it anyways.
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Sucker Tour Day #4 01/18/15 - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, US
Tour Article [180 Words]
Charli XCX performed the third date of the Sucker world tour at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in front of a crowd of over 93 thousand people. The concert was amazing as everyone in the crowd jumped with Charli throughout the show due to Charli and her infectious songs, her energy, her attitude and the show overall which was a big mix of basic op performances with some punk thrown in, a lot of pink and candy shot at the crowd along with confetti. Charli's performance was praised by critics and fans alike.
1. Sucker
2. I Love It
3. Cloud Aura/So Far Away
4. Die Tonight
5. Rollercoaster
6. Break The Rules
7. Body of My Own
8. Famous
9. Money (That's What I Want)
10. Boom Clap
11. Gold Coins
12. Hanging Around
13. London Queen
14. Doing It
15. Caught in the Middle
16. Stay Away
17. You (Ha Ha Ha)
18. Breaking Up
19. You're The One
20. Take My Hand
21. Lock You Up
22. Need Your Love
23. Nuclear Seasons
24. Grins
25. SuperLove
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