If you’re still coming down from the excitement of watching a confused Barbra Streisand announcing Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs as Grammy’s Album of the Year in February, you’ll be equally thrilled by this news: Spike Jonze’s short film Scenes from the Suburbs , a collaboration with Arcade Fire , is now online. More details follow — including our list of other albums we’d like to see turned into movies.
‘We’re country kids, so we’re gonna make country albums,’ Alaina tells MTV News. By James Montgomery, with reporting by Rya Backer Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery Photo: MTV News On Wednesday, exactly a week since he was crowned an “American Idol” champion, Scotty McCreery told MTV News all about the plans for his debut album (and his thoughts on the whole “Country Bieber” thing, and it should probably come as no surprise to learn that he’s not planning on straying too far from his roots. “It’s gonna be a good ol’ country album,” McCreery said. “I like to have that old flavor in my music, but with a contemporary feel, so we’ll see where that leads me. I think it’ll a good little mix.” But, of course, it won’t just be McCreery releasing a post-“Idol” album: runner-up Lauren Alaina is already prepping her debut disc. And, if you watched the preternaturally perky belter during her time on the show, well, you can probably guess how her debut will sound. “We’re country kids, so we’re gonna make country albums,” she said. “I’m definitely going to have a country album, and if it crosses over, that would be great, but I like new, upbeat songs that people can dance to and sing along to, so, yeah, that’s where I’m headed, hopefully.” So for those keeping track, that’s two country albums coming your way soon. And, in keeping with grand “Idol” tradition, both McCreery and Alaina will begin work on their albums during the American Idols Live! Tour , a task, given their young ages, that would seem to be pretty daunting. But, as it turns out, they’ve actually gotten used to the grind; in fact, it started way back during their time in the ill-fated “Idol” mansion. “I write my own music, I really like to write,” Alaina said. “Scotty and I were actually writing a song together back when we were living in the mansion.” “We’re heading on tour and we’re going to be recording our albums when we’re out on tour, and it’s going to be a busy time,” McCreery added. “But we’re going to do our best to get the music out to you as soon as possible.” Get your “Idol” fix on MTV News’ “American Idol” page , where you’ll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.
Albums Date of release Chinese title English Title 2000 June 9 孫燕姿 Yan Zi (self-titled) 2000 December 9 我要的幸福 My Desired Happiness 2001 July 12 风箏/風筝 Kite 2002 January 5 自选集/自選集 Start 2002 May 21 离开 Leave 2003 January 10 未完成 To Be Continued… 2003 August 22 这一刻/這一刻 The Moment 2004 October 28 Stefanie Stefanie 2005 October 7 完美的一天 A Perfect Day 2006 September 26 My Story, Your Song 经典全纪录/經典全紀錄 My Story, Your Song 2007 March 22 逆光 Against the Light Awards and accolades Su
Discography * Albums 2001 – First debut album 《戀戀不捨 Lian Lian Bu She》 2006 – Second album 《一整片天空 Yi Zheng Pian Tian Kong》 2008 – Third album《有你真好You Ni Zhen Hao》 * Single 2003 – [千里之外] Qian Li Zhi Wai Career highlights Year Artistes Compositions 2009 “Ice Cream 4 U”, Charity Show Theme Song (Malaysia) 需要爱 – Xu Yao Ai Huang Ya Li, 黄雅丽 (One of the participants of Super Girl (contest)) 相愛的人都等在這地方 – Xiang Ai De Ren Dou Deng Zai Zhe Di Fang Nicholas Teo, 張棟樑 不要再聽他寫的歌了 – Bu Yao Zai Ting Ta
Profile for Yi Jet Qi Chinese name 易桀齊 (Traditional) Chinese name 易桀齐 (Simplified) Pinyin Yi1 Jie2 Qi2 (Mandarin) Born April 14, 1972 (1972-04-14) (age 38) Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia Other name(s) Yi Qi 易齊 (Traditional) 易齐 (Simplified) Yi1 Qi2 (Mandarin) Occupation Singer Song Writer Years active 1999–present Yi Jet Qi (Simplified Chinese : 易桀齐 Traditional Chinese : 易桀齊) is a Malaysian Chinese singer songwriter. Born on 14 April 1972, Jet Yi or Jet (as he is also commonly known) hails from
Lady Antebellum, Arcade Fire, Bruno Mars also ranked high on e-commerce retailer’s charts. By Jayson Rodriguez Katy Perry in “California Gurls” Photo: Capitol Hip-hop ranked high on Amazon’s best-selling singles list for 2010, with Eminem and Nelly notching top spots, while country music reigned supreme on the best-selling albums list as Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum took the top two positions. Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg took the top spot on the singles list. Rihanna appears on that list twice, as a collaborator on Em’s “Love the Way You Lie,” which landed at #2 behind Perry, and with “Only Girl (In the World),” which came in at #7. Bruno Mars (“Just the Way You Are”), Nelly (“Just a Dream”) and Enrique Iglesias (“I Like It,” featuring Pitbull) round out the top 5 singles list. The e-commerce retailer released its year-end list of the top 20 best-selling music albums and singles for the sixth consecutive year. Grammy contenders Taylor Swift ( Speak Now ) and Lady Antebellum ( Need You Now ) were the top two sellers on the albums list. Arcade Fire ( The Suburbs ), Susan Boyle ( The Gift ) and Eminem ( Recovery ) complete the top five. Earlier this week, iTunes also released its year-end list : Em topped the albums list with Recovery and Train topped the singles list with “Hey Soul Sister.” The Detroit MC certainly had a good 2010. He was named in October, and his “Love the Way You Lie” was named the #9 song of the year in our list of the top 25 songs of 2010. Related Photos The Evolution Of: Eminem Concept Art For Katy Perry’s ‘California Gurls’ The Evolution Of: Katy Perry Related Artists Katy Perry Eminem Taylor Swift
MTV UK Lady GaGa celebrates her birthday at Number One NME.com Lady GaGa has scored a second week at Number One in the UK singles chart but Boyzone have beaten her off to reclaim the top spot in the albums chart. The star, who celebrates her 24th birthday today (March 28), remains at the summit with ‘Telephone’, … Lady Gaga stays at number one in UK singles chart BBC News Lady Gaga: ‘Telephone’ Video Is ‘Groundbreaking’ RTT News Boyzone reclaims top spot in album charts Reuters UK Gigwise Continue reading →
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous has committed suicide, his publicist confirms to Rolling Stone. Best known for his acclaimed work with Sparklehorse, who released four albums of imaginative ambient psych-folk, Linkous also produced Daniel Johnston’s 2003 album 'Fear Yourself' and collaborated with Danger Mouse on 'Dark Night of the Soul'. Sad. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/03/06/sparklehorses-mark-li… added by: wiredbirds
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/200… NPR's Jacob Ganz takes a microscope to Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s list to tell a story about the evolution of the website from trendy discovery engine to indie-band kingmaker.
