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Katy Perry Rebounds From Breakup On ‘Wide Awake’ Single

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Singer set to appear on ‘MTV First’ Wednesday at 7:23 p.m. ET on MTV and premiere her video for ‘Part of Me.’ By Jocelyn Vena Katy Perry Photo: Niki Nikolova/ Getty Images Katy Perry is showing her soft side on the latest selection from her forthcoming Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection album, which drops March 26. The mid-tempo track, “Wide Awake,” reflects on coming down from the “high” of love. Slower-paced than her first Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection single, “Part of Me,” “Wide Awake” is less about the kiss-off and more about the sadness that settles in after a love affair ends. Given that Katy recently went through a breakup with her husband, Russell Brand, the lyrics certainly seem relevant to her life. But since “Part of Me” and another Complete Confection track, “Dressin’ Up,” were recorded long before this re-release, it’s hard to tell whether the comedian is actually the intended target. Co-written by Bonnie McKee, the reflective track has Perry singing, “Thunder rumbling/ Castles crumbling/ I’m trying to hold on/ God knows that I tried/ Seeing the bright side/ I’m not blind anymore.” “I’m working with Katy and it’s great,” McKee told MTV News. “I’m really excited and I think everyone is going to really relate to and love what she’s doing next. It’s kind of a departure from what she’s been doing in the past. We are a great team when we write together because we don’t let each other settle; every single line is a philosophical debate. “She’s going through some major life changes,” McKee added. “So it’s not all about bubble gum and fun. It’s real and it’s deep and she has a lot to say. So I think people are anxious to hear it.” Perry is set to open up about The Complete Confection during “MTV First: Katy Perry” on Wednesday, March 21, at 7:23 p.m. ET on MTV. The singer will also premiere her highly anticipated video for “Part of Me” Wednesday, followed by a 30-minute interview with MTV News’ James Montgomery on MTV.com. Related Videos Get Ready For MTV First: Katy Perry MTV News Extended Play: Katy Perry Related Photos The Evolution Of: Katy Perry Related Artists Katy Perry

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Adele Passes Pink Floyd On List Of Best-Selling British Albums

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21 has moved past Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon to take #7 spot on the list. By Gil Kaufman Adele’s 21 Photo: Columbia Records Adele just keeps rolling up records. The singer’s sophomore album, 21, may finally have lost its perch at the top of the U.S. albums chart, but its continued strong sales in England have helped catapult it above one of the all-time greats on the list of the U.K.’s best-selling albums in history. According to the Official Charts Company , after recently moving ahead of Michael Jackson’s Bad, Adele scooted up another notch on the U.K. list when 21 jumped up to #7, passing Pink Floyd’s 1973 prog rock masterpiece, The Dark Side of the Moon. To date, 21 has sold 4.14 million copies in the U.K., putting it within spitting distance of the #6 album, Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms, which is just 12,000 copies ahead. Adele is moving units so fast that the Official Charts Company speculated that she could overtake Straits by week’s end. At that point, though, she could run into some trouble challenging the top five sellers, which have remained virtually untouchable for more than a decade. Queen’s Greatest Hits, which has sold 5.83 million, is #1 on the list, with the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band just behind at #2 with sales of 5.04 million. At#3 is Abba’s Gold (4.99 million), followed by Oasis’ (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (4.52 million) and Jackson’s Thriller (4.27 million). NME reported that Adele’s 21 and her debut, 19, also helped British artists snag their biggest share of U.S. album sales in a decade. With combined sales of more than 6.65 million, Adele, along with Mumford and Sons (1.4 million), and several others helped account for an 11.7 percent share of all albums sold in the U.S. in 2011. Also helping to goose that figure were albums by Coldplay and Florence and the Machine. Related Artists Adele Pink Floyd

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