Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, fun. lead Billboard Music Awards nominees

Taylor Swift, Maroon 5 and fun. lead the nominees at this year's Billboard Music Awards. The trio have all received 11 nominations for this year's awards ceremony, which will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 19. Swift and Maroon 5 are both nominated in the ...

Rihanna Was Original Choice For Fun.'s 'We Are Young'

Everyone has a wish list, even Grammy-winning rock superstars. So, who was on Fun.'s pie-in-the-sky lineup when they were casting about for a female voice for their Grammy-winning smash "We Are Young"?


Rihanna, and it almost happened. "They said, 'who can we get? And I said, 'let's get Rihanna,'" explained the song's producer, Jeff Bhasker, who joined the trio's members on stage on Sunday to scoop up the Song of the Year
 honor. It might have seemed like a brash call for a band who, at that point, had put ...

Grammys 2013: Winners List

I'm Very proud to say my predictions were right on the money! (60% of the time lol lets keep the 40%  inaccuracy a secret). Check Out the Winners Here

My Official Top 12 songs of 2012

The year brought with it a bevy of stand out records that one could listen to for a lifetime. Usually at this time in the new year, i like to reminisce about those particular songs that stopped me in my tracks or that grew on me as time went by. After lengthy raking of my brain in choosing the songs, here is my list of my best songs of 2012. enjoy 

Bruno Mars Makes move To No. 1 On Hot 100

Bruno Mars bounds to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, as "Locked Out of Heaven" rises 2-1 in its 10th week on the chart. The song displaces Rihanna's "Diamonds" after three weeks on top.
"Heaven" marks Mars' fourth Hot 100 topper since his arrival in 2010. His first entry, B.o.B's "Nothin' on You," on which Mars guested, began a two-week reign the week of May 1, 2010. His debut album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans," which reached No. 3 in a 112-week (and counting) run on the Billboard 200, yielded Mars two Hot 100 No. 1s as a lead artist: "Just the Way You Are" (four weeks, beginning Oct. 2, 2010) and follow-up "Grenade" (four weeks, starting Jan. 8, 2011).
How historic is Mars' accumulation of four Hot 100 No. 1s in a span of just two years, 10 months and one week, dating to the ...

ABMA (Afowzo's Birthday Music awards) WINNERS LIST

Its My Birthday and as i earlier promised, here are the winners that have had my ear for the past year! it was tough to pick but i feel the right people/songs/videos took the right trophies! check it out here

2012 American Music Awards: Nominations

To be frank, the nominations are not a clear representation of the great music that was released within the last year but ill let you be the judge of that. check it out here. The 40th annual American Music Awards are set to air live from the Nokia Theatre on November 18th.

Chris Brown's 'Fortune' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 [BILLBOARD]

Chris Brown earns his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as "Fortune" debuts atop the chart, selling 134,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. It follows his last release, and first No. 1, 2011's "F.A.M.E." That album launched atop the list with 270,000 -- more than double the start of "Fortune." Brown is the second R&B hitmaker in a month to ...

Fun. Reach No. 1, Bee Gees Rise on U.K. Charts

In a nailbiting finish, Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé kept bluesman Joe Bonamassa from a notable first U.K. No. 1 album, as the Official Charts Company's new sales data was unveiled Sunday (May 27). "We Are Young" (Fueled By Ramen) by fun. featuring Janelle Monae finally reached the singles chart summit, in its seventh week. Sandé's "Our Version of Events" (Virgin/EMI) climbed 3-1 for its third separate stint at the top, having debuted at No. 1 in February and returned there two weeks later. It's been in the top ten for all of its 15-week run. It finally nudged past ...

Carrie Underwood's 'Blown Away' Nabs Second Week at No. 1

Carrie Underwood holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart a second week with "Blown Away," selling another 120,000 copies (down 55% according to Nielsen SoundScan). It's Underwood's third No. 1 album, but first to spend more than a week at the top.
With the Mother's Day holiday falling on ...

Carrie Underwood Lands a No1 Album for Country Music [BILLBOARD]

Carrie Underwood easily trounces the competition this week as her fourth album, "Blown Away," debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 267,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It's the best sales week for a country album since the chart dated Oct. 1, 2011, when Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night" bowed atop the list with ...