Lil Wayne released the official cover for The Carter IV, his upcoming album set to (hopefully) hit shelves in June 2011. Piggybacking off of his The Carter III album, instead of a baby Wayne, this cover features a slightly older adolescent Wayne covered in updated tattoos, wearing a graduation cap and gown.
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Thursday 21 April 2011
lovebug MUSIC: lil wayne released the front cover of his next album .
lil wayne released the art work of his next album the carter iv.
lovebug MUSIC: Celebs get Festival at Coachella Music Festival
Katy Perry, Alexa Chung, Emma Roberts, Kelly Osbourne, Ashley Greene and Nicky Hilton – the LA fashion pack were out in full force as Coachella Music Festival 2011 kicked off festival season. Styled up to the nines, Paris Hilton stepped out in top-to-toe monochrome, while sister Nicky Hilton went boho in turquoise tie-dye – that Balenciaga bag wouldn’t last five minutes at Glastonbury! Proving redheads have just as much fun, Rihanna got cosy with Usher.
Fab times.
lovebug MUSIC: Rihanna performed 'carlifornia king bed' on American Idol
Rihanna performed her single “California King Bed” on American Idol Thursday night.
The “S&M” singer who shared the stage with Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean, received a standing ovation from the judges.
Rihanna also revealed some exiting news about her upcoming tour — fans will get closer than ever, as special seating areas are being built into the stage.
“We’ve designed the stage and we have two sections on the stage where fans can actually be in the show and on the stage, closer than they’ve ever been,” she said. “It’s real VIP.”
Rihanna also confirmed that former Idol judge Simon Cowell had offered to make her a judge on his new Idol-like show “X-Factor.” But she said she was forced to turn it down because of a busy schedule.
Watch Rihanna perform “California King Bed” on American Idol below.
lovebug MUSIC: Rihanna scores 10th number 1 single on Billboard hot 100
Rihanna has scored yet another #1 single on Billboard Hot 100, S&M single going to the number one spot has ensured that she now has accomplished 10 number1 singles on the chart. Congrats RihRih
“Rihanna’s tenth #1 single is a monumental accomplishment and a testament to her incredible artistry,” said Steve Bartels, President and COO of the Island Def Jam Music Group. “This was a truly collaborative and creative effort, spearheaded by Rihanna’s tireless work and aided in no small part by the incredible Britney Spears and her team. I am extremely proud of Rihanna, her ongoing dominance on the charts, and the entire IDJ team who worked so diligently to bring this one home.”
Rihanna’s “S&M” rises 2-1 on the Billboard Hot 100 to be released tomorrow (Apr. 21) on Billboard.com, granting the singer her 10th No. 1 on the survey and ownership of a pair of historic chart records.
Rihanna bests the five-year, four-month span between current Island Def Jam labelmate Mariah Carey‘s first (“Vision of Love,” Aug. 4, 1990) and 10th (“One Sweet Day,” Dec. 2, 1995) toppers to complete the quickest sprint to 10 Hot 100 No. 1s among solo artists. (Carey collected the first 15 of her 18 career No. 1s while signed to Columbia Records).
Among all acts, Rihanna trails only the Beatles (one year, eight months and one week) and the Supremes (two years, eight months and three weeks) for the fastest accumulation of 10 Hot 100 No. 1s.
Rihanna is additionally the youngest artist to notch 10 No. 1s in the Hot 100′s archives. At 23 years, two months and one week, Rihanna (born Feb. 20, 1988) eclipses the mark established by Carey, who was 25 years, eight months and one week old when she tallied her 10th Hot 100 leader.
Having first reigned atop the Hot 100 the week of May 13, 2006, with “SOS,” Rihanna logs the shortest span between a solo artist’s first and 10th No. 1s in the chart’s 52-year history, a stretch of four years, 11 months and two weeks. (This week’s charts are dated Apr. 30, 2011).
Rihanna is just the ninth artist to total at least 10 Hot 100 No. 1s and the fifth solo female, following Carey (18), Madonna (12), Whitney Houston (11) and Janet Jackson (10). (The Beatles lead all acts with 20 career No. 1s; Michael Jackson has the most (13) among solo males. In addition to the Supremes (12), Stevie Wonder (10) is the other act with at least 10 Hot 100 leaders).
“S&M” ascends to the Hot 100′s summit fueled by the first full week of digital sales for the song’s “Rih-mix” featuring Britney Spears. All versions of the song, which claims the Hot 100′s Digital Gainer award and becomes Rihanna’s record-extending 10th No. 1 on Digital Songs, sold a combined 293,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, a 108% increase over last week. The Spears-assisted version of the track accounted for 66% of the song’s overall weekly digital sum.
“S&M” spends a third week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (124 million audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS).
Now listed as featured artist on “S&M,” Spears earns her fifth Hot 100 No. 1 and second this year, following her own “Hold It Against Me” in January. She had previously reigned with her debut single “…Baby One More Time” in 1999 and returned to the summit with “Womanizer” (2008) and “3″ (2009).
“S&M” displaces Katy Perry’s “E.T.,” featuring Kanye West (No. 2), after three weeks atop the Hot 100. Although the song’s airplay continues to build, as it spends a second week at No. 2 on Radio Songs (122 million in audience, up 13%), securing the Hot 100′s Airplay Gainer nod, its digital sales decline by 12% to 284,000.
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