Life After Vegas

The Canadian diva is back with a brand new album fresh out of her recent Glam-rock effort 'Taking Chances'.

In that album, as its name suggests, is a leap away from her usual balladry. The vocals were as astounding as ever but she's taking a jab at the manic scream fest of true blue rockers to much effect.

Fresh out of her hectic 2-year stint at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, she's taking things a little easier this time round.

Here, in her latest greatest hits release,

'My Love: Essential Collection/ Ultimate EC (Double disc special edition)'

, much like rival diva Mariah Carey's 'Mariah: The Ballads' which was launched at exactly the same time, brings her fans and naysayers back to her roots.

Unlike her previous greatest hits compilations, which often seemed mashed together indecisively, this time round, one could tell that much time and effort was put into selecting a wider repertoire of songs which better represent her impressive body of work, with the special edition 'ultimate-version' even respecting the inputs of her fans and their favourites.

But like any true super star with too many great hits in their careers, there will always be tracks sorely missing from the line-up.

But unlike mere pop stars which come and go by the dozens, here is a titan which will forever be remembered no matter the circumstance.

So, as mentioned earlier on, any exercise like this, launching one too many greatest hits once too often, is but to gratify the insatiable thirst of the rabid fans who will lap up anything these celestial beings of Pop churn up, even if they've already had in their collections , the same ole songs ten times over.

Yes, indeed, an album like 'My Love' is but to keep Miss Dion's coffers real healthy (private jets don't come cheap you know)and just serves as a 'gentle' reminder of who's Queen.

The type of music, histrionics, lyrical phrasing and vocal power-ups unheard of these days.

The type of music and blatant display of power head tones that made her, Whitney and Mariah, the Divas of all time.

Every young starlet out there can only gasp in wonder.

Much like when they were growing up listening to them.

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Everybody wants to become a Butterfly

Mariah's Latest to continue her fight for chart dominance against the Britney, Beyonce and Rihanna crowd: 'Mariah: The Ballads'


As she nears the Big 4-0, as she see's the increasing impossibilities of toppling the Beatles from their throne and witnessing the manic competitiveness of younger starlets like Beyonce, Britney and Rihanna gaining heat and ground; She goes back to her roots to remind people what she and only a few others in history were capable of doing really well and what made her really big.

Singing ballads with a souring and effortless voice of flawless technique and emotive melisma.

Let's face it, these days, the emulators of Whitney, Mariah and Celine, struggle to hit the same notes with the same effortless finesse.

Lee Ann Rimes, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce , Fergie , Leona Lewis, Alicia Keys , Nicole Scherzinger, Lara Fabian, Anastacia et al. You name it. They only prove that sheer lung power is not nearly enough to match the un paralleled charisma of lyrical phrasing and time-foresaken technique .

These days, the music business is tough.

CD sales are dropping and every star out there is overexposed by the sheer media frenzy that modern IT brings forth.

So, a CD is not good enough.
Make that double discs, special 'limited' edition versions, remix CDs and even a greatest hits compilation once every other year.

All speak of

the hard realties of an undying Superstar.

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Feel her Spirit

A girl this beautiful . With a graceful presence
and a voice with power and range that matches the Whitneys and Mariahs.

Now, you can't go wrong with that formula.

Winning the British version of American Idol was her big break.

Clive Davis , as her mentor and producer , was her bigger .

No over-singing just to prove that she can a.l.a Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Nicole Scherzinger.

She 's the new muse (apart from Alicia Keys) of music mogul-extraordinaire Mr. Davis, who's famous for shaping the career of all-time Diva Whitney Houston.


The note-scaling power antics are mandatory for any of Clive's girls.

But, so is subtlety and grace.

So, yes, Leona is lead well.

If , let's say, you haven't already heard her smash 'Bleeding Love' and grooved to Danja and proving the point that you're not likely from a lonely planet called Gia, yeah.

For a long time, there were the wannabes but never real successors to the Houstons , Careys and Dions.

Now here heralds.

Embrace this

Next Big Thing

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> Together with Amy Winehouse, Rihanna, Fergie and Duffy, me thinks, these girls are gonna be tomorrow's Divvvaaaas.
Oh Beyonce, please sit down...