Guetta : Beyonce's Worst Nightmare

These days, Beyonce has a lot of worrying to do.

She's still as big as her booty. ( Her ambition for world domination is even bigger)



Well, out-singing and out-dancing every girl on the planet got her the best of the first decade of this millenium.

So who would have thought that at the turn of 2010,

she sees her reign on shaky ground, not from another starlet ( although she does need to worry over a certain strange lady alien called Gaga.) , but from a DJ-cum-producer David Guetta.

A scruffy beach-surfer-like-dude who happens to spin records quite rather well.

Before fans and folks alike start to scream "WTF?! Who's That Chick?"

Let me clear the air for those who love music but are still on another planet ( probably the same one that Gaga came from) .


The DJ-of-The-moment : David Guetta

David Guetta is single handedly responsible for producing and mixing for Kelly Rowland, that poor girl from Destiny's Child who couldn't grow up and out of Miss B's shadows.

Until , of course, Guetta's Love Took Over and became her new Commander.




Now , we all know the other chart-topping chocolate-beauty that is Rihanna. She who brought her island-sound and made it 'Ella' hot. Setting the dance floors all over on fire with that robotic voice.

She was already ballooning before Guetta.

But a swtich from coconut-sweet to Coco Chanel-edgy and collaborating with Guetta not only extended her 5-minutes-of-fame ( let's be honest here, she ain't exactly the bext singer around even if she looks like Dionne Warwick or Whitney Houston) but allowed her to not just breathe down Miss B's neck over the last few years, but to literally surge pass her to trample all over with more #1-hits. (9 to be exact. Tying her with Janet Jackson and only behind Whitney ,Madonna and Mariah.)

Indeed, Guetta had made her The Only Girl in the world right now to triumph Beyonce. ( Gaga and Xtina A still have some way to go and Janet ought to be panicking that she ain't really 'The Best' while Whitney and Madonna should start to worry next and Mariah getting bored and lonely way up at the top, still.)



Kelly is readying her ammunition while Rihanna is red-hot.
Thanks to Guetta.

Yes Sasha, you ought to be saying out-loud now ' I Am ..... Scared."

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The Next Best Superstar

As 2010 looms ahead and signal that we're soon to exit the first decade of the new millennium, looking back at how the industry had evolved into an unpredictable, volatile and insanely competitive environment where marketing hype and packaging almost outshines talent, we look ahead and wonder who's gonna make it or break it in the NEXT decade.

The Top 5 Music artistes to look out for in the Next Decade.

1) Whitney Houston: After a 7-year absence, she’s back on top. What’s next on her cards to prove to the newer generation on what talent and diva-licious really mean and what does she still have in her?

2) Lady Gaga: She’s edgy and ground breaking in both her style and music and it’s to no one’s surprise that she’s likely the biggest star on the charts for the next decade. Or will she? Is she fucking crazy? Or fucking fabulous?

3) Shakira: How will the world be even more convinced of this multi-talented chanteuse?

4) Madonna: She’s celebrated her reign as Queen of Pop longer than anyone, what’s the next decade gonna be like for the Mother of Reinvention now that she’s left Warner Music, the very label that made her?

5) Susan Boyle: She’s the single biggest story of rags to riches, talent above all else. Her massive album sales says it all. Perhaps she’ll lead the way for a new generation with a genuine appreciation for talent, rather than looks and packaging?

Over-stayers Alert:

Britney, Rihanna, Beyonce and Mariah will still be around, though the fatigue the public has of them is getting as obvious as their shrinking creative space.

On that note, will Mariah finally bulldoze her way pass Elvis and The Beatles as the artiste with the most #1-hits on the Bill Board charts, given her sleepy release of her recent ‘Memoirs’ album which is indeed imperfect?





What’s next for these?

>What’s next for Janet who’s just launched her penultimate greatest hits and who now remains the only viable member of the Jackson clan on the charts?

When in fact, her recent songs are not making the waves like they used to simply because she cannot sing like Whitney or Mariah, not is as media savvy as Madonna nor deemed as hot as Britney and Beyonce?

>Will Lil Kim continue to reign as the Queen of Female Rap music? Is she making a comeback anytime?

>Will Kelly Clarkson remain the Queen of Idols?

>Will Alicia Keys and Leona Lewis indeed become the new ‘Whitneys’ for Clive Davis?

>Will Norah Jones continue to lead the way for the new generation of female Jazz vocalists?

>Will The Wonder Girls truly break into the International market next year? Or will they just be a one-hit wonder?


>Will Nicole Scherzinger finally get her (successful) solo break from The Pussy Cat Dolls?

>How will Vanessa Mae continue to redefine classical-pop music like she had for the most part of the last 2 decades?

>Will Ciara’s music career sink further into the abyss in the next decade?

>How will Jordin Sparks, Alessandra Burke and Keri Hilson define themselves more distinctly to finally earn the recognition they deserve?

> Will The Spice Girls make another comeback?

Q ... the stars are shining bright. Read the Signs.

Dance Doyens

Shakira coos about getting out of the closet and let the animal out.

Britney suggests strongly a menage trois or a full on mass orgy.

Ga Ga roars about forbidden romances.

Beyonce seduces with phone and video sex.

Madonna just wants to have a great time on the dance floor (and the after party action).


They've all rocked the dance charts.

But who's gonna be the ultimate show-down diva on the dance floor, this year end?

The Queens of the Charts

It is the time of the year again where the last crop of big music artists launch their albums in a bid to have a slice of the eagerly buying Christmas/ Year-end crowd.

Where songstresses are concerned, the fickle and bitchy music world is their playground as they pout, pose and belt to their loyal subject of fans.

Launching rocking singles, glossy videos and snooping the competition with massive publicity stunts, collabos and other strategic moves all in the name of fame; who ranks higher up the charts and is snitching more of the consumer's money (yes, these days its all about the sex and the money isn't it?) is their modus operandi.

So here is a rather comprehensive list of the Big Mamas of today's music charts.

If she ain't on it, she ain't hot.

Listed, though not in any order or merit, with their most recent efforts:

1) Whitney Houston (I Look to you)*
2) Beyonce (I am Sasha Fierce)*
3) Mariah Carey (Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel)
4) Madonna (Celebration)*
5) Lady Gaga (The Fame Monster)*
6) Britney Spears (Circus & The Singles Collection)*
7) Christina Aguilera (Keeps Getting Better)
8) Rihanna (Rated R)*
9) Ciara(Fantasy Ride)
10) Leona Lewis (Best Kept Secret & Echo)*
11) Shakira (She-Wolf)*
12) Janet Jackson (Number Ones)
13) Alicia Keys (As I am)
14) Norah Jones (The Fall)
15) Jordin Sparks (Battlefield)
16) Fergie ( The End ; with The Black Eyed Peas)
17) Nicole Scherzinger ( Doll Domination ; with The Pussy Cat Dolls)*


(Those with * are particularly splendid this year)

And please, no Miss Miley ok?

And certainly, not Michael Jackson, Elton John or Adam Lambert.

I know I could be lambasted by loyal fans for those Divaaaaasss who didn't make it in. Sorry and ... may not.

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Battle of the Divas

It's been 4eva since I posted anything here.

So lets restart with a Bang.^^)

This month is the Battle of the Divas,I tell ya.

Vanessa Williams, the beauty who was the first Black to Win Miss America, finally has new material after all these years of silence and Ugly Betty.

Her 'The Real Thing' got critical acclaim and is doing well.

Louder and bigger (of course) is Whitney Houston .

Whitney launched her much anticipated comeack album , 'I Look To You' to much fan fare 2 weeks ago.

Well, it making a #1 debut on the Album charts on the Billboard Hot 100 and world wide as a matter of fact , proves, she's back !

And the world's accepting.

With big songs like the title track , the very intimate 'I Look to you' , the catchy 'Million Dollar Bill', the touching 'I Didn't Know my Own Stength' amongst others, (with my personal favourite 'Worth It' ) , it's easy to see how Whitney has traded lung power (still loads of it btw) for somthing more urban and connecting.

Brilliant. Surely one of the best albums and Grammy shoo-ins this year.
Madonna, on the other hand , just launched her third Greatest Hits collection, after her title track, the very nice (and me thinks is indeed one of her best songs thus far, up there with 'Hung Up' and 'Music') , 'Celebration'.

A very well-packaged album with posters and double Cds of her biggest hits from her long career (very heavy, yes) .

A much-needed reprieve from the ho hum Hard Candy.

Just like what 'GHV2' had to do with the damage caused by 'American Life', a couple of years back.

Well, this time, I can safely report that 'Celebration' is a much better album than even 'GHV2'. So, indeed, take heart. Maddie learnt her lessons (just).

Well , Beyonce on the other hand, just had her much banging performance at Singapore's F1 Night Race which the whole world was bound to have been watching.

And it also coincides with her launch of The Platinum edition for the recent Sasha album.

What next? Diamond Ed? This girl is manic, I tell ya.

I would have to say , well, Nippy and Maddie's albums are just a stamp to show who's the real deal amoungst a sea of Beyonces, Britneys, Rihannas and GaGas we have today

Well done!

Whitney , especially, she's in control and knows that a good effort is a Precise and concise effort.

The Wait is over.

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Biker Girl

The Biker outfit.


Thanks to Miss Perfection , Beyonce, whose recent stab at bringing the fusion of fashion and music to the fore, since Gwen Stefani , Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Lady Ga Ga, has brought back in the spot light, the iconic couture outfit by Thierry Mugler.

Yes, She is Sasha. And, she is fierce.

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Going Gaga over her?

Not really.



Her music is electro pop ; like an updated 80's track record.

Formaliac. Great sounding but ultimately, lacking in emotion and connection.

More pop than grind.

Don't get me wrong , she's not bad a singer and producer and her Fame album, is really quite the self-indulgent streak as it is.

It keeps my mood up but does little to make me excited, just to say.

Her image? You do wonder what all the hype is about. She's the next stylista since Madonna , apparently.

Ok , seriously, my take is that she's kinda trashy. Strange. And certainly, not pretty or easy on the eyes.

She's all over the place.

Much like street-walker gone wrong.

More in the hood than from the hoodlum.

So no, I'm not hatin this new girl on the block, she's good in her own kinky way, but no, I'm not going GaGa.

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BIG (Alter) Egos

When you're a famous pop star, you're flattered by bootlickers and fans to a point where your ego begins to swell larger than your head ( or that recent boob job) .

You begin to think that you're too big even for your own famous name.

Maybe the Spice Girls started it with their Baby, Sporty, Ginger, Scary and Posh tags way back then.
And Madonna was the Material Girl and Bette Midler was The Divine Miss M even before it was hip to do so.

But these DivAAAAAs use their reinvented egos to swell their fame and coffers.



Jennifer Lopez started it. she became known simply as J-Lo.

(with an ego that swollen she still tried hard to persuade the public that Her Love don't cost a Thing and that she's still just Jenny from The Block. Whateva ya Miss Bronx-0-fabulous.)



Suddenly, Janet Jackson made sure everyone knew that she had always been Damita Jo.

(or we could otherwise just call her Lil Miss Wacko Jacko.. which isn't glam isn't it? but neither is an exposed Nipple...)



Mariah made a massive comback by reinvinting herself as Mimi.

(And yes, she claims that she really did grew up with that nic. And my childhood nic was really Fifi.)



Lo and behold...

Beyonce Knowles now proudly announces that she IS Sasha Fierce.

Note, it is not 'I'm also called' but 'I AM' .

Messed up. ^^


Q ... LMAO.. haha

Drama Mama

It is high time The 'Music'-Star looked hard at her own reflection and ask exactly what kind of person she really is ... one too crazy for fame?

If there was one person so shamelessly chasing fame and self-preservation, there can be only one person: Madonna.

She'll do anything to keep her star bright.

Anything for fame. Anything for hype.
Anything to make more money.

She blasphemes religions, takes advantage of sub-demographics and cultures.

Sacrificing the integrity of her position as a wife and mother, even, just to pump up ticket sales for her world tour is nothing to her.

She'll grow old one day and realize that all she had given up was her morality as a living breathing person unworthy of clearing the Pearly Gates of Saint Petersberg.


Regrettably shameless.

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Sticky & Sweet

Her sugar is Raw.
Madonna is launching her biggest round-the-world since her Confessions tour.

She's divorcing her hubby for Maximum publicity.

So let's watch it if that sl*tsky ever comes to town. yeah? ")

Make her lousy excuse of a marriage worth it . ^^

>> Is there anything she wouldn't do for a spot on the front page news?
Indeed, she does want to be your One Stop Candy Shop. Shameless. ha ha

Yeah, get Hard.

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Hard (Candy) Decision

The Mind says : The BMW 1-Series

The Heart says : 'Mini Clubman'

What you Want may not be what you Need.

What you need may not be what you Like.

What you like may not be what you Get.

As Madonna's '4 Minutes' goes, " If you want it,
you already got it.
If you got it, it better be what you want.
If you feel it , it must be real ..."

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>>> (Thank goodness I have more than '4 minutes' to think it through. I've got half a year to make my mind! :P)

#1 Hit Girls

Mariah Carey has more #1 hits than any other female artiste in American Music history. (18 Billboard #1s, to date)

Geri Halliwell (tie with Madonna) has the most number of #1 hits for a female artist on the British Charts (13 #1s; 9 with the Spice Girls and 4 as a Solo)
BTW, the Spice Girls also have more #1 hits as a Girl-group than any other in British pop chart history.

Madonna has the most #1 hits for a solo female artist on the British Charts (13 #1 hits)

Of course, the world over, there are other very notable female superstars like Whitney Houston (11 #1s on the American Billboard; third behind only Madonna with 12 and Mariah with 18),
Janet Jackson (9 #1 hits on the American Billboard).


Notable also, is Britney Spears who has had more #1 consecutive albums than any other female artist is American BillBoard History.

And Diana Ross who's had 10 #1 hits on the American charts with The Supremes and 6 #1s as a solo.

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And then that's it, folks.

A large berth that seperates these #1 HIT girls and the rest of the female singers in today's fickle Pop world.

Sorry... Neither Beyonce nor J Lo nor Celine , are even remotely close.... LOL ^^



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M & M

Eintein's E=MC2 is indeed one very successful formula. So too for Mariah. Cheers!^^

Elvis is really rolling in his grave right now.

Both Mariah and Madonna have beaten the crap out of him, on the charts this week.

Mariah just got her 18th #1-hit with 'Touch My Body'

Finally surpassing The King.

Making her second only to the Beatles who have 20.

Elvis Presley has 17.

Madonna remains at 4th, with 12.

And Whitney remains at 5th, with 11.

Interestingly, 'Touch My Body' has none of the melismic wailing and dog-whistle notes which she's known for. In its place, is the New Mariah. One that tells a story with a vulnerable whisper here and a sexy coo there.

She quipped

"For me, in my mind the accomplishment is just that much sweeter. In terms of my ethnicity, always feeling like an outsider, always feeling different ... for me it's about saying, 'Thank you Lord, for giving me the faith to believe in myself when other people had written me off."'

Actually, this Black sista is really the Fairest of them All. LMAO

"Touch My Body" is the first single off of Carey's upcoming album "E=MC2," due out April 16.

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On a less significant note, Madonna, the perennial rival to the other Miss M, has her messy-and-not-so-nice song '4 Minutes' making it into the Top 5, surpassing the King for the most Top 40 hits with her 37th.

This song, in my opinion doesn't even deserve to be in the Top 100. It stinks. It's a messy arrangement of a melange of sounds.

How in the world she managed to bribe her way in, beats me. Undeserving.


Still, what's achieved is achieved.

Her album 'Hard Candy' is out this month as well.


So three cheers to the 2 Little Miss M's.

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Business Beauties

Forbes List of the

Most Powerful and successful Celebrity Business Women

for 2007 is out:

In no particular order:

1) Jennifer Aniston: Actress

2) Tyra Banks: Supermodel/talk show host/Producer

3) Gisele Bundchen: Supermodel

4) Heidi Klum: Supermodel/TV host/Producer/designer

5) Madonna: Singer

6) Jessica Simpson: Singer/actress

7) Sandra Bullock : Actress/producer

8) Kimora Lee Simmons: Former-Supermodel/Designer/CEO and muse for Baby Phat/KLS


9) Kate Moss: Supermodel

10)Sarrah Jessica Parker: Actress


What do they have in Common:
-Good business decisions
-They consider themselves 'Business People' not models/actresses/singers etc.

"Diversify " , "No one-off Deals", "Building own Brand" , " Building Global-dom", "Spreading out" , " Existing successful career" and " Good Reputation"


Special Mention:

We will see a lot of Tyra Banks in 2008.

>

"It seems 'What ever Tyra wants, Tyra Gets.'"


NOT on the list:
Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Julia Roberts and Beyonce.


Notice that of the Top 10, 5 are Supermodels. Hmmm.

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