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Carrie Underwood

achanos — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:43:56 +0000

It seems that the only American Idol winners that have had great success over the years are Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. Carrie just released a new album called Carnival Ride, which has the hit song So Small, and other good songs such as Just a Dream and All-American Girl. This album can be downloaded at iTunes, where it is #1. Surprisingly, this album is not in the top ten of the 200, but this is definitley going to change.

Radio Stations

achanos — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:18:58 +0000

Pop actually refers to popular music, which gives me techincal allowance to call any top rap song a pop song. I advise you to not only listen to the radio stations that say the play the hits and play pop, but listen to others. And if you have it, XM radio is very good because it gives you a big choice of different stations. Also, go to iTunes and listen to other radio stations.

80′s Music

dhay — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:10:08 +0000

You might know some people from the 80’s. But have you ever heard of A-ha?
They are a Norwegian band. They were extremely popular back in the day with a song most people know “Take on me” which can be found at During the last 7 years they have been apart. But now they came back with a new album, the best one yet! “Analogue.”

With the lead vocalist Morten Harket, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, A-ha is sure to become an even greater hit!

Here is a band I like particularly. They are called Simply Red, a span from pop, rock, and jazz and blue-eyed soul type music. Starting in the 1980s with their first single “Money’s Too Tight”.
Now with their worldwide album “Stay”, which released during this year on the 12th of March 2007.

-Mick Hucknall (founder of simply red)

-Ian, plays flute, clarinet and piano, but mainly saxophone.

-Kenji Suzuki or the “Jammer” is the guitarist. Originally from Japan started working with Simply Red in 1988. During the “Blue” album
http://www.simplyred.com/stayvideo/
For anyone who is looking for a new band or any new type of music to listen to here is a link to Simply reds songs.
http://www.simplyred.com/music/

50 Cent Vs. Kanye West

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:27:37 +0000

Curtis Jackson, better known by his stage name 50 Cent is a rapper born in Queens who rose to fame with his album Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. His story became known after his first two major albums, his video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof and his autobiographical movie Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. He is the rapper who was shot nine times and still kept running to save his life. 50 Cent has been in the rapping game since the 90′s but he did not make it big until 2003 with his “freshman” album Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ with the help of Dr. Dre and Eminem. Last comes his album Curtis.

Kanye West is a rapper from the “Chi-Town” (Chicago) who found success with his first hit single Through the Wire using help from Dame Dash, Jay-Z, and Chaka Khan’s classic track Through The Fire. He does not have as good of a life story as 50 Cent but he still made it big. He started his career with The College Dropout, devastating the whole world with his famous songs Through the Wire, Gold Digger, Jesus Walks, and Diamonds From Sierra Leone. He came out with his “sophomore” album immediately after getting a positive response from the world, with these two albums he gained 6 grammys. Lastly is his third album, Graduation.

The title of this blog is so because both of these artists “junior” albums came out on September 11th and the battle was to see who would sell more copies. 50 Cent told the New York Daily News, “Let’s raise the stakes. If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer (perform) music. I’ll write music and work with my other artists, but I won’t put out any more solo albums. Who sold more? Kanye. However, when Kanye West sold more 50 Cent, 50 Cent said it was a fluke that Kanye sold more than him because Kanye has never sold that many copies. Did 50 Cent retire? No, he already has his senior album ready, he wants the money, and because of that he’s going to rap until he drops. What do the people think? It is undecided, some people think Kanye West is better, while others think 50 Cent is better. I personally think 50 Cent is better because of his last single of his album I Get Money, it is such a good song, good lyrics, good beat, good everything. However, Kanye has gotten better lyrically and has grown as a rapper, he just brings something completely different to the stage, instead of a gangster style like 50 Cent, he has somewhat of a preppy style, he brings his own style in fashion and music.

To learn more about 50 Cent, visit his artist bio on this link below, you can also hear some of his music if you follow this link.
http://music.aol.com/artist/50-cent/372609/main

To learn more about Kanye West visit his artist bio on this link below, you can also hear some of his music if you follow this link.
http://music.aol.com/artist/kanye-west/353484/main