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Beyoncé, following up to her sexually-charged performance of "Drunk in Love" with her husband Jay-Z at this year's GRAMMY Awards, unleashed the elegant, magnificent and eye-popping video for her next single "Partition," which was co-penned by Justin Timberlake as third single on the R&B star's self-titled fifth album. Beyoncé explained in videos for the album that she is very much aware that she is showing off her body; she wants to prove to women that you can have children and still have an amazing body. The "XO" singer and Rise Fragrance creator wasn't singing much about love, but served up sex for the latest clip.
"Partition" is a sexy urban song, that Beyoncé wrote inspired by the thoughts she had on her mind the night she got engaged to Jay-Z. The track opens with the call-and-response that Beyoncé pumps the crowd with before going to "Get Me Bodied" every night on tour. It contains explicit lyrics that describes Beyoncé making love in a limousine. She sings in French on the bridge, where she criticizes those who believe feminists are not interested in sex. And the steamy track gives gawkers a peek into the intimate side of Beyoncé's marriage to Jay-Z. If you thought their Grammy performance was too hot to handle, you'll want to take a cold shower in Siberia after watching this video, which features Beyoncé performing a striptease on a piano and giving viewers a whole new way to think about the word "peaches."
Directed by Jake Nava, the sexy, extravagant and scintillating clip was inspired by Beyoncé's desire to prove that women can maintain their personal sexy even after childbirth, and a trip to the famous Crazy Horse strip club in Paris. "The day I got engaged was my husband's birthday and I took him to Crazy Horse and I remember thinking, 'Damn, these girls are fly.' And I just thought it was the ultimate sexy show: 'I wish I was up there, I wish I could perform that for my man...' so that's what I did for my video," said Beyoncé.
"It takes me back to when me and my husband first meet and he's trying to scoop me and he thinks I'm the hottest thing in the world," she explained. "I kinda had this whole fantasy of being in the car and this whole movie played in my head." Opening with Beyoncé staring down her man at the breakfast table while drinking tea, the clip dives down a rabbit hole of burlesque shows, strip teases and backseat canoodling as the Beyoncé danced suggestively, showcasing her famous assets and teases Jay-Z, who makes another classic, cigar-smoking cameo with an array of outfits and head-spinning dance moves. The clip suddenly cuts back to the breakfast table at the very end in classic it-was-all-a-dream fashion.

After multiple previews, David Guetta finally unleashed the official visuals for his old co-horts Akon and Ne-Yo-assisted new dance track, "Play Hard," the third single from the re-release of 45-year-old French DJ and record producer's fifth studio album, "Nothing but the Beat 2.0," out now on iTunes. The wacky and tacky video, on the other hand, alternates between inexplicable weirdness and poking fun at racial stereotypes — once some people might find offensive!
The chorus melody of the song, "Play Hard," for a soon to be summer club classic is all about working and playing hard, heavily incorporates the classic sample from Alice Deejay and DJ Jurgen's 1999 Eurodance hit "Better Off Alone." The iconic beat track's message is simple: First you work hard, then you play hard, and after that you start all over again - it's the circle of life!
With an arsenal of cataloged wildin out, club tunes it should come as no surprise that French producer has opted to "Play Hard" on his latest fresh dance tune. Joining Guetta on his electro-heavy jam are hitmakers - American R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo and American-Senegalese singer/rapper Akon, who both provide the vocal backing for the record, which also takes advantage of a few audio techniques. Both artists also previously collaborated with Guetta on tracks from his "One Love" album - Ne-Yo on "Choose" and Akon on "Sexy Chick." Guetta also produced Akon's 2010 single "Angel."
Pop and Latin American culture meet in Guetta's latest visual ride. The French DJ/producer gets a taste of life in Mexico as he takes a trip down south with Ne-Yo and Akon. The fun-filled clip includes from rodeo's to Ne-Yo eating pancakes to Guetta getting his body inked before hitting a classic rodeo show. Instead of bull riding, the three international stars round up to judge a good old dance competition. The clip has just about everything going on in it. However, the barrage of attention-grabbing visuals won't distract you from the infectious beat, which is really all that matters.

Electro-pop singer Dev has team up with Enrique Iglesias released the new video for their collaborative sultry track "Naked." The sensual/infectious The Cataracs-produced party-ready cut will serve as the third single only features on the US edition of her debut album, "The Night The Sun Came Up," and the second single from Iglesias' upcoming album, "Reloaded."
Dev's honeyed, cavity-causing voice snakes and slithers around Iglesias on their sultry duet. The dance-beat song will have your blood surging through your veins and to your nether regions. It's a Eurodance-inspired club banger with thumping backbeats and synths. That's as authentic as it gets. If it was both singers' intention to get people hot and bothered by their song, starting things off on the dance floor and finishing them in the bedroom, then mission accomplished. It's an upbeat, uptempo rump-shaker.
Iglesias's sultry vocals do well with Dev's ability to talk dirty and make it sound oh so good. The techno elements of the song is what Dev has come to be known for in her tracks. It's a sweet pop song about a star-crossed love immaculately produced for the dance floor by the Cataracs. In this song "Naked" is a feeling not a physical reality. That is a nice twist that might provoke a few smiles from listeners. Also, Dev has fashioned a sweet, memorable, romantic pop tune that also works for the party and the club. The pair generate pleasing romantic heat.
Filmed in late February, the duo play star-crossed lovers in the BBGun-directed sultry visual, which takes us to a late night at the Planet Hollywood hotel in Las Vegas where Dev is getting ready for a night out, while a perfectly coiffed Iglesias just checked in to try his luck at the roulette table. The Las Vegas mega hotel and casino is the perfect backdrop for a song about rolling the dice, a chance meeting and taking a risk with a stranger no matter what others think of it. They actually do not appear together until the very last scene in the hotel elevator just when the doors are about to slide to a close. And it exactly fuels the song's narrative.

Cassie unveiled the steamy video on Valentine's Day for her new single "King of Hearts," the lead single from the R&B singer's long-delayed sophomore studio album, "Electro Love," drops later this year. We say allegedly, because she's spent close to six years on Bad Boy & Interscope's shelf since her debut, and every few months, her or Diddy say she's coming back. Well, apparently she might be close to a comeback.
"King of Hearts" is an uptempo electro dance and dance-pop number that features jungle beats and escalating synths. It features the use of echoing vocal effects and a fast backbeat while running through a four-on-the-floor rhythm and playing over a bouncy beat. Lyrically, it is centered around the theme of seduction. Cassie's song really does keep building from beginning to end, starting with staccato pinpricks of synth and handclaps soon joined by thudding, slightly syncopated drum programming.
Cassie's voice is still cool and restrained, rather than Robyn's open-hearted emoting, and the Diddy-affiliated singer's approach perfectly suits this return to the 25-year-old's best theme so far: seduction. It's that kind of fresh, it's that kind of innovative: The lyrics, the melodies, the song structure, the delivery, the beats–there's not one part of this song that contains even a single molecular flaw.
There's no easily discernable narrative here - just Cassie frolicking through a dark house in haute loungewear while an ominous, hoodie-wearing dude lurks into her room in the Chris Sims-directed clip, which shows the model-turned-singer strutting her smokin' HAWT body across a majestic mansion. The enigmatic video begins with a camera on a tripod. We see Cassie with a lighter, head-shaven look and writhes in a bathtub, in front of a fire, rocking a heavy gold chain and silk top, dancing on a dining table and strutting down a hallway, and all the while, the King Of Hearts remains fairly absent.

After delivering a splintered, technology-challenged debut of "T.H.E.(The Hardest Ever)" during the American Music Awards last month, will.i.am decided to go the easy route on the futuristic video for the bass-heavy number with a pretty repetitive hook, which is the lead single from Black Eyed Peas architect's upcoming electro fourth solo album, "#willpower," which is expected to drop next year, while Black Eyed Peas are on hiatus.
"This next journey is not going to be easy," will.i.am wrote along with the video post. "The Black Eyed Peas was so successful, beyond what I initially dreamed of, but just because the Black Eyed Peas was a success it doesn't mean I'm going to be successful as a solo act, that is why I titled this first single (the hardest ever) because the journey is hard, and I will do it alone. This video is about my new mission and obstacles."
Fellow Black Eyed Peas member Fergie has revealed to Hollyscoop that the lead vocalist & producer will.i.am is ready to release his new solo effort. will.i.am is so hard, he can start running down the street on his own two feet and end up in outer space within four minutes. That's how the action plays out in his "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" video, which depicts guest artists Jennifer Lopez and the Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger as dancing beams of light in the outer reaches of the cosmos.
In order to live up to his own billing as 'The Hardest Ever,' will.i.am plows through walls and over boulders. Tells the story of a new mission he's trying to accomplish, in Rich Lee-directed clip, which was filmed in Los Angeles and London, the-36-year-old the rapper-producer on a vehicular adventure, upgrading from his feet to a fighter jet and finally a space shuttle, with a handful of rides in between. He dodges lots of airport tarmacs, which get in his way, and finally jets off to the outer space. Jagger shows up at the end of the video with some funky visuals that bring us back to the 70's.

The Black Eyed Peas have just premiered their video for their third dance-til-you-drop single "Don't Stop the Party," taken from the quartet's recently released sixth studio album "The Beginning." The new video is giving fans a bird's-eye view of life on the road, and offers behind-the-scenes footage and concert clips from the band's recent tours.
"Don't Stop the Party" is bound to continue the success. Produced by the Los Angeles-based high-energy Damien "DJ Ammo" LeRoy, this hot club jam features Will.i.am rapping in a thick, Caribbean patois. The Black Eyed Peas songwriter told Spin magazine that he is proud enough of the song that he'd even play it for Jay-Z. "I would go to Jay's studio and play this be like 'Boom! Check it out!,' said Will. "Then I go dirty Caribbean on him on the last verse." The song itself is another adventure in high-octane Auto Tune studio wizardry. So if that's what you dig, then by all means, party on!
The Ben Mor-directed video was shot on tour in South America. In the video, the hip hop group uses tour footage from numerous trips overseas to show that folks from every hemisphere are dancing to their grooves. It features highlights even from their 2011 Super Bowl performance. But more than anything, the video shows the euphoria of the fans as the performers entertain the enormous crowds. It is truly amazing to see the bird's eye views of the crowds that attended their shows. The video is like a "breath of fresh air" as it promotes a message of happiness. All the way through, it displays people enjoying the music, the dance, the costumes, the lights and the colors of the event and, as the end of the clip apparently indicates, listening to vinyl.
What could possibly stop The Black Eyed Peas's party? The busy life of the Peas looks like a whirlwind tour of non-stop good times and their career as Energizer bunny-like entertainers is aptly dubbed a "party." The band is clearly looking at "Don't Stop the Party's" video to get this "Party" started instead of giving it a jump start after its radio life is well underway. Resistance to The Black Eyed Peas's party reign is futile. Their joyous club records have not only taken over America, but country by country, the planet.

Italian electro/house DJ and producer Benny Benassi teams up with British pop-rock singer Gary Go, has just debuted a music video on mtvU to kick off Ultra Music Festival, in support of his latest single "Cinema," which has gotten remixed by the producer Sonny Moore, aka Skrillex, who really has become the hottest thing in upcoming electronic music, with his bass heavy bangers that almost everyone seems to fall in love with.
The video features the Grammy winning DJ and his featured guest Gary Go taking turns at some sort of visualization clinic where they wear a helmet that allows them to see a particular memory. And then there's a twist. The Italian disc jokey, along with his collaborator brings fantasies a little closer to reality in this newly released futuristic, sci-fi-themed video, which is either an homage or rip-off of Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 dystopian film "Strange Days," the duo, along with fellow Benassi Brother Alle, relives their most cherished memories via a virtual reality helmet.
The jam starts off upbeat and high energy, with the nice vocals you'd expect. It's a great party banger, turn the bass way up, "Cinema" is the second single taken from Benassi's upcoming fifth full-length album, "Spaceship," to be released later this year. The track will release on April 12, and is also featured in the game "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit." It's got his signature sound, huge amounts of bass, yet somehow very calm at parts, but still has something extra to cater your party. If you love Skrill, his remix will do more than tickle your fancy. It will probably do something very explicit to you actually. The remix is jam-packed with the customary Skrill filth you know and love.
Electronic music producer Skrillex is taking the electronic music world by storm. He has released a ton of great remixes, including remixes of Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" and La Roux's "In For The Kill." Skrillex's powerful and eclectic approach to electronic music is perfectly shown in this new remix of Benassi's "Cinema." The hard-hitting drums and massive bass drops elevate this song into the upper tier of dubstep anthems. Benassi and Skrillex both dropped Skrill's epic dubstep mix of "Cinema" in their sets at SXSW last week, and the song was by far the EDM anthem of the fest.

The Black Eyed Peas have dedicated their latest video for "Just Can't Get Enough" to the victims of the natural disaster in Japan. The Peas teamed up with director Ben Mor and traveled to Tokyo for the shoot which took place only one week before the devastating natural disaster occurred in Japan. It opens with the message for the people in the country: "This video was filmed in Japan one week before the earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the people of Japan. We love you." The band hope that their video for "Just Can't Get Enough" will raise awareness and funds for those who need help.
"Just Can't Get Enough" is the second single from American hip hop group's sixth studio album, "The Beginning," available on iTunes now. The electro song is an attempt to showcase the "physical and emotional range" of the voice of band member Fergie. It vaults suddenly from the rare dignity of string-synth textures to a sweatily pumping techno finale. Apl.de.ap told Beatweek Magazine why he wanted this to be the follow up to "The Time (Dirty Bit). Said the mohawked Black Eyed Peas co-founder: "It's a different tempo and it's also paying homage to the ladies. It's a love song and it's got a nice melody to it. So I think it would be a great different taste for our listeners."
"It was the easiest video I ever shot because it was us living our lives," Fergie told Entertainment Tonight. "I love that it's showing a true perspective of how it can sometimes be lonely on the road away from our loved ones. It also demonstrates the love and connection we have with Japan. Our heart goes out to all of the Japanese people who have been affected by this natural disaster." True to form, the video plays out like a love letter to the thriving metropolis and culture-rich city that made Tokyo. Taboo expressed, "It was an amazing moment in time because Japan has always been my favorite place on the planet. It was great to do our video there. God bless the Japanese. Our love goes out to them." Apl.de.ap also confirmed that "doing it guerrilla style in Tokyo was the way to capture it!"
The music video is about them living their lives on the road even though they are away from their loved ones. It will also be dedicated to the victims in Japan as it was filmed a week before the earthquake. Stacy Ferguson is seen enjoying her solitude in hotel room, sitting by the window and enjoying Tokyo's night city view. will.i.am, Taboo and Apl.de.ap, meanwhile, take a tour around the town, giving fans a look at the thriving metropolis and culture-rich city that made Tokyo. The tribute video closed with a request to donate to the Red Cross, urging fans to make donation for the relief effort. The four-member group are set to perform the track live on 'American Idol' tonight.

Rihanna's official music video for her latest single "S&M" has just arrived in full. The Barbadian recording artist is no stranger to showing off acres of flesh in her music videos and her new video for "S&M" may just top them all. If you're going to do a video for a song like "S&M," a track that espouses bedroom bondage and the joys of whips and chains, you have one of two options: You can make a video that accurately depicts said activities, in which case your video will likely not be legally viewable for a lot of folks. Or you can make a comically over-the-top, colorful, tongue-in-cheek, slightly dorky video. Rihanna has gone for option two.
This bluntly-titled cut was released as the fourth official single and pulsating opener hails from Rihanna's fifth studio album, "Loud," out last November. The Stargate-produced and Ester Dean-penned eurodance song finds the singer proclaiming her vices. As bracingly huge and catchy as it is, "S&M" doesn't deviate much from its blunt title. Rihanna said that people shouldn't take the raunchy lyrics too literally. "I don't think of it in a sexual way, I'm thinking metaphorically," she said. "It's more of a thing to say that people can talk, people are going to talk about you, you can't stop that. You just have to be that strong person and know who you are so that stuff just bounces off. And I thought it was super bad ass."
The video was shot in Los Angeles during the weekend of January 15, demonstrates the singer's "sadomasochist relationship with the press," according to director Melina Matsoukas. In this 90's inspired clip, Rihanna turns the spotlight onto the media who have been criticizing the pop star, as of lately. She is seen whipping gossip blogger Perez Hilton, dressed as a Playboy bunny, wearing a hip-hugging getup, black stilettos, and yellow ears atop her crimson-colored hair, reclining against a wall covered in tabloid headlines. The singer seems to have taken the chance to take a hit at the press, wearing a newspaper print gown and being kidnapped by journalists as headlines run over the screen. But it's okay; she gets her own back at the end.
The 22-year-old R&B star has always been a bit edgy, but it looks as though she's trying too hard to push the envelope now. The video is not just about kinky sex like it's mentioned in the lyrics - it manages to hit back tabloid and media which often run twisted story about her and any other celebrities. Editors from OK! magazine, said "it's every inch as red-hot, kinky and totally tongue-in-check as we expected to be." Rihanna is raising the bar while her peers and rivals led by Lady GaGa is always out there over the top. With this "S&M" video, Rihanna has tied up her competition by going further than any leading pop star to date.

2008 X-Factor champion, Alexandra Burke is gearing up for the release of the video on Tuesday for her fun dance single, "All Night Long" featuring reggaeton rapper Pitbull. The track serves as the third release off her recently Platinum selling debut studio album "Overcome," which has been in stores since October 2009. Burke looked the best she has yet, with the video certainly capturing the the essence of the uptempo song, is out on May 17.
Burke throws a house party and invites her devotees to join her in this newly-debuted video, which was filmed in a Hertfordshire mansion in London back in mid-April, and follows the theme of a pool-side party and amongst the back-up dancers. The video also features Burke dances around in various outfits inspired by Lady Gaga in a raunchy night club where everyone is making out with everyone. In one scene Burke is seen with "a mohawk, bejewelled eye-lids and long legs in a leather swimsuit."
Burke has definitely proved that she's worth falling over for in this brand new video. According to the Daily Mail, the songstress asked family and friends to help film the video using 100 pocket video cameras. It's quite a fun and messy video. As you'll see, halfway through, the party switches to the swimming pool with some of the girls jumping into the water. Pitbull which is featured on the remix version of the song is also captured spitting his verses. "Some of the footage filmed was interesting, to say the least," Burke said as quoted by The Daily Star. "I just wanted to do something different. Filming the video was the most fun ever."
The girl who never gives up and who lives for her dream to sing. The girl who was turned away from X Factor in 2005 and came back fighting in 2008 – to win in an undisputed blaze of glory. She captivated the hearts of the British public with her hauntingly beautiful voice. Her awe inspiring talent and all encompassing passion for music and the creative process is what sets Burke apart from her peers. Her enthusiasm and genuine love for music coupled with a young fresh approach continues to wow her fans. She has come a long way in a very short period of time. No one could have ever predicted the scale of her success. Burke is set to firmly establish herself as a modern international pop icon.

It's a British up-and-comer Taio Cruz's naughty tune, who teams up with the always misunderstood, Ke$ha, premiered a music video to support his next single "Dirty Picture," which first appeared on his second album "Rokstarr." It's being released in the UK as a single this month, and a new mix of "Dirty Picture" prominently features pop's latest wildcat, Ke$ha on Myspace UK a few days ago! The party animal Ke$ha balances on the the rim of a public bathroom toilet seat in British newcomer Cruz's new "Dirty Picture" video.
"Dirty Picture," a catchy song nonetheless, was produced by Cruz and written by himself and Ke$ha, as the third single comes from Cruz's upcoming second album "Rokstarr," will be released on April 25 digitally and on April 26 physically, and will no doubt be used as the follow up to his US No.1 "Break Your Heart." Although it has been suggested that Cruz originally wanted Lady GaGa on his song "Dirty Picture," Ke$ha makes a suitably filthy replacement. "I went to a meeting with Dr. Luke and he was telling me about this new girl he was working with. She hadn't done 'Tik Tok' or anything like that at that point. But I just thought she sounded really cool. A very unique-sounding voice," Cruz confessed to MTV.
The music video, pretty standard-fare. was shot partly in East London sometime in February. The pair filmed the remaining club scenes in Los Angeles the week beginning in March. "There are some very sexy party scenes though, full of the coolest looking people, and Ke$ha's performance is amazing," Cruz said as quoted by the Daily Star. "There's a scene in a public bathroom and we had to throw in a sports car. I'm driving through the desert for no reason." The clip will be released on April 26 in the UK!

The Black Eyed Peas is an American four-piece hip hop/pop group based in LA, who have broken a new record after scoring the longest successive stay at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with 17 straight weeks(12 with the single "Boom Boom Pow" and 5 for "I Gotta Feeling") in total by a duo or group. Both singles come off their 5th new studio album "The E.N.D."(Energy Never Dies) The record was previously held by Boyz II Men, who had 16 weeks at the top spot. As for the longest consecutive number one by a solo artist, that record is taken by Usher, who enjoyed 19 straight weeks on top of the charts.
The LA-based quartet have also knocked JLS's "Beat Again" off the top of the UK's Official Singles Chart with their latest release "I Gotta Feeling", matching their same accomplishment in the US.
The official music video was released on June 2 on Dipdive and on June 16 on iTunes. The video first starts out with some scenes in Hollywood Blvd. Then it shows will.i.am combing his hair and Fergie putting on makeup wearing lingerie. It also shows Taboo and apl.de.ap getting ready for the party. Then it cuts to the party as the first verse starts. In the uncensored version, two woman are kissing at the two minute mark, at which point the lyrics "Let's take it...off!" are heard, and a hand grabs the top of the dress of one of the women, and pulls it down, exposing her breasts. All members of the Black Eyed Peas are shown dancing. Later, they are dancing with their faces and hands painted with phosphorescent paint. The video ends with a large sign with human-sized letters that reads "The E.N.D."

Freedom is the third studio album by singer, Akon. The album was originally named Acquitted, however Akon changed it due to its negative connotation. Freedom is the first album by Akon not to carry the Parental Advisory warning, although there is still profanity in the album. The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling 110,000 copies its first week. It currently sold about 600,000 copies in the U.S.
Let's enjoy two of my favorite songs in this album now. Please click on each title to listen. "Freedom" and "Beautiful" (featuring with Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall.)
The video for "Beautiful" is the 3rd official single from album "Freedom", and that he "wants the best music video" for the song. The video was premiered on Yahoo! Music on February 24.

Christina Aguilera was born December 18, 1980 in New York. She has become one of the most successful recording artists of the decade, selling more than 42 million albums worldwide. "Hurt" is a pop ballad song, and the 2nd single from her 3rd studio album, "Back to Basics" in 2006. The song's lyrical content describes how one deals with the loss of a loved one, and it has received praise from pop music critics.
The circus-themed video for "Hurt" was shot over five days in September and the video premiered yesterday on TRL. It is the first video Aguilera has directed. The video begins with the ending instrumental to "Enter the circus"/"Welcome", over which a carnival barker introduces a spectacular circus, and begins in black and white, and ends with a shot of Aguilera sitting on a circus box, singing and crying, before fading out to Aguilera's grief-stricken form on the ground outside the circus tent.
My favorite singles from Aguilera: "Beautiful", "Genie In A Bottle" and "I Turn To You".