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TastemakerX is a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch which lets users predict future trends of music and artists through a stock market style trading platform. If you are like most music fans, you probably feel the excitement of predicting the next best thing.

Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas USA were obviously not fans of cult UK rock band Radiohead, when protesters gathered outside a show at the weekend. The fundamentalist christian religious fanatics bizarrely described Thom Yorke's band as 'freak monkeys'.

It has been revealed that the young country music star Taylor Swift has beaten Lady Gaga in earnings during 2011. Figures released have named the top earners in the music industry. Not only was the 22 year old singer the biggest female artist earner, she even came out overall top with a whopping 35 million dollars.

With the release of the new iPad comes a bunch of great new features for GarageBand. Whether you are a musical prodigy or just someone who likes to enjoy a bit of a jam session, this is definitely the app to think about getting. The GarageBand app allows you to lay down tracks, record music anywhere you go and play music like you are in a band with your mates. It is suitable for amateur and the professional musician.

The well known singer/songwriter Ryan Tedder has confirmed that he will be working with Beyonce Knowles on two projects in 2012.  He said he will be involved with Beyonce's fifth studio album, he also confirmed that they have been in talks about their next creative move for this year.

Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars team up to release a brand new single which is bound to be a hit.  Lil Wayne is known as the self made hip hop superstar, he stated recently that he was always keen to work with superstar Bruno Mars. The Young Money Boss has teamed up with Bruno to release their sure fire single 'Mirror.'

It was announced a few days ago that Bobbi Kristina Brown would be talking for the first time. The interview which has already taken place was conducted by talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey. This is the first interview she has given since the untimely death of her mother Whitney Houston.  Pictures have flooded the Internet in the last day showing Oprah hugging Bobbi Kristina. The Interview is going to be officially aired on Sunday March 11 at 9pm on Oprah's Next Chapter.

UK singer/songwriter Jessie J has said she is ready to return to the live circuit after suffering illness.  The award winning 'Price Tag singer stated that she can't wait to return to the live stage after having to postpone gigs due to illness.

If you are a true music fan you will understand that there are days when you want to dance like a rock star. There are days when you want to relax and think, and there are days when you don't even know what type of music you want to listen to. So, here comes Songza with a new service that picks songs for your mood or situation.  The service is called Concierge and it is supposed to pick the song for your situation.

Exfm started it's life has a Google Chrome extension. However, now it has been heavily developed and available for use by a mainstream audience. The new developed app put thes the musical web in your pocket. Well, that is what tech pundits are saying about the application. It has been announced now by the founder of Extension Entertainment, Dan Kantor that the vesrion 2.0 of the Exfm apps are now readily available.

Stooshe are slowly but surely becoming the most well known girl group in the UK. Buiilding up a stir with their crazy, outfits, colourful personalities and their in your face style. Their new single “Love Me” is only adding to the buzz that has surrounded them. The single features Travie McCoy, his style and finesse fits the song and the style of these boisterous girls.

This week saw the release of singer/songwriter Estelle release her hotly anticipated single "Thank you."  Estelle has been breaking records and gaining a strong following from both US and UK fans since her chart topping single "American Boy" with US rapper and music mogul Kanye West" was released.

US rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z have added new dates to their up and coming joint UK tour.  The rappers and music moguls will be touring for their joint album "Watch the Throne." It has been reported that they are adding new dates in Birmingham and Sheffield to meet the demand for tickets.

Social Radio for Twitter is a new iOS app which has been designed to read your Twitter feed to you whilst you listen to music. The new app is available only temporarily for free to test it's effectiveness. Tech pundits are saying it is a great new addition to the digital music scene, and it should garner quite a few users. Why? Because everyone loves Twitter, and if you can love music and love Twitter at the same time then it should make things a lot easier for a lot of people.

Sony Music has confirmed rumors that several Michael Jackson songs were stolen from their website by a group of suspected hackers. It has been reported that over 50,000 files which included a large number of unreleased material were hacked into and stolen. Although this has been confirmed, Sony have not yet released specific information. They have refused to comment and elaborate on exactly what has been stolen.

Alexandra Burke has been one of the most successful X Factor winners, since Leona Lewis. She has a number one hit a top US rapper she has been working hard on her brand new album.  The success for any X factor star all depends on their second album.  The first single from Alexandra Burke's second is strangely entitled "Elephant."  The release of this first single of her up and coming album was delayed by nearly six months due to the fact that herself and her record label wanted to get it just right. Fans have been waiting with bated breath wondering what the next album is going to have in store for them.

The mid week UK chart update today revealed that Catchy song Gotye- Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) is set to spend a third week on the UK number one spot. The song has gone wild since it emerged from YouTube scoring a whopping 90 million hits (still counting)

StagePage is a new app that allows you to preserve your concert memories on your phone. Most avid music lovers and live music fanatics love to keep their ticket stubs along with other memories of the concerts they have been to. However, it is not always possible to keep all these memories in one place. Therefore, StagePage has come up with a solution to this problem.

Software programmers came together at the Spin Ping-pong venue in Manhattan on the weekend to construct music apps and throw ideas around. The idea was to present the brand new apps at the Music Apps Hack Weekend, hosted by Spotify.

Swarm.fm's Peter Watts accepts the $10,000 prize at the music app weekend which was hosted by Spotify. The winner of the grand prize went to a unreleased music app which was created by the same person who created +Music. The idea behind this new application is take everything from the Internet that is relevant to music and place it inside Spotify and put a play button on it.