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One Direction have been one of very few UK bands to take the US by storm. They are currently on course to bagging a number one US album. They are currently right on the money on the iTunes chart, and it is expected that the album will sell between 160,000 and 180,000 copies of 'Up All Night.' These figures have officially been reported by Music Week.  If they do manage  it, then they will be the first UK band to bag a number one debut album.

Lady Gaga has recently stated that she plans to go on a very long break from the media. The controversial star was recently intrerviewed by Oprah Winfrey, and she stated that after the interview airs she will not talk to anymore press for a long time.  The interview with Oprah is planned to be televised on Sunday March 18.

Ashanti has released the video for her new single 'The Woman You Love' featuring Busta Rhymes, you can watch it below.

The single is taken off her brand new album which is her fifth studio album, 'Braveheart.' The new single comes with a futuristic sci-fi type video which shows the singer flying up to space, looking back on a failed relationship.

Brandy and Monica first came together as a duo when they released their award winning single ' The boy is mine.' The single was a hit in the UK and the US, they are back again with a second single.

Music veteran Madonna has reportedly joined forces with her daughter Lourders Leon on a new single. The song is entitled 'Superstar' and it will be one of the singles from Madonna's up and coming new album.

If you have an iPhone you know that you can record music or vocal sound with your the voice recorder app, which is built in to the device. However, it is does not have the best quality sound.

Turntable.fm has gone legit with licenses from the four major record labels. Turntable.fm is the social music service that allows users to DJ for each other in virtual rooms. At the SXSW Interactive Festival, it was announced that everything was official now. The founders of Turntable.fm Billy Chasen and Seth Goldstein made the announcemnt that they now had licenses from all four major record labels, and that they were officially legit. The announcement was made whilst taking part in roundtable event called "Turntable FM: The Future of Music is Social."

Rapper and multiple personality Nicki Minaj says she has plans to dethrone Jay-Z and become the most successful artist and entertainment mogul. She recently stated that she has always looked at the whole music thing as a business. She said she has always planned on turning the whole thing into an empire.  She was recently Interviewed by Allure and stated that she never just had plans to do music alone.

Chris Brown has recently been dubbed this generations "Michael Jackson." He also recently won two Grammy awards for his highly successful album F.A.M.E.  His next single to be released will be the thumping club tune "Turn up the Music" which critics are already sayingi s definetly going to be a hit for the young star.  Whether or not he will have the same level of success as the late Michael Jackson is yet to be seen. The video already oozes Jacko inspired moves and is ready made for the club scene.

Drake and Rihanna have filmed a visual taster of the video for their new single 'Take Care.' The single will be released sometime this year however, it has already a hit with fans in 2011.  They will go ahead and release the single officially in the up and coming months.

Nicki Minaj is one of the latest brood of schizophrenic popstars, she has an eclectic, multiple personality style. This is the very thing that has rewarded her with such great success. The latest single to come of her brand new album Roman Reloaded is going to be 'Starships.' The album is named after her alter ego "Roman."  She released the hip hop number 'Stupid Hoe' and now she will be releasing the pop tinged 'Starship.'

The Arctic Monkeys have announced plans to unveil a brand new single next month. The band are set to include 'Electricity' as the B-side on a special single release of their most recent single 'R U Mine?' The single was released this month, but this new release will be a special edition with the inclusion of 'Electricity.'

Stooshe are undoubtedly one of the UK's most talked about girl groups at the moment. The group, who insist they are not a girl group but a "collective" have recently announced the title of their new single. It is apparantly going to be called 'Grunter Lane.'

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) pulled in over 3 million viewers this weekend when the talk show host interviewed Bobbi Kristina Brown; the 19-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston. This is said to be the biggest audience of viewers since the network launched 14 months ago.

There are so many ways to listen to music these days, on your phone and online. However, one of the problems for many music fans lies in how to keep track of their vast collections of songs. MSpot may have come up with the solution to this problem, with a new program that allows you store your music downloads in the cloud.

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.'