Another batch of music headlines you might’ve missed this week.
Find out who made music history, who creeped us out, who is green with envy and who is being sued for $400 billion dollars. Yikes.
- 1Taylor Swift Gets Revenge
Taylor Swift swept the 43rd annual CMA awards ceremony and became the youngest performer to win the coveted Entertainer of the Year award. Some stars are apparently pretty jealous (Wynonna Judd has bee particularly cruel), but most of them, including usual winner Kenny Chesney, have been gracious. (Full Story)
- 2Black Musician Makes Country Music HistoryThe CMA awards had another history-making moment this week when the New Artist of the Year prize was awarded to a black performer for the first time in the 43-year history of the ceremony.The winner?Darius Rucker, better known as the baseball-capped lead singer of ’90s soft-pop punchline, Hootie & the Blowfish. (Full Story)
- 3Bon Jovi: Caught Stealing?
Just when you thought that plagiarism lawsuits were the realm of pop tarts (Miley Cyrus plagiarism lawsuit), pop stars (Coldplay plagiarism lawsuit) and, well, washed-up rockers (Axl Rose plagiarism lawsuit), along comes news that one of the land’s most enduring, clean-cut rock crews is also being accused of song theft for one of their hits: Bon Jovi. (Full Story)
- 4Lady Gaga: Razorblades and Dancing Vampires
Lady Gaga fans have been eagerly awaiting her royal oddness’s latest music video, and she doesn’t disappoint.
Within the first few seconds of the video, you begin to see the world through Gaga’s razor-blade glasses (really) as you’re whisked away to her own personal bath house stocked with futuristic coffins full of undead Gaga clones/”Thriller” extras dressed in white (p)leather. (Full Story and wild music video)
MusicVixen says...
Lady Gaga is actually kind of entertaining---if you turn the sound on the video OFF.
