| Singles no. 1's |
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Eminem & Rihanna
Love The Way You Lie |
| UK |
Roll Deep
Green Light |
| AU |
Sam Clark
Devastated |
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| 20-07-01 |
Lloyd Cole asking fans to contribute MP3’s and bootlegs for official release
Lloyd Cole is asking his fans to contribute MP3’s and bootlegs for an official album release this autumn. In Europe XIII Bis Records are planning a simultaneous release of “Etc,” “Plastic Wood” and a limited edition boxed set titled “'Lloyd Cole 2001.” The set will include four CD’s, being “The Negatives,” “'Plastic Wood,” “Etc” and “The Negatives Live Napstered Bootleg CD.” .Lloyd can be contacted via his official website at www.lloydcole.com.
New Cher album club oriented
Cher has contracted dance producers from Britain, Sweden and Norway for her new album, which will club oriented. The singer/actress is putting the finishing touches to a new album, which she plans to release in November. Cher's producers team include Norwegian production team Stargate, Swedish trio Eclectic and British musician/remixer Chicane. Mark Taylor, who worked on Cher’s comback album “Believe,” has produced some tracks as well. Last year, Cher released “Not.Com.mercial,” an internet-only album she recorded in 1994, via her website, www.cher.com.
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg appear in Welcome To Death Row documentary
The documentary Welcome To Death Row is scheduled to be released on video on September 25. The film focus is on the rise and fall of the label that launched Dr. Dre as a solo artist, Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound and holds the rights to the music of Tupac. The documentary was produced without the label itself and includes interviews with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Michael Harris, who claims to have given Knight the start-up money to fund Death Row Records.
Fans can make contribution to new Public Enemy album
Public Enemy will release a new album this fall. Chuck D, Flavor Flav and Professor Griff are encouraging everyone to lend their production skills to the record by posting different vocal tracks on the www.slamjamz.com website for download. The trio has invited aspiring and professional musicians, remixers and producers to provide the music and upload it back onto the site. The deadline for submissions is September 14. Tracks will be chosen based on quality and originality and those who have their track selected will receive production credit on the album in addition to $1,000
Fatboy Slim to produce new Blur album
Fatboys Slim will produce the next Blur album. Fatboy Slim’s next single “Ya Mamma,” will be the last for a while and he will be concentrating on Blur's new material and have a break. A spokesperson for Blur has confirmed that Norman Cook alias Fatboy Slim will definitely be going into the studio with the group. It is not known whether Cook will be the only producer working on the new Blur album.
Enough new Van Halen material for new album, but no singer available
Eddie Van Halen says his band has two or three albums' worth of new material but the band are still without a singer. He also said the band continues to work on new material but cannot predict when Van Halen fans will hear it. Van Halen earlier declared that plans for a reunion with David Lee Roth seemed to fall apart after lawyers got involved and hadn’t spoken with Roth since last September. Rumors that Van Halen had rehired their original vocalist began shortly after the group's third singer, former Extreme frontman Gary Cherone, left the band in 1999. David did the singing duties on some of Van Halen's biggest hits, including "Jump" and "Panama," but he parted with the band in 1985. |
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