december 2010 – Sida 3 – WelcheMusic.com

Preview New Alicia Keys Collaborations with Eve+Eminem

CHART SPOTLIGHT. Two new Alicia Keys tracks have surfaced online. On “Speechless,” Keys re-unites with the rapper Eve. The duo peaked at No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in 2002 with “Gangsta Lovin’.” Keys+Eve also collaborated on Angie Stones’ “Brotha Part II” (2001). According to Alicia Keys, “Speechless is a little freestyle treat 4 the holidays. It’s not a new album, not a single its something special 4 U!” via Twitter.

The new Eminem “Cocaine” track also features Alicia Keys and is rumored to be included on an upcoming re-issue of his No.1 album Recovery. Expect further updates from WelcheMusic soon.

Preview “Speechless” via our friends at Just Jared here!

Preview “Cocaine” via our friends at Real Talk NY here!

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Matt Cardle Has the Xmas No.1

CHART SPOTLIGHT. The former painter and decorator Matt Cardle took home the X Factor crown this year. You might remember last year’s coup when Rage Against the Machine stole the “traditional” X Factor Christmas No.1 from Joe McElderry. No worries this year, when Matt Cardle vaults into No.1 with the Biffy Clyro cover “When We Collide.” Originally titled “Many of Horrors” the track was released by Biffy Clyro in January this year, reaching No.8 in the UK.

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Back to Cardle, the singer won a £1m recording contract with Syco Music. The runner-up of this year’s X Factor, Rebecca Ferguson, performed a duet with Christina Aguilera – “Beautiful” – on stage. Her “winner song” was Duffy’s “Distant Dreamer,” and had she won track would probably top the charts this week.

Katrina Kaif Expected to Become the Latest Bollywood Star

CHART REFLECTION. The British actress Katrina Kaif was born in Finchley and her Bollywood breakthrough is compared to that of Keira Knightley’s Hollywood breakthrough in Pirates of the Caribbean. According to a recent article in The Guardian, Katrina Kaif’s new film Tees Mar Khan is predicted to become one of the biggest Bollywood hits of the year.

In the movie, Kaif is playing a woman whose boyfriend plans to steal antiques from a moving train. Expect the 26-year old actress to do some heavy belly dancing, performing the song “Sheila Ki Jawaani” (Sheila’s Blossoming Womanhood). The track has grown to become the most downloaded track in India. A surefire indicator of a film’s success as the movies relies heavily on the songs in Bollywood films.

Glee Cast Never Stops Believing

CHART REFLECTION. The Glee Cast has produced more singles in a year, than most groups do during their whole career. Most recently, “Good Vibrations” – the Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch hit – charted. According to the most recent last.FM statistics , the Glee Cast’s most popular hit is the cover of Journey’s 1981 hit “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Included on the first volume of Glee: The Music, the track peaked at No.2 last year, due to a Facebook campaign. UK students promoted the track with success, finally propelling it to No.6.

“My Life Would Suck Without You,” Kelly Clarkson’s chart-topper, was the second most popular track within a six-months period. This was followed by another version of “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade.” The latter track was performed by Lea Michele in the 2009 fall finale “Sectionals.” The original version was included in the 1964 musical Funny Girl. Another musical song is amongst the most popular Glee songs. “Defying Gravity” is No.5 on the six-months chart – it was originally featured in the musical Wicked.

Make sure to check out the blog posts below if you’re a Glee fanatic: