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Snoop Dogg Supports Far East Movement

CHART SPOTLIGHT. We just picked up the news of Far East Movement’s performance of “If I Was You (OMG)” on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. According to the group’s blog, it was their second visit to the program which is impressive.

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The single follows “2 Is Better” as the fifth single off the Free Wired set. WelcheMusic covered the breakthrough hit “Like a G6” last year. “If I Was You” features Snoop Dogg who currently climbs the charts with “Sweat” which got the remix treatment from David Guetta.

RedOne Remixes Like a G6

CHART SPOTLIGHT. Like no other, RedOne revisits Far East Movement’s “Like a G6.” WelcheMusic first covered the Los Angeles based quartet back in October last year, when the track initially charted on the Hot 100. The RedOne remix features Swedish-Congolese r’n’b singer Mohombi on guest vocals. The track headlines the digital remix EP.

The original version was produced by The Cataracs who has produced Snoop Dogg, New Boyz and Travis Barker since. “Like a G6” is included on the debut album Free Wired. To date, the track has been featured in TV shows such as CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and Entourage.

“Like a G6” peaked at No.7 on the Swedish singles tally in December 2010. We’ve also covered the follow-up “Rocketeer” on this blog. That track featured Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic on guest vocals. RedOne recently remixed Usher’s “More.”

Listen to Far*east Movement – Like A G6 – RedOne Remix via Spotify (Sweden)

1.39bn Brits Listened to ‘California Gurls’

2010 CHART REWIND. Music Week and Nielsen Music recently presented stats on what songs got most airplay on UK radio last year. WelcheMusic first wrote about “California Gurls” back in July last year. Katy Perry collaborated with Snoop Dogg on the track, which topped the airplay chart for five weeks. It took a while to get there, Perry first entered the chart at No.119 and took eight weeks to reach the top. In total, “California Gurls” racked up 69,592 plays across the UK and won over Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro.” The latter has two singles inside the year-end top ten as “Bad Romance” was No.4.

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Katy Perry’s Fireworks Set the Hot 100 on Fire

Issued at the end of October, Katy Perry’s “Firework” ascends to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The track is produced by the Norwegian production team Stargate and Sandy Vee. Stargate is currently responsible for the two Rihanna hits “Only Girl” and “What’s My Name?” as well as the recent Alexis Jordan hit “Happiness.” According to Billboard, this is the first time in 11 years that a female artist take three straight radio singles from an album to No.1 on the Billboard 100. The title track from Teenage Dream was a No.1 hit this summer, and was preceded by “California Gurls” – the collaboration with Snoop Dogg. “Firework” has also topped the singles chart in New Zealand and reached No.3 in the UK, but failed to chart in Sweden.

In 1998-1999, Monica managed to pull off the same feat with “The Boy Is Mine” (with Brandy), “The First Night” and “Angel of Mine.”