Just My Faves

From the upcoming re-release of Pixie’s hit debut album, Turn It Up. This one’s called “Broken Arrow” and is pop smash waiting to happen! I approve. Would like to see this released in the US after “Boys & Girls”, which is out now!

I don’t know what it is about Miss James, but she absolutely KILLS every ballad she records. She made me an instant fan when I first heard “Guilty” (sooooo should have been a single off of her debut record), and I’m even more impressed with the simplistic “Nothing More To Say”, which made its online premiere today.

Take a listen below:

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What do you think? I think this is a surefire hit, provided Mercury decides to promote it properly…

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Her vocals are nice and strong! Like it, but not necessarily as a lead single, so I hope that it’s not going to be the 1st single.

Jessie James (the singer, not the adulterer, people!) has had her new single world premiered on Nashville’s 107.5 The River today.

Take a listen below! Jessie wasn’t kidding when she hinted it’d be the perfect summer smash!

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Love it!

What a start for Pixie Lott! She’s only released 2 singles in her career and both have debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart! Most artists don’t ever hit #1 and now Pixie has accomplished the feat in her first two tries.

In other Pixie news, she has confirmed, in an interview with DigitalSpy, that her 3rd single will be “Cry Me Out”.

Turn It Up is in stores today!

The cover art for Kristinia DeBarge’s debut album Exposed is out courtesy of Amazon.com. It’s listed with a July 28th street date. But a quick look at Kristinia’s Island Records discography shows the release as untitled and due July 21, 2009 instead. Amazon is usually on top of the release dates and album covers, so I take it that the album has been pushed back a week to the 28th.

After the way “Goodbye” blew up in the past month, I figured, if anything, the release date would be moved up to capitalize on the song’s popularity. But it seems Island might introduce a second single prior to the album’s release. “Goodbye” appears to have peaked in its airplay and chart positions, so it probably is ime to ship the second single. It’s pretty common nowadays, so here’s hoping that “Gotta Be Love” is as big a success as “Goodbye”. I don’t think it will be because it’s not as catchy, but it’s hard to top “Na na na na, na na na na. Hey, hey, hey…Goodbye”!

Haven’t heard “Gotta Be Love”? Listen below.

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I think this will do better on R&B/Urban stations than pop this time around.

Melanie shared a YouTube video featuring her song on the Obsessed movie soundtrack. There are also various clips from the movie mixed with pictures of her. The song is called “Teach Him”, and Obsessed is the Beyonce movie that topped the box office last month.

Lately, while flipping through channels during commercial breaks, I’ve keyed in on a song playing in the Nivea Goodbye Cellulite commercial. I figured it was just a catchy little ditty created for the product and moved on. Then, this week, during “The Hills”, I heard the song again. It was real. And by real, I mean really catchy! I loved it! The song is called “Goodbye” by Kristinia (pronouced Kris-ti-nee-a) DeBarge.

I admit to having read news blurbs here and there about how another DeBarge was entering the music biz, but I didn’t really give it another thought. Having grown up during the 80s, I know allllll about the DeBarge family. The group DeBarge (which her father James was a keyboardist in), Chico and El’s solo projects…you name it, I was probably grooving to it!

So, to say that it’s in Kristinia’s genes to sing would be an understatement. And she chose her debut single very wisely! “Goodbye” is another single girl anthem that is a perfect summer jam. Yea, the topic has done before, but that hasn’t stopped any of the other attempts from enjoying success. I don’t think that will be a hurdle at all.

Britain’s Daily Mail thinks so, and I agree!

I stumbled upon Miss Lott,a couple of weeks ago while browsing my Joss Stone RSS feed. The article stated that Pixie was a mix of Rihanna, Lady GaGa, and Joss Stone and I thought “sa-weeeeet”! Two artists who rarely disappoint me in the music department.

I headed to her website and listened to her debut single, “Mama Do”, and fell in love! (Also be sure to check out her awesome cover of OneRepublic’s “Apologize”)

She’s just shot the video for “Mama Do” and is receiving her first plays on British radio. The 18 year old, who is currently signed to Mercury Records, also has a US label, so expect to see her on this side of the pond as well. Probably later this year, at the earliest.

Find out more about Pixie on her official website. You can also find her on MySpace and Twitter.

Listen to “Mama Do” below:

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Lily Allen shares her take of the Britney Spears hit “Womanizer”. I like Lily’s version better, and that’s not a knock on Brit. She currently owns me with her new single “Circus”. I’m wearing that song out! It’s just that Lily’s interpretation of the track is stripped down with more personality than any of us will ever hear on a Britney song. That’s why I like it better.

Take a listen below:

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