The nominations for the 39th Annual JUNO Awards are out and Melanie Fiona has received a nod in the R&B/Soul Recording of the Year category for her debut album, The Bridge.

The JUNO Awards air live, April 18th, on CTV in Canada. Find out more info on the show website.

Kristinia DeBarge attended the 41st NAACP Image Awards Friday. She was a nominee in the “Outstanding New Artist” category. She did not win, as the award went to Keri Hilson, but she looked fab on the red carpet! View the full nominees/winners list here.

Check out some more pictures below the cut.

20K are expected to attend the free show. Click here for more info.

So far, Pixie is the only confirmed act with more announcements expected soon.

Now, in a post-Brit awards article, MTV UK has gone on record as stating that Pixie will indeed support Miss Rihanna for her entire UK tour. Pixie confirms this much on her official website and MySpace.

In other Rihanna news- although Pixie Lott walked away without a gong at The BRIT Awards, she has still been announced to join Ri’ on her UK tour in May.

The tour will kick off in Birmingham on May 7th and will end in Glasgow on May 20th.

Live dates:

Birmingham LG Arena – 7 May
Liverpool Echo Arena – 8
London The O2 – 10 and 11
Sheffield Arena – 13
Nottingham Trent FM Arena – 14
Manchester MEN – 16
Newcastle Metro Arena – 17
Glasgow SECC – 19 and 20

So, fans are in for a treat as both of these women rock! I’m jealous! I can only hope that Rih remembers Pixie when she does her US tour later this year!

You can get tickets here!

Lily Allen won the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist. She’s been MIA lately because she’s about to go on an indefinite hiatus from her singing career. I know I’ll miss her even more, but trust she’ll be very successful and entertaining in whichever endeavors she chooses; which looks to be getting her own record label off the ground.

Here she is performing her hit “The Fear” at the Brits last night.

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More pictures of Lily, as well as Pixie Lott, at the awards.

MY first album Turn It Up is getting re-packaged for an American audience.

The next step for me is to release a single in the US so I’m currently writing songs with a more American sound and in March I’ll be promoting in LA.

The album will be half what is out now – the singles like Cry Me Out – and the rest will be new.

In January I wrote seven new songs with one of my favourite writers, Toby Gad, and I also wrote a duet with the singer from Plain White T’s, Tom Higgenson. Hey There Delilah is one of my favourite songs.

Pixie’s been tweeting a lot lately about working with Toby Gad. He’s worked with a lot of artists I already like, so I like this move. And while I already adore Turn It Up, I do think it’s good move to record some new songs for the US release. Consumers can be really fickle over here!

In other news, Pixie’s also been writing with Joe Jonas. I hope the rabid JoBro fanbase leaves her alone. She’s awesome wrapped up in fabulous.

Lastly, Pixie’s been confirmed to provide support Rihanna at her Metro Radio Arena Show in Newscastle. This in no way means she’s the designated Rated R tour opener, but that pairing would be awesome, right? When Rih-Rih does her US tour (and she better!), I would absolutely love for Pixie to get that support slot so she can be properly introduced to American audiences. I think Rih’s fans would dig her music. I know I already do!

Actually, for my own selfish reasons, I’d like to see Pixie do a small intimate club tour a la Joss Stone. You really get to know the musician before they blow up and you can’t get within 500 ft of them ever again!

So, that’s the Pixie news for now! March can’t come soon enough!

Love it. Good look/vibe for Rih!

ETA: Below is Pixie’s cover of Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody”

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Watch below!

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