New Music| Robin Thicke – ‘Top of the World’

Fresh off the premiere of ABC’s singing competition Duets, Robin Thicke unleashes a new free song for the summer,  “Top of the World.”

“Now you feelin’ like a pimp, you got everything you want, no wonder/ ‘Cause you never gave up, now you singing that song all summer,” sings Thicke on the feel-good tune.

“A little thank u to my fans please enjoy this free track for summer,” he wrote on Twitter.

His latest album, Love After War, is available now.

Listen to “Top of the World” below.

Kelly Clarkson, LMFAO, Linkin Park, Nelly Furtado, Carrie Underwood, and The Wanted perform at 2012 Billboard Music Awards

Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, LMFAO, Linkin Park, Nelly Furtado, The Wanted, and Carly Rae Jepsen were among the performers at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. Watch their performances below.

Whitney Houston to Receive Billboard Millennium Award

Whitney Houston will be honored with the Millennium Award at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (May 20).  The late singer, who died on Feb. 11 at age 48, will be also receive a tribute from John Legend and her Sparkle co-star Jordin Sparks, it was announced today.

Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Nelly Furtado, Linkin Park to Perform at Billboard Music Awards

Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Nelly Furtado and Linkin Park are the newest additions to take the stage at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. They join previously announced performers Cee Lo Green, Justin Bieber, Carrie Underwood, LMFAO and The Wanted.

Clarkson’s recent LP, Stronger, debuted at No. 2 on the Top 200 and has spawned the No. 1 single with “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).” Usher, Nelly Furtado and Linkin Park all release their new titles within one week of each other.

Preceded by the addictive “Climax,” Usher’s seventh studio album, Looking for Myself, arrives June 12; Nelly Furtado’s fifth opus, The Spirit Indestructible, drops June 19; and Linkin Park’s LIVING THINGS rolls into stores on June 26.

The 2012 Billboard Music Awards air live May 20 on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.

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John Legend Replaces Lionel Richie on ABC’s ‘Duets’

Due to “personal scheduling conflicts,” John Legend will replace Lionel Richie on ABC’s summer singing competition, Duets, the network announced.

Legend will join Kelly Clarkson, Robin Thicke and Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles as a mentor on the show, which premieres May 24.  The mentors will travel across America to find two singers each who will serve as their duet partners for the show. Each week, the mentor and one of their two duet partners will perform live in front of a studio audience. Former MTV VJ Quddus will host the competition.

John Legend is prepping the release of his forth studio album, expected later this year. He’s currently enjoying chart success with “Tonight (Best You Ever Had)” featuring Ludacris, his contribution to the Think Like a Man soundtrack. The track reached a new peak of No. 33 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart last week.

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Four-Peat: Fun.’s “We Are Young” Still No. 1, Becomes Year’s Top-Selling Download

Indie pop band Fun. continues their wave of success.  “We Are Young” featuring Janelle Monáe, the smash lead single from their sophomore album Some Nights, stays at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for its four consecutive week.

On the Digital Songs chart, the stadium rock cut  logs its sixth week at No. 1 with 387,000 downloads sold (up 11%), according to Nielsen Soundscan.  This week’s digital sales push the track pass Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” (2.25 million) to become 2012’s top-selling download with 2.39 million.

In its fifth week on the Radio Songs list, “Young”  rockets 14-4 with 88 million audience impressions (up 36%), according to Nielsen BDS, granting the song the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fourth consecutive week.

The aforementioned Kelly Clarkson holds the fort at No. 2 on the Hot 100 with “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” while it rises 2-1 on Radio Songs (117 million).  The former three-week No. 1 slides 5-8 on Digital Songs (151,000, down 7%). It ranks at No. 11 on On-Demand Songs with 454,000 streams (down 2%).

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 (March 29)

1- “We Are Young” featuring Janelle Monáe – Fun.
2- “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”- Kelly Clarkson
3- “Glad You Came” – The Wanted
4-  “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Gotye  featuring Kimbra
5- “Starships” – Nicki Minaj
6-“Set Fire to the Rain” – Adele
7- “Wild Ones” featuring Sia – Flo Rida
8- “Part of Me” – Katy Perry
9- “Take Care” featuring Rihanna – Drake
10- “Turn Me On” featuring Nicki Minaj – David Guetta

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VH1 Unveils List of 100 Greatest Women In Music

Part one of  VH1’s 100 Greatest Women in Music airs tonight at 10 P.M. The list features the biggest names in music over the last twenty years.  Some of the names will definitely cause a stir. Check it out below.

Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Stronger’ Douses Adele’s ‘Fire’ on Hot 100

With a second week atop the Digital Songs chart, Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” roars No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100. The song’s ascension to the summit marks Clarkson’s third leader on the Hot 100.

The original “American Idol” first reigned with “A Moment Like This,” her Idol coronation song, for two weeks in 2002.  She return to the top of the chart seven years later with 2009’s “My Life Would Suck Without You,” for two weeks in the beginning of that year.