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Mariah Carey's "H.A.T.E.U." video shoot on Malibu beach, California indeed has been wrapped. However, director Brett Ratner still needs another shoot and thus took Mariah and his crew to New York City on November 6 for another filming process.

Unlike the Malibu set which witnessed Mariah sporting a white bikini and black silk swimsuit, the NYC video shoot sees her rocking a black leather jacket matched with a pair of heeled boots. Premiere date for the video is still unclear.

From the first single "Manos Al Aire", Nelly Furtado moves on to its follow-up, a song called "Mas". She has filmed a music video for the track and shared the shooting process through its behind-the-scene footage.

Nelly says that the track tells about a troubled relationship. To match the song, the forthcoming video, which is yet to have specified premiere date, will see Nelly breaking up with her boyfriend after finding out that he has cheated on her with another woman.

This year's American Music Awards is promised to be a star-studded affair with the addition of Green Day, Mary J. Blige and Keith Urban to its performers ensemble. Long rumored musical guest Rihanna has also been confirmed.

"We're very excited about having Green Day, Rihanna, Shakira and Mary J. Blige all performing on one stage," said the show's producer Larry Klein. "Each year we try to have a variety of artists and sounds and I think these performers really showcase the depth of what this show brings to its fans."

In "You Know Me" music video, Robbie Williams is seen falling asleep while getting his make-up done by his stylists. When he is awake, he finds himself dressed as a rabbit in a waistcoat and wandering through a magical fairy-tale land.

"You Know Me" is the second single taken from Robbie's eighth solo studio album "Reality Killed the Video Star". The track is debuted on Radio BBC 2 during Ken Bruce's show in October. It will be made available for physical and digital purchase beginning December 7.

A tracklisting for Chris Brown's upcoming release "Graffiti" has been obtained via HipHopDX. The not-yet-confirmed list lines up Plies, Tank, Eva Simmons, Trey Songz and The Game as his collaborators in addition to Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz.

Trey indeed confirmed to MTV earlier this month about entering studio with Chris for a duet track. "He put this beat on, we started playing around with a crazy concept - just having fun for real," he said. At that time however, he was unsure whether or not it will make it to the "Graffiti" album.

In its behind-the-scene footage, Alicia Keys explains the concept of "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart" music video which was shot in late October. "It basically pictures the movie 'Hancock' or the character Rogue from 'X-Men' and the way that they have an incredible power that is a blessing but also their curse," she says.

Like John Hancock, Alicia will portray a loner who couldn't be with the person she loves. She will be narrated as a woman who has a healing ability which prevents her to touch anyone because she, like Rogue, will involuntarily absorb the physical strength of the person she touches.

Following his record deal with 19 Recordings / RCA Nashville back in September this year after graduating from "American Idol", Danny Gokey releases his first country music single called "It's Only". The track was debuted on Milwaukee radio station FM 106.1. on November 6.

A countrified ballad track, the song is written by Lady Antebellum's members Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley and produced by Mark Bright. It serves as the lead single from Danny's forthcoming RCA debut album which is aimed for March 2010 release.

Kris Allen has debuted a music video in support of "Live Like We're Dying", the lead single off his upcoming debut album. Unlike Adam Lambert's "Time for Miracles" video which is full of explosion, this new video mainly showcases Kris' talent as he strums his guitar and plays the piano.

"It was cool because we actually shot it in the desert in L.A. in the middle of nowhere in this junkyard and we had this set," Kris told PopEater. "It was this huge digital clock which was really cool and it was kind of raggedy looking and we shot it from 8 P.M. to 8 A.M. in the morning. That was crazy, with no breaks at all."

Rihanna will not release her new album "Rated R" in U.S. market until November 23. However, music fans will have a chance to listen to the upcoming effort a week prior when its songs are performed by the Barbadian songstress from a secret location in London on November 16.

The special gig will be streamed live by Nokia. "I am so excited to partner up with Nokia. They are doing some really revolutionary things with this album, enabling me to reach more fans than ever before," Rihanna commented.

The first leg of Jay-Z's on-going tour to support his studio album "The Blueprint 3" will soon end on November 22. But, the rap mogul has announced a number of new dates in 2010 for those who missed his previous concerts.

The second leg of the gig will be started on February 22 in Texas and will continue through March 26 in California. Serving as an opening act is Young Jeezy. Tickets for the tour will go on sale beginning November 13.

A brand new photo taken during the filming of Mariah Carey's "H.A.T.E.U." on Malibu beach in California has been put forward on Mariah's official website. The snap shows the wife of actor/singer Nick Cannon hitting the shore only in bikini.

The video is directed by Mariah's long time collaborator Brett Ratner and has been wrapped on November 4 during which he tweeted a picture of him and Mariah. Recently, Brett reunited with Mariah when directing her "Obsessed" video.

"Fresh Out the Oven" music video actually has been premiered during Jennifer Lopez's visit to nightclub LIV last month. However, it hasn't been debuted on TV and only makes its way out through a bootleg version on the Internet.

Recently, MTV has got a sneak peek to the video in its high quality. It features females and males dancing and bouncing to the Pitbull-featuring track which serves as a promotional song for Jennifer's new album "Love?". It is unclear when the video will arrive in full.

It's a wrap for the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Its winners have been announced and soon afterwards, footage of its live performances by Alicia Keys, Alejandro Sanz and Laura Pausini and this year's big winner Calle 13 hit the web.

Alicia made a collaboration with Alejandro who brought his guitar during the set. The two musicians delivered a duet track called "Looking for Paradise" which is taken from his latest studio effort "Paraiso Express".

Calle 13 have won in every category they were nominated at the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. It means that the Hip-Hop / alternative-reggae duo, Residente and Visitante, walked home with five trophies at the November 5 ceremony.

"To all the people who make music in this moment of independent music, to hell with record labels!" Residente said when collecting Best Alternative Song prize for the band's track "No Hay Nadie Como Tu". "This is the moment for those of us who make real music."

Apparently one of the reasons behind Alicia Keys' decision to push back her new album "The Element of Freedom" is to give more time for her to finish "Empire State of Mind Part 2". The singer has confirmed that she will return to studio with Jay-Z to record the song's sequel.

One of the singles in Jay-Z's latest effort "The Blueprint 3", the first version of "Empire State of Mind" peaked at No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100. The joint track has also brought luck to both Alicia and Jay-Z as they have been billed to duet for several major events, one of which is the upcoming American Music Awards.