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Kris Allen reveals that one of the five songs he will perform on Top Ten "American Idol" Summer Tour is The Beatles' 1968 track called "Hey Jude". He tells E! Online, "I'm doing some songs from the show. I can say one: 'Hey Jude' by The Beatles. It's gonna be huge. I do five songs."

The winner of Idol season eight furthermore explains that he will "go last" at the upcoming live concerts. He adds, "I have nothing to do until later, but I'm so weird I'll probably be watching from the wings anyway."

Drake has made public a music video for his single "Best I Ever Had". In this newly-premiered video, the rapper is seen playing coach to a female basketball team who is trounced 91-14 at the end of a game.

The video was filmed in Brooklyn, New York with Kanye West serving behind the lens. Trey Songz, Fabolous and several artists from Lil Wayne's label, Young Money Entertainment, are seen making cameos.

After being previewed through a bunch of on-set pictures, Mariah Carey's forthcoming music video for her new single "Obsessed" is now made available for sneak peek through its behind-the-scenes footage. The footage mainly sees Mariah dressing up as a man in a gray hoody and in a bellboy uniform.

Mariah filmed the video at New York City's Plaza Hotel over the weekend. In this video, she will play two characters, a female celebrity and a male stalker. The guy she portrays reportedly represents Eminem who recently mocked her in a song titled "Bagpipes From Baghdad".

Blake Lewis eyes to bring out his sophomore set "Heartbreak on Vinyl" across United States on October 6 under Tommy Entertainment. Furthermore, the outcast of "American Idol" season six will release "Sad Song", the lead single from the album, in July.

In this project, Blake will record danceable materials with the help from acclaimed songwriters and producers, such as S*A*M & Sluggo (Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco), Dave Aude (The Pussycat Dolls), Rodney Jerkins (Lady GaGa, Britney Spears), and Jean Baptiste (will.i.am, Black Eyed Peas). "'Heartbreak On Vinyl' is the culmination of over 10 years in the dance scene -- the music that gets me out onto the dance floor to lose my inhibition," Blake said in a press release.

A music video filmed by 50 Cent to promote his new single "OK, You're Right" has been debuted. It shows stop motion scenes in which clown-masked thieves are arrested by police. The video continues capturing Fiddy, who has a clown mask on his forehead, rapping to the song. It then ends up with him exploding almost half of the city using a bomb he put somewhere in a hidden place.

"OK, You're Right" is worked on by rapper/powerhouse producer Dr. Dre. Making its way out in mid May, the song will be listed in Fiddy's next installment entitled "Before I Self Destruct", which is slated for September release. Besides, the track also appears among new materials in his new mixtape "War Angel" which has been outed for digital download since June 16.

In an interview with Elle Magazine, Avril Lavigne said her new album will be released sometime in November. She also revealed that a new song she penned for her Black Star perfume commercial might be included in the effort as one of its singles.

Avril Lavigne has, so far, dropped three studio albums. In 2002, she put out "Let Go" which peaked at number 2 on Billboard Hot 200. She then followed up the effort with another record titled "Under My Skin" in 2004 and three years later, she came up with "The Best Damn Thing".

Eminem's music video for his new single "Beautiful" has been partially unveiled through a more than one minute clip. In one of the scenes, the rapper is seen singing the song at Detroit's Tiger Stadium, which is then captured being destroyed. The full-length video will be premiered on July 3.

Commenting on the video, Eminem previously said, "Tiger Stadium is being torn down, and the train station is supposed to be demolished too. This video is one of the last times anybody outside of Detroit is going to see them." He added, "I wrote 'Beautiful' when I was really down, during a difficult time struggling with my addiction."

Having the first international studio album in the works, YouTube singing sensation Charice exclusively shares to AceShowbiz that she eyes to drop the record this fall. Furthermore, the young singer who has shared stage with big singers such as Celine Dion reveals her desire to make a collaboration with Justin Timberlake.

Charice also opens up about her plan to hit the road with her mentor David Foster either in October or November. While waiting her album to arrive in stores, fans can visit Amazon to purchase her new single "Note to God" which is listed among chart-toppers like Black Eyed Peas and Lady GaGa in "NOW That's What I Call Music 31".

After a music video for "Mixed Up" arrived, now a music video in companion to another "Hannah Montana" soundtrack, "Just a Girl", has been found. It shows similar scenes featured on the "Mixed Up" video. While the previously-premiered video has Miley Cyrus wearing a white and purple dress, this new one sees her donning a pink and white top combined with white pants. Both videos capture Miley as Hannah Montana performing in a live concert.

Miley Cyrus has released her latest studio album "Breakout" in 2008. While there is still no word on her new effort, Miley has hit studio, crafting soundtracks for her Disney's TV series. In this project, she joins forces with David Archuleta, Corbin Bleu and Mitchel Musso in addition to having solo songs.

Joe has just brought out a music video to promote his new single entitled "Magic". In this video, the R&B singer is seen surrounded by bikini-wearing ladies. At some point, he is captured lying on the bed with the beautiful women all over his body.

"Magic" is one of the ballad songs appearing in Joe's forthcoming studio album "Signature" which is due to arrive in U.S. on July 14. Serving as the lead single from the effort, the track is written, produced and arranged by Joe himself.

will.i.am recently opened up that he and Michael Jackson have cooked up materials for the late singer's new album. "It was going to be out of this world. It's something Michael has never done before - a dance music album. I was very proud of it," he told Daily Mirror.

"He was very protective and kept it under lock and key," the Black Eyed Peas' member explained further. "After we made it I had to hand back every demo. He was a perfectionist and didn't want anyone to hear it until it was ready."

Bow Wow has a new song called "1 for the Money" and recently announced its arrival on his Twitter. "RT this!!! New Bow Wow '1 for the Money' Crazy!!!!!," so the young rapper wrote on the social network.

It is still unclear whether the new track is recorded for his new album or it is crafted for another project. But, prior to the announcement of the song's arrival, Bow Wow shared, "Listenin to songs off da my new gangsta grilzz mixtape 'The Green Light'."

A Dave Meyers-directed music video in support of Britney Spears' single called "Radar" has just made its way out. Starting with a capture of a luxurious mansion, the video continues showing Britney arriving at the large house and watching hunky ranch men playing a polo game. In one of the scenes, she is shown hooking up with one of the ranch guys.

"Radar" was included in Britney's 2007 effort "Blackout". The track produced by Bloodshy & Avant and The Clutch then re-appeared in her 2008 studio album "Circus".

Around a month after being rumored hitting negotiation room with Sony Music Entertainment, Jay-Z finally confirms he indeed has inked a deal with the giant recording company. "Sony is Roc Nation. That's where Roc Nation's going through," the rapper told Billboard.

When asked about a distribution deal he recently secured for his upcoming studio album "Blueprint 3" with Atlantic Records, Jay-Z clarifies that it is just a one-off deal. "That's pretty much just for this specific album. Roc Nation -- we're experts in marketing and making records. But we do distribution deals," he explained. "On this one, we're working directly with the Atlantic staff, which is Julie [Greenwald], Lyor [Cohen], Kevin [Liles] and Kyse [Mike Kyser]. For the rest of the Roc Nation artists, we did a distribution deal with Sony."

A music video for Michael Jackson tribute song "Better on the Other Side", which is performed by P. Diddy, Chris Brown and The Game, has made its way out. It mostly captures the musicians in studio during a recording session for the track. It also shows random footage showing people paying tribute to Michael by moonwalking on the street and gathering in an open place with flowers in their hands.

Beside Diddy, Brown and Game, other singers lending their vocal to the tribute song are Usher, Mario Winans and Boyz II Men. They debuted the track on June 26, one day after Michael passed away, on Los Angeles radio station Power 106.