Lady GaGa's 'Born This Way' sells a MILLI + in a week!!

As expected, Lady GaGa tops Billboard's Top 100 Chart debuting at # 1 selling an impressive 1,108,000 million copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It’s only the 17th album to sell a million in a week since SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991, and the highest sales week since 2005.

'Born This Way' reaps the largest sales week of any album since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" did 1,141,000 in its first week, in March of 2005. The last time we had a million-plus frame was when Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" premiered at No. 1 with 1,047,000 in November of 2010. The SoundScan-era record week is held by NSYNC's "No Strings Attached," which  debuted at No. 1 with 2,416,000 in 2000.



GaGa has one hell of a following and thanks to a major promo push, 99 cent album download on Amazon.com, big-time appearances, killer performances, and of course the undying support of her 'Little Monsters', GaGa reigns supreme right now.  This is also GaGa's 1st album to debut at the top spot. “The Fame” debut  at No. 2, while “The Fame Monster” EP reached No. 5 .

Congrats are definitly in order for Lady GaGa!
 

New Video: Rihanna -'Man Down'

Rihanna must have a mint when it comes to budget for her 'Loud' project.  RiRi unleashes yet another video from the disc.  This time, Rihanna takes her message to Jamaica to tell the story of a sexually-abuse woman and how she 'triumphs' in the end by ending the life of her abuser. Right at the beginning of the clip we see Rihanna gunning down a man in a crowded train station before flashing back to the day before and the events that led to his untimely demise. There are some strong content and visuals in this video.  I am sure there are going to be some sort of backlash for the violence depicted in the visual.  Some may go as far as to censor or ban the clip for being too suggestive of the type of violence woman can face in abusive relationships.  We will see how it 'plays' out, for now take a look at the clip and see what you think.  Too graphic, or just enough to truly paint the picture?
  Anthony Mandler again is at the helm, directing this poignant clip. 


"Man Down"


This video reminds me of Drake's "Find your love" video which was also directed by Mandler.


THOUGHTS???

Chris Brown gives a Lap Dance-Trey Songz brings out 'Unusual' guest!

Although SpringFest at Bicentennial Park in Miami was marked by some disorganization and confusion, there still manged to be a great show. During Chris Brown's set, he shows the world that he REALLY knows how to 'Dougie' and he brings a fan onstage for a hot & steamy Lap dance! Take a look.






During R&B crooner Trey Songz performance, he brings out special guest Drake to perform 'Unusual' and 'Successful' with him.

There's something about Kelly!

Kelly Rowland has been everywhere lately.  With the #1 'Motivation' track on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts, Kelly seems poised to make it really big this time around as a solo artist.  In case you did not also know, Kelly has been tapped to be one of the judges for Simon Cowell's 'X-Factor' UK!  That's a really good look for the young artist.  Speaking of a 'good look', just recently, Kelly gets uber-glam for a photoshoot for 'Wonderland Magazine'.    Check out a few shots:








Naomi and Alek may have some competition?  There's just something about Kelly!

Now & Then: Chris Brown & Keri Hilson

Since the annual SpringFest in Miami was so disorganized, causing Chris Brown to throw a tirade, and upsetting Keri Hilson and pre-empting part of her set, let's do a "Now & Then" for the pair.  Chris Brown and Keri Hilson have a 'history' with each other.  They have collaborated with each other on more than one occasion, so we are sure this weekend's mishap will be water under the proverbial bridge by Friday. 

NOW: 'One Night Stand'---> Keri Hilson feat. Chris Brown



THEN: 'Superhuman'-----> Chris Brown feat. Keri Hilson

Chris Brown Throws a FIT (with good reason this time) ! Keri Hilson not too happy either!

Over the weekend Chris Brown and others were less than happy about the annual Springfest at Bicentennial Park in Miami for Memorial Day.
 Word from the curb, is that Chris Brown almost 'had a fit' over the disorganization of the event.  Here's the word: Chris, who was on time for his set, was left waiting in his trailer for over 3 hours because the set and the other artists that were to perform had gotten rearranged, and their was clearly no organization in the whole event.   Of course Chris Brown was not happy and is said to have a mini-tirade.  But this time its somewhat justifiable.  But in Team BREEZY style..the show must go on...eventually. LOL


 As a result of the disorganization, other artists' sets had to be shortened or delayed for the lack of organization.  Most noted, Keri Hilson tweeted that her show had to be abbreviated due the accommodations of other artists.  This is what the singer tweeted about the event:

Hmmm, seems Keri got bumped for Chris?  Well if it were you, which artist would you have rather seen Chris or Keri? 
I think the people in charge of the concert knew just what they were doing.  I'm just saying....

Teresa's shocking split: 'Fame destroyed my family!'

Publication: In Touch
Date: 6 June 2011

Every version of Real Housewives produces a breakout star, which invariably means there is one psycho bitch that that makes all the other psycho bitches look sane and reasonable. In Real Housewives of New Jersey this season, it's Teresa Giudice. Here are the headlines.

• Housewives exclusive interview
• Husband Joe Fumes, "I'm leaving"
• Fights over money, booze & jealousy
• "I'm embarrassed for my kids," she confesses

Embarrassment for her kids? OMG, what kind of weak psycho bitch is she? These women are supposed to be at least as bad as Sarah Palin, but this woman seems to have both some self-awareness and compassion towards others.

Some producer at Real Housewives slipping if this is the worst villain they could find.

Love Bird Alert™ and On The Rocks Alert: Scarlett trapped in Sean's dirty divorce.

Publication: Star Magazine
Date: 6 June 2011

Star writes that Scarlett Johansson is trapped inside Sean Penn's divorce proceedings. In point of fact, the divorce from Robin Wright Penn was finalized last August, so she's really trapped in a nasty post-divorce situation.

I've been so creeped out by this story, I didn't do the math for the Sophisticated French Rule, which says that an older person may date a younger person if the younger party is more than half the elder's age plus seven. Sean Penn is 50 and Scarlett Johansson is 26, so this is a massive fail of the Sophisticated French Rule. To give you an idea of how bad this is, ten years from now when he is 60 and she is 36, she's still too young for him.

Ick.

Least interesting cover story of the week: Win a Paris Hilton inspired wardrobe!

Publication: OK!
Date: 6 June 2011

Yet another cover story without a picture attached shows up this week, this one dealing with some kind of sweepstakes where you can win a Paris Hilton inspired wardrobe. As far as I can recall, this is the first contest on the cover of a gossip rag that is NOT part of the AMI kennel.

For me, it's a blessing to have a story about Paris Hilton where I DON'T have to include a picture. I get little pleasure looking at this skinny, squinty bag of bones.

Kick a corpse, why don'tcha? Gary Coleman still not laid to rest.

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 6 June 2011

Welcome back to gossip hell, Gary Coleman. Not unlike the story of the remains of James Brown, there is some dispute among his survivors about what to do with Gary Coleman's remains, according to the low rent Examiner.

This helps Gary stay near the top of list of favorite dead people in the tabloids, comfortably ahead of Osama Bin Laden but still trailing Princess Diana, Michael Jackson and Nostradamus.

'Basketball Wives' comes ROARING back tonight!

If you thought Tami and Evelyn's fight was TOO HOT FOR TV, get aload of what's to come in season 3 of
Vh1's 'Basketball Wives' Season !  New DIVAS,MORE DRAMA!




(Yeah, I know they could've photoshopped the picture a bit better-LOL- I didn't do it-VH1 did)

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Never Forget.... Memorial Day 2011

Memorial Day 2011 is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 30 in 2011). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War. It was extended after World War I to honor Americans who have died in all wars.








The Gamutt wishes everyone out there a Grand Memorial Day!

Get 'the skinny' on Vh1's 'Single Ladies'-FIRST LOOK!

VH1 will air it's first scripted series tonight, "Single Ladies", starring Stacey Dash, LisaRaye McCoy and Charity Shea.
The show is part soap-opera part reality show-like, but a whole lot better.
Let's take a sneak peek into what we can expect tonight.
Meet the 'Single Ladies':

Val (Stacey Dash) is a hot, talented stylist who has gambled all her resources on opening a trendy boutique, "V. She's scrambling to get some traction there at the same time she has split up with longtime boyfriend Quinn.
Quinn's a good guy, but when Val realizes she really wants him to put a ring on it, it turns out he's not that good a guy.
Keisha (LisaRaye McCoy) has lived the kind of life a lot of teenage girls dream of living - dancing in videos, getting invites to party with the stars. But she's not quite a star herself, and now she's just old enough to be afraid of becoming a replaceable part in the world she loves.
She has a cat-and-mouse relationship with a 'player'.  She just isn't sure where she wants it to go.

Take a look-- we think you will like!

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Inspirational Vibe: Mary Mary-'Walking'

Everybody needs a little pick me up every now and then.  So to put some inspiration into your day, let's hear the latest release from Grammy-nominated duo, Mary Mary, 'Walking'.

Kelly Rowland & Lonny Bereal shoot 'Favor' video!

Rowland is steadily burning up the charts with her # 1 single, 'Motivation'! Everybody who is everybody seems to be hopping on her track to offer their versions of 'remixes' to the hit record, Da Brat, Jeremih, and even R. Kelly. Kelly is busy finishing up her highly anticipated album, 'Here I Am', but she took time to help out a fellow artist by gracing his debut single. Grammy-nominated songwriter, Lonny Bereal is set to release his debut single,'Favor' where he teams up with the beautiful and talented Kelly Rowland. Bereal has worked with Kelly before as a vocal arranger and songwriter, but this will the first song that they've sang on together. Lonnie Bereal has written hits Chris Brown (I Can Transform Ya), Pleasure P (Under), Tank (Please Don’t Go), Jamie Foxx, Keri Hilson, and Keyshia Cole.
We caught up with Kelly on the set of their new video and Kelly talks what its like working with Lonnie, her new project and Beyonce.

Dancing With The Stars rigged!

Publication: National Enquirer

Date: 6 June 2011

The Enquirer goes with a cover story saying Dancing With The Stars is rigged this season, and they put pictures of the finalists Kirstie Alley, Hines Ward and Chelsea Kane on the cover.

Here's the thing. They said the same thing two months ago and predicted the eventual winner would be Kirstie Alley or Kendra Wilkinson, two names well known to the readers of gossip rags.

Hines Ward won. He's not well known to the gossip world, but he's an athlete. Athletes do really well on this show.

This is exactly the type of story I had in mind when I started this blog, a time when the Enquirer expects that everyone has the attention span of a gnat and it will be ignored that their bold prediction of just two months ago was complete horseshit.

Guess what, Enquirer? I don't have the attention span of a gnat. I publish on the Internet, where nothing ever completely disappears down the memory hole.

The Enquirer prints lies, guesses and nonsense with astonishing regularity. This blog is here to catch the worst cases.

You're welcome. I'm glad to do it.

Macho Man death crash photo: wrestling tragedy.

Publication: Globe

Date: 6 June 2011

The target market for the Globe and the low rent Examiner watch a lot of TV, so it's no surprise that they would have Macho Man Randy Savage on the cover after his untimely death in a car crash.

Given that it's the Globe, it's also no surprise that they would morbidly publish a photo of the crash.

Stay classy, Globe.

Joplin, Missouri. Heartbreak and hope.

Publication: People

Date: 6 June 2011

Once again, People magazine distinguishes itself from the rest of the supermarket rags with a story about the awful damage done by the tornado in Joplin, Missouri. Like in all disasters, there are parts of the affected town that are completely unaffected, but this aerial shot of the long dirty brown swath surrounded by areas with greenery gives a very good idea of just how bad this tornado was.

If you have a couple of nickels to rub together, find it in your heart to send something to a reputable disaster relief fund, won't you?

Least interesting story of the week: Bethenny's at home yoga plan.

Publication: Us Weekly

Date: 6 June 2011

The plague of cover stories without artwork is spreading through The Only Ten Magazines That Matter, and this week Us Weekly succumbs. Bethenny Frankel of Real Housewives is trying to sell a yoga plan, but there is no picture of her stretching or looking serene or anything.

If Us Weekly doesn't think this story is worth a picture, then neither do I.

New Video: Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo & Nayer-'Give Me Everything'

Mix some reggaeton, Pop synths and a touch of R&B and you have Pitbull's latest single, 'Give me everything.'  'Everything' is steadily climbing up the Pop/Dance charts and appears to be fastly becoming one of the big dance/club songs of the Summer already.

Good collabo here, Ne-Yo is the perfect touch on the hook.... TAKE A LISTEN!!!!

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New BEYONCE single due out THIS WEEK! And its not what you think!

The world just can't get enough of Beyonce!  Beyonce sets trends, then breaks them goes left and stars new trends.  Hot off the success of the video 'Run the World(Girls), and winning the Millineum Award at this year's Billboard Music Awards, Beyonce is not stopping.  Beyonce's camp is readying the 2nd official single from the album, '4'.  Although 'Until the End of Time' has been floating around the net.  And Bey gave an emotional and moving performance of '1+1' on the American Idol finale last week, neither of those are single #2.

So, what does Bey have up her sleeves now?
Sources are saying that the next official single will the the BabyFace-penned 'Best thing I ever Had'.


According to Concreteloop:
Song 2. The second song they played for us was another mid-tempo ballad. In the track Beyonce sings, “You don’t deserve my tears,” “Thank God you blew it,” “Sucks to be you right now” and more. Reminded us of “Irreplaceable” with the song content but overall the song was good. Beyonce said BabyFace wrote the track for her and told CL exclusively that she was“very emotional in the studio while recording”.

JustJared reports:
SONG #2(Best Thing I Never Had) ———- This mid-tempo song has lots of drums much like “Run The World.” “Babyface wrote the song,” Beyonce told JustJared.com. The track is about karma and revenge and kicks off with, “What goes around comes back around.” Some key phrases from the song include, “Best thing I’ve ever had” and “Best thing you’ve never had.” The best line in the song goes, “You showed your ass, baby I saw the real you.” The song closes with, “Sucks to be you right now.”


Hmm, sucks to be anybody else right now, once Beyonce's cd drops, all of the idle chatter is sure to cease and true talent, devoid of gimmicky costumes and outlandish acts to garner attention not needed.   True talent and vocal ability will stand alone at the top. You can't really ever be steered wrong with BabyFace at the helm. This is sure to be another smash!

Stacey Dash opens up about her character on VH1's 'Single Ladies!

VH1 is set to release a mini-series, 'Single Ladies' starring Stacey Dash and LisaRaye McCoy tomorrow.  The series chronicles the perils and fortunes of 3 women as they navigate the single life.  Queen Latifah serves as executive producer for what is sure to be a must see series.

VH1 spoke with Stacey Dash who portrays 'Val', a single woman that is seeking love, but gets her heart broken in the process.  The character is somewhat of a parallel to Dash's real-life status as she has been thrust back in the the 'single- life' after three failed marriages.  Let's see what she had to say about that parallel.

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Damn You Skinny Alert™: Hot Bodies 2011

Publication: Us Weekly

Date: 6 June 2011

Nothing surprising about good looking celebrities in swimsuits on the covers of The Only Ten Magazines That Matter. Nothing surprising to see Zac Efron and Kourtney Kardashian featured in such stories. The only slight surprise is to see Carrie Underwood in a bikini for the first time, but not such a surprise that she looks good in one.

Bad dad alert: Khloe is stunned by Lamar's baby secret.

Publication: OK!

Date: 6 June 2011

There's one story each for the Kardashian sisters this week on the covers of The Only Ten Magazines That Matter. OK! says that Lamar is hiding some baby secret and Khloe is stunned. On their website, it is revealed that Lamar already has kids and he hasn't been the perfect dad to them.

Love Bird Alert™: Leonardo DiCaprio and Blake Lively.

Publications: People, Us Weekly, Weekly Life & Style

Date: 6 June 2011

Plenty of stories about a new couple this week. Leonardo DiCaprio is no longer dating supermodel Bar Refaeli, but has been seen in Cannes with actress Blake Lively. Here are the headlines.

• People: Blake and Leo - heating up
• Weekly Life & Style: Why Leo chose Blake Lively over a supermodel
• Us Weekly: Blake and Leo - a new romance

It's easy to think of Leo as a kid, but in fact he's 36. Since they are in Cannes, it's only fair to bring up the Sophisticated French Rule. Half his age plus seven is 25.

Bar Refaeli is 25. Blake Lively is 23. If this was a trade in for youth, it's a bad sign.

Rihanna causes a 'riot' at Rockefeller Plaza!

Pop diva, Rihanna kicks off the summer by causing a 'riot' at Rockefeller Plaza yesterday!  Well maybe not a riot, but her fans would beg to differ.  Rihanna took to the streets of New York to kick off 'The Today Show's Summer Concert Series singing #1 hits from her 'Loud' disc.


Rihanna cooed and slinked down the streets of Rockefeller Plaza singing her #1 smash, 'S&M', as sexy dancers followed her to the main stage.
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What a way to kick off summer!?!?
Rihanna's 'Loud' tour kicks off in a few weeks.