MADONNA RELEASED MYSTERIOUS 'LIVING FOR LOVE' TEASER VIDEO

Is this a tease of the video for Living For Love, the first single from Rebel Heart, or is this a tease of her upcoming Grammy and BRIT award performances...or all three!!!? Whatever it is, it looks cool. You can hear people cheering on the dancer featured and there is a mirrored effect on the video, so anyone's guess is as good as mine. Anyway, here it is!! Rebel Heart is released in the US on March 10th. The Grammy Awards are this Sunday at 8 PM on CBS and the BRIT Awards are February 25th.

ADELE'S PERFORMANCE OF ROLLING IN THE DEEP AT THE BRIT AWARDS

...AND here is the best way to say "thank you" to her fans. Adele has won everything but a pie eating contest this year (notice her weight loss?) and she has that voice back, so she strolled on stage at the Brit Awards as if to say "AND what?". Cut to her KILLING it again with Rolling in the Deep. Go, Adele. Watch and love. What do you say, Adele for Best Picture at the Oscars? Will she win an ESPY for Breakthrough Athlete? Anything is possible.

ADELE DOES NOT LIKE GETTING CUT OFF. WATCH THIS!

Adele just won like a hepta-bajillion Grammys, so it's no huge surprise she hopped a plane, rode on over the the UK and swept the BRIT Awards as well. Upon winning Album of the Year (duh) for her smash hit 21, Adele took the stage to give her fans a big thank you, but about a split second into her speech the producers of the show decided to give HER a big F you and sent the host to cut her off. Adele gave them a gesture to mark the occasion. I love this woman even more now. OH, ANNNNDDDD, they cut her off for BLUR! Blur!!! Whatevs. Watch the lady Adele wave hello to producers. She explained afterward, "I'm sorry if I offended anyone, it was the suits that offended me." WERQ!

BRIT AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The annual Brit Awards, honoring the best in British music were handed out this week and the winners are a veritable Who's That? of the American music scene. Isn't it weird that two English speaking countries have so many artists that the other doesn't know about? Anyway, I ADORE British pop music, so I always follow it and get all I can. So even though she wasn't one of the award winners, Adele gave an amazing performance and I had to include it below. Check her out!!! She is poised for another huge follow up in the US with her second album titled 21 (her age) which is the follow up to 19. See the pattern. Here is a list of winners and Adele's performance.

British Male Solo Artist Plan B
British Female Solo Artist Laura Marling
British Breakthrough Act Tinie Tempah
British Group Take That
British Single Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
MasterCard British Album of the Year Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
International Male Solo Artist Cee Lo Green
International Female Solo Artist Rihanna
International Breakthrough Act Justin Bieber
International Group Arcade Fire
International Album Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Critics' Choice Jessie J

LILY ALLEN SAYS HER BRIT AWARDS MEAN "NOTHING"

Lily Allen sometimes forgets to stop talking. After winning a Brit Award for Best Female Solo Artist she said it was the "perfect goodbye" before retiring from her music career for a while. Now, just a couple of months later, Lily has decided it was all crap. In a recent interview Lily says, "I got a Brit Award recently. And that was something four years ago that I would have died for. But when I finally got that award it meant absolutely nothing to me. Because I now know that the Brit Awards is a TV show. Record company executives make deals with a TV channel and the producers about who wins what award in exchange for performance time. So it's just become a non-award, like 'Thank you for this'". While that maybe true, Lily probably should have just left it alone. I mean, it's still an award, right? I love Lily, so she can have an award from me anytime she wants. I hope she wouldn't think mine was meaningless. Sad face. [source]

LILY ALLEN PERFORMANCE AT THE BRIT AWARDS

CUTE!!! I heart Lily and she did an adorable performance of The Fear at the BRIT Awards earlier this week. Lily won the award for Best British Female and I couldn't agree more. She is sassy, brash, talented and funny. Her music and lyrics are top notch and she puts on a great live show. I saw her at Roseland last year (hence the pic. Yes. I said "hence"). Anyhoo, enjoy Lily's performance or you will be severely punished.

MORE PERFORMANCES FROM THE BRIT AWARDS

Robbie Williams, who has sold an ass-load of albums in the UK, sang a medley of his hits for the cheering crowd.



Cherly Cole, X Factor judge and former girl-group member who is now one of the biggest artists on the British music scene, took the stage for an excellent mashup of her hit Fight for this Love with Show Me Love.


Newcomers Florence + the Machine team up with Dizzee Rascal for a great performance.

LIST OF WINNERS AT THE BRIT AWARDS

The BRIT Awards, equivelent to the Grammys in the US, were given out last night and Lady Gaga one big, taking home a trophy for every categary she was niminated in. Also winning was my girl Lily Allen and Jay-Z. The Spice Girls walked away with the honor of fans voting their performance of Who Do You Think You Are the best performance of the 30 year history of the BRITS. Read the full list of winners below and watch for the highlights later.

The BRIT Awards 2010 winners were:

The BRITs Hits 30 - Spice Girls
British Male Solo Artist - Dizzee Rascal
International Male Solo Artist - Jay-Z
BRITs Album of 30 Years - Oasis - ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’
British Breakthrough Act - JLS
Best British Group - Kasabian
Best International Newcomer - Lady GaGa
International Female Solo Artist - Lady GaGa
Best British Female - Lily Allen
Best International Album - Lady GaGa - ‘The Fame’
Best British Single - JLS - ‘Beat Again’
Best British Album - Florence & The Machine - ‘Lungs’
Outstanding Contribution To Music - Robbie Williams

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LADY GAGA DEDICATES PERFORMANCE AT THE BRITS TO MCQUEEN

Lady Gaga performed at the BRIT Awards tonight dedicating her performance of Telephone and Dance in the Dark to Alexander McQueen. The fashion designer took his own life a few days ago and had worked with Gaga on several occasions. Gaga always puts on a good show, but this one has some emotion behind it. Take a look.

BRIT AWARDS NOMINEES & PERFORMERS

The BRIT Awards are coming up February 16th and the field is pretty awesome. Lots of names that US audiences will not find familiar, BUT SHOULD!!! It's just been announced that Lily Allen has been added to the list of performers (YEA!) and she is nominated in three categories. Others performing are Cheryl Cole, Dizzee Rascal, Florence + the Machine, Jay-Z, JLS, Kasabian, Lady Gaga and Robbie Williams. Check out some of the nominees.

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST:

Bat for Lashes, Florence + the Machine, Leona Lewis, Lily Allen, Pixie Lott

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST:

Calvin Harris, Dizzee Rascal, Mika, Paolo Nutini, Robbie Williams

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST:

Lady Gaga, Ladyhawke, Norah Jones, Rihanna, Shakira

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST:

Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Jay-Z, Michael Buble, Seasick Steve

For a full list of nominees go here.

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LILY ALLEN UP FOR SEVERAL BRIT AWARDS

YEA!!! I love Lily Allen. She is truly an amazy artist with distinct voice and point of view. The people behind teh BRIT Awards think so too. Lily is up for three awards this year including Best British Female Solo Artist, Best British Single and British Album for It's Not Me, It's You. Lily will compete for the Female Act trophy with Florence + the Machine, Bat for Lashes (don't those sound like groups?), Leona Lewis and Pixie Lott. Florence + the Machine is also nominated for Breakthrough Artists and British Album. To mark the 30th anniversary of the BRITS will also feature a contest for the best performance of all time between The Who, Bros, The Bee Gees, Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Take That and the Spice Girls. (I vote for Spice Girls) Anyhooo, good luck Lily!!!! [source]

FLASHBACK: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND KYLIE MINOGUE SING BLONDIE

This performance was at the Brit Awards a few years ago, but I wanted to share it on here. I had forgotten about it until it popped up on my youtube suggestions. Justin was performing a medley of Like I Love You/Cry Me a River and Kylie came out to join him onstage for Rapture by Blondie. Its sexy funtimes for the two of them. Check it out.