"I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us,'" he says. "That was disgusting to me, because I'm not trying to be a circus act." A defiant Mars says he didn't allow himself get boxed in to any one genre during the recording of the album. "I listen to a lot of music," he says, "and I want to have the freedom and luxury to walk into a studio and say, 'Today I want to do a hip-hop, R&B, soul or rock record."
Released in October 2010, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and spawned four Hot 100 hits: "Just the Way You Are" (No. 1), "Grenade" (No. 1), "The Lazy Song" (No. 4) and "Marry You" (No. 85). aThe album has sold 1.7 million in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. His other top 10s include "It Will Rain" (No. 4) from the "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1" soundtrack, and he was a featured artist on B.o.B's "Nothin' On You" (No. 1), Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" (No. 4), Bad Meets Evil's "Lighters" (No. 4) and Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's "Young, Wild & Free"
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'WARRIOR': KE$HA'S NEW ALBUM! Ke$ha has released "Die Young," and it's another party anthem for all her animals. Ke$ha's newest song is "Die Young" and hit airwaves in September. The single will appear on the album Warrior, set to drop on Dec. 4. "I hear your heart beat to the beat of the drums," Ke$ha sings over beating percussion and acoustic guitars. "Oh what a shame that you came here with someone /
So while you're here in my arms / Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young." For "Die Young," Ke$ha turned to fun lead singer Nate Ruess, who co-wrote the jam, according to MTV News. The song was produced by Dr. Luke and co-produced by Benny Blanco, who has previously described it as "old hippie rock." Seacreast spoke with Ke$ha about her upcoming album during his show on Tuesday morning.
‘ROLLING IN THE DEEP’, DE ADELE ES LA CANCIÓN DEL AÑO EN EE.UU. Adele el premio a la canción del año por ‘Rolling In The Deep‘, el tema más escuchado en Estados Unidos en 2011. El reconocimiento se anunció en una ceremonia celebrada en la capital británica en el pasado mes de octubre por Broadcast Music (BMI), una de las organizaciones del derecho de difusión de EEUU, encargada de recaudar los derechos en nombre de compositores y músicos. Adele, quien hace unos días estrenó el tema oficial de James Bond, compartió su premio con el coautor del tema, el productor Paul Epworth. La canción ‘Rolling In The Deep’ fue la que más sonó en las televisiones y en las radios estadounidenses el pasado año, hasta un total de 1,35 millones de veces, y, hasta la fecha, ha sido escuchada en más de dos millones de ocasiones. Además del éxito cosechado en EE.UU., donde se colocó en primer lugar de las listas de éxitos durante siete semanas, la canción de Adele se mantuvo en esa clasificación durante 65 semanas.
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