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Tuesday May 22 | Billboard

John Mayer, 'Born and Raised': Track-By-Track Review

John Mayer may not be able to perform his new material live, but that doesn't mean he can't pack up his stuff, drive across the Western frontier and lip-synch lyrics about being a "good man, with a good heart." Which "Strange Clouds" track will lead B.o.B to the top of the Billboard charts once again? Here's our track-by-track review of each song.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop

Mon May 21, 2012

Alexandria Daily Town Talk

Q&A: Coldplay encounter gets B.o.B rethinking new album

Just in case you were interested in knowing more about the 27-year-old med school grad who got the... Atlanta-based recording artist B.o.B poses for a portrait in New York.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Dance, Coldplay, New York, Weezer, Entertainment

Sat May 19, 2012

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ballad of B.o.B.

B.o.B. slid into the chair at 13 Roses Tattoo, extended his right arm and breathed in a little.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Atlanta, GA, East Atlanta (Atlanta, GA), Dekalb County, GA, Black Entertainment, DMX, Rap

Fri May 18, 2012

Bend Bulletin

Music releases 1

Not a lot of rappers can say they're feuding mercilessly with critical darlings Odd Future, modeling for fashion lines, or collaborating with Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, and Morgan Freeman, all at about the same time.

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Related Topix: Dance, Chris Brown, Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Acoustic, Taylor Swift, North Carolina

Thu May 17, 2012

411mania.com

411 Music Fact or Fiction 05.18.12: Mick, Jimmy and B.o.B

I'm your host, Joseph Lee. This week it's Tony Acero going up against Mark Radulich.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Aerosmith, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Music, Entertainment

The Shreveport Times

Super Water Sympathy stops through home for summer kick-off party

Formed in 2010, Super Watery Sympathy is Clyde Hargrove , Jason Mills, Ansley Hughes, Billy Hargrove and Ryan Robinson.

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Related Topix: Shreveport, LA, Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop

Billboard

Chart Juice: Tank Takes No. 1 Spot on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

R&B crooner Tank debuts his fifth studio album, "This Is How I Feel," at No. 1 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with 33,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Related Topix: Tank, Hip-Hop, R-N-B, Pop/Rock, Dance, Rihanna

Mon May 14, 2012

WJHM-FM Orlando

B.o.B. Releases 'Both Of Us' Featuring Taylor Swift As Next Single

B.o.B. has released a new single with Taylor Swift called Both Of Us off of his new album Strange Clouds .

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Pop/Rock

Fri May 11, 2012

Billboard

Weekly Chart Notes: How Gotye Got a No. 1 Dance Hit

The multi-genre assault of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know," featuring Kimbra, rolls on, as the song spends a fourth week at No.

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Related Topix: Miranda Lambert, Country, Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop

Thu May 10, 2012

WASH-FM

Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 is Norah Jones' ...Little Broken Hearts

Carrie Underwood 's new album Blown Away is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart, Billboard.com reported Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Pop/Rock

Billboard

Chart Juice: B.o.B Earns R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 1

Future debuts at No. 2 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with his first studio set, "Pluto," with sales of 41,000 in its first week.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Black Entertainment, R-N-B, R. Kelly, Think Like a Man, Dance, Rihanna, Climax, NY

St. Cloud Times Online

B.o.B gets advice from Chris Martin for 2nd album

B.o.B's 2010 debut launched hits that co-starred Bruno Mars, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and Hayley Williams of Paramore.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Weezer, Dance, Coldplay

Wed May 09, 2012

HipHopDx

[News] Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 5/6/2012

B.o.B. soars for the "Strange Clouds" while Santigold gets her strongest debut to date with her own sophomore, "Master Of My Make Believe" in a week that should make Atlantic Records quite pleased.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Best of 2007

Hollywood Reporter

Carrie Underwood Debuts Atop Billboard 200, Beats Norah Jones, B.o.B

It's the best sales week for a country album since the Oct. 1, 2011, chart, when Lady Antebellum's Own the Night bowed atop the list with 347,000. It's the largest frame for a country set by a solo artist since Taylor Swift's Speak Now sold 276,000 during the Christmas week of 2010.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Black Entertainment, Norah Jones, Jazz, Carrie Underwood, Country, Dance, Nicki Minaj

WPEG-FM Charlotte

B.o.B's "Strange Clouds" Floats Into Sales Top 5, Readies T.I. Collabo Album

B.o.B 's Strange Clouds blasted off with first-week sales topping all other rap releases and coming in at No.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Pop/Rock, Offbeat

USA Today

Carrie Underwood blows away 'Billboard' chart

Carrie Underwood's Blown Away blew away the competition last week, making its way easily to the top spot of The Billboard 200.

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Related Topix: Carrie Underwood, Country, Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Kelly Clarkson, Dance

HipHopDx

[News] Big Sean Addresses Young Chop's Beef Over Kanye West's "I Don't Like" Remix

B.o.B. soars for the "Strange Clouds" while Santigold gets her strongest debut to date with her own sophomore, "Master Of My Make Believe" in a week that should make Atlantic Records quite pleased.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Pop/Rock

Tue May 08, 2012

HipHopDx

[News] B.o.B "Strange Clouds" First Week Sales

The lyrical juggernaut says he has 10,000 bars of verse on his forthcoming double-disc DVD project sold direct to fans.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Pop/Rock, Offbeat

HipHopDx

[News] B.o.B Performs "So Good," "Where Are You (B.o.B Vs. Bobby Ray)" On "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

Home > News > B.o.B Performs "So Good," "Where Are You " On "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Fresh on the heels of releasing his sophomore album Strange Clouds , B.o.B stopped by "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last night to perform a few cuts from the LP.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Pop/Rock

Mon May 07, 2012

WBAV-FM Charlotte

Andre 3000 To Play Jimi Hendrix In New Film

Andre 3000 will be getting into character to to play Jimi Hendrix in an upcoming biopic All Is By My Side , which will begin shooting in Ireland later this month.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Four Brothers, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Pop/Rock, Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Big Boi, Outkast, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop

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