Katy Perry, MTV's big winner

U.S. singer Katy Perry, with three awards, including best video of the year, made good predictions and became the big winner of the 28th edition of the Video Music Awards, MTV awards dedicated to the best music videos the year. Perry, who started as a favorite with nine nominations, also took the statuette for best special effects and better collaboration, both for "ET" with Kanye West.

The British Adele shone also with three awards in the categories of Best Editing, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography for the video of his famous song, "Rolling in the Deep." These three awards were announced before the start of the televised gala, which dragged on for two hours at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles (California).

Britney Spears at the MTV award: Lady Gaga, dressed as a man, gave the award

Britney Spears was honored today with the award for best pop video that gives the station MTV, in a ceremony at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Spears, who turns 30 years in December, received the award for her video "Till the World Ends" and thanked his parents, his children and his producer, but first "God for having blessed." The overwhelming favorite to win this prize was Katy Perry, who may get a "MTV Video Music Awards" in eight categories.

David Guetta ensures that there is a marketing strategy

David Guetta, DJ probably the most media on the planet and one of the leading makers of dance music that currently governs all charts, ensures that there is a marketing strategy. "Mine is more of an artistic strategy," he adds. "Marketing is important, but the music comes later, when I finished the record," he said in Madrid in the mass launch of his new album, "Nothing But The Beat," which features collaborations with international stars.

Joe Jonas promised to return to making music with his brothers

The singer Joe Jonas said today in Mexico but is now concentrating on his solo project, will continue making music with his brothers, the Jonas Brothers. "Not if in six months or three years, but we will," said the interpreter 22, who is in Mexico to participate in the MTV World Stage concert held for the second year in this country.

Tomorrow presented at the National Auditorium in Mexico City for the first time in Latin America, his album "Fast Life", the first solo, which he called because "I wanted to reflect that fast life then, full of trips and friends" , said in a press conference surrounded by high security measures.

Paul McCartney returns to the music scene with the ballet: "Ocean's Kingdom"

 On October 4, finally emerge from the depths of the disc with the first track that Paul McCartney wrote for a ballet, "Ocean's Kingdom", inspired by the purity of the ocean and an underwater romance. Thanks to New York City Ballet, McCartney also enjoy the scene of the fruit of this work, gestated with the director of that company, Peter Martins, and the play will premiere September 22 at the Gala Fall NYCB as was reported Wednesday by the artist's official website (www.paulmccartney.com).

Ricky Martin will present his show at the closure of the Pan American Games in Guadalajara

The Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin will perform at the closing of the Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games revealed today Efe Organizing Committee of the continental sporting event. Without going into details, commitment to the organizers of the show's opening and closing, the committee said that Puerto Rico will be part of an international cast will be present during the games.

The singer offered a fragment of his show that makes up their world tour MAS, as part of the spectacle presented on October 30 at the stadium Omnilife, Chivas de Guadalajara Mexican soccer. The Puerto Rican and reported the date of its presentation in Guadalajara in its website and in their social networking accounts.

Jerry Leiber , songwriter of Elvis Presley, Beatles and Frank Sinatra, died

The American Jerry Leiber, songwriter for numerous Elvis Presley hits, the Beatles and Frank Sinatra, among others, died Monday at age 78 in Los Angeles, said his aide told AFP. Leiber died of cardiopulmonary failure at Cedars-Sinai, said Marilyn Levy, Leiber's personal assistant and his partner of 60 years ago, Mike Stoller, the composer of the duo.

The legendary "King of Rock and Roll" Elvis Presley played over 20 songs of Leiber and Stoller, including "Hound Dog" in 1956, which was 28 weeks in the list of most played and currently is ranked 19 of the 500 best songs ever, according to Rolling Stone.

George Michael tour opened in Prague

The British singer George Michael began his tour on Monday "Symphonica" at the Prague State Opera, where he played numerous jazz ballads to rhythm and swing, finishing with his famous composition "Freedom" that the audience stood up. In the evening, which lasted over two hours, Michael played some of their own songs and adaptations of lesser-known authors who left their mark.

Rihanna helps the band of Barbados "Cover Drive" to be promoted in the music market

Apparently Rihanna is not limited to enjoy a successful career, it also gives a hand to other musical artists of his native Barbados. The singer chose Cover Drive's new band, originally from Barbados, as a companion to a show that was attended by over 20,000 people on 5 August, which meant a boost for beginners.

Meanwhile, the quartet told The Associated Press that the 20 minutes to accompany Rihanna were the best of their lives and would like to have a career like hers sensational. Cover Drive, fans have started to download some videos on YouTube called Fedora Sessions, which earned them a recording contract.

Plácido Domingo became the king of Cesky Krumlov

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo received loud applause for his performance at the closing concert of the International Music Festival Cesky Krumlov, which took place south of the Czech Republic after 17 years absence. More than six thousand people attended the gala concert in the open air, which lasted two hours and included opera, operetta, zarzuela and six additions, the last of which was the traditional "Granada", a song composed by Mexican Augustine Lara and has popularized Sunday.

"Chicago" is about to hit a record on Broadway

- The musical "Chicago" is about to hit a record. The matinee August 27th will be the representation number 6138, which means that exceed the original version of "A Chorus Line" to become the fourth longest-standing work on the bill in the history of Broadway. One of the reasons for their permanence is the decision to replace the stars in a play about the venality of celebrities.

Katy Perry matched record in the famous Michael Jackson Billboard

When Katy Perry burst onto the scene, some said with disdain that disappear after a first and a single hit. However, many of these comments were void after the singer to demonstrate his talent as a singer. After three years, Perry has given a resounding show of talent by becoming the first woman to be located five songs from one album at number one on Billboard.

"Last Friday Night (TGIF)" set a precedent: it is the number one most recent of his platinum album "Teenage Dream." Previously, only Michael Jackson had five number one single album, it was "Bad." But the songs in this production remained at the top for seven weeks instead Perry has accumulated 18 weeks.

Janet Jackson cancels show at Indiana State Fair after tragedy

Pop star Janet Jackson was forced to cancel a performance aa scheduled for Wednesday at the Indiana State Fair (North America), after the tragic collapse of a scenario to week that left five dead and 45 wounded. "Due to the recent tragedy at the Indiana State Fair, the authorities have canceled all concerts were scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, including JANET show," the singer said in a statement, referring to his show scheduled at this fair as part of their world tour.

The Beatles backed campaign against music piracy

The heirs of the iconic British band "The Beatles", have pledged their support to the anti-piracy campaign by passing a Music Matters animated short with his recordings. The Beatles songs used as soundtrack to the film's protagonist, who uses music to mark the crucial moments of his life.

The film, which is available on the Internet, encourages people not to swap music files so that artists can charge for their work. The British campaign, whose name can be translated variously as "Music Matters" or "music matters" has the support of artists such as Blind Willie Johnson, The Jam, Nick Cave, Sigur Ros, Kate Bush, Elbow or Paloma Faith.

Red Hot Chili Peppers premiered the video for her latest single (+ video)

The Californian band Red Hot Chili Peppers released today on its website the video for her latest single, "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie", belonging to his next studio album, "I'm with you ", which goes on sale on August 30. The video shows the group performing their new song from a rooftop, in clear reference to The Beatles, which was the first group gave a concert at a site like that, particularly in 1969, from the top of Apple Records studies in Abbey Road.

Kiss not act in tribute to Jackson because Simmons was accused of molesting boys

The organizers of a concert tribute to Michael Jackson to be held in Wales have withdrawn an invitation to the band Kiss to act in the show, it was reported Tuesday. The announcement came a day after Global Kiss Live Events announced that act in concert scheduled for Oct. 8 in Cardiff, Wales. Fans, media and heirs of the singer reportedly noted that the Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, had expressed his belief that Jackson molested children.

Noel considers marriage cute and romantic but "unreal"

Argentine singer-songwriter Noel Schajris, former member of the group Sin Bandera, admitted today in an interview with Efe does not believe in conventional marriage and to pledge eternal love, which you think "cute" and "romantic" but "unrealistic." The singer, who is promoting his latest album "Greatest Hits", which revisits issues of Juan Luis Guerra, Ricky Martin, Ricardo Montaner, Franco De Vita and Eric Clapton, denied intending to marry the Panamanian model Gwendolyn Stevenson.

Kiss rock band performs in tribute to Michael Jackson

The U.S. rock band Kiss will perform at the tribute to Michael Jackson though its lead singer Gene Simmons said in 2010 that he had no doubt that the "King of Pop" was a pederast, TMZ reported Tuesday. Jackson's family along with the organization Global Live Events are preparing a mega 4 hours to pay tribute to the artist, on 8 October in Cardiff, UK, which will include Christina Aguilera, Leona Lewis, Smokey Robinson, Cee The Green and Craig David among others.

Enrique Iglesias confirmed its dominance in the dance charts

Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias was strengthened this week as the male artist with most themes of successful dance music, even ahead of Michael Jackson after his subject "Dirty Dancer" became number one, Billboard reported Friday. This is the ninth time since "Bailamos" (1999) a song of Churches won the highest ranking dance music in the U.S.

A position also reached "Be With You," "Hero," "Escape," "Not In Love," "Away," "I Like It" and "Tonight (I'm Lovin 'You)." This last issue had reached number one on 5 February, when the Spanish became the "king of dance" in the U.S. more wins in that category than any other man in the 35 years of that chart.

Justin Bieber confirms its first appearance in Venezuela for October 19

On October 19, Venezuela will receive first-time teen idol greatest of our time: the Canadian singer and actor Justin Bieber, who arrive in the country with his international tour "The World Tour" to perform at the Festival Movistar, a production of Evenpro which will also feature the international band Cobra Starship.

Justin Bieber shot to fame thanks to Scooter Braun, who discovered it by seeing their videos on YouTube. Then, the singer Usher led him to sign a contract with Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG). In 2009 released his single "One Time", which was positioned in the main charts in over ten countries.