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Turntable.fm has gone legit with licenses from the four major record labels. Turntable.fm is the social music service that allows users to DJ for each other in virtual rooms. At the SXSW Interactive Festival, it was announced that everything was official now. The founders of Turntable.fm Billy Chasen and Seth Goldstein made the announcemnt that they now had licenses from all four major record labels, and that they were officially legit. The announcement was made whilst taking part in roundtable event called "Turntable FM: The Future of Music is Social."

Rapper and multiple personality Nicki Minaj says she has plans to dethrone Jay-Z and become the most successful artist and entertainment mogul. She recently stated that she has always looked at the whole music thing as a business. She said she has always planned on turning the whole thing into an empire.  She was recently Interviewed by Allure and stated that she never just had plans to do music alone.

Chris Brown has recently been dubbed this generations "Michael Jackson." He also recently won two Grammy awards for his highly successful album F.A.M.E.  His next single to be released will be the thumping club tune "Turn up the Music" which critics are already sayingi s definetly going to be a hit for the young star.  Whether or not he will have the same level of success as the late Michael Jackson is yet to be seen. The video already oozes Jacko inspired moves and is ready made for the club scene.

Drake and Rihanna have filmed a visual taster of the video for their new single 'Take Care.' The single will be released sometime this year however, it has already a hit with fans in 2011.  They will go ahead and release the single officially in the up and coming months.

Nicki Minaj is one of the latest brood of schizophrenic popstars, she has an eclectic, multiple personality style. This is the very thing that has rewarded her with such great success. The latest single to come of her brand new album Roman Reloaded is going to be 'Starships.' The album is named after her alter ego "Roman."  She released the hip hop number 'Stupid Hoe' and now she will be releasing the pop tinged 'Starship.'

The Arctic Monkeys have announced plans to unveil a brand new single next month. The band are set to include 'Electricity' as the B-side on a special single release of their most recent single 'R U Mine?' The single was released this month, but this new release will be a special edition with the inclusion of 'Electricity.'

Stooshe are undoubtedly one of the UK's most talked about girl groups at the moment. The group, who insist they are not a girl group but a "collective" have recently announced the title of their new single. It is apparantly going to be called 'Grunter Lane.'

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) pulled in over 3 million viewers this weekend when the talk show host interviewed Bobbi Kristina Brown; the 19-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston. This is said to be the biggest audience of viewers since the network launched 14 months ago.

There are so many ways to listen to music these days, on your phone and online. However, one of the problems for many music fans lies in how to keep track of their vast collections of songs. MSpot may have come up with the solution to this problem, with a new program that allows you store your music downloads in the cloud.

TastemakerX is a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch which lets users predict future trends of music and artists through a stock market style trading platform. If you are like most music fans, you probably feel the excitement of predicting the next best thing.

Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas USA were obviously not fans of cult UK rock band Radiohead, when protesters gathered outside a show at the weekend. The fundamentalist christian religious fanatics bizarrely described Thom Yorke's band as 'freak monkeys'.

It has been revealed that the young country music star Taylor Swift has beaten Lady Gaga in earnings during 2011. Figures released have named the top earners in the music industry. Not only was the 22 year old singer the biggest female artist earner, she even came out overall top with a whopping 35 million dollars.

With the release of the new iPad comes a bunch of great new features for GarageBand. Whether you are a musical prodigy or just someone who likes to enjoy a bit of a jam session, this is definitely the app to think about getting. The GarageBand app allows you to lay down tracks, record music anywhere you go and play music like you are in a band with your mates. It is suitable for amateur and the professional musician.

The well known singer/songwriter Ryan Tedder has confirmed that he will be working with Beyonce Knowles on two projects in 2012.  He said he will be involved with Beyonce's fifth studio album, he also confirmed that they have been in talks about their next creative move for this year.

Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars team up to release a brand new single which is bound to be a hit.  Lil Wayne is known as the self made hip hop superstar, he stated recently that he was always keen to work with superstar Bruno Mars. The Young Money Boss has teamed up with Bruno to release their sure fire single 'Mirror.'

It was announced a few days ago that Bobbi Kristina Brown would be talking for the first time. The interview which has already taken place was conducted by talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey. This is the first interview she has given since the untimely death of her mother Whitney Houston.  Pictures have flooded the Internet in the last day showing Oprah hugging Bobbi Kristina. The Interview is going to be officially aired on Sunday March 11 at 9pm on Oprah's Next Chapter.

UK singer/songwriter Jessie J has said she is ready to return to the live circuit after suffering illness.  The award winning 'Price Tag singer stated that she can't wait to return to the live stage after having to postpone gigs due to illness.

If you are a true music fan you will understand that there are days when you want to dance like a rock star. There are days when you want to relax and think, and there are days when you don't even know what type of music you want to listen to. So, here comes Songza with a new service that picks songs for your mood or situation.  The service is called Concierge and it is supposed to pick the song for your situation.

Exfm started it's life has a Google Chrome extension. However, now it has been heavily developed and available for use by a mainstream audience. The new developed app put thes the musical web in your pocket. Well, that is what tech pundits are saying about the application. It has been announced now by the founder of Extension Entertainment, Dan Kantor that the vesrion 2.0 of the Exfm apps are now readily available.

Stooshe are slowly but surely becoming the most well known girl group in the UK. Buiilding up a stir with their crazy, outfits, colourful personalities and their in your face style. Their new single “Love Me” is only adding to the buzz that has surrounded them. The single features Travie McCoy, his style and finesse fits the song and the style of these boisterous girls.

This week saw the release of singer/songwriter Estelle release her hotly anticipated single "Thank you."  Estelle has been breaking records and gaining a strong following from both US and UK fans since her chart topping single "American Boy" with US rapper and music mogul Kanye West" was released.