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Singer Jennifer Hudson took the stand yesterday (April 23) as the first witness in the trial of the man who has been accused of the murder of her mother, brother and nephew in 2008.

The Compact Disk. Once the hot, happening, hi-tech format for listening to your music. After years of steady CD sales you'd be forgiven for thinking that they were here to stay, but in spite of all the musos who claim to still love the feel of a tangible audio product, and the best efforts of record label execs everywhere, CD sales are continuing to plummet.

After seeing Tupac rise from the dead live on stage in hologram form on Sunday, the music world has started to talk about which star we may see next. Dre and Snoop decided to take Tupac's hologram on stage with them and the results have been good.

This week Beat 100 is pleased to announce the success of its launch over the last few months. To celebrate this, they have started to offer $1000 prize pool for their latest talent every month. Beat100.com is a new social networking site that aims to provide users with access to the best new musical talent from around the world and to provide unsigned bands and new talent with an incredible platform for self-promotion. Beat 100 aims to make band promotion easy by providing users with new music and bands with new viewers.

Jennifer Lopez is hot property in show business right now. Her new single "Dance Again" is out and she is soon to release a greatest hits album. She also plans to go on tour this summer with none other than Enrique Iglesias.

It has been reported that rapper and producer Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg have plans to take the hologram of the late Tupac Shakur on tour. The life like hologram of the rapper featured in a performance at Coachella Valley Music Arts Festival which took place April 15.

Recent reports say that Nicki Minaj has deleted her Twitter page after a bust up between her followers. The blazing Barbie like female artist became raged after apparent leaks of her latest album were posted as links. Its not exactly clear why the female rapper deactivated her account but she left the social network with a less than friendly message.

In what many people would think as an unusual combination, Johnny Depp joined wacky rock legend Marilyn Manson on stage in L.A. Depp appeared on stage to help Marilyn Manson out with some guitar work at Club Nokia. Depp played in two of Manson's most famous songs 'The Beautiful People' and Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

He might be the president of the most powerful nation on earth but Barack Obama is still entitled to his view on music. United States president revealed to a magazine that he thinks Kanye West is a 'Jackass'.

Music producer Jamal Rashid AKA 'MallyMall' has been working on some new projects lately. One of which is Edamami, an R&B trio described as three different styles of voices and styles rolled into one package. This has been seen as some of Mally Mall's latest and most interesting productions.

British indie rockers The Sons, dubbed as “England’s Best Kept Secret” by Ivan Van Bellegham  on keysandchords.com, are making their break-out international debut this April with an exclusive release of their latest single and a return to the stage for an eighteen-date tour in Western Europe.

Spotify have extended the period in which U.S users can listen to free music. On Thusday they revealed that they will extend the free unlimited music period on the desktop version of the application.

Aerosmith have said they plan on releasing their new album in July of this year. The album does not yet have a title. However, the band's lead singer Steve Tyler stated that he would like the album to come out after their Global Warming Tour which commences on June 16 in Minneapolis.

It has recently been reported that hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg is in the process of recording a reggae album with superstar producer Diplo. Diplo is behind the brand new track by Usher, 'Climax.' He has also worked with Beyonce and MIA.  Diplo told MTV News  that they are currently hard at work on the album. He also stated that the new music is sounding awesome.

Florence and the Machine have recorded a new track entitled 'Breath of Life' for the soundtrack to the up coming Hollywood movie Snow White And The Huntsman. The band who released their sophomore album entitled 'Ceremonials' in 0ctoboer 2011 have announced that they recently recorded a new track with a live orchestra for soundtrack of the film.

Drake, who recently performed at London's 02 arena played tribute of his favourite UK artists in the show.  The Canadian born lyricist stated “Y'all got so much of the greatest talent in the world here” He named Florence And the Machine and Wiley as some of his favorite artists in the UK.

Young star Justin Bieber has been threatened with legal action by two victims of an online phone prank. According to reports the the star posted a phone number with a few digits missing on Twitter. He then proceeded to tell his fans to give him a call.

Madonna became the subject of a Twitter rant by electronic musician Deadmau5. He called the star an “idiot” for apparently glamorizing drugs.

Spotify users will now have access to 12 brand new apps. The new apps will increase user options, and give them much more to choose from. These new apps although they are available for both free and paying subscribers, the apps are only available on the desktop version of spotify.

Madonna's much talked about brand new album has been met with very mixed reviews. Critics have been saying that pop veteran has failed to create an album that mathches her previous efforts. However, critics have praised the star for creating a modern pop record.