Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart" Tops UK Chart

It's anyone's guess how Taio Cruz finds the time to fulfill his own musical endeavors. Having already written hits for Will Young and Tinchy Stryder, he's now rumored to be working on material for Leona, Kylie and Cheryl Cole. Still, 18 months after releasing his breakthrough album "Departure", the 26-year-old is back with the first offering, the latest single "Break Your Heart" from his forthcoming sophomore album "Rokstarr," just pipped Madonna to the top of the UK charts this week! Making it Cruz's first ever No.1 hit.
Cruz is a UK born and raised musician, who is the son of a Nigerian lawyer and Brazilian mother. He has been on the music scene for a couple of years, and pivotal in turning British teenagers on to homegrown R&B and electrotinged pop. Some have called him the 'British Ne-Yo' mainly because of his singing, songwriting and music production ability. The years he spent as a songwriter in New York and Atlanta after leaving college, writing for the likes of Pussycat Dolls, and recording a version of Umbrella before Rihanna did, have obviously influenced his outlook as well as his music. Since 2009, Cruz has been working on his follow up album which although originally title T.W.O. (This Way Out) has now been confirmed to be called "Rokstarr" which is scheduled for release on October 12 through R.E.D Inc. The album's lead single "Break Your Heart" was written and produced by Cruz and Fraser T. Smith and released on September 14, and it has extended his reign over the UK singles chart, notching up a second week at No.1.
Striking while the Europop iron is still red hot, "Break Your Heart" is an urban club banger that lands somewhere between a softer Tinchy and a more melodic Akon. This might not be hugely original, but it's clear why Cruz has become one of the hottest collaborators of the moment. BBC chart blog gave the song a positive review says "Taio Cruz has done the unthinkable. The unimaginable. The unbelievable. He has officially created the Most Arrogant Song of 2009, despite the HUGE competition".
Cruz has uncovered a music video for his new single "Break Your Heart", which was shot in Miami in the first two weeks of August and completed in Spain. In the video, he canoodles with bikini-clad models while making a fuss of his inability to be faithful. "Hey, I’m not like the guy I play in my video," Cruz says. "Sometimes girls send me pictures of their boobies. It would be rude of me not to accept them."

Tinchy Stryder Ft. Amelle | "Never Leave You"

He grew out of east London's grime scene, and currently enrolled as a student at the local university. But 22-year-old Kwasi Danquah, better known as Tinchy Stryder, has more in common with an earlier, smoother generation of black British musicians, as well as US R'n'B giants such as Akon, whose unit-shifting powers he may just end up replicating. Stryder has recorded his 2nd #1 single with his song "Never Leave You".
The track "Never Leave You," featuring Amelle Berrabah of the Sugababes, written by Taio Cruz was released on August 2. The song is the 3rd single from Stryder's upcoming 2nd studio album, "Catch 22", which will be release next Tuesday. "Never Leave You" went straight to #1 on the UK Singles Chart in its week of release, knocking off "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas from the top spot, and earned him a UK #1 for 2nd time.
This song is beautiful, the British hip hop/rapper may have started the year as the so-called "Prince of Grime", with a star harmony turn from Sugababe Amelle, these two really compliment each other. This will be a sure and instant hit. I reckon the rythmn, tune and tempo is as good as Tip and Rehanna’s "Live your life". Lyrics slightly let it down, but only slightly.

Mariah Carey | "Obsessed" (Video)

The five-time Grammy winner, Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 in NY), was the most successful artist of the 1990s and ranked as the best-selling female artist of the U.S., with sales of over 200 million albums worldwide. The new quasi-hit "Obsessed" is the lead single from her 12th forthcoming studio album, "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel", is due out Sept 15. The singer described the song as an "uptempo fun summer record", pop diva said that even though she wanted to release a ballad, "Obsessed" had to come out 1st because she wanted "a fun summer moment to kick off the album."
Mariah has played a lot of parts in her music videos, usually opting for a vixen of some sort. But the video for "Obsessed" directed by Brett Ratner, she took on a whole new role as a male stalker. The pop star relished the idea of going incognito and spending some time as a regular person on the streets of New York. Mariah alters her appearance to play her stalker by wearing a fake goatee along with male clothing. The video was inspired by scenes from the 2004 film, "Mean Girls". The video was debuted July 15 on "America's Got Talent" show. Mariah will also perform the song on the August 5, episode of "America's Got Talent" and will make a performance at the 26th annual MTV Video Music Awards, will be held on September 9, according to Rap-Up.