Catch the Riddim
The Black Eyed Peas unseat Ke$ha from the number one spot
California-based pop tart Ke$ha has lost her grip at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The new kid in town is Imma Be by the Black Eyed Peas.
Imma Be is the third single from the Black Eyed Peas’ latest album The END to reach the number one spot.
Of interesting note is the fact that the Black Eyed Peas is the first group in 19 years to score three number one singles from an album.
In the calendar year 1990 to 1991, the trio Wilson Phillips scored multiple hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with Hold On, You’re in Love, Release Me, Impulsive, and the Dream is Still Alive. Hold On, You’re in Love and Release Me went straight to number one.
Caribbean entertainment bites
JW and Blaze recently dethroned Fay-Ann Lyons at the International Power Soca Monarch, while Shurwayne Winchester won the Groovy Soca Monarch with the song Murdah. This was his third time winning the title. JW and Blaze, who are both radio hosts in Trinidad, won the competition with their song Palance.
Lyons placed second with True Lies, while Shal Marshall and Screws placed third with Police. Tallpree came fourth with Wicked Jab.
* Karaoke Idol is heading to Nevis for two weeks starting March 5.
* 24-year-old Marcia Baptiste was crowned Miss Dominica Carnival Queen 2010 a week ago. Baptiste also snagged three of the sectional prizes including Best Performing Talent and Most Photogenic.
* Soca artiste Nadia Batson suffered a miscarriage recently. As a result, she will not be performing for the remainder of the Carnival season.
BITS AND PIECES
Unlike its predecessor We Are the World (1985) which soared to number one, the remake We Are the World 25: For Haiti by Artistes for Haiti only managed to debut at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This week the track slips to number six. To date more than 400,000 downloads of the single have been tracked.
* Rapper Drake whom it is reported is the new spokesperson for Sprite in the US, is currently in the island recording on the North Coast.
* Chris Martin is getting ready to put some gas behind the upcoming video for the single Watch Me Lord.
