Jay-Z’s business continues to boom with Samsung deal for new album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail.’

Charice Pempengco, a Filipino singer who played an exchange student in “Glee,” says she’s a lesbian and has apologized to her family in an emotional TV interview.

Adam Levine Bench Endorser. Local clothing brand Bench announced on Thursday that Maroon 5’s frontman Adam Levine will be their newest endorser. “We officially welcome #GlobalBenchsetter @adamlevine to the Bench Family. So thrilled to have you as our newest endorser,” Bench announced via its official twitter account

K-POP’s popularity shoots up to the highest level with one of the viral video hit of 2012, the “Gangnam Style” by South Korean rapper PSY. PSY’s humorous video took YouTube by storm on July 15 and according to New York Daily News it went viral faster than Justin Bieber’s “Baby.” As of September 11, the hit video which also featured PSY’s horse-riding dance has already 133 million views.

MTV VMAs 2012 – One Direction owned the night, drewing a lot of cheers from teenage fans. To complete their first MTV VMA experience, the group also performed their latest single “One Thing” that gets fan-girls screaming. Sexy Rihanna who is now sporting a pixie hairstyle also rocked the house with her renditions of “Cockiness (Love It)” and “We Found Love” at the awards night. Rihanna, who was leading the pack with five nominations came away with just one award, but it was the most important award of the night, the Video of the Year, for her song “We Found Love.”

Music stars will all grace the stage of the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards with exciting performances by Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, Green Day, Rihanna, Pink, Nicki Minaj with a secret performer, Lil Wayne, Frank Ocean, Demi Lovato, and One Direction. Competing for the top award, Video of the Year, are Gotye for “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Katy Perry for “Wide Awake,” Rihanna for “We Found Love,” Drake & Rihanna for “Take Care” and M.I.A. for “Bad Girls.”

Side A’s frontman Joey G. takes a STAND. Stand, his debut solo album, has 9 original tracks which includes a full band version of 1000 Miles A Minute and a duet with Samantha, a singer that he discovered who he calls his ‘prodigy’. Joey G’s solo debut album under Warner Music is now available nationwide. Get a copy now!

Ebe Dancel and Toto Sorioso: 1st Runner-up at 1st ever PhilPop. His vocals and sensitive, relevant lyrics always resonated with the common Filipino. And it should come as no surprise that his interpretation of Filipino composer Toto Sorioso‟s Tayo-tayo Lang bagged 2nd place at the first ever Philippine Popular Music Festival, an event which is a project of Overall Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and Organizing Committee Chairman Ricky Vargas, and their collective will to help the Philippine music industry. The top prize went to Karl Villuga‟s Bawat Hakbang which was interpreted by Mark Bautista and Akafellas.

TWO YEARS ago Warner Music Philippines launched a new all-female band called General Luna. The contrast was striking, though it seemed a perfect match – the members were all pretty and their group’s name commanded fear and respect. General Luna’s 2nd Album is now available in major record bars. To get “Different Corners” Ringback tone, text CORNERS to 5677.

LINKIN PARK RETURNS WITH FIFTH ALBUM, “LIVING THINGS” – Living Things is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Linkin Park. It is scheduled for release starting on June 20, 2012. Production was handled by vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, who both co-produced the band’s previous studio albums Minutes to Midnight (2007) and A Thousand Suns (2010).

6cyclemind sure have come a long way since their inception in early 2000. As Bob himself described it, As Bob himself described it, Good By Sunday sounds quite unlike the 6cyclemind of old — they stepped up their game and sounded reinvigorated, more mature and confident”

Rico Blanco’s brand new single, “Amats,” will be simultaneously available on on iTunes worldwide Tuesday, June 12, in time for Philippine Independence Day. “Amats” is the carrier single of Rico Blanco’s forthcoming album under Warner Music Philippines.

Rico Blanco’s NEW SINGLE, “Amats” PREMIERES ON RADIO ON MONDAY, JUNE 4…Four years after he took you to “Your Universe” via his solo debut, former Rivermaya frontman Rico Blanco now brings you to another dimension and back with “GalactikFiestamatik,” his highly-anticipated second album. “The title IS the genre,” shares Blanco, and a journey through the songs will give the listener a better idea of what he means.

American Idol 2012 Finale Season 11 Winner. Results are in and Phillip Phillips was crowned as Season 11′s American Idol in the two-hour finale night which also showcased amazing performances by some of the biggest talents in the music. When the results were finally announced, it emerged that America wants Phillip Phillips to be the winner of American Idol Season 11 with a record breaking 132 million votes.

American Idol 2012 Finale | Who Should be the winner? American Idol Season 11′s top two finalists, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez, sang to win during American Idol 2012 finale performance night held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. on Tuesday. It was a night to remember as the top 2 contestants battled it out while performing 3 songs each. Jessica and Phillip sang a song chosen by Simon Fuller for Round 1, their favorite song for the series for Round 2, and their individual new single for Round 3.

EBE DANCEL returns with another household hit: PAALAM KAHAPON Vote FOR EBE FOR BEST MALE ARTIST IN THE TAMBAYAN OPM AWARDS. There’s no stopping this native from Isabela from serenading the public with his hit compositions. Former frontman of the disbanded pop-rock group Sugarfree, Ebe Dancel launched his solo career early last year with the debut album “Dalawang Mukha ng Pag-ibig”; a double CD album under Warner Music Philippines.

Jessica Sanchez Home coming: Jessica Sanchez visited her hometown Chula Vista, Calif. on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) for American Idol’s hometown Heroes week, a long-running tradition featuring the show’s Top 3 contestants heading home to celebrate. Jessica made it to the Top 3 with her performances of Etta James’s “Steal Away” and the “Dreamgirls” “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” in which she once again received a standing ovation from the judges.

SKYLAR LAINE ELIMINATED | JESSICA SANCHEZ BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN WITH “PROUD MARY,” NOW ON AMERICAN IDOL TOP 4. Viewers saw Jessica Sanchez brought the house down by channeling Tina Turner performing “Proud Mary” during Wednesday’s performance night. Jessica Sanchez joined this season’s Top 4 but Skylar Laine didn’t make it during the eliminations of the popular musical talent show “American Idol.”

JESSICA SANCHEZ ON AMERICAN IDOL TOP 5, SURVIVED WITH ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ AND ‘DANCE WITH MY FATHER’. Filipino-Mexican AI contestant Jessica Sanchez performed “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Dance with my Father” on Wednesday for this week’s “American Idol” Season 11 performance night. Jessica together with Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, Skylar Laine and Hollie Cavanagh survived to form AI’s Top 5. The 28-year-old teacher Elise Testone has been booted out after receiving the fewest number of votes.

JASON MRAZ–Love Is A Four Letter Word. Love Is A Four Letter Word, contains a heartfelt, uplifting collection that explores love’s ups and downs or as Mraz puts it: “What one does in love to make it work, and what one does in love when it’s time to let go.”