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.”

NEVER THE STRANGERS MOVING CLOSER TO STARDOM. A new band called NEVER THE STRANGERS (NTS) takes over the scene with its latest single, “Moving Closer” the latest jingle of the Close Up toothpaste first heard and performed by the group in the Close Up Pyromusical last March 17.

2012 is proving to be a great year for the Manila concert scene as Audio Mustachio and Kerplunk! Productions bring over one of the most celebrated international rock acts of the past decade, Taking Back Sunday.

I’m moving closer to you sings Ace Libre, lead vocalist and keyboardist of the hottest new band, Never the Strangers on “Moving Closer”, the latest Close-up jingle and the second single from the band’s debut album.

CHARICE NEW LOOK FOR 2012: NEW HAIR, NEW TATTOO…Filipino diva Charice who is having a concert today (March 9) at the Araneta Coliseum shocks her Filipino fans when she arrived sporting a new look; blonde short hair and a tattoo on her left forearm.

ADELE “Live At The Royal Albert Hall” (DVD+CD) – out now! December sees the release of Adele’s “Live At The Royal Albert Hall” concert film. “Live At The Royal Albert Hall” is now available on a DVD+CD edition and features the full 90 minute performance, plus behind the scenes footage shot throughout that day.

MEET NEVER THE STRANGERS…There’s a new single of a new band that is being played on the radio these days—“Alive” by NEVER THE STRANGERS. It’s nothing you’ve heard before from a local band—and it does not register immediately, that they are in fact the newest addition to the OPM scene. It is, all at once familiar yet new.

BRANDY AND MONICA REUNITE FOR “IT ALL BELONGS TO ME” (VIDEO)…Monica and Brandy, who last collaborated on the 1998 Grammy Award-Winning Hit Single “The Boy Is Mine” are back with a new song, called “It All Belongs To Me.” In the single “It All Belongs To Me,” the duo are no longer fighting over the love of the same man like they did in “The Boy Is Mine,” but instead they joined forces to claim their belongings as they leave their abusive boyfriends behind.

THEY WILL POSSESS YOUR HEARTS: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE LIVE IN MANILA…Manila has long been a destination for international musicians of all shapes and sizes, from current chart-toppers to near-forgotten one-hit wonders. Once in a blue moon, however, we are lucky enough to be graced by true talent, the kind that does not rely on arena pageantry or blings-and-babes gimmickry. Such is the case with Death Cab for Cutie, those kings of pain from Bellingham, Washington, who once lorded over indie and is now slowly taking over the world (if they haven’t already).

Whitney Houston’s funeral taking place Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey will feature performances from some of America’s music greats. Watch the Whitney Houston Memorial Service Live (broadcast on TV and stream online) Feb 18 at 12pm ET as fans from around the world come together for a day of remembrance in honor of one of the greatest singers of our time.

Whitney Houston is dead. The pop superstar’s publicist confirmed the shocking news to the media. Houston died at the age of 48. Her death on the eve of the Grammys, the biggest music event of the year, rocks the music industry.

SHE SMELLS SO NICE: LISTEN TO THE NEW SONG OF THE DOORS WITH VOCALS BY THE LATE JIM MORRISON…The late Jim Morrison comes to life again with the release of The Doors new song titled “She Smells so Nice” from the forthcoming 40th Anniversary Edition of LA WOMAN.

ZE:A, the most sought after boy band in Southeast Asia and Japan, is arriving Manila on Wednesday, January 11 to promote their latest CD, “Exciting.” A series of live performances and autograph signings are scheduled at Ayala Malls: January 12 @ Trinoma Activity Area in QC @ 6PM; January 13 @ Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City @ 6PM and January 14 @ Market! Market! @ the Bonifacio Global City @ 6PM.

Big Christmas Blowout at ALL Odyssey Music Stores This December.Get an instant MyPhone TV Phone when you buy a WOW Concerto premium videokemic from any Odyssey store nationwide! And only at Odyssey will you get a FREE MyPhone Dual Sim TV Phone with multiple features such as an MP3 player, TV, and FM radio when you buy the WOW Concerto Pro!

Charice “INFINITY” The New Album, With Infinite Possibilities. CHARICE Gets ‘LOUDER’ & Bigger With Bruno Mars, JoJo, Natasha Bedingfield,Jason Derulo & Nick Jonas from The Jonas Brothers

Michael Bublé ‘Christmas’ album: “Christmas,” produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica was recorded primarily at the legendary Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood and The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver. It includes guest performances by Shania Twain, Mexican singing star Thalia, long time collaborators Naturally 7 and The Puppini Sisters. “Christmas” includes such classics as ”Silent Night,” ”White Christmas,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” and a Bublé original “Cold December Night.”