Wait, Brandy still cares about promoting her Two Eleven album? That’s a big surprise since she has yet to officially announce the third single and only performs material from the record once in a full moon (pun clearly intended). Either way, it was a delight to see her plug album at the 2013 Honda Battle […]
Did you know that Prince was the most prolific hit-maker on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 1980s and 1990s?
Chrisette Michele moves to the beat of her own drum and does things on her own time. Indeed, instead of waiting to release a new song during the work week like regular artists, she chose to surprise her fans today with the premiere of her first Better album single, “A Couple of Forevers”.
And the award for the best promoted R&B album of the last twelve months goes to…Alicia Keys! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, while most of her peers restrict their campaigns to the release weeks of their respective records, Keys has been steadily plugging her Girl on Fire album for two months, with her latest stop being […]
My vision for The Lava Lizard is to teach our readers about the music industry while making the learning process fun. So, it would be a shame for us to overlook the latest episode of TV One’s Unsung, which told the story of legendary singer, songwriter, composer and actor Isaac Hayes also known as the […]
With the ratings of American Idol declining rapidly, the producers of the show have set forth the well-trained Nicki Minaj to help save the sinking ship of a show. Taught to parrot the tales of her feud with Mariah Carey to anyone who would listen, the tropical rapper visited Jimmy Kimmel Live! to share her […]
To commemorate her 32nd birthday, Alicia Keys has released a revamped version of her latest single, “Brand New Me”, as a new song entitled “Brand New Me (Part 2)”. Boating a fresh arrangement, the reworked record samples Crystal Waters’ “Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)”, which was a hit back in 1991.
Today is Alicia Keys’ birthday and in the spirit of this special occasion, we should all avoid pointing out exactly how shaky she sounded during a Los Premios 40 Principales concert in Madrid, Spain last evening. So, as you watch her performances, I want you to think of at least one good thing to say.
Did you know that Mariah Carey holds the record for being the youngest person ever nominated for the Grammy Awards’ four major categories?
After letting the public hear her new single, “Boomerang”, yesterday, Nicole Scherzinger kept the momentum going with the rush release of the song’s accompanying video. The will.i.am-produced record is the lead offering from Scherzinger’s sophomore solo album, which is set to be released later this year.