Tracklisting for Usher’s “Looking 4 Myself” released

R&B star Usher is all set to release his brand new album, Looking 4 Myself next month. This is the “Climax” singer’s seventh album. Hot off the release of the album’s second official single, Scream, comes the track listing for the album. You’ll see there are collaborations with Rick Ross, Luke Steele and Pharrell (looking forward to hearing this one). Check out the full track listing below.

LOOKING 4 MYSELF TRACK LISTING

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop

Scream

Climax

I Care For U

Show Me

Lemme See (feat. Rick Ross)

Twisted (feat. Pharrell)

Dive

What Happened To U

Looking 4 Myself (feat. Luke Steele)

Numb

Lessons For The Lover

Sins Of My Father

Euphoria

 

DELUXE EDITION ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FOUR TRACKS:

I.F.U.

Say The Words

2^nd Round

Hot Thing

 

Watch Cheryl Cole’s new track ‘Call My Name’

Cheryl Cole has been quiet for quite some time, but that’s all about to change. The star is back with a brand new song called Call My Name. After a very succesful run on the charts with her albums 3 Words and Messy Little Raindrops in 2009 and 2010 respectively, the star took a bit of a break from music (so to speak). She was part of Simon Cowell’s X-Factor judging panel in the US for all of like three episodes and then she suddenly left not only the American version, but the franchise entirely. She also went through a lot in her personal life, but that seems to be a thing of the past as the star is all set to unleash her new material on the globe!

This is the first single off her forthcoming album, due out in June. The video was released 19 hours ago but if you haven’t seen it yet, you can do so above. The song is bound to get loads of airplay on radio and in the clubs. The video was shot in downtown Los Angelas and it sees the getting back to her dancing ways. The choreography is great and guys, you’ll agree with me when I say Cheryl is looking Well Fit!

Her new album is called A Million Lights. It is expected to be released on the 18th of June. As soon as there are more details available on the album, I’ll bring them to you. I’m sure Will.i.am will appear on a few of the songs and if memory serves me correctly, Cole mentioned a possible collaboration with Rihanna. Gosh, imagine that. Throw Will in there and a little bit of David Guetta and the clubs would be exploding with excitement… That is of course all speculation. Let’s what and see.

2012 MTV Movie Award nominees

If you had to pin Harry Potter against Twilight, I’d give Twilight the advantage. It would be a tough battle, but sadly the vampires would come out victorious thanks to Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Now put Twilight up against an original, dark, but very enthralling film called The Hunger Games… The victor would no doubt be the latter, with Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen) and the rest of her cast mates… Well if MTV is anything to go by. The film scored a whopping eight nominations – and rightfully so. Nice. Check out the full list of nominees below:

Movie of the Year

Bridesmaids
The Hunger Games
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Help
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Best Male Performance

Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Ryan Gosling, Drive
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games
Channing Tatum, The Vow

Best Female Performance

Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Kristin Wiig, Bridesmaids
Emma Stone, Crazy, Stupid, Love
Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The Avengers tops SA box office

Marvel’s The Avengers is officially the number one film in South Africa. The movie was released on Thursday last week, a week ahead of the American release. The movie raked in a massive R15 203 072 since its release. If you haven’t seen the movie, I’d suggest you go and check it out. It’s big, real big… and in 3D.

I’m not usually a fan of movies like this but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Seeing and dealing with egos is something I deal with on a daily basis, so imagine having to deal with the egos of all these superheroes, ha. Well Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Samuel L. Jackson) knows how that feels, as he brings together the super humans.  From Thor (Chris Hemsworth) to Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.); the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) to Captain America (Chris Evans) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), they’re all there in all their glory fighting together (eventually) to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.

The Hulk is my best and Iron Man are my best. Downey Jr. is just such a great actor and he embodies this role perfectly. Mark Ruffalo plays the role of The Hulk extremely well. In fact, dare I say it, but I was a little surprised by his performance. He’s good but I’ve never been totally convinced, until now. Check out the trailer below:

Now a lot of you might be asking yourselves this question, why did we get to see The Avengers before the Americans? I went through to a Disney content showcase last week and I asked that question. The reason? While previously we would’ve followed the US trend and release, it’s now become more focused on what is right for that specific market. With it being a (very) long weekend in SA, it made sense to release the film to The Avengers fans and those eager to see the film. It clearly shows that the studio reps in this territory are really in touch with the local market with the film debuting at number one and bringing in some big cash too. Nice one. Full press release below:

SAMA 18 Yellow Carpet pics

The annual South African Music Awards took place at the Sun City Super Bowl on Monday evening. As to be expected the lovely Zahara stole the show, scooping at least eight trophies at the coveted music awards. Big up to her and big up to Randall Abrahams and his team for an incredible event. What a huge success. The yellow carpet is something that us working media need to work on. There is such a thing as etiquette and we still haven’t figured that out, but all in due course I guess. Alas, here are a few pictures from the yellow carpet. Above is the beautiful and incredible Bonang Matheba, wearing Gert-Johan Coetzee.

Vuzu‘s Lalla wearing David Tlale.

Top Billing’s Lorna Maseko in Thula Sindi.

Dancer and singer Somizi Mhlongo in David Tlale and shoes by Alexander McQueen.

Thembi Seete and her fiance looking good.

One of my absolute best, it’s the lovely Lira.

5FM’s Poppy Ntshongwana in Loin Cloth & Ashes.

The beautiful Boity.

Headline Mzansi presenter, Kuli Roberts.

Miss South Africa Melinda Bam looking gorgeous in yellow. She told me yellow is her colour… true story, she won the title of Miss SA in a yellow dress. Lovely Melinda.

SAMA stars Mi Casa and Unathi Msengana grab a picture together in the midst of all the yellow carpet madness.

Five-time nominee Zakwe chats to 5FM’s Poppy.

SAMA 18: night two winners list

Best Alternative Album
The Dirty Skirts for Lost In The Fall

Best Kiddies Album
Wendy Oldfield for Singalong Kidz Volume 2

Best Smooth Urban Music Album
Zahara for Loliwe

Best Contemporary Faith Music Album
The Plain Truth – We Are The Shining Ones

Best Classical and Instrumental Album
CH2 for Ping

Best Collaboration
Zahara featuring Georgy for Incwad’Encane

Best Jazz Album
Jimmy Dludlu for Tonota

Best Pop Album
Lloyd Cele for One

Best African Adult Album
Zonke for Ina Ethe

Best Rock Album
Shadowclub for Guns and Money

Best Traditional Music Album
Soul Brothers for Amaphutha

Best Traditional Faith Music Album
Solly Mahlangu for Mwamba Mwamba

Best Street Urban Music Album
AKA for Altar Ego

Best Sokkie Dans Album
Snotkop for Ek Laaik Van Jol

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Elvis Blue for Elvis Blue (2CD Special Edition)

Best Maskandi Album
Thokozani Langa for I-Protection Order

Best Kwaito Album
Big Nuz for Pound for Pound

Best Dance Album
Mi Casa for Mi Casa Music

Special Award:  Best Selling Album
Loliwe by Zahara

Special Award:  MTN Best Selling Mobile Music Download
Facebook by DJ Cleo

Newcomer of the Year
Zahara for Loliwe

Duo/Group of the Year
Mi Casa for Mi Casa Music

Male Artist of the Year
AKA for Altar Ego

Female Artist of the Year
Zahara for Loliwe

MTN Record of the Year
These Streets by Mi Casa

Album of the Year
Loliwe by Zahara

SAMA 18: Ray Phiri, Vusi Mahlasela honoured

Check out this short clip of what Ray Phiri and Vusi Mahlasela had to say about their long, illustrious and successful careers in music. The two were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the SAMA Industry Awards at the weekend.