Here is the music video for Alicia Keys new hit, "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart." Alicia is a superhero in the video. She can heal injured puppies and fly in a tight purple outfit. This is the second song from Alicia Key's upcoming album, The Element Of Freedom, which hits stores December 15th. Take a look:
Norwegian singer and songwriter Marit Larsen has written several catchy songs but here catchiest tune so far is probably, "If A Song Could Get Me You." The music video has a homemade, small theatre feel that works really well for Marit's song. The video was released earlier this year but has been accumulating views on YouTube and recently passed the five million mark. Take a look:
Owl City's "Fireflies" is not only a wonderful song but a fantastic music video as well. The video includes Adam Young playing at a keyboard in a toy filled room. As he plays the toys - including a Speak-N-Spell, robot, dinosaur, crab and monkey - come to life. You can watch the video here.
Death Cab For Cutie has released a music video for "Meet Me On The Equinox." The song is from the The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack. The video, which was directed by Walter Robot, contains footage from the upcoming Twilight film, New Moon.
An ill looking and sounding Brian Littrell posted a YouTube message apologizing for missing the NYC Pinktober Hard Rock Cafe signing with fans. Brian Littrell has been diagnosed with the swine flu. The rest of the Backstreet Boys are taking Tamiflu in the hopes it will help them avoid the swine flu according an ealier blog post by the Backstreet Boys, but it probably won't help keep them from catching it. Swine flu is currently ripping through the U.S. population so lots of people will soon get to experience what Brian Littrell is going through.
Grammy-winner Ashanti played Dorothy in the off-Broadway production of The Wiz. Now she has recorded her own rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." Ashanti told the CBS Early Show that she has a lot in common with Dorothy.
"Just me being in the music industry starting off naive, and learning and going through my own woods to learn, and to be stronger and to be confident," she said. "Obviously Dorothy had to find her way home, as well. She grew up naive, a little innocent, but she found her way and she became strong."
Here is Ashanti singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" live on the CBS Early Show.
Colbie Caillat has a new hit. The song called "Fallin' For You: Clean" is the first from Colbie's new album, Breakthrough, which recently hit stores. Colbie has also released a really cute music video that fits perfectly with the song. SNL's Bobby Moynihan plays the funny guy in the video who wants to take Colbie on a surfing date to the beach. Moynihan not only tries surfing but he rides a segway while Colbie rollerblades. You can also watch the video on YouTube here.
Mariah Carey's music video for her song "Obsessed" features herself dressed up as a person who is stalking her. Some of the lyrics from the song, such as "lyin' that you're sexin me" are leading people to speculate that the song is about Eminem. It's a great video and Mariah Carey looks terrific in it.
"Boom Boom Bow" is the new single from the Black Eyed Peas upcoming album, The E.N.D. The expensive looking music video has a lot of lasers and sound effects. It's a great video and great start for the new album from the Peas.
Britney Spears plays two characters in the music video for "If U Seek Amy" - a wholesome suburban housewife and a woman with a wild night life. The video includes an opening jab at the title controversy with a news anchor explaining and pronouncing the title. It's not Britney's best video or song but it still very entertaining and Britney looks terrific in the video.
Demi Lovato's is a rising Disney star. The 16-year-old musician sings about love and heartache in her song "Don't Forget." The shots at an amusement park during the pouring rain are pretty good. Even better is Demi and the band playing in the rain. Demi's MySpace page can be found here.
Taylor Swift's White Horse is an emotional song so it needed an emotional music video. Thanks to director director Trey Fanjoy and actor Stephen Colletti they made a video that fits the song. Taylor Swift told MTV why she thought Colletti was a good fit. Taylor said, "I watched [Laguna Beach] on and off, but I saw him on One Tree Hill and thought he was really awesome on that. He had sort of the look we were going for ... because the guy in the video is supposed to look really sweet and someone who just looks like he would never lie to you. But in the video, he does. So I thought he would be perfect for it and, actually, he did an amazing job." You can watch the video here.