Eminem Duet Revealed On Rihanna's Loud Track List

Though Lady Gaga didn't make the cut for Rihanna's November 16 release Loud, it turns out that duets with Drake, Nicki Minaj and Eminem did.

According to RocNation, the official track list for Rihanna's fun-loving new album includes many songs that have already been revealed, including "What's My Name?" featuring Drake and her track with Nicki Minaj, "Raining Men." But a previously rumored track, a sequel to her hit song with Eminem, "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)," will also reportedly be included on the album.

According to Justjared.com, Rihanna sings, "Even angels have their wicked schemes/ And you take that to new extremes/ But you will always be my hero/ Even though you lost your mind," on the Eminem track, which was produced by Alex Da Kid.

Although there had been a rumored Katy Perry track on the album, the track list doesn't mention the "California Gurls" singer anywhere.

According to the list, the 11-track album includes the songs "S&M"; "Cheers (Drink to That)"; "Fading"; her single, "Only Girl (in the World)"; "California King Bed"; "Man Down"; "Complicated"; and "Skin."

"I made sure not to let you down with my music! You guys are always defending me, so now you've got some great songs to justify it," Rihanna said about the album's up-tempo vibe. "I didn't want to go backward and remake [2007's] Good Girl Gone Bad. I wanted the next step in the evolution of Rihanna, and it's perfect for us."

Last week, Rihanna switched up her management team. The singer will now be managed by her longtime mentor and former Def Jam exec Jay-Z. In a statement, she said she's "so excited to take this next step in my career." Rihanna also shared that she is creating a company called Rihanna Entertainment that will "merge all of her businesses, including music, film, fragrance, fashion and book ventures."

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Travie McCoy To Katy Perry: 'I Wish Her The Best'

Newlyweds Katy Perry and Russell Brand are getting one surprise congratulations just days after marrying in an elaborate ceremony in India. Perry's former flame, Travie McCoy, is sending his best to the newly married couple.

"We haven't really kept in contact that much [since splitting up]," he said, according to OMG Music. "But we've crossed paths and I wish her the best [with her marriage]." McCoy and Perry broke up at the end of 2008, after dating for more than a year.

McCoy is the subject of one of Perry's most scathing tracks off her album Teenage Dream. In "Circle the Drain," she sings of an ex who apparently had some issues: "You fall asleep during foreplay/ 'Cause the pills you take are more your forte." Recently, McCoy responded to the track to MTV News, saying, "I heard she put out a song that's about me, or about some old habits or whatever. [And] I look at it like this: I'm just stoked that she finally has a song with some substance on her record. Good job."

As for the happy couple, they reportedly are honeymooning in the Maldives. According to Toofab.com, "the newlyweds took a private helicopter near wedding site Ranthambore National Park to the city of Jaipur, where they took a flight to the Maldives — a chain of islands known for its tropical resorts. ... Friends joined them on the flight."

At the wedding, Perry wore an Elie Saab haute couture dress that was dove gray with lace sleeves. "Russell Brand and Katy Perry are overjoyed to confirm that they were pronounced Mr. and Mrs. Brand on Saturday, October 23," the couple said in a statement sent to MTV News. "The very private and spiritual ceremony, attended by the couples' closest family and friends, was performed by a Christian minister and longtime friend of the Hudson Family [Katy's given name]. The backdrop was the inspirational and majestic countryside of Northern India."

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Bieber, Ke$ha, Katy Perry to Join Rihanna as Performers at American Music Awards

A Newlywed, a teen heartthrob and a glittery pop star are set to take the stage at the 38th annual American Music Awards. Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Ke$ha will make their debuts on the AMAs next month, producers said Wednesday. All three are multiple nominees, and all are up for artist of the year, along with Lady Gaga and Eminem.


Bieber is nominated for four awards. Ke$ha and Perry have three bids each. Eminem and Lady Antebellum lead nominees with five apiece. Sixteen-year-old Bieber, who recently released his autobiography, said he's "extremely humbled and honored" to be part of the show, which honors the most popular albums and artists.

"As a small-town kid from Canada, I never imagined that I would be nominated for AMAs, let alone be performing on the show," he said without hinting at what song he plans to perform. Ke$ha said she's excited for her "first big American awards-show performance" and humbled to be nominated for artist of the year with some of her idols. "To have my name nominated alongside them really solidifies the impact I've had on American pop culture and pop music the past year," she said. "I'm really honored and definitely going to cover America in glitter." She said she'll perform a medley that includes her new single, "We Are Who We Are."

Perry, who married comedian Russell Brand last week, didn't reveal her performance plans. Other artists slated to perform at the show include Christina Aguilera, Bon Jovi, Usher, Rihanna and P!nk. The American Music Awards will be presented Nov. 21 at the Nokia Theatre and broadcast live on ABC. Music fans can choose the winners by voting online.

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Nicki Minaj & Will.I.Am "Check it Out" Music Video Premieres

Nicki Minaj and will.i.am are turning Japanese in the Harajuku-inspired video for their joint single “Check It Out.” Taking the stage on an international talk show, the Young Money raptress holds it down next to the Black Eyed Peas frontman as Asian letters pop up around them. After rocking for a small audience for a minute, will.i.am flips for Nicki—literally—as he raps on the ceiling and gets animated.

“We’re doing almost like an ode to Japanese culture and Japanese anime,” Nicki told MTV News. “I’m obviously a big fan and I’ve joined forces with like the only boy that I know that’s also able to capture that culture.”

Check out the dynamic duo doing their thing below.

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Willow Smith Reveals Her Unusual Halloween Costume

Although one of her musical idols has spawned one of 2010's most popular Halloween costumes, Willow Smith doesn't plan to go trick-or-treating as Lady Gaga this year. Nope, the 9-year-old upstart intends to dress up as ... herself.

"I'm gonna be myself, and I'm gonna go around the neighborhood saying, 'Do you like Willow Smith?' And then I'm gonna be like, 'Ta-da! It's me,' " the Roc Nation artist explained.

While it seems a rather unusual idea for a costume, the tween singer's 10th birthday happens to fall on Halloween, and that may account, in part, for Smith's unwillingness to don a disguise. But more likely, the "Whip My Hair" singer, whose mantra is "the best thing is you," just happens to realize that it's pretty cool to be Willow.

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For Halloween-ers who want to follow suit, keep in mind that being Willow, à la her "Whip My Hair" video, requires a trip to your local beauty-supply outpost. From heart-shaped braids to fuchsia-frosted locks, Willow's hairdos — and those of her Warriorettes crew — would take honors at an Atlanta hair show and are key to miming her style. (A hot-glue gun and an abundance of rhinestones, studs and grommets will get you halfway there.)

One rather edible-looking 'do in particular ranks as Smith's favorite from the colorful clip: "The cotton-candy one, the one with the big-old balls of cotton candy, 'cause it was very crazy." But boys and girls attempting the look should be crafty; the pink poof is synthetic and took some serious scissor-work. "We had to cut it and snip it and do all that stuff," Smith warned.

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Justin Bieber's 3-D Movie Trailer Debuts

On Monday (October 25), at his My World Tour stop in Los Angeles, Justin Bieber debuted the trailer for his highly anticipated 3-D flick "Never Say Never," due Valentine's Day weekend 2011.

The trailer was filled with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with some of the people important in Bieber's life, including mentor Usher and manager Scott "Scooter" Braun. When MTV News spoke with the film's director, Jon Chu, he said that if Bieber's fans were tempted by what they saw in the trailer, they should love the film when it hits their local theater.

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"We talked about the story of us sort of going back to his life and seeing a lot of archival footage and things that have never been seen that his mom shot when he was a kid," Chu said. "We don't have as much of that in the trailer, [and] the movie uses a lot, 'cause we're finding it really fascinating to see him grow. It's one of the very few generations that have been able to be shot when they were a kid to a teenager and see all the steps of his development."

Describing the film as a "documentary musical," Chu said "as in life, when you listen to music, when words aren't enough to express your emotion, it goes into song." The songs in the film were taken directly from Bieber's concert stop at Madison Square Garden.

"It's really an interesting sort of pass between his real life to his music, so I think in the trailer, we break it down every step of the way in his life. Everyone said, 'It's not possible,' " Chu said. "Every step, everyone's always said, 'No, no, no, no.' And he's always said, 'Yes, yes, yes.' And that sort of 'never say never' idea is conveyed in the trailer.

"That's sort of the power of our movie: to help inspire kids to follow their dreams, and anyone really, kid or adult," he added. "It's been sort of a family journey of fulfilling your destiny."

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Drake Celebrates 24th Birthday in Miami

Drake got loose off the Goose at his 24th birthday bash over the weekend. Grey Goose Vodka hosted an intimate soiree for October’s Very Own where he was honored as a Grey Goose Rising Icon. Guests including Ashanti, Edward Norton, Birdman, Dallas Austin, LeBron James, Alex Rodriguez, and more celebrated the night with Grey Goose La Poire signature cocktails at the newly opened Arkadia at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.

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Lady Gaga Reaches 1 Billion YouTube Views

Justin Bieber put up a valiant fight, but Lady Gaga has officially taken the crown as the first artist to reach one billion views on YouTube. Gaga celebrated the landmark on Sunday by tweeting out her thanks to her little monsters for helping her reach the improbable milestone.

"We reached 1 Billion views on youtube little monsters!" she wrote. "If we stick together we can do anything. I dub u kings and queens of youtube! Unite!"

Though Gaga notched the record first, Bieber is close behind with more than 962 million views, and he's expected to join her in that rarified air by November 1.

Gaga averaged almost 1.8 million views per day in September, while Bieber averaged around 3.7 million views per day in September. Both easily outpace the next closest artist, late pop icon Michael Jackson, who has around 600 million views on YouTube. Though Gaga hit the billion plateau first,Bieber has actually been lapping her in Youtube views for most of this year. From July 1 to September 28, TubeMogul reported that the teen pop star averaged 3.98 million daily views to Lady G's 2.04 million. He's been at that torrid pace since February 28, averaging 3.83 million daily views while Gaga has averaged 2.53 million.

It helps that both artists have a number of YouTube's all-time most-viewed music clips, with Gaga's "Bad Romance" piling up 297 million views, "Just Dance" further back at 124 million views, "Alejandro" with 94 million and "Telephone" with 88 million. As for Bieber, his smash "Baby" is the most-watched video ever on YouTube with 366 million views, while his "Never Let You Go" has 96 million and "Never Say Never" 97 million.

Gaga actually passed the one billion mark in total online views (both on and outside of YouTube) in March, thanks to landing three clips in the 100 million-plus club.

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Kanye West's Style Consultant Talks About His Job

Kanye has been getting a lot of positive and negative press about his recent fashion choices. Some questioning his sexuality. MTV recently interviewed Cassius Marcellus Cornelius Clay the guy behind his new style and here is what he had to say

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Justin Bieber Wants To Judge The X Factor

Simon Cowell says Justin Bieber has shown interest in becoming a judge on the U.S. version of a popular UK show 'The X factor'. "Justin put himself forward to judge some of the episodes," Cowell told Extra. "We had a phone call from someone on the weekend, someone very well known who out of the blue wanted to be a judge on the show. Literally out of the blue, and it's one of the most famous singers in the world."

Their has been rumors rolling around that possible judges are Nicole Scherzinger, current U.K. judge Cheryl Cole, and even past American Idol judge Paula Abdul. Simon Cowell says that the judges panel is still under works and no one has been selected just yet. "Genuinely, nobody has been booked for the show. The only person that's been booked is me," he explained recently to Deadline London. "With the American show, just think blank sheet of paper. Don't make any promises, don't make any predictions. Go in with a blank sheet of paper right now. I can feel a change in the air. While everybody's going left, we're going to be going right."

I personally am looking forward to the show coming to the U.S.. I am the only person living in America that I know watches the show and I love it. It is a singing show but it is so different from American Idol. For one there is the age limit. I believe anyone from 16 and up can audition. Another is they allow groups to perform! .. usually the groups dont do well on the show, but I still think its a good idea to have groups competing with solo acts. But the best part of it for me is the production. On The X Factor they encourage a big production, which means background dancers, special effects, the whole nine yards. So in comparison to American Idol it is a lot more exciting. I cant wait to see who the judges will be.

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Katy Perry And Russel Brand To Marry This Weekend

Russell Brand and Katy Perry are getting married this weekend at a luxury resort outside the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in the Indian state of Rajasthan

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Billboard Hot 100 Chart Revealed

The Billboard Hot 100 Chart is the official music chart of the U.S.. It is realeased weekly and is based mostly upon downloads, and radio play....

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Black Eyed Peas Releases New Single "The Time"

Black Eyed Peas member Will.I.Am just released the name and album art of their new single "The Time" . The song will serve as the lead single off their new album "The Beginning" set to be released November 30th. “I am so excited about our new album,” Wrote Will.I.Am “The Beginning is our departure to the new, always pushing new sounds and technology. I can’t wait till you experience all that we have been cooking up.”

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Beyonce's Mom Denies Pregnancy Rumors

Beyonce mom Tina Knowles is making an appearance on Thursdays episode of Ellen where ,according to a clip obtained by TMZ, she puts an end to the rumors of her daughter being pregnant. "I heard that, but I'm here to clear the rumors up. The truth is it's not Beyoncé that's pregnant, it's me," she jokingly told Ellen.

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PREMIER: Chris Brown - "Yeah 3x" Music Video

Just a few hours ago MTV released the music video to Chris Browns new single "Yeah 3x". The song will serve as the lead single off his highly anticipated 4th album F.A.M.E....

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