US Chart Roundup: Flo Rida Blown Back To #1

A fairly ho-hum week on the Hot 100, as Flo Rida's oral sex hit "Whistle" flip-flops with Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and returns to #1. Meanwhile, Neon Trees' "Everybody Talks" (#6) becomes the band's first Top 10 hit, and Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Good Time" crawls up one position to #8.

Outside of the Top 10, Alex Clare's "Too Close" and Demi Lovato's "Give Your Heart A Break" climb to new highs of #15 and #16, respectively.

And that, as they say, is that.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Whistle" - Flo Rida *2 weeks*
2. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift
3. "One More Night" - Maroon 5
4. "Lights" - Ellie Goulding
5. "Some Nights" - fun.
6. "Everybody Talks" - Neon Trees
7. "Wide Awake" - Katy Perry
8. "Good Time" - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
9. "As Long As You Love Me" - Justin Bieber
10. "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen

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Pet Shop Boys Live Streaming Concert In Berlin: Watch

This is happening right now in Berlin — Pet Shop Boys performing songs from new album Elysium in Berlin. The concert is being streamed globally.

Songs performed so far include "A Face Like That," "Leaving" and "Invisible."

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Kylie Minogue To Release 'The Abbey Road Sessions' In October

Those orchestral versions of her past songs Kylie Minogue performed late last year at Abbey Road will finally get a proper release on October 29, via new album The Abbey Road Sessions. (Better late than never, eh?) According to Kylie's official site, there will be 16 tracks, including the following:

ALL THE LOVERS
ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
HAND ON YOUR HEART
I BELIEVE IN YOU
COME INTO MY WORLD
FINER FEELINGS
CONFIDE IN ME
SLOW
THE LOCOMOTION
CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD
WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW
FLOWER
I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
NEVER TOO LATE

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Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Kiss' Sounds Like A Summer Album: Listen To Preview Clips

Carly Rae Jepsen's debut American album Kiss sounds like it should be released in the spring or summer, and, okay — technically September 18, when it will be out, is still summer. Still, the preview clips below indicate that this will be quite the pop blowout.

So far opening track "Tiny Little Bows", "Turn Me Up" and "Hurt So Good" appear to be standouts, while the Max Martin one, "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" seems like a surprising snooze. Still, these are only clips, so time will tell.







1. Tiny Little Bows
2. This Kiss
3. Call Me Maybe
4. Curiosity
5. Good Time (with Owl City)
6. More Than A Memory
7. Turn Me Up
8. Hurt So Good
9. Beautiful (with Justin Bieber)
10. Tonight I'm Getting Over You
11. Guitar String/Wedding Ring
12. Heart Is A Muscle
13. Drive (bonus track)
14. Wrong So Right (bonus track)
15. Sweetie (bonus track)
16. Almost Said It (bonus track)

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UK Chart Roundup: Little Mix Land Second #1 Single

 Just when you thought there wasn't enough slut paste in the world.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Wings" - Little Mix *new* *1 week*
2. "Bom Bom" - Sam & The Womp
3. "How We Do (Party)" - Rita Ora
4. "Harder Than You Think" - Public Enemy
5. "Good Time" - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
6. "Heatwave" - Wiley feat. Rymez & Ms D
7. "Spectrum (Calvin Harris Remix)" - Florence + The Machine
8. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift
9. "Read All About It Pt. 3" - Emeli Sande
10. "Lost In Your Love" - Redlight

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Pet Shop Boys' 'Bilingual' At 16: Hit And Miss

Many Pet Shop Boys albums have been released in the fall, and several of them have arrived in September, including Actually, Very, Bilingual and the duo's upcoming LP Elysium. Today actually marks the 16-year anniversary of their sixth studio album Bilingual, which was released in the UK on September 2, 1996 (and in the US a day later).

Bilingual was an album I personally struggled to enjoy when it came out, though I did try for a good year or so. Very — which I've talked about at length before — arrived when I was still an impressionable teenager, a year away from going off to university. It was bright and exciting. Bilingual was darker and, in typical fashion, the PSBs had veered off in a completely different direction, musically. I was now starting my final year of college and, I think, feeling a bit divided over where I belonged — I felt exhausted after 17 years of education and eager to see it end; but I was also unsure of what the "real world" would be like.

Anyway, there was a record store on my university's campus called Vibes, and I stood in line at midnight to buy Bilingual. I stayed up till about 2 a.m. playing it in my room — a single, as it were — in my residence hall. Overall, I think I was hoping the album was going to be Very 2. Which, of course, it wasn't.

Oh, well — "A Red Letter Day" and "Up Against It" were, at least, instant classics to my ears, and I later grew to really enjoy tracks like "The Survivors", "It Always Comes As A Surprise" and "To Step Aside." And now, 16 years later, I think I've even found some appreciation — some — for lead single "Before."

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It's Pet Shop Boys' "Leaving" Lyric Video

As mentioned, "Leaving" is the second single from Pet Shop Boys' upcoming album Elysium. And now there's a lyric video to go along with the song, which features a sun slowly setting — quite fitting given that the tune is about death.



By the way, check out the duo's new interview with The Arts Desk. This commentary alone is priceless:

NT: I looked at the chart the other day and I realised that since the last album, only three years ago, we’ve entered this strange world of somebody or other featuring somebody or other. Every other track is Calvin Harris featuring Nikki Minaj or with Snoop Doggy Dogg or someone.

CL: Or featuring three. David Guetta doesn’t just have one or two.

NT: Well, why would you? And I suddenly thought we are not in that world.

CL: Why not throw Jessie J in there?

NT: Why not throw in Jessie J, why wouldn’t you?

CL: Is it to get each other’s Facebook friends? I bet that’s what it is. You could accumulate everyone else's friend list.

NT: We’re not on Facebook. We think it’s sinister and horrible. Pet Shop Boys are but we’re not.

CL: It’s great watching their share price tumble, isn’t it? I have really been enjoying the schadenfreude.

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