Metallica to do Good October 2, 2008

Metallica’s first album in over five years ‘Death Magnetic’ is projected to do fairly well. The record is actually on track to take the number one spot on the US album charts. According to preliminary estimates, their new album will make it big by having sold 450,000 to 500,000 copies last week even though the album was only on sale for 3 days. Something that might be helping the band is the fact that some stores are bundling the album with Guitar Hero or some Metallica headphones. Ticketmaster is also offering ticket/album deal for buyers. It’s a great deal but I don’t think that it’s enough to put them back in the spotlight.

Kanye on Lockdown October 2, 2008

Kanye West debuted the song ‘Love Lockdown’ at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and has recently dropped the studio version of the song. The rapper is reportedly releasing another album before the end of the year. I’m not sure if the song is going to be a single or not but it’s going to be interesting to see how radio is going to respond to his song. It’s a great song but it’s an artist’s song – a prestige piece. It’s a risky move but you have to give kudos to Kanye for having balls. He has the whole world listening and this is the message he wants people to listen to.

Britney Spears Birthday CD October 2, 2008

It’s official! Britney Spears will be releasing her sixth studio album ‘Circus’ on her birthday, December 2. Her label Jive/Zomba announced that her first single ‘Womanizer’, which was produced by the up and coming Atlanta production team The Outsyders, will drop on September 22. That’s this Monday! Britney also enlisted the help of established producers and writers for her newest effort including Dr. Luke who wrote and produced the album’s title track, Danja, Max Martin, Bloodshy & Avant and Guy Sigsworth who has previously worked with the likes of Madonna, Alanis Morissette and Bjork. From the list of her producers, her album is shaping up to be a hit.