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“With every ending is mega starter…when they bring the dark, we bring the light!”

It seems that everybody has been wishing for yet another explosive hit coming from this group and they are back to make this dream come true, and it’s something bigger, bolder and better this time. Six-time Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum recording artists, The Black Eyed Peas reawaken the world with the release of their brand new album entitled The Beginning. This sixth album is a follow-up to the group’s blockbuster and Grammy award winning album, The E.N.D, which was released in June 2009 and has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide.

While the title of The E.N.D. was a play on words (standing for “The Energy Never Dies”), the new album’s title, The Beginning, “refers to what is actually happening in the world right now,” says Will.i.am. “The Beginning is symbolic of adopting new technologies, such as augmented reality, 3D, and 360 video. It’s also about being experimental and taking songs we’ve liked from the past and playing around with sick, crazy beats.” In keeping with that manifesto, the first hit single from The Beginning is “The Time (Dirty Bit),” which is built around a sample from the classic 1987 theme from Dirty Dancing, (“I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. “The song is a celebration of this amazing time in our lives,”

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Hear Mika’s lilting falsetto all over a fiery Lady Gaga favorite. Hear jazz savant Jamie Cullum deliver a smooth strip-down of a Rihanna R&B gem. Hear Keane tone down U2’s stadium-sized panache to a lovelorn twinkle. Hear The Cardigans’ light-as-a-feather vocals take on an impossible task: assuming Black Sabbath. Hear Feist, voice thick and sweet as honey, as she tips her hat to disco icons Bee Gees. Hear them all in one sensational musical showcase.

Rediscovery: A New Twist On Your Favorite Songs gathers the best reimagined songs performed by today’s biggest and most promising musicians. This 2-disc treasure trove of covers includes Florence and the Machine doing Beyonce’s “Halo,” Maroon 5 doing The Beatles’ “If I Fell,” Mariah Carey doing Def Leppard’s “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak,” The Killers doing Dire Straits’ “Romeo & Juliet,” Ian Brown doing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” Amy Winehouse doing Carole King’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” Pixie Lott doing OneRepublic’s “Apologize,” and a host of other reinterpreted treats that will make you see your most-loved tunes in an exciting new light.

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Tokio Hotel was founded by vocalist Bill Kaulitz and guitarist Tom Kaulitz, who are identical twin brothers, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bass-guitarist Georg Listing. The four met in 2001 after a live show in a Magdeburg club, where Listing and Schäfer, who knew each other from music school, watched from the audience while Bill and Tom Kaulitz played on the stage. Under the name Devilish, the band soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts. After Bill Kaulitz's participation in a children's Star Search in 2003 at age thirteen (which he lost in the quarter-final), he was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann. Devilish changed their name to Tokio Hotel: "Tokio", the German spelling of the Japanese city Tokyo, due to a love of the city, and "Hotel" due to their constant touring and living in hotels. In 2005, Universal Music Group took Tokio Hotel under contract. The band is now one of the biggest modern acts from Germany.

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The Best Of Nelly Furtado looks back at a simply sensational and genuinely global first decade for the acclaimed Canadian-born singer-songwriter of Portuguese heritage. She has won and has been nominated for seven Grammy awards, has a BRIT Award win, and has been awarded numerous Junos (Canada’s equivalent of the Grammy), including Album Of The Year for Loose as well as an MTV Europe Music Award. Furthermore, she has been nominated for a handful of Billboard Latin Music Awards and a Grammy for her groundbreaking 2009 album Mi Plan that further solidifies her vibrant and successful career as a dual language superstar. Embracing different cultures, musical styles and even languages, Nelly Furtado has helped define musical diversity for a new generation. Her multi-cultural sound proved to be intensely popular as reflected by the tremendous success of singles “I’m Like a Bird” and “Turn Off the Light,” which helped the album to reach platinum status several times and being awarded Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “I’m Like a Bird” at the 2002 Grammy Awards. Nelly Furtado ended up taking the Grammy.

This well-crafted compilation manifests Nelly’s evolving versatility and profound interests as a recording artist. Throughout her career as a singer, she has been able to reinvent herself over and over showing the world an entirely different dimension of her character and creative capacity as an artist for every song she releases—from doing pop classic “I’m Like a Bird” to an eclectic folk-indie upbeat “Força” then shifting to an energizing danceable hip-hop song “Promiscuous” which became an instant hit, earning her the number one spot at the Billboard Hot 100. Being ever-dynamic and multi-faceted as an artist is probably something that gained her several well-deserved titles and a large number of enthusiasts all over the world.

Hear Nelly’s greatest hits in this 2-cd deluxe album which includes 18 tracks and a bonus cd containing new collaborations with other known artists such as Michael Buble and Keith Urban.

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TOP POP, R&B AND HIP-HOP ARTISTS AND PRODUCERS COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE MUSIC OF MULTI-GRAMMY WINNING PRODUCER, ARRANGER AND COMPOSER QUINCY JONES ON NEW ALBUM "Q: SOUL BOSSA NOSTRA"

Features Usher, Ludacris, John Legend, Robin Thicke, Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, Mary J. Blige, and more!

Renowned for blending musical genres as he did with his 1989 multi-Grammy winning "Album of the Year" Back on the Block and 1995's platinum Q's Jook Joint, Q: Soul Bossa Nostra features an assortment of artists and producers from the Pop, R&B and Hip-Hop worlds such as Usher, Ludacris, Akon, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, T-Pain, Robin Thicke, LL Cool J, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Three 6 Mafia, David Banner, Bebe Winans, Mervyn Warren, Jermaine Dupri, DJ Paul, and Scott Storch, among others who wanted to pay tribute to these works by Jones.

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Mamma Mia! ABBA has never sounded or looked better than on the new CD+DVD package ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits (Special Edition). It features all of the group's hits and more including the videos for each of hit. This special edition package brings together 1992's six times platinum ABBA Gold – Greatest Hits CD and its gold-certified home video companion of the same title which were both newly remastered.

The CD, which as a stand-alone album has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide, embraces 19 classics including the gold #1 anthem "Dancing Queen"; #3 gold "Take a Chance on Me"; Top 10s "Waterloo" and "The Winner Takes It All"; US Top 20s "SOS," "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Fernando," "Does Your Mother Know" and "The Name of the Game," and US Top 40s "Mamma Mia" and "Chiquitita."

The DVD features all 19 video clips, taking full advantage of the progress in digital technology since they were last remastered. Notably, most of ABBA's videos were directed by Lasse Hallstrom, since acclaimed for such films as My Life As A Dog, What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Chocolat. Also included are bonus selections in the form of "Before-and-After" split-screen comparisons of five original film clips and their remastered versions. In addition, the DVD adds a recently discovered cartoon version of "Money, Money, Money," circa 1977. This rarity was briefly screened at the time and has not been available in complete form since. Nearly 30 years later as one of the most commercially successful pop groups in history, the music of ABBA dances into the future with ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits (Special Edition).

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