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May 08, 2009
AC/DC
More than three decades into a career that shows no signs of slowing down or letting up, AC/DC, like electricity itself, provides the world with an essential source of power and energy. -
October 01, 2009
Afgan
Drawing his inspiration from an eclectic mix of pop, rock, soul and R&B, Indonesian singer Afgan released his first album Confession No. 1 in 2008, garnering praise and fan adulation for his vocal prowess on hit single "Terima Kasih Cinta". -
November 04, 2009
Amanda Imani
Blessed with a melodious yet husky voice and supermodel looks, Amanda Imani is tipped to be the next sensation, all at the tender age of 18. Her completed pop-folk self titled debut album, AMANDA IMANI, consists of seven (7) Bahasa Malaysia tracks, and will hit stores in late October 2009. -
February 09, 2009
Amy Macdonald
Welcome to the life of Amy Macdonald. Let this sassy Scottish powerhouse induct you into her melodious, catchy fusion of folk rock! -
April 03, 2009
Amy Winehouse
Two years ago, in the middle of the campaign for her universally acclaimed, platinum selling debut Frank, Amy Winehouse began thinking about what she'd like to do with her second record. -
August 21, 2008
ASH
Northern Irish alternative rockers, ASH, was first formed in 1989, when childhood mates Tim Wheeler and Mark Hamilton got guitars for Christmas and established the metal act called Vietnam. -
May 16, 2008
Backstreet Boys
It's hard to believe that 15 years have passed since Backstreet Boys redefined the modern musical landscape, ushering in a chapter of pop culture that commandeered the world's radio airwaves, broke music and concert sales records, and launched a new generation of teen idols for millions of youth. -
November 04, 2009
Big Bang
Big Bang, commonly stylized as BIGBANG, is a Korean boyband made up of five Korean singers - G-Dragon, Taeyang, T.O.P, Daesung and Seungri. When they first debuted, they were considered to be the new face of YG Entertainment. The group gained mainstream success with the release of "거짓말" ("Lies"). -
November 20, 2009
Black Eyed Peas
They are the best-selling hip-hop group in music today, they rank high in the popularity stakes, and have toured more countries than any other artist. will.i.am, Fergie, Taboo and apl.de.ap are the Black Eyed Peas, a supergroup success story with three Grammy awards and a string of chart-topping hits under their belt. -
April 24, 2008
BY2
It seems like the online portal has unleashed yet another awesome talent. This time, they go by the name of BY2. -
April 01, 2008
Colbie Caillat
Organic musician? Colbie Caillat has the bare essentials! Watch exclusive behind-the-scenes videos and more. -
February 27, 2009
Coldplay
Formed in London in 1998, Coldplay has since sold a phenomenal 30 million records worldwide and is one of the most famous rock bands around. -
November 04, 2009
Crowd Lu
Crowd Lu, also known as Vitas Lu, (Lu Guang Zhong) is a Taiwanese indie singer, songwriter, and composer. He released his chart-topping debut CD, 100 Ways of Living in 2008. Since then, Lu has won numerous awards including "Best Newcomer" and "Best Composer" at the 20th Golden Melody Awards in 2009. -
November 04, 2009
Da Endorphine
Thanida Dhamwimol, better known as Da Endorphine, is a 23-year-old singer from Thailand. Formerly from the band Endorphine, Da embarked on a solo career in 2007, with her latest album, Sound About (2009), garnering rave reviews from fans. -
June 01, 2009
Daniel Merriweather
Three years ago, you likely would have found 27-year-old Daniel Merriweather busking on the streets of Melbourne, Australia. But thanks to the discerning eye of uber-producer Mark Ronson, this singer-songwriter is now poised to come to worldwide attention with his debut album, Love & War. -
September 30, 2008
Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter's first big break came through the release of the commercially successful single "Bad Day" in 2005. 2008 for Powter marks the release of Under The Radar, his third studio album to date. -
August 01, 2009
David Guetta
As one of the most in-demand producers on the planet, David Guetta is poised to take electronic music out of the confines of the global underground, where he reigns as the No. 1 House DJ. Joining hands and forces with some of the biggest names on the urban scene, while introducing some undiscovered talents, another level beckons. -
November 30, 2008
Dido
Safe Trip Home is the warm, moving and wonderfully musical third album from Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, better and more commonly known simply as Dido. -
April 17, 2009
Duffy
Part 60s soul, part 70s funk, and all contemporary freshness, international sensation Duffy belts out track after track with her gorgeous and grainy voice. -
June 30, 2008
Electrico
Electrico is Singapore's most stylish and prevalent band who truly are the epitome of sexy, passionate and exceptional pop-rock music. -
April 17, 2009
Enrique Iglesias
You would think that Enrique Iglesias has nothing left to prove. After all, the Madrid-born, Miami-raised singer has sold 40 million albums in little over a decade, becoming one of the most successful artists in the history of popular music. Then again, Enrique is not your average pop star. -
January 30, 2009
Fall Out Boy
"Honestly, we have never been a critically acclaimed band or 'cool' band, but we have always moved the needle because of our fans and we don't want that to change." -
March 27, 2009
Franz Ferdinand
Fraz Ferdinand are Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Paul Thomson (drums, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards), Nick McCarthy (guitar, piano, keyboard, synthesizer, bass, vocals) and Alex Kapranos (vocals, Guitar) -
October 23, 2009
Gossip
Originally from Searcy, AR, this punk trio moved to Olympia, WA, joining the roster of the indie rock label K Records. Guitarist Nathan (aka Brace Paine), drummer Kathy, and singer Beth proclaimed, "We started a band 'cause we were bored. Our mission is to make you dance, and if you're not gonna dance, just stay at home and listen to the oldies station." -
April 17, 2009
Green Day
Green Day started out as part of the northern California underground punk scene. Childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Mike Dirnt (bass; born Mike Pritchard) formed their first band, Sweet Children, in Rodeo, CA, when they were 14 years old. By 1989, the group had changed its name to Green Day. -
September 01, 2009
Hockey
There's plenty to love about Mind Chaos, the debut album from Hockey. Recently relocated to Portland, Oregon, the new record frames a band enthralled to folk rock, indie pop and dancefloor-friendly shakedowns. -
September 01, 2008
Jason Mraz
For Jason Mraz, his life-altering journey began with a single word: 'No.' No touring, no recording, no work for a year: "I want to go to the grocery store again. I want to do my own laundry. I want to tend to a garden. I want to raise a cat," said 'Mr. A-Z.' -
June 17, 2009
JET
Rock and roll: some would argue that it's become all smoke and mirrors, plug-ins and effects. True in certain cases, but not at all for Jet. At the heart of every great rock and roll band lies four essential elements: bass, drums, guitars and vocals. That, in its purest essence, is Jet. And Jet, in their purest essence, have again captured those elements with their third album, Shaka Rock. -
May 29, 2009
John Legend
In the five years since he released his debut album, John Legend has sold more than five million albums worldwide, garnered multiple hit singles, received countless awards (including five Grammys), and wowed rapt audiences across the globe. -
May 11, 2009
Jonas Brothers
One of the most popular teen-affiliated groups of the 21st Century, the Jonas Brothers (Joseph, Kevin, and Nicholas) were raised in the city of Wyckoff, New Jersey under the tutelage of musical parents. -
June 05, 2009
Kaiser Chiefs
So, a mere eighteen months since the release of their second album 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob', which saw Leeds' Kaiser Chiefs have the best selling UK rock album of last year, they are set to unleash their third longplayer. -
January 01, 2009
Kanye West
Having dropped out of the Chicago State University to pursue a career in music, Kanye West first left his mark as a hit-making producer for the likes of Jay-Z (2001's The Blueprint), Alicia Keys and Janet Jackson. -
October 02, 2009
Katy Perry
The middle child of two pastors, Perry grew up listening to gospel music and singing in church in Santa Barbara, CA. Perry was raised on a strict diet of church music, but one night during a slumber party, Perry happened upon a Queen record. -
November 03, 2009
Ke$ha
You've probably heard her sassy vocal stylings on Flo Rida's chart-topping track, "Right Round." Up-and-coming American singer-songwriter Ke$ha is currently recording her debut album with executive producer Dr. Luke, who has worked with Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson. -
July 20, 2009
Keane
Avowed believers in never retreading old ground, Keane (Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes) released their third album, Perfect Symmetry, on 13th October 2008 in the UK. -
July 01, 2009
Kelly Clarkson
Texas-born Kelly Clarkson wowed the world in 2002 as the very first American Idol winner. Her superstardom was secured with chart-topping sophomore album Breakaway in 2005. With her latest album, All I Ever Wanted, Clarkson is eager to push her music in new directions. "The worst thing to me is when all the songs on an album sound the same." -
May 22, 2009
Kid Rock
Rock N Roll Jesus is Kid Rock's most honest, eclectic, and soulful record to date. It's his State of the Union address, a deeply personal statement that looks at racism in America, empathizes with soldiers in Iraq. -
April 03, 2009
Kings of Leon
When Kings of Leon released their third album Because Of The Times in April 2007, Entertainment Weekly called it their crowning achievement, while Rolling Stone wondered: How good can the Kings of Leon get? They've already gone further than anybody could have guessed. -
July 17, 2009
KoRn
In the song 'Evolution, Jonathan Davis lyrically speaks to mankind's distinct lack of evolution--while the entity known as Korn has made amazing progress since their self-titled 1994 debut. -
October 01, 2009
La Roux
On the day we meet in a West London pub, La Roux's 'In For The Kill' has just risen up the charts to number two. Two days later, it'll go up again to the top. By that point it had already spent a month in the higher reaches of the chart, gradually transforming itself from a debut single to a bona fide public phenomenon. -
November 20, 2009
Lady GaGa
When Lady GaGa was a little girl, she would sing along on her mini plastic tape recorder to Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper hits and get twirled in the air in daddy's arms to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. -
April 24, 2008
Layers of Sound & The Demetrios Project
Layers of Sound & The Demetrios Project team up to a danceable feast of fashionable house grooves and punchy beats. -
June 06, 2009
Lenka
Although her father is a jazz musician, Lenka's early musical efforts were strictly a means to an end. "I was forced to learn piano and trumpet, but I really hated it," she recalls. "My parents bribed me by saying that I could get my ears pierced if I got a B on my music exams. As soon as I got a B, I got my ears pierced and I quit." -
October 23, 2009
Lily Allen
Lily Allen was born in May 1985 in Hammersmith, west London, the daughter of film producer Alison Owen and actor Keith Allen. It was an unconventional childhood, but not one without its compensations, and it made Allen wise beyond her years and tremendously motivated to carve her own place in the world. -
September 18, 2009
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California, formed in 1996. Since their formation, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards. -
July 01, 2009
Little Boots
The arrival of Little Boots has signalled something of a collective epiphany. Sometimes you don't know what has been missing from your life until it's right there in the room with you, and then you wonder how you ever managed without it. It has been barely a year since her solo project tentatively began, and already Victoria Hesketh is UK pop music's most talked about new star. -
September 21, 2009
Madonna
It is known that Madonna was one of the first female pop stars to have complete control of her music and image. Hard Candy, Madonna's delicious new album, is set to take the world by storm, all over again. -
May 01, 2008
Mariah Carey
She's the voice, the body, and an unrivalled musical legend. Longevity and beauty are perfected with the formula E=MC2. -
May 21, 2008
Marié Digby
Blessed with beauty, poise and extravagant talent, Marié Digby might remind some old timers of Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro and similarly insightful artists. But she shrugs off any comparisons, intending to navigate her own unique artistic course. -
June 12, 2009
Maroon 5
Capturing their first of two Grammys as Best New Artist of 2005, and going on to sell more than ten million albums worldwide, Maroon 5 won plaudits with the hybrid rock/R&B sound they introduced on their debut album Songs About Jane. -
April 10, 2009
Metallica
They've sold over 100 million albums and can comfortably shoulder the moniker, "living legends." But when it comes to touring, there are few, if any, bands who deliver live the way Metallica do. Their shows, which began in clubs and garages in the early eighties, have been selling out in arenas and stadiums throughout the world for almost two decades, and continue to be among the most intense, powerful and visually stimulating concert experiences ever delivered. -
September 25, 2009
Metro Station
Metro Station's brazenly catchy dance hooks and yearning lyrics perfectly capture what it feels like to be a teenager in today's culture. -
June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson
Singer, performer and artist rolled into one, MTV Asia pays tribute to the legendary icon with a timeline charting his musical milestones and a selection of music videos and photos. -
May 20, 2008
MiG Ayesa
Born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Sydney, Australia, MiG Ayesa has three-fourths-Spanish maternal ancestry and fourth-Ilonggo paternal and maternal ancestries. -
October 09, 2009
Mika
By now it is clear that Mika is not as other artists are. His surname could just as well be 'Singular'. Enveloped in an imaginative musical world of his own creation, he is one of the few male pop stars of his age that doesn't run with the pack. Classically trained, racially mixed and prone to theatrical physical gesture, he has become a scion of ambitiously delivered self-expression. -
November 06, 2009
MTV Africa Music Awards 2009
Best of MTV Africa Music Awards 2009 also known as MAMAs. The event was hosted by Nairobi, Kenya at the Moi International Sport Centre with performances by Akon, Zebra and Giraffe, Lira, D'Banj, Lizha James, Blu3, Fally Ipupa and Nameless. Joining the MAMA's episode this week is Wyclef - a multiplatinium Haitian-American musician, actor and producer and also the former The Fugees trio. -
April 29, 2009
MTV Australia Awards 2009
The 2009 MTV Australia Awards took place on 27 March in Sydney. Hosted by Pete Wentz, the show featured surprise guest appearances from everyone from Ashlee Simpson-Wentz to Vanilla Ice as well as top-notch live performances from The Fray, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, KOL, Sia, Wolfmother, and Best Aussie winner Jessica Mauboy. -
June 19, 2009
MTV Japan Awards 2009
The 8th annual MTV Video Music Awards Japan (MTV VMAJ 2009) took place on 30 May at the Saitama Super Arena. Hosted by stand-up comedian, Gekidan Hitori, the show featured star-studded guest appearances and performances from international and local artistes such as Black Eyed Peas, Ciara, EXILE, Green Day, Katy Perry, 9mm Parabellum Bullet, Kreva and Metro Station. Now you can revel in the adrenaline-pumping live performances and watch all the entertaining moments from the show right here on MTV World Stage. -
May 29, 2009
N*E*R*D
As part of The Neptunes, world-famous producers and songwriters Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo have literally changed the course of music over the past decade, working with everyone from Madonna and Justin Timberlake to Jay-Z and Gwen Stefani. -
July 03, 2008
Ne-Yo
Grammy-Award winner Ne-Yo, who has impressed audiences with his talents since 2006, is right on time to usher in a new era of "world music" with Year of the Gentleman. -
July 20, 2009
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails (NIN) is the most popular industrial group ever and was largely responsible for bringing the genre to a mass audience. It isn't really accurate to call NIN a group; the only official member is singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Trent Reznor, who always remained solely responsible for NIN's musical direction. -
September 01, 2009
Noisettes
With Noisettes, it's always best to expect the unexpected. Two years on from a debut album awash with punk spirit and scorching blues-rock, the London trio return with Wild Young Hearts, a set of sleek pop songs steeped in soul, dizzy on disco and harking back to the days of blues and jazz greats. -
March 20, 2009
Oasis
We've been putting records out for fifteen years or so. You might think that, from the experience of all the records you have made, you would just swan into the studio and know how everything is going to go. But it has never been like that, at least not for us. If anything, it's been the opposite. It just gets more and more of a challenge." -
June 01, 2008
OneRepublic
Having ricocheted back-and-forth between near-success, disappointment, and fruition, OneRepublic has stayed true to their dreams - and seen them come true in ways they could never have imagined. -
October 09, 2008
Opshop
Opshop are a four-member rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. Formed in 2002, they recently swept the award for Highest Selling Single/Album and Airplay, and Single of the Year with "One Day," at the New Zealand Music Award. -
August 21, 2009
Oxegen 09
Oxegen 2009 was the sixth Oxegen festival to take place since 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 10 July, Saturday, 11 July and Sunday, 12 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. -
June 05, 2009
Panic At The Disco
Panic At The Disco are wrecking chaos again! This time, with their latest album Pretty. Odd. -
September 28, 2009
Paramore
Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore has announced details of their hugely anticipated third album, 'brand new eyes', which will land in stores and at all online retailers on September 28th. -
September 14, 2009
Pixie Lott
Pixie is an 18-year-old singer who, refreshingly, sings as an 18-year-old. Her fresh, expressive, fun and carefree attitude is matched with a voice that's potent, rich and addictive. It's a voice that captures the depth and maturity of a soul diva combined with the vim and dexterity of a teenage pop princess. -
September 18, 2009
Placebo
Things have not been bright and dandy for alternative rock band Placebo in recent years. After thirteen years, five studio albums, ten million album sales, breakdowns, clean ups and the dizzy swell of global success, tensions rose as band members felt themselves being pulled in different musical directions. -
June 02, 2008
Plainsunset
The irony in the reference to their moniker, Plainsunset, is that now's actually the dawn of yet another musical era for the much-loved Singapore band. -
October 01, 2009
Potato
Touted as one of the Top 10 rock bands in Thailand, Potato has won numerous music awards. With solid pop-rock hits spanning the course of 5 albums, find out why their sound is taking their home country by storm. -
March 06, 2009
Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls fever continues... with Doll Domination, the follow-up album to PCD. Its first single, "When I Grow Up," is already storming up the charts. So it's little wonder that they're the women every man wants, and every woman wants to be. -
May 13, 2008
Radiohead
Radiohead made a statement with both their album sales tactic and their "All I Need" music video for their latest album, In Rainbows. -
April 24, 2009
REM
Few albums have ever had a title as concisely fitting as Accelerate, the 14th set from R.E.M. But even before the group picked the name, even before they began recording, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills had a clear idea of what they wanted the collection to be. -
October 01, 2009
Rico Blanco
One of the founding members of established Filipino rock band Rivermaya, multi-talented Rico Blanco has branched out as a solo artist, blazing trails with new album, Your Universe (2008). -
November 03, 2009
Robbie Williams
For its first ten or so years, Robbie Williams' solo career was a whirlwind that never stopped, with statistics to show for it. The singer has sold over 55 million albums and chalked up more Brit awards than any other act in history. But the impact he has made through his songs, performances and personality go far beyond that. -
February 01, 2009
Secondhand Serenade
Get up close and personal with John Vesely of Secondhard Serenade, watch the music videos and making of "Fall For You" and "The Call" -
October 01, 2009
Shakira
After achieving superstardom throughout Latin America, Colombian-born Shakira became Latin pop's biggest female crossover artist since Jennifer Lopez. Noted for her aggressive, rock-influenced approach, Shakira maintained an extraordinary degree of creative control over her music; she wrote or co-wrote nearly all of her own material, and gained a reputation as one of Latin music's most ambitiously poetic lyricists. -
August 28, 2009
Slipknot
Slipknot singer Corey Taylor knew his band was destined for greatness. He also knew that it wouldn't come easy. -
August 07, 2009
Snow Patrol
The main thing to get about Snow Patrol is that, 14 years after they started out as a student band at Dundee University, they're still flying, gloriously and unpredictably, by the seat of their pants. -
October 01, 2009
Sodagreen
After breaking into the Taiwan pop market with their self-titled debut album in 2005, indie pop band Sodagreen has since released five career-spanning albums and won two Golden Melody Awards in 2007 and 2008 for Best Band. -
November 04, 2008
Take That
When Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Mark Owen released "Patience", the first single from the second coming of Take That on November 20, 2006, it was more than a decade since the band's famous split, and the world, it seemed, was ready for them. -
April 20, 2009
Taylor Swift
What was all that about record sales declining, music becoming a solitary pastime and no one having proper big hits anymore? Somebody must have forgotten to tell Taylor Swift. -
March 31, 2009
The All-American Rejects
Welcome to the womb of creation where minds meld, riffs congeal, voices carry, lives alter, skin sheds and a modern rock multi-platinum success story swing, swing for the fences. But for The All-American Rejects, the road to When the World Comes Down, their third long form musical offering, has been anything but a straight line. -
April 28, 2008
The Click Five
The band's sophomore album, Modern Minds And Pastimes saw The Click Five return to the scene with another high energy album filled with pop/rock gems. -
May 15, 2009
The Cure
It all started in 1976 as 'Easy Cure', formed by Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) along with schoolmates Michael Dempsey (bass), Lol Tolhurst (drums) and local guitar hero Porl Thompson. -
August 14, 2009
The Killers
Inspiration has never eluded Las Vegas' The Killers, and it's a damn good thing it hasn't, because their newest record, their third studio album entitled Day & Age is full of their finest songs to date. -
July 24, 2009
The Kooks
'The greatest records in the world can be put on in any situation: you can put them on at a party and they're going to sound great, you could put them on in a club and they're going to sound great, you could put them on on your headphones and listen in bed. That's when you get a great album,' says Luke Pritchard. 'And that's how I like to think of this album.' -
May 14, 2008
The Parlotones
The Parlotones have grown from strength to strength with their South African Music Awards (SAMA) winning album Radicontrolledrobot and their latest release A World Next Door To Yours. -
July 10, 2009
The Prodigy
It's the sound of the Prodigy mixing up genres, contorting the past and rewiring the future. The Prodigy ramraiding through the tranquility of music's status quo like a blot on the landscape of England's dreaming. -
September 01, 2008
The Script
It is the heart-rending epic journey of three young Dublin boys from the wrong side of the tracks who risk everything for a dream. -
April 03, 2009
The Veronicas
Already massive pop stars in their native Australia, 24-year-old twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso, known as The Veronicas, spent most of 2008 winning over legions of new fans while on the road with Natasha Bedingfield, Hanson, and the Jonas Brothers in support of their red-hot second album Hook Me Up, which was released by Sire Records in August 2008. -
May 22, 2009
The Verve
Before they started The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones, Nick McCabe and Peter Salisbury used to gather in an old car, high above the hillsides around Wigan, gazing down over the town. -
October 30, 2009
Tokio Hotel
Tokio Hotel are identical twin brothers Bill (vocals) & Tom Kaulitz (guitar), Georg Listing (bass) and Gustav Schafer (drums). The German pop rockers, known for their visually distinctive looks (especially Bill Kaulitz's hairstyles), have recently released their latest studio album, Humanoid and single "Automatic." -
June 01, 2009
U2
U2 emerged as one of the most popular rock & roll bands of the '80s. They are equally known for their sweeping sound as for their grandiose statements about politics and religion. Through constant reinvention, the band has cemented its iconic status in rock history and continues to earn critical respect and acclaim in the process. -
March 02, 2009
White Lies
White Lies are the glowering, glistening, moody, magnificent, cheekbones-of-granite, stone cold future of Rock. -
September 11, 2009
World Stage Live in Malaysia
Come August 15th, 2009 - MTV World Stage will make its debut in Malaysia; an unprecedented 1st in Asia! Kick-starting MTV's Global circuit of specially produced music events! -
November 06, 2009
Wyclef Jean
Lead Fugees rapper and sometime guitarist Wyclef Jean was the first member of his group to embark on a solo career, and he proved even more ambitious and eclectic on his own.