Justin Bieber Fashion's Night Out 2011 Billboard Celebrates Season With Holiday Songs Chart

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Billboard this week launches its first-ever Hot 100-style ranking of seasonal favorites with the launch of the Holiday Songs chart. Like the Hot 100, the survey ranks tracks based on a formula blending airplay, download sales and streaming data as tracked by Nielsen Entertainment.



Check Out Billboard's Holiday Charts: Songs | Albums | Airplay



The 50-position chart will appear in print and on Billboard.com and Billboard.biz through the holiday season.


Holiday Songs No. 1: Mariah Carey
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"

Topping our inaugural ranking is Mariah Carey's 1994 Christmas classic "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Carey's song also appears on the list at No. 33 in a rendition by Michael Buble that appears on his No. 1 Billboard 200 album "Christmas."



In previous years, Billboard's Holiday chart was based solely on radio airplay on adult contemporary (and a few adult top 40) stations, most of which made the switch to all or nearly all-Christmas music following Thanksgiving.



Because radio gravitates to the familiar, past Holiday Songs charts featured primarily classic Christmas tracks pre-dating this century. With the change in methodology to include downloads, streaming and airplay from all monitored radio stations, the reconfigured Holiday Songs survey presents a more balanced picture of new releases (Justin Bieber at No. 2) and traditional seasonal selections (Brenda Lee, Nat King Cole and Bobby Helms at Nos. 3-5, respectively).

Amber Rose attends the Soul Train Awards 2011 at The Fox Theatre on November 17, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. Amber Rose Talks Upcoming Album & Clothing Collabo; Says Wiz Khalifa 'Inspires'...

Amber Rose Talks Upcoming Album & Clothing Collabo; Says Wiz Khalifa 'Inspires' Her
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Amber Rose is following in the steps of her boyfriend, Wiz Khalifa. While on the red carpet at the 2011 MTV Music Awards on Aug. 28, the Philly natives gave us the exclusive news on Amber's musical debut. "We're working on some music for me, yeah," Khalifa's beau told Billboard.com.


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While catching up with her at the Soul Train Awards taping on Nov. 17 in Atlanta, Amber gave The Juice an update on the album and upcoming projects.

"I'm still in the beginning stages of it right now. I'm working hard. I'm in the studio every single day. I'm just really inspired and motivated," Amber Rose told The Juice. "My music is like house-club music, fun dance music. I'm singing, I'm rapping, I'm talking a litte shit."

When asked if we'll hear Wiz on the album, she responded, "Of course! Of course, that's my daddy!"

"I brought everything to him. He's like, 'Baby you have to do this. You have talent. You write all your stuff,'" Rose said of Wiz. "He inspired me to do it."


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If not in the lab with Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose is keeping busy by being the new spokesperson for Smirnoff Vodka and a judge for season 2 of 'Master of the Mix,' alongside producer Just Blaze and Kid Capri.



Rose also shared details on her collaboration with clothing brand, "Members Only." "I'm designing for Members Only. It's all leather, wools, [and] furs," Rose shared

Hanson Brothers Hanson Confirms 'MmmHops' Beer Brand

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The boys of Hanson are no longer boys -- they're men. Heck, they have eight children between the three of them! And what do men do? They drink beer. Hence, the announcement that the pop trio will soon launch their own beer, called "MmmHops."

After reportedly making the announcement during an event at Oxford University last month, drummer Zac Hanson confirms the news to Billboard.com through a rep. "Yes a branded HANSON IPA beer concept is in the works under the moniker 'MmmHops,'" says the youngest Hanson in a statement. "We're glad to see a bit of buzz around the idea, which has been brewing for some time."



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"MmmHops," of course, references the group's breakout hit, "MMMBop," which hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 14 years ago. The group recently wrapped a South American tour in support of their 2010 album "Shout It Out."

In September, Zac Hanson told Billboard.com that he is unsure whether he and his brothers Isaac and Taylor want to make another full-length album in the foreseeable future. "We want to do something a little different," says Hanson. "The music industry has changed, so I think we will definitely do another project, but it might end up being multiple small things. We like to innovate and do things we're excited about. I think one more normal, 12-song album isn't what we want to do now."

Lady Gaga: I'm so dedicated

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Lady Gaga says it's 'more important than anything' that people realise how dedicated she is to music.
The singer understands there are people who don't like her music.
However, she performs for the minority who love to hear her sing.
'I believe very strongly that there are many people on this earth that really don't like what I do ' or how I sing or what music I make ' but some of those people admire the commitment to the work,' she told the January edition of UK magazine Elle. 'That to me is more important that anything.'
She added that the biggest conception about her is 'that I would ever be concerned with there being a misconception about me'.
Gaga hopes to leave a legacy behind her.
When she is gone, the Born This Way singer wants to have built a reputation as a fearless artist.
'I want to be remembered as brave,' she said simply.
Gaga is currently promoting the promo for her new single Marry the Night.
The video sees the star posing topless as she eats cereal, dyeing her hair blue and playing the piano in the nude.
She has claimed the footage ' which lasts almost 14 minutes ' offers a unique insight into her life.
'WATCH MARRY THE NIGHT VIDEO ON: http://eonli.ne/MTNvid An autobiographical film recounting my past, revealing my struggles + love for showbiz,' she wrote on her Twitter account a few hours ago.
Gaga has told E! that the video was inspired by being dropped by her first record label and fearing her career was over. The star was naked when she received the news and that is why she decided to strip for the promo.
'That's probably the most honest moment in that video of everything I've ever done. My directorial decision was for them to just f**king roll the cameras, because I couldn't go in and out of the moment,' the 25-year-old explained.
'There's something quite comical about the opening of the video, even though it's quite sinister and dark.'
The clip - which was directed by Gaga - opens with the eccentric musician being wheeled through a psychiatric ward by two nurses.
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Motley Crue get LA residency

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It became official tonight (Thursday) on CNN's Piers Morgan that Motley Crue have signed to play a short-term residency in Las Vegas, a first for a hard rock band.

The group will play three or four nights per week over a three week period at the Hard Rock Hotel where Santana has been playing on a regular basis for a couple of years.

Vince Neil commented "We're the first hard rock band ever to have a residency [in Las Vegas]. There's been bands like Santana and Elton John and these kinds of acts, but for us. Motley Crue, we're all about theater and about over-the-top stage show, so it's a perfect fit for us. So we're really, really excited."

The dates for the shows are February 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19.
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"Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Vol. 2"

After last year's first edition of "Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album" -- which featured Darren Criss and Chris Colfer's adorable "Baby It's Cold Outside" duet -- sold 931,000 copies (according to Nielsen SoundScan), those crazy McKinley kids return for round two. Out Nov. 14, "Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Vol. 2" features Mercedes (Amber Riley) belting out a stellar "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and a more traditional "Little Drummer Boy" (by Artie/Kevin McHale) than the, um, interesting rap redo on Bieber's Christmas album. "Glee" also gives its original songs another go on this 12-track Christmas compilation, nestled up alongside Santana (Naya Rivera)'s sexy "Santa Baby." -- Jillian Mapes

She & Him | "A Very She & Him Christmas"

If sweet-voiced, throwback acoustic covers of well-known holiday ditties gets you in the mistletoe mood, then Zooey Deschanel has you covered with "A Very She & Him Christmas." Her third album as She & Him -- alongside folk singer-songwriter M. Ward -- arrived last week and features covers like "Blue Christmas," "I'll Be Home Christmas" and a fitting Beach Boys ode with "Little Saint Nick." Sure to warm the Grinch-like heart of the hipster on your Christmas list. -- Jillian Mapes