Bieber Wins Big but P!nk Steals the Show at the American Music Awards

Teen sensation Justin Bieber may have been the big winner at last night’s American Music Awards taking home 3 trophies, but the true victor from the show was P!nk with an astounding performance of her new single “Try”. In fact, pretty much everything from the show was a bit forgettable when compared with P!nk’s gorgeous moving and intense performance. With that said, take a look at my rankings of all the performances below. And can we please stop with all the lip synching? It was an atrocious lip synched mess for like 70% of the “singers” last night! .. As for the winners, a rather annoying Bieber took home Artist of the Year, Male Artist and Pop Album and he really needs to learn how to make an acceptance speech and get a sense of humor. A sense of humor would also help Taylor Swift, a winner for Country female, whose fake humility and incredibly irritating persona is grating on mine and a lot of other people’s nerves (and don’t get me started on that horrible performance)… Other big winners included Nicki Minaj with two awards and one apiece for Carrie Underwood, Rihanna, Adele, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Usher, Beyonce and Best New Artist Carly Rae Jepsen… For more on my take on the show and the winners, check out my twitter feed from last night here. (Yes, I live twatted the whole show!)…. And take a gander at all the winners below.

2012 American Music Award Winners:

Artist of the year: Justin Bieber
New artist of the year: Carly Rae Jepsen
Pop/rock female artist: Katy Perry
Pop/rock male artist: Justin Bieber
Pop/rock band, duo or group: Maroon 5
Pop/rock album: Justin Bieber, Believe
Country female artist: Taylor Swift
Country male artist: Luke Bryan
Country band, duo or group: Lady Antebellum
Country album: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
Rap/hip-hop artist: Nicki Minaj
Rap/hip-hop album: Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Soul/R&B female artist: Beyonce
Soul/R&B male artist: Usher
Soul/R&B album: Rihanna, Talk That Talk
Alternative rock artist: Linkin Park
Adult contemporary artist: Adele
Latin artist: Shakira
Contemporary inspirational artist: tobyMac
Electronic dance music artist: David Guetta

Ranking the AMA Performances~

1. P!nk “Try”: this performance was simply stunning as P!nk married lyrical contemporary choreography and gorgeous emotional vocals to perfection in a duo with dancer Colt Prattes. It really defies words. Take a look below. Amazing. Grade: A+
2. Kelly Clarkson “Miss Independent/Since U Been Gone/Stronger/Catch My Breath”: with arguably the best vocal of the night, Clarkson paid homage to her American Idol roots and gave a flawless and fantastically fun performance. Now, that is how you sing LIVE people! Grade: A
3. Stevie Wonder “Dick Clark Tribute”: there’s a reason he’s a legend people and he proved it again… and he werrrrrked some serious purple to boot! Grade: A-
4. Linkin Park “Burn It Down”: giving you early 2000′s realness and a rocking good time, Linkin Park brought intense energy and precision to their industrial rap rock fusion hit. Grade: A-
5. No Doubt “Looking Hot”: they’ve still go it! Gwen is definitely still hot. Adrian is still crazy and Tony still looks stoned. Grade: B+
6. Carrie Underwood “Two Black Cadillacs”: despite a little pitchy start, Underwood nailed the rest of her delightfully dark and dramatic single. Grade: B+
7. Psy with Hammer “Gangnam Style/2 Legit 2 Quit”: there is no escaping the Korean Macarena and you know you loved it when Hammer showed up for a mashup of these dance hits… However, billing Hammer as an “international superstar” was a big much AMA’s… It’s not 1991. I’m just saying…. Grade: B
8. Justin Bieber “As Long As You Love Me”: I don’t know about you but I was shocked at how good and surprisingly authentic this acoustic performance was. It was easily the best thing I’ve ever seen him do. Grade: B
9. The Wanted “I Found You”: the hotter British boy band (sorry One Direction) actually sang live for most of the song and I’m kinda sucker for their rocking Ibiza dance party vibe. Grade: B
10. Christina Aguilera “Lotus/Army of Me/Let There Be Love”: Ok, the lip synched “Lotus” beginning was bad, but the let your freak fly positivity message was great. Plus she can wail like no other. It was just a bit of too much overall though. Grade: B-
11. Pitbull “Don’t Stop the Party: Ptibull is a fantastic performer and this generic but incredibly infectious song got everyone on their feet. However, did you really need to lip synch too Pit? Um, you’re rapping! Automatic point deduction. Grade: C+
12. Usher “Numb/Cant Stop Wont Stop/Medley”: it was a half sung/half lip synched vogueing laser show with a treadmill! He literally threw in everything but the kitchen sink. Grade: C+
13. Ke$ha “Die Young”: It was Game of Thrones meets Day of the Dead with a touch of Stomp at a gay circuit party. Oh, and another lip synched, but it was fun. Grade: C
14. Carly Rae Jepsen “This Kiss/Call Me Maybe”: it was fun but forgetful and this girl really needs to learn how to lip synch for her life. Grade: C-
15. Justin Bieber w/Nicki Minaj “Beauty and a Beat”: it was a second-rate wannabe NSYNC number, that was lip synced to boot. And Bieber looked rather tired. He is no JT people! Grade: C-
16. Nicki Minaj “Freedom”: here’s something I never thought I’d say about a Nicki Minaj performance~ that was BORING. Seriously boring and lip synched to boot. I had more fun staring at her Staypuff Marshmellow man meets Mariah Carey Christmas costume outfit. Grade: D+
17. Taylor Swift “I Knew You Were Trouble”: this was atrocious! It was a lip synched crapfest that stole from everyone including Madonna (“Vogue” at the VMAs), the Backstreet Boys (the “Everybody” video), Annie Lennox (the “Walking on Broken Glass” video) not to mention Gaga and Rihanna and more. Just belch. And Taylor would you please admit you’re not a country artist for once? That song is total pop meets dub step. Grade: D-
18. Swiss Beatz/douchebag Chris Brown/Ludacris performance: in a word, AWFUL. Grade: F

To end on a positive note, here are my two favorite performances. Enjoy the astounding P!nk and the fabulous Kelly Clarkson.

P!nk “Try” live at the AMA’s

Kelly Clarkson Medley live at the AMA‘s

The Women of “Idol” wow at the Billboard Awards

Last night’s Billboard Awards aired on ABC, but there was a whole lot of Fox going on as three previous winners of American Idol stole the show. Those three women Grammy winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood and Grammy nominee Jordin Sparks all gave astounding performances that made everyone else look pretty silly. Kelly did her amazing new single “Dark Side” and it was simply a gorgeous vocal (and she looked wonderful too) while Carrie threw down the gauntlet with a soaring version of her next single “Blown Away”. However, I actually think the best performance of the night belonged to Sparks who tackled the late great Whitney Houston‘s “I Will Always Love You” in a special tribute to her. It was beautiful, powerful and emotional and a fitting tribute to this brilliant lost singer who Sparks will costar with in her final film this summer, Sparkle.
There were other performances of course and I will rank them below, but the night was also about awards as Billboard handed out trophies for the biggest hits, albums and artists of the past year. Adele (who was conspicuously absent and thus all of her wins were off camera) was the big winner with 12 awards including Artist and Album of the Year. LMFAO grabbed 6 awards while Coldplay nabbed 4. For more on the awards show which also featured tributes to Stevie Wonder and the recently passed Queen of Disco Donna Summer and all the winners, head to Billboard here. And check out all the winners below.

2012 Billboard Music Award Winners~
ARTIST AWARDS

Top Artist: Adele
Top New Artist: Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist: Lil Wayne
Top Female Artist: Adele
Top Duo/Group: – LMFAO
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Adele
Top Hot 100 Artist: Adele
Top Digital Songs Artist: – Adele
Top Radio Songs Artist: – Adele
Top Touring Artist – U2
Top Social Artist: – Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist: – Rihanna
Top Digital Media Artist – Adele
Top Pop Artist: – Adele
Top R&B Artist: – Chris Brown
Top Rap Artist: – Lil Wayne
Top Country Artist: – Lady Antebellum
Top Rock Artist: – Coldplay
Top Alternative Artist: – Coldplay
Top Latin Artist – Shakira
Top Dance Artist – Lady Gaga
Top Christian Artist – Casting Crowns

ALBUMS AWARDS:

Top Billboard 200 Album: – Adele “21”
Top Pop Album – Adele “21”
Top R&B Album – Beyonce “4”
Top Rap Album: – Lil Wayne “Tha Carter IV”
Top Country Album: – Jason Aldean “My Kinda Party”
Top Rock Album: – Coldplay “Mylo Xyloto”
Top Alternative Album: – Coldplay “Mylo Xyloto”
Top Latin Album: -Romeo Santos “Formula: Vol. 1″
Top Dance Album: – Lady Gaga “Born This Way”
Top Christian Album: – Casting Crowns “Come To The Well”

SONG AWARDS:

Top Hot 100 Song: – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Digital Song : – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Radio Song: – Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer “Give Me Everything”
Top Streaming Song (Audio): – Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
Top Streaming Song (Video): – Nicki Minaj “Super Bass”
Top Pop Song: – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top R&B Song: – Kelly Rowland Feat. Lil Wayne “Motivation”
Top Rap Song: – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Country Song: – Jason Aldean “Dirt Road Anthem”
Top Rock Song: – Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks”
Top Alternative Song: – Adele “Rolling In The Deep”
Top Latin Song: – Don Omar & Lucenzo “Danza Kuduro”
Top Dance Song: – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Christian Song: – Laura Story “Blessings”

Ranking the 2012 Billboard Award Performances:
~ the great
1. Jordin Sparks- “I Will Always Love You”: brilliant and heartbreaking

2. Carrie Underwood- “Blown Away”: FANtastic… literally!

3. Kelly Clarkson- “Dark Side”: all hail Ms. Clarkson!

~the good
4. John Legend- “Greatest Love of All”: lovely
5. CeeLo Green & Goodie Mob- “Fight to Win/Fight for Your Right to Party”: awesome and that one-legged dancer was incredible!
~ the pretty good
6. Usher- “Scream”
7. Stevie Wonder & Alicia Keyes medley
8. The Wanted- “Chasing the Sun/Glad You Came”: um, yes, they’re hot and I think they were on key!
9. Carly Rae Jepsen- “Call Me Maybe”: well, that was surprisingly delightful!
10. Natasha Bedingfield- “Last Dance”: it felt a bit off vocally at times, but it was a nice sentiment to the late Ms. Summer
~ the decent
11. LMFAO- “Party Rock Anthem/Sexy and I Know It”: it was a hot mess, but a really fun one
12. Linkin Park- “Building it Up”
~ the BAD
13. Katy Perry- “Wide Awake”: um, Pink did that at the Grammys a million times better than you girl
14. Justin Bieber- “Boyfriend”: boyfriend sure likes to lip sync for his life!
15. Nelly Furtado- “Big Hoops”: has her voice always been this awful, nasal and annoying? And um, that song kinda sucks.
16. Chris Brown- “Turn Up the Radio: Um, everything he does is awful. He is a hateful talentless lip syncing turd.

Jack White Grabs his First # 1 Album on the Charts

It may surprise you that Grammy winning rocker Jack White has never had a # 1 album. The best he has done was the runner-up spot with his group The White Stripes, but now, he lands his first chart topper with Blunderbuss. It leads four debuts in the top ten of the Billboard Album charts along with country singers Lee Brice, Kip Moore and boy band The Wanted… For more on this chart, head to Billboard here.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Blunderbuss- Jack White (debut)
2. 21- Adele (lw~ 2)
3. Tuskegee- Lionel Richie (lw~ 1)
4. Up All Night- One Direction (lw~ 5)
5. Hard 2 Love- Lee Brice (debut)
6. Up All Night- Kip Moore (debut)
7. The Wanted- The Wanted (debut)
8. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 6)
9. Making Mirrors- Gotye (lw~ 7)
10. Love is a Four Letter Word- Jason Mraz (lw~ 2)

Over on the Hot 100 Singles Chart, it’s business as usual with Gotye at #1 again. His single “Somebody that I Used to Know” makes it three weeks on top, but he has some new competition from former Canadian Idol contestant Carly Rae Jepsen. Her debut single “Call Me Maybe” breaks into the top five this week while the rest of the top ten is pretty stagnant. Scroll down for a look at this week’s chart.

Top Ten Songs on the Hot 100:
1. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimbra (last week~ 1) * 3 weeks on top
2. “We Are Young”- fun. w/Janelle Monae (lw~ 2)
3. “Payphone”- Maroon 5 w/Wiz Khalifa (lw~ 3)
4. “Glad You Came”- The Wanted (lw~ 5)
5. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen (lw~ 7)
6. “Wild Ones”- Flo Rida w/ Sia (lw~ 6)
7. “Boyfriend”- Justin Bieber (lw~ 4)
8. “Starships”- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 9)
9. “What Makes You Beautiful”- One Direction (lw~8)
10. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”- Kelly Clarkson (lw~ 10)

And here’s just one reason Gotye is going so strong on top. Take a listen to the awesome remix of “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Tiesto.

Nicki Minaj, fun. and Madonna make News on the Charts

Just one week after Madonna topped the Billboard charts, her “Give Me All Your Lovin’” collaborator, Nicki Minaj grabs her second consecutive # 1 album with her sophomore release Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Minaj’s album helps push Madge’s MDNA all the way down to # 8 with the biggest second week drop in the soundscan era. Still the Material Girl already has sold well over 400,000 copies and will have another Gold record soon…. Also debuting well was country crooners Rascal Flatts with Changed at # 3 while Adele returns to the runner-up spot. For more on this chart, head to Billboard here and check out the new top ten below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart:
1. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded- Nicki Minaj (debut)
2. 21- Adele (last week~ 3)
3. Changed- Rascal Flatts (debut)
4. Tuskegee- Lionel Richie (lw~ 2)
5. Up All Night- One Direction (lw~ 6)
6. My Head is an Animal- Of Monsters and Men (debut)
7. The Hunger Games Soundtrack- Various Artists (lw~ 5)
8. MDNA- Madonna (lw~ 1)
9. I Win- Marvin Sapp (debut)
10. Amaryllis- Shinedown

Over on the Hot 100 Singles chart, nothing new is happening as fun. holds on top for a 6th week in a row Next week may be an interesting fight as fun. will have to fend off Gotye whose single “Somebody that I Used to Know” climbs to # 2 and was featured on Glee this week. Also challenging for the top are dueling U.K. boy bands The Wanted and One Direction who each make big gains this week. Take a look at the new top ten below.

Top Ten Singles on the Hot 100:
1. “We Are Young”- fun. w/Janelle Monae (last week~ 1) * 6 weeks on top
2. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimbra (lw~ 3)
3. “Glad You Came”- The Wanted (lw~ 4)
4. “What Makes You Beautiful”- One Direction (lw~ 9)
5. “Boyfriend”- Justin Bieber (lw~ 2)
6. “Starships”- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 6)
7. “Wild Ones”- Flo Rida w/ Sia (lw~ 7)
8. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”- Kelly Clarkson (lw~ 5)
9. “Part of Me”- Katy Perry (lw~8)
10. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen (lw~ 10)

And one last item… While Madonna’s album takes a dive this week, the second single “Girl Gone Wild” makes history as it lands at the top of the Dance Charts. This gives Madonna her 42nd # 1 single on that chart extending her lead after she broke her own record a little over a month ago with “Lovin’”…. For more on that story, head here, and take a listen to Madge’s new chart topper below. I dare you not to dance!

Madonna “Girl Gone Wild”

Brit Boy Band One Direction Beats out Adele on the Charts

It’s been like 15 years since the last boy band phenomena brought us the likes of Backstreet Boys, Nsync and 98 Degrees. However, it looks like boy bands are back with the success of British groups The Wanted and One Direction. The former is in the top five of the singles chart with “Glad You Came” while the latter makes history as the first British band to debut at # 1 on the Billboard Album Chart with their first album. With their record, Up All Night, landing in the top spot, the teen titans hold off Adele and her long running smash 21. The group is also set to do a North American tour in the spring and have a hit single flying up the charts with “What Makes You Beautiful”. So, it looks like these boys may be leading the boy-band re-invasion of the charts in 2012. For more on this chart, head to Billboard here and check out the new top ten below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Up All Night- One Direction (debut)
2. 21- Adele (last week~ 2)
3. Greatest Hits- Guns n’ Roses (lw~ 31) …. * it was specially priced at 25 cents at several digital retailers last week which caused the giant jump
4. Wrecking Ball- Bruce Springsteen (lw~ 1)
5. Passion: White Flag- Various Artists (debut)
6. Whitney: The Greatest Hits- Whitney Houston (lw~ 6)
7. Take Care- Drake (lw~ 7)
8. Now 41 Compilation- Various Artists (lw~ 3)
9. Making Mirrors- Gotye (lw~ 16)
10. Some Nights- fun. (lw~ 13)

Over on the Hot 100 Singles Chart, The Wanted keep climbing (up one more to # 3), but that boy band will have to hold off an alterna-boy band named fun. who make it 3 weeks in a row at the summit with “We Are Young”. More competition coming in the future appears in the form of Flo Rida’s sixth top ten hit “Wild Ones” which bursts into the top ten this week. Take a look at the new top ten below and enjoy Flo Rida’s club banger as well.

Top Ten Singles on the Hot 100:
1. “We Are Young”- fun. w/Janelle Monae (lw~ 1) *3 weeks on top
2. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”- Kelly Clarkson (lw~ 2) … formerly spent 3 weeks at # 1
3. “Glad You Came”- The Wanted (lw~ 4)
4. “Set Fire to the Rain”- Adele (lw~ 3) … formerly spent 2 weeks at # 1
5. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimbra (lw~ 5)
6. “Starships”- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 9)
7. “Turn Me On”- David Guetta w/Nicki Minaj (lw~ 6)
8. “Take Care”- Drake w/Rihanna (lw~ 7)
9. “Wild Ones”- Flo Rida w/Sia (lw~ 12)
10. “Part of Me”- Katy Perry (lw~ 10) …. formerly spent 1 week at # 1

Flo Rida featuring Sia “Wild Ones”

It’s fun. for Adele at the Top of the Charts

Ok, chart watchers, did you get that pun in the title of this article? If you did, you noticed that I spelled fun “fun.” which is precisely the name of the group at the top of the new Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart as the alterna-boy band rises to # 1 with “We Are Young”. Their track which was featured on Glee and in the big Super Bowl ad displaces Kelly Clarkson‘s “Stronger” in a tight race. They may have some competition for the zenith in the next few weeks at Gotye’s debut hit “Somebody that I Used to Know” flies into the top ten this week while Brit boy band The Wanted make more strong gains moving up to # 4. Check out the new top ten below.

Top Ten Songs on the Billboard Hot 100:
1. “We Are Young”- fun. w/Janelle Monae (last week~ 3)
2. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”- Kelly Clarkson (lw~ 1)
3. “Set Fire to the Rain”- Adele (lw~ 2)
4. “Glad You Came”- The Wanted (lw~ 5)
5. “Part of Me”- Katy Perry (lw~ 4)
6. “Starships”- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 9)
7. “Young Wild & Free”- Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa w/Bruno Mars (lw~ 9_
8. “Turn Me On”- David Guetta w/Nicki Minaj (lw~8)
9.”Somebody That I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimbra (lw~ 16)
10 “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris (lw~ 6)

And here’s Gotye’s hot video for “Somebody That I Used to Know” featuring Kimbra.

Over on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, it was business as usual with Adele’s 21 on top for a 23rd week (the longest reign since Prince’s Purple Rain did 24 weeks on top in 1984). Adele also has her debut album, 19, at # 7 while the late great Whitney Houston holds down three spots in the top ten. For more on all these numbers, head to Billboard here and take a look at the new top ten below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart:
1. 21- Adele (last week~ 1)
2. Whitney: The Greatest Hits- Whitney Houston (lw~ 2)
3. WZRD- Kid Cudi & Dot da Genius (debut)
4. Now 41 Compilation- Various Artists (lw~ 5)
5. The Bodyguard Soundtrack- Whitney Houston (lw~ 4)
6. Careless World- Tyga (lw~ 4)
7. 19- Adele (lw~ 7)
8. Take Care- Drake (lw~ 13)
9. Talk that Talk- Rihanna (lw~ 14)
10. Whitney Houston- Whitney Houston (lw~ 9)

Kelly is back on Top of the Singles Chart as Adele and Whitney Dominate the Billboard 200

The same three ladies who have been making a lot of noise over the past month continue to monopolize the pop charts again this week. Kelly Clarkson returns to the summit of Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart while Adele and Whitney Houston dominate half of the top ten albums on the Billboard 200.
With a 22nd week on top, Adele’s 21 now is the longest running album at # 1 since Prince’s Purple Rain soundtrack in 1984/85 (he held for 24 weeks). She also is at # 7 with her debut album, 19. Occupying three spots in the top-tier is the late great Houston whose Greatest Hits holds at # 2 while The Bodyguard and Whitney Houston make massive gains. Those records climb with physical albums finally being delivered to retailers following her untimely passing. (Most of her sales for the past 2 weeks have been on the digital front). For more on the top albums, head to Billboard here and check out the new top ten with debuts by fun., Tyga, and Chiddy Bang below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. 21- Adele (last week~ 1)
2. Whitney: The Greatest Hits- Whitney Houston (lw~ 2)
3. Some Nights- fun. (debut)
4. Careless World: Rise of the Last King- Tyga (debut)
5. Now 41 Compilation- Various Artists (lw~ 3)
6. The Bodyguard Soundtrack- Whitney Houston (lw~ 38)
7. 19- Adele (lw~ 4)
8. Breakfast- Chiddy Bang (debut)
9. Whitney Houston- Whitney Houston (lw~ 37)
10. 2012 Grammy Nominees compilation Various Artists (lw~ 5)

Back on the Singles chart, the aforementioned Clarkson returns to the summit for a third non-consecutive week at # 1 with “Stronger” making it her longest running chart-topper to date. With the Grammy glow over, several tracks from Adele and Houston fall out of the top ten allowing a big jump for British boy band The Wanted with “Glad You Came”. (The Glee version of the single also debuts at # 90 this week featuring vocals from guest villain Grant Gustin and the Warblers). Check out the action on the Hot 100 below and for more on all the charts and big single debuts from Carrie Underwood and B.o.B, head here.

Top Ten Singles on the Hot 100:
1. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”- Kelly Clarkson (last week~ 4)
2. “Set Fire to the Rain”- Adele (lw~ 2)
3. “We Are Young”- fun. featuring Janelle Monae (lw~ 6)
4. “Part of Me”- Katy Perry (lw~ 1)
5. “Glad You Came”- The Wanted (lw~ 23)
6. “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris (lw~8)
7. “Good Feeling”- Flo Rida (lw~ 12)
8. “Turn Me On”- David Guetta w/Nicki Minaj (lw~ 11)
9. “Young Wild & Free”- Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa w/Bruno Mars (lw~ 14)
10. “Starships”- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 9)

And here’s that high-flying boy band single for ya one more time…. The Wanted’s “Glad You Came”

Glee Goes Boy Band!

Another new Glee video has just hit the web for the upcoming “winter finale” episode set to air Tuesday night on Fox. This one features the Warblers taking on the current top 20 hit “Glad You Came” by British boy band The Wanted. The original version is just beginning its chart run here in the U.S. after scoring big back in the U.K. In fact, The Wanted along with UK X Factor sensation One Direction seem to be starting up a new wave of boy band love here on our shore. If it continues, we could have a new NSYNC v. Backstreet Boys rivalry on our hands any day now. In the meantime, check out Grant Gustin (Sebastian) and the Warblers on “Glad” along with The Wanted’s original below.

Glee~ “Glad You Came”

The Wanted~ “Glad You Came”