2010 Soul Train Awards
Legend Awards: Anita Baker and Ron Isley
Best New Artist: Melanie Fiona
Best Female R&B/Soul Artist: Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B/Soul Artist: Trey Songz and Usher (tie)
Song of the year: “Nothin’ on You” - B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars
Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year: “Love the Way You Lie” - Eminem ft. Rihanna
Album of the Year: “Raymond vs. Raymond” - Usher
Record of the Year: “Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)” - Alicia Keys,
Aubrey Graham (Drake), Kerry Brothers Jr., and Noah “40” Shebib
Best Reggae Artist: Gyptian
Centric Award: Janelle Monae
Best Gospel Performance: Marvin Sapp
Best Dance Performance: Ciara - “Ride”
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Casey wins Naija Sings
Diploma in Music holder, Casey, wins.. the second instalment of the musical talent reality television show, Naija Sings....
The 27 year old Warri indigene won the coveted $100, 000, a Toyota Rav4 SUV and he’s now an automatic Glo Ambassador. He beats the other finalists Rasineand Da brodas to the trophy on Friday at the grand finale which took place at the MNET Studios in Lagos.
“I intend to invest with the money and get back to school and take care of my family. I want to learn something in a music school. I just don’t want to win this money and disappear into thin air. I want to do something big in music that’s why I have a competition, challenge and serious work to do. I have to step up, from my packaging to the kind of music people want,” he told cp-africa.com after winning.
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New Music
Aspiring musician Kennedy Arohia who goes by the moniker K-Source, has released new singles, ‘Play Me’ and ‘Adamma’ under KD Records recently. The new tracks were presented to various media organisations and entertainment bloggers at Alalo Eatery, Ikeja GRA on Thursday 1 December 2010.
The singer cum producer, a graduate from the University of Benin, says making music has always been his dream. He said both singles were inspired by issues in his environment and hopes to release a full album within the first quarter of next year.
“I intend making my debut before February 14 next year since it’s the love season and my album would contain a couple of love songs,” the singer in his mid twenties said.
K-Source hopes to tread in the R&B and Pop genre in Nigerian mainstream music.
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Mel Gibson movie heads to theatres
Mel Gibson is headed back into movie theatres after months of damaging publicity over his tempestuous relationship with ex-lover Oksana Grigorieva and a domestic abuse investigation by Los Angeles authorities.
Movie studio Summit Entertainment on Friday released the first promotional trailer and a poster of Gibson’s long-delayed movie “The Beaver”, in which the Oscar-winning director plays “a man who has lost all hope.” Directed by actress Jodie Foster, who also co-stars with Gibson, the family drama is described as “coming soon” to movie theatres. According to the Internet Movie Database website, “The Beaver” will be released in the UK in February 2011. No date was given for a U.S. release.
In “The Beaver”, Gibson, 54, plays Walter Black, a man described in the trailer as “a hopelessly depressed individual” who finds solace and new hope by talking through a beaver hand-puppet.
Filming was completed earlier this year but the release was apparently put on hold after audio tapes were leaked in the summer of Gibson ranting at, and threatening Russian-born model Grigorieva as their brief relationship hit the rocks in January.
The “Braveheart” and “Passion of Christ” director has remained silent throughout the furor, which caused him to lose a cameo part in the upcoming sequel to the comedy “The Hangover” due to cast objections, and to be dumped by his long-time Hollywood talent agency.
Los Angeles police are investigating Gibson on suspicion of domestic abuse, and Grigorieva for possible extortion. Neither has been charged.
Gibson, once considered one of Hollywood’s most popular stars, made his last acting appearance in the thriller “Edge of Darkness” in January 2010, which made a lackluster $81 million at the global box office.
But according to an opinion poll in August, 76 percent of Americans questioned said the Gibson-Grigorieva scandal would have no effect on whether they would buy a ticket for a Gibson movie.
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