Congratulations to Chris Willis and David Guetta

Congratulations to August Divo Chris Willis and November Divo on their wins at the IDMAs last week in Miami.

They scored two wins with their song Love is Gone in the Best Breaks/Electro Track and Best House/Garage Track categories.




FULL LIST OF WINNERS

IDMA's

Tomorrow night the Interantional Dance Music Awards are taking place in Miami as part of winter music conference. One of our divas, Kristine W, is the co-host this year! Click the image below to check out the nominees.

BT's Daughter Found

I remember we brought you a story a few months back about BT's daughter being missing. Well, we are happy to report that Kaia has been found and she is safe.

Let's keep BT in our thoughts and hope all works out for him. Below is a photo of BT (because I think he is super cute) and then a video that is all about his daughter from This Binary Universe. It makes me love BT even more when I see how cute and adorable he is with his daughter!




-Jade-

Double Dose of Divas

Candi Staton Returns to Dance

If any of you were fans of Sex and the City (I wasn't, but please hold back the hate mail!), you will have remembered Candi Staton's single You've Got the Love from the series finale. The song, which I do like, was the perfect melancholy while at the same time upbeat ballad that could please the main fan base of the show.

Staton is an interesting artist, because she is primarily a gospel singer who every once in a while releases a dance/pop remix or track. This week, she teams up with Groove Armada on their new album "Sound Boy Rock" with vocals on two tracks, Paris and Love Sweet Sound. Click the album cover to preview (and then buy!) the track in iTunes.

Love sweet sound boasts some great mixes and relies heavily on Candi's edgy and soulful voice. The track current sits at 22 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Speaking of Charts...

Kristine W hits number one for the 11th time!

Congrats to one of my favorite Diva's Kristine W. This week, her latest single The Boss hits number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Need we remind you, Kristine has had 12 chart entries on that chart and 11 of them have reached number 1! I'll Be Your Light stalled at an impressive number 2.

The Boss isn't yet on iTunes, but check out the gorgeous new KristineW.com where you can purchase the tracks (digitally or physically) directly from Kristine herself!

For more of her great music, click the picture below.

-Johnny-

Jason Antone - Sexy New Look!

So I am definitely LOVING the sexy new look! You might remember Jason from his latest club track Be Free! That song peaked at number 23 on the Hot Dance Club Play and stayed on the charts for a healthy 10 weeks.

But now Jason Antone is back with with a hot new image and an infectious new track titled "Love's Gonna Lead You Back." Remixers include Georgie Porgie, Josh Harris, Manny Lehman, & Peter Baron - for now! I am sure that many more producers will want to get their hands on this track once its officially released.

If any of you readers are lucky enough to be in Miami for WMC, make sure to check Jason out at the following places. He will be unveiling his new single that weekend!

Twist on March 25
Let the Singer Be Heard @ Yuca on March 25
George's Alibi in Ft. Lauderdale on March 26

Love the new Look Jason!

-Jade-

PS - Is that a Kabbalah string we see on your left wrist? :)
Check him out here:

Toca's Miracle 2008

One of the earliest "mashups," Toca's Miracle combined elements of Toca Me by German group Fragma and I Need a Miracle by Sue Brice (aka CoCo). The song became popular as an illegal bootleg in Ibiza during 2000 and topped the charts in the UK that April. Fragma quickly released an official version later that year.

Now, we find Toca's Miracle back in 8 years later. It has reached #5 in World Dance Charts, while the original reached number 99 on the Hot 100 and 9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts.



Two of my other favorite mashups are posted below. Dannii Minogue's Don't Wanna Lose this Groove is the perfect combination of her song and Madonna's into the groove. Whereas, Mylo's Dr. Pressure gave one of my favorite 80's Divas her first worldwide smash in years. Go Gloria! :)





xoxox.
-Jade-

Robyn Updates

For the past year or so I have been enjoying the Robyn album by Robyn. A friend from england sent me a copy last fall, but the album is finally picking up some steam here in the states.

Apparently, the full album will be released in 2008 at some point. For now though, iTunes has quite a few of her new songs at the link below, plus the mid 90's classics Do You Know What it Takes and Show Me Love.


In more "mainstream" music news, Robyn has teamed up with Snoop Dogg on the Fyre Department Remix of his new single Sexual Eruption. If you listen to top 40 radio, you will know the song as Sensual Seduction and that radio version is sadly lacking Robyn!!

2 Divas, 1 Chart!

This weeks see two of our favorite diva's on the top 5 of Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart!
May 2007's Kristine W and last month's diva, Taylor Dayne sit at number 2 and 5 respectively.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for Kristine. Another number 1 awaits!

The Return of Ace of Base

Hey Guys!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but as always we have been working hard to bring you another great set of diva's anddivos! Speaking of great divas and divos... We have a post that is about just that! One of our favorite junior high groups is coming back with all new material.

Ace of Base (minus one) will return to the music scene this year! After enjoying a successful renuion tour at the end of 2007, group members Ulf Ekberg (Buddha) ,Jonas Berggren (Joker), and Jenny Berggren have decided to release a new album this fall and plan to tour the US in early 2009!

According to wikipedia, "On December 14, 2007 Jonas Berggren announced in a meeting with fans after a concert in Lithuania that they are currently working with very famous American producers, but he couldn't reveal yet who they are. Our guess would be Timbaland, because who hasnt he worked with lately!

Check out www.aceofbasereturns.com for more information, and check out this video below! :)



-Johnny

SAMANTHA JAMES video: "Angel Love"

Check it out!

Our OCTOBER DIVA Samantha James has released her very first music video... for new single, "Angel Love."



Behind the scenes pics:




With boyfriend/DJ, The Southerner



So gorgeous!

JADE