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2009 was a phenomenal year for the Black Eyed Peas. After a four year break, the American/Filipino hip-hop group returned with new album The E.N.D., which stands for The Energy Never Dies and not the end of the group. And why would they want to end with three explosive singles to their name! Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling and Meet Me Halfway topped the charts all over the World with the former two singles spending a total of six months on top of the U.S. Billboard Charts.

Four words. Amazing song. Amazing video.
P.S. How hot does Hayley look with the blonde hair?

All twelve 2009 X-Factor finalists made their way to the stage tonight to perform their new single You Are Not Alone, a cover by the late, great Michael Jackson. Watch the video above which includes a segment about a young boy who bravely recovered from leukemia thanks to Great Ormond Street Hospital. The proceeds of this track will go to said hospital. While I wasn't wrong in thinking this would be a cheesefest, it's not half as bad as last year's finalists cover of Mariah Carey's Hero. This cover is pleasant enough but will probably drive me mad by the time it gets to Number 1 next week. The live performance was quite powerful with not even Jedward messing up vocally but I'd say there's some serious backing vocals going on to disguise any faults any of the contestants make.

Mariah Carey's I Wanna Know What Love Is, a cover of the 1984 Foreigner shmaltz classic, premiered online today. It is the second single to be taken from her 11th LP Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. Sadly for Mariah, who seems to be having a hard time with the promotion of this album and the charting of her singles, the Hype Williams directed video is one hot mess! Because I agree with The Prophet Blog on practically everything they said, I thought I would quote their hillarious breakdown of the video.

I don't have a lot of time to write a full blog on this music video but just like the song it was recorded for, this video is dark, violent, edgy and one of her best works yet. I've really warmed to this new Rihanan from the Rated R era, previously she was just a wooden throwaway pop star but in this video she actually shows some charisma and real vunerability...in a very high fashion way of course lol!