Born to Die is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012 by Interscope Records, Polydor Records, and Stranger Records. Del Rey collaborated with producers including Patrik Berger, Jeff Bhasker, Chris Braide, Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Rick Nowels, Robopop, and Al Shux to achieve her desired sound. Their efforts resulted in a primarily baroque pop record, which sees additional influences from alternative hip hop, indie pop and trip hop music.
Contemporary music critics gave Born to Die mixed reviews; some commended its distinctive production, while its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies were a recurring complaint. The record debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies; it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after moving one million units. Born to Die reached the peak position on eleven international record charts, and has sold 8.5 million copies worldwide as of May 2015.
After attaining online success after its initial premiere on June 29, 2011, "Video Games" was released as the lead single from Born to Die on October 17, 2011; it peaked at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Its follow-up singles "Born to Die", "Off to the Races", "Blue Jeans", "Summertime Sadness", "National Anthem", and "Dark Paradise" performed sporadically across Billboard component charts and international record charts. The Cedric Gervais remix of "Summertime Sadness" was released on July 11, 2013, and became Del Rey's highest-charting single in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Del Rey additionally promoted Born to Die with several televised performances, including a widely criticized appearance on Saturday Night Live. It was reissued on November 9, 2012 as an expanded version subtitled The Paradise Edition, which was packaged with her third extended play Paradise (2012).

贾斯汀的新专辑《前卫性感/爱之声》从造型到歌曲都让人眼睛耳朵为之一亮，华丽的风格又将领导新一波的流行风潮。
2003年发行的首张个人专辑《Justfied(爱你无罪)》在全球大卖七百多万张，让贾斯汀成为男孩团体中毕业单飞后最成功的一颗星，阔别三年，贾斯汀全新专辑《FutureSex/LoveSounds 前卫性感/爱之声》九月发行。
贾斯汀在接受访问时解释这张专辑的概念来自于“性感””，他说：“我一直都很喜欢性感的人事物，这对我做音乐有很大的影响，很多灵感也都来自‘性感 ’”，这次的造型充斥华丽风格，贾斯汀将穿西装戴着礼帽，眼神轻佻地高唱新世代情歌。他的制作人兼好友Timberland甚至自豪的说：“贾斯汀会让大家知道什么叫做真正的性感，正如同他在歌里唱的一样”，在这张专辑中贾斯汀参与许多方面的制作，录制过程中也加入不少自己的创意。最新单曲“Sexy Back”呈现一种灰色的低调感，贾斯汀扮演高深莫测却又性感神秘的探员，在MV中与美艳的异国间谍斗智也斗色，两人激情演出让人脸红心跳。
此外，贾斯汀还透露，新专辑在制作过程中广泛吸取了各方面的音乐元素，从灵魂音乐传奇大师阿尔。格林和马文。盖伊到著名的披头士乐队和老鹰乐队，都对他的新专辑产生了一定影响。在新专辑的制作班底中，贾斯汀邀请到饶舌歌手兼制作人提姆巴兰与他一起写歌；在合音部分中，客串加盟的音乐人士包括提姆巴兰、亚特兰大说唱歌手TI和“黑眼豆豆”组合成员Will.I.Am。
谈到为何有意改变新专辑的风格，贾斯汀解释道：“我认为，在制作第二张个人专辑时尤其需要开拓思路，尝试新的内容。如果你重走老路，那你的第三张专辑、第四张专辑等都会千篇一律，你也将无法全面成长。”尽管贾斯汀一心想要改变流行乐坛潮流，但他自称，无意从迈克。杰克逊的手中接过“流行天王”的头衔，“我知道外界一直希望看到一位新的‘流行天王’，但我不是你们想象中的那唯一人选。我只做自己想做的事。”
由于近来贾斯汀和好莱坞女友卡梅隆。迪亚兹“恋情紧张”的消息广为传布，担心媒体纠缠的贾斯汀现场“下令”，只愿意回答和唱歌、表演有关的问题。事实上，卡梅隆以及贾斯汀的妈妈也在巴黎陪伴贾斯汀此次全球音乐宣传，顺便享受假期。近日，还有狗仔拍到迪亚兹与未来婆婆在巴黎逛街的照片。看得出，迪亚兹与男友母亲相处十分融洽，未来婆婆对迪亚兹好似亲人，看来，儿子与迪亚兹的4年恋情，老母亲早就认定了，难怪外界分手谣言满天飞，也丝毫动摇不了这对姐弟恋的稳固恋情。

對，又是1966。對搖滾樂不算短的歷史來說，這是百花齊放、目不暇給的一年。除了Eric Clapton那張驚人的吉他之旅，Beatles出版了Revolver專輯，Bob Dylan出了Blonde on Blonde專輯，都是足以重寫歷史的鉅作。但是現在假如你去問Beatles的巨頭Paul McCartney，1966年最偉大、最值得紀念的專輯是哪一張，他一定會不假思索地告訴你：Beach Boys的Pet Sounds。而且他會雙眼發亮地說：這不僅是1966年最偉大的專輯，也是有史以來最偉大的專輯：「直到現在，我都還是經常放Pet Sounds來聽，並且邊聽邊流淚」。
Pet Sounds的靈感，來自Beatles在前一年推出的專輯Rubber Soul。打從Beatles走紅，Beach Boys的團長Brian Wilson就把他們視為可敬的對手，力圖超越Beatles替流行音樂樹立的高標準。從1965年到1967年，Beatles和Beach Boys的較勁是樂史無比精彩的一頁，也大大拓寬了流行音樂的可能性。這段時期的搖滾樂，正從簡單的青少年流行音樂逐漸轉變成複雜豐富的藝術門類，一群群年輕歌者不斷拓寬搖滾樂的疆域，音樂的內容和形式漸漸可以不受任何拘限，自由發揮。Beach Boys和Beatles都是從單純的泡泡糖音樂起家，而逐漸發展出愈來愈豐富深沈的音樂作品。到了1966年，Beatles早已不再是剛出道時那四個滿臉傻笑的小夥子，Beach Boys也早就揚棄了直來直往的衝浪音樂，而踏入不可思議的豐饒之海了。
然而這場兩大樂團的比試裡，Brian Wilson是吃了大虧的。他必須獨自扛起所有的詞曲創作、唱片製作和大部分的演唱與演奏工作，Beatles卻有John Lennon和Paul McCartney這對無敵搭檔，和George Martin這位功力高強的製作人。最令人驚奇的是，在1966年，Brian Wilson幾乎窮一人之力做出Pet Sounds這張唱片，並且真的超越了Beatles。有那麼一段時間，Brian Wilson在這場比試中打敗了所有人，成為流行樂壇最耀眼的天才。
Pet Sounds在台灣並不好買，但絕對值得上窮碧落下黃泉去找來聽。別被它土俗的封面唬住了，也不要草草聆聽一兩遍就判定它是過氣的音樂。它需要一點點的耐心，就像初聽歌劇和free jazz的時候，你必須調整自己的耳朵，把以前聽過的音樂暫時拋開，專心去體會這裡面層層疊疊的聲響。
在搖滾樂這個光環氾濫成災、滿地都是最高級形容詞的世界裡，Brian Wilson是極少數真正擔得起「天才」這個頭銜的人物之一。在Pet Sounds的製作過程中，他延攬了最優秀的樂手進錄音間，現場指揮調度各種聲效和音樂的進行，彷彿整個錄音室就是一個可以任他揉捏塑造的樂器。Wilson在Pet Sounds把多軌錄音的技藝發揮到極致，美妙的聲音一層疊著一層，交融出來的聲響，美得不像這個世界製造出來的。這也是專輯名稱的由來：他把種種聲音元素當成「寵物」在把玩，呈現給聽眾的，便是這些他最心愛的這些「寵物聲音」。
當然，Pet Sounds並沒有變成Wilson的個人專輯（儘管它在精神上是如此）。Beach Boys最令人印象深刻的特色︰美絕的合音，在這張專輯裡達到了前無古人的高峰，只能以「天籟」形容。在1996年出版的Pet Sounds紀念盒裝專輯中，你可以聽到整張專輯撤去所有樂器的清唱版，那確實是足以在上帝的耳畔播放的歌聲。
Brian Wilson窮其一生都沒能做出超越Pet Sounds的專輯。他在聽了Beatles的新作Revolver之後，陷入自我超越的巨大壓力，在他心目中足以幹倒Revolver的專輯尚未完成之時，Beatles已經接著推出了他們的曠世鉅作Sgt. Pepper，其中許多元素都是從Pet Sounds汲取的靈感。可憐的Brian Wilson在迷幻藥和創作壓力的交逼之下陷入瓶頸，幾度精神崩潰，甚至自殺未遂。這位曠古難見的天才從此過著低調隱居的生活，Pet Sounds那樣的巔峰之作，遂為絕響。
不過我們已經有了Pet Sounds，人生畢竟不該太貪心的。
马世芳
2001年1月 CHEERS雜誌

Christina Perri是一名来自美国费城的创作歌手，至今并未签约到任何厂牌。她的第一支单曲《Jar of Hearts》的首次亮相是在美国大型舞蹈选秀节目《So you think you can dance》上。随后这支单曲登上Billboard's Hot Digital Songs 榜单19位。在此之前，她在洛杉矶一家咖啡吧担任侍者。后来她又发行了单曲：《Bang bang bang》
At just 24, Christina Perri has already lived a handful of lives. She's toured the world as an assistant to a rock band, spent a year at a prestigious university, became a wife and then an ex-wife, produced popular music videos, made olive oil in Italy and even served as a fashionista barrista in Beverly Hills. The whole while, music had been tapping her on the shoulder, trying to lead her down a path as a musician. It seems that fate grew tired of this shoulder-tapping approach as well and went for an old fashioned sucker punch.
On June 30th, a raw, defiant break-up song that Perri had written called "Jar of Hearts" aired on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance as a backdrop to a memorable piece choreographed by Stacey Tookey. The song struck a chord with viewers, who began downloading it from iTunes in droves, sending "Jar of Hearts" into the Top 10 on the iTunes Pop chart and into the Top 15 on the Overall chart overnight. Impressed, SYTYCD's producers invited Perri to play the song live on the show two weeks later.
Following Perri's stripped-down piano performance on July 15th, "Jar of Hearts" continued its meteoric rise. After landing at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at No. 1 on Amazon's digital singles chart, the track sold 200,000 downloads in three weeks. Suddenly a hot property, Perri signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and is in the studio finishing up her debut album, with an eye toward a late fall release. She will also hit the road for a handful of shows in late September to perform with Jason Mraz, one of her all-time favorite artists.
Perri feels that "Jar of Hearts" has connected because, "on a basic level, everyone has had this experience with a person who broke their heart. I'm just telling my story in a very real and direct way. This kind of slapped the crap out of everyone's hearts," she says with a laugh.

One of the longest-running shows (since 1996) in the history of Broadway, and one of its most beloved, RENT was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Based on Puccini's classic opera "La Boheme," Jonathan Larson's revolutionary rock opera tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic in New York's gritty East Village. Now the powerful musical marks its 10th year on stage by coming to the big screen, accompanied by RENT The Motion Picture Soundtrack, produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls, Alanis Morissette).

James Horner 为 1997 年电影《泰坦尼克号》创作的配乐，1997 年美国版