Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (Unrated Version)

Miley Cyrus Reveals 'Bangerz' Tracklist After Breaking VEVO Record

Miley rewards "Wrecking Ball"-watching fans by unleashing the "Bangerz" tracklist, showing collabs with Britney Spears, Nelly and Big Sean

Miley Cyrus has swung her way to a new 24-hour record for views across VEVO, as her "Wrecking Ball" video racks up 19.3 million views, smashing previous champs One Direction and the 12.3 million views their "Best Song Ever" clip attracted in one day in July.

"Wrecking Ball" is the second single off Cyrus' upcoming "Bangerz" album (Oct. 8) and the Terry Richardson-directed video out-shocks its predecessor, "We Can't Stop." In it, a naked Cyrus straddles a swinging wrecking ball and licks a metal hammer, among other R-rated acts.

When Cyrus posted a link to the "Wrecking Ball" video on Monday, she included the hashtag #WreckTheRecord -- a reference to her goal of earning the most VEVO views in a 24-hour period. The "We Can't Stop" video previously smashed the one-day record upon its June release with 10.7 million views, but that tally was topped by One Direction.

Earlier, Cyrus announced that she would release the track listing for "Bangerz" if the VEVO record was broken. True to her word, the song titles are out, revealing collaborations with Britney Spears, Nelly, Future, Big Sean and French Montana.

Bangerz Tracks
Adore You
We Can't Stop
SMS (BANGERZ) (feat. Britney Spears)
4x4 (feat. Nelly)
My Darlin' (feat. Future)
Wrecking Ball
Love Money Party (feat. Big Sean)
#GETITRIGHT
Drive
FU (feat. French Montana)
Do My Thang
Maybe You're Right
Someone Else

Miley Cyrus Strips, Swings Around Naked in 'Wrecking Ball' Video: Watch

Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" music video has arrived, and the second single from her upcoming "Bangerz" album has arguably a more provocative video than its predecessor, "We Can't Stop." Oh, there will be online chatter about Cyrus making out with a sledgehammer; there will be even more about Cyrus riding a wrecking ball completely naked.

Directed by Terry Richardson, the "Wrecking Ball" clip, which premiered on Monday (Sept. 9), first shows Cyrus in an extreme close-up in front of a blindingly white background; she's crying as the song begins, and the whole affair recalls Sinead O'Connor's iconic "Nothing Compares 2 U" video. Later, she's wearing a white crop top and matching bottoms, smoldering as she carries a massive hammer and walks toward the camera in slow motion.

Of course, the most shocking moment of the video comes about 75 seconds in, when a nude Cyrus is shown straddling a swinging wrecking ball and lip-synching along to the pop ballad. The 20-year-old smashes more walls and licks the aforementioned sledgehammer before eventually collapsing in the middle of the rubble.

When Cyrus posted a link to the "Wrecking Ball" video on Monday, she included the hashtag #WreckTheRecord -- a reference to her goal of earning the most VEVO views in a 24-hour period. The "We Can't Stop" video previously smashed the one-day record upon its June release with 10.7 million views, but that tally was topped by One Direction's "Best Song Ever" clip, which earned 10.9 million views when it premiered in July.

Earlier today, Cyrus confirmed that she will be hosting and performing on "Saturday Night Live" on Oct. 5, three days before the release of "Bangerz." Cyrus has promised to release her fourth studio album's official track list if the "Wrecking Ball" video beats the one-day VEVO record.

Katy Perry Dethrones Robin Thicke Atop Hot 100

Perry's 'Roar' rises 2-1, snapping the 12-week reign of Thicke's 'Blurred Lines,' featuring T.I. and Pharrell. Plus, Eminem's 'Berzerk' debuts at No. 3 and Lorde's 'Royals' leaps into the top 10

With the eye of the tiger, Katy Perry is the Billboard Hot 100's new champion, as "Roar" rises 2-1. The song – which becomes Perry's eighth Hot 100 No. 1 – stops the 12-week command of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" (featuring T.I. and Pharrell). Meanwhile, Eminem blasts onto the chart at No. 3 with "Berzerk" and Lorde enters the top 10 with her debut alternative/pop hit "Royals."

As always, let's look deeper at the numbers.

Registering a 17% gain in overall Hot 100 chart points, "Roar" leads Digital Songs for a third week, selling 448,000 downloads for the week ending Sept. 1 (up 14%), according to Nielsen SoundScan, after Perry performed it the previous Sunday (Aug. 25) at the end of the MTV Video Music Awards. "Roar" also leads the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart, where it charges 4-1 with 2.1 million U.S. streams, up 33%, according to Nielsen BDS. It climbs 5-3 on the overall Streaming Songs survey (5.4 million, up 16%).

"Roar" claims the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award, bounding 11-6 on Radio Songs with a 27% spike to 97 million all-format audience impressions, according to BDS. It's Perry's 12th top 10 on the airplay tally.

"Roar" becomes Perry's eighth Hot 100 No. 1. She first led with "I Kissed a Girl," which began a seven-week command (her longest) the week of July 5, 2008. In that span, Perry has quickly scaled the list of the women with the most No. 1s in the chart's 55-year history. Among female soloists, only Mariah Carey (18), Madonna, Rihanna (12 each), Whitney Houston (11) and Janet Jackson (10) have totaled more leaders. Among all artists, Perry is one of just 16 acts with at least eight No. 1s; the Beatles lead with 20 Hot 100 toppers.

"Roar" ushers in Perry's third Capitol Records album, "Prism," due Oct. 22. The lead singles from her prior two studio sets likewise topped the Hot 100: "Kissed," the first track from "One of the Boys," and "California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg), the first of five No. 1s from 2010's "Teenage Dream." (The latter release became the first by a woman, and only the second among all acts after Michael Jackson's "Bad" (1987-88), to generate five Hot 100 leaders.)

The advance of "Roar" halts the 12-week rule of Thicke's "Lines" (1-2; down 2% in Hot 100 points; the former leads the latter by a 4% margin). Still, "Lines" leads Radio Songs for a ninth week (205 million, down 8%). It holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (6.7 million, up 10%), also benefitting from his much buzzed-about VMAs performance of the song with Miley Cyrus. Despite a 4% gain to 1.8 million, "Lines" drops 1-3 on On-Demand Songs after eight weeks at No. 1. On Digital Songs, it slips 2-3 (244,000, down 3%).

"Lines" logs a 13th week at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and a 16th week atop R&B Songs. It also appears to be a certainty to be named the top title on Billboard's Songs of the Summer chart. The season's final rankings will be revealed on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 5).

Eminem bows at No. 3 on the Hot 100 with "Berzerk," which blasts in at No. 2 on Digital Songs with 362,000 downloads sold. It starts at No. 13 on Streaming Songs (2.7 million) and No. 59 on Radio Songs (21 million). "Berzerk" previews Eminem's album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" (which was teased in a commercial during the VMAs), due Nov. 5.

Upon its arrival, "Berzerk" becomes Eminem's 15th Hot 100 top 10. Among rappers, only Jay Z (20), Lil Wayne and Ludacris (18 each) boast more; Diddy and T-Pain have also racked 15 top 10s apiece. It's Eminem's sixth top 10 entrance, tying Lil Wayne for the most among males. The pair trails only Taylor Swift, who's logged a record 11 top 10 debuts.

"Berzerk" concurrently starts at No. 1 on Rap Songs.

Following her now-fabled VMAs appearance, Cyrus scores a 16% Hot 100 points gain for "We Can't Stop" (which peaked at No. 2 for three weeks) but backtracks 3-4 with the arrival of Eminem's new song. "Stop" claims a record-padding 11th week atop Streaming Songs (8.1 million, up 27%, good for the Hot 100's Streaming Gainer badge) and gains on Digital Songs (157,000, up 10%) and Radio Songs (57 million, up 4%) despite dipping 7-9 and 15-16 on the lists, respectively.

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In the first week after Labor Day, new albums and singles are starting to arrive that could define the fall shopping season. For the record industry's sake, they better be big – track sales remain down three percent this year, and album sales are down six percent, as they have been all year long.

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GUESS WHO'S BACK, BACK AGAIN: Lost in last week's National Tut-Tutting of Miley Cyrus was the exciting development that Eminem finally released a new single. "Berzerk," with its Billy Squier and Beastie Boys samples and hints of a Slim Shady resurrection, sold 362,000 copies last week, finishing second on Billboard's Digital Songs chart to Katy Perry's "Roar" (which sold 448,000, an increase of 14 percent). Remember in the early 2000s, when teen pop and boy bands were dominating everything, and Shady showed up to pee in the sink? This is feeling a bit like that. One Direction is ascendant, Perry and Lady Gaga are having a diva-off on the singles chart and Miley dances with weird furry bears. Not that there's anything wrong with pop music, but the environment seems ripe for impish, early-2000s era Eminem, whose The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is due November 5th.

HARD TWERK: Miley Cyrus may have [pick one: embarrassed/liberated/shamelessly revealed] herself during last week's MTV Video Music Awards, but clearly there's a marketing strategy behind the over-the-top exhibitionism. Her new single "Wrecking Ball" came out 11 days ago, drawing 7.6 million YouTube views (even without a video) and selling 201,000 downloads. That's enough for a sales jump of 124 percent and a rise from number 13 to number five on Billboard's Digital Songs chart. Her summer hit "We Can't Stop," the one she illustrates with the tongue-wagging and twerking, earned a 10 percent sales boost but nonetheless dropped from number seven to number nine. Cyrus was the VMAs' big sales winner, although Lady Gaga's "Applause" jumped post-MTV from number five to number four, selling 213,000 copies, a sales increase of 31 percent.

ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: It's tempting to look at Avenged Sevenfold's Number One debut this week – Hail to the King sold 159,000 copies – and predict some kind of hard-rock comeback. But these days, even high-profile albums by established rock stars such as Linkin Park and the Red Hot Chili Peppers tend to drop significantly after their first week on the charts. Country albums tend to have slightly more staying power, which is probably good news for Luke Bryan's Crash My Party – although he, too, dropped to Number Two this week, selling 92,000 copies, a decline of 42 percent.

Miley Cyrus Speaks Up About VMAs Performance

'I didn't even think about it 'cause that's just me,' singer says

More than a week after Miley Cyrus' performance at the MTV Video Music Awards set tongues wagging, the pop singer says that was pretty much her goal. Cyrus talked about her racy appearance with Robin Thicke for the first time in a clip given to MTV News from an in-progress documentary about the singer.

"Me and Robin the whole time said, 'You know we're about to make history right now,'" Cyrus said.

The daring performance received tons of attention, and plenty of criticism, for Cyrus' salacious dancing, and now infamous twerking and grinding on Thicke, but she doesn't mind. "You're thinking about it more than I thought about it when I did it," she said. "Like, I didn't even think about it 'cause that's just me."

Cyrus cited plenty of precedent for creating a spectacle at the VMAs. "Madonna's done it. Britney's done it. Every VMA performance, that's what you're looking for; you're wanting to make history," said Cyrus. 

Jay Z's 'Made In America' Doc Heading to Showtime

Showtime is in the Jay Z business.

In keeping with its documentary push, the premium cable network has acquired Made in America, the star-studded documentary that chronicled Jay Z’s two-day music festival of the same name. The doc, which is directed by Ron Howard and executive produced by the music mogul, Howard and his Imagine Entertainment producing partner Brian Grazer, will have its television debut Friday, Oct. 11

"As soon as we saw this film we knew it was a perfect fit for Showtime," Showtime’s entertainment president David Nevins said in a statement announcing the news Friday. “Ron Howard and Jay Z have crafted an inspirational portrayal of American resilience, drive and creativity, interwoven with an incredible showcase of musical talent. We are proud to bring Made in America to Showtime where it joins our impressive roster of provocative and compelling documentaries helmed by award-winning filmmakers."

The film, which is produced by RadicalMedia and Participant Media, features performances and interviews with a diverse roster of musicians, including Rita Ora, Passion Pit, Pearl Jam, Run D.M.C., Jill Scott and Kanye West, among several others. It will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 7.

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Lady Gaga Teases New Song 'Swine': Watch

Lady Gaga is ready to rock.

On Thursday, the "Applause" singer released a one-minute teaser of her new single "Swine" from her upcoming album "ARTPOP."

The clip shows Lady Gaga rehearsing for the iTunes Festival. Gaga will perform on Monday at London's Roundhouse as part of the month-long concert series.

The video opens with Gaga, dressed in a long white tee and black tights, rocking out on the keyboards and drums as she belches out, "I know, I know, I know you want me/You're just a pig inside a human body," while her band waits to come in with their guitars.

"Squeal-a, squeal-a, squeal-a you're so disgusting!" Gaga goes on to bash away at the drums with a yellow stick and screams, "Swine!"

Along with the released snippet, the Mother Monster also posted a photo with a tweet that read "REHEARSAL PIC #SWINEFEST #GETREADYTOSQUEAL." Lady Gaga also previewed the song's lyrics on Twitter about two weeks ago.

Watch Lady Gaga's preview of "Swine" below:

Justin Timberlake Wants to Play the Riddler From 'Batman'

Justin Timberlake gets enough adulation as a superstar that he's ready to play a villain: the singer wants to show his maniacal side as the Riddler from the Batman franchise, Variety reports.

Timberlake said in a recent interview on New York radio station Fresh 102.7 that he would rather play a bad guy than take on a role like Batman's sidekick Robin. "Now, a villain! I'll tell you the villain I want to play more than anything – because I grew up loving Batman – funnily enough, is the Riddler," Timberlake said.  "The Riddler is my favorite villain. The Riddler was like a sociopath. He was proper crazy. So if I'm gonna play crazy, I wanna play proper crazy." 

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Jim Carrey was the last actor to portray the Riddler in 1995's Batman Forever, which starred Val Kilmer as Batman. Timberlake has yet to appear in a superhero movie, though he's piling up film credits. The singer has appeared in films including Alpha Dog, The Social Network and Friends With Benefits. 

His upcoming movie projects include the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis, and Timberlake will star opposite Ben Affleck in Runner, Runner, opening in October. 

Timberlake also expressed confidence that Affleck is equal to the challenge of playing Batman in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel. "I think he's an extreme talent, so he could surprise a lot of people," Timberlake said.

Ariana Grande 'You'll Never Know' – Song Premiere

Following her debut performance just days ago at MTV's Video Music Awards, Ariana Grande will release her first full-length album, Yours Truly, on September 3rd. The Nickelodeon sweetheart (she starred in the channel's hit series Sam & Cat) showcases her voice and flair for pop on "You'll Never Know," which pairs her breathy vocals with layers of burbling synthesizers.

"I've been working on my album for three years and I am so excited to finally share it with everyone now," Grande tells Rolling Stone. "'You'll Never Know" is a special song and I hope you love it as much as I do."

Grande worked with writers and producers including Babyface and Harmony on Yours Truly, which also features collaborations with Mika, Big Sean and Nathan Sykes of the Wanted. The album is available for pre-order here.