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And the nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 are: Male Justin Timberlake Kanye West Pharrell Robbie Williams Sean Paul Female Beyoncé Christina Aguilera Madonna Nelly Furtado Shakira Group Black Eyed Peas Depeche Mode Keane Pussycat Dolls Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock Evanescence Keane The Killers Red Hot Chili Peppers The Strokes Hip Hop Busta Rhymes Kanye West Missy Elliott P Diddy Sean Paul Alternative Artic Monkeys Korn Muse The Raconteurs System Of A Down Song Gnarls Barkley - ‘Crazy’ Nelly Furtado - ‘Maneater’ Red Hot Chili Peppers - ‘ Dani California’ Rihanna - ‘SOS’ Shakira Ft Wyclef Jean – ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ R&B Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Outkast Pharrell Rihanna Pop Christina Aguilera Justin Timberlake Madonna Robbie Williams Shakira Album Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor Muse - Black Holes and Revelations Nelly Furtado - Loose Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium Video Gnarls Barkley - ‘Crazy’ Justice Vs Simian – ‘We Are Your Friends’ Kanye West - ‘Touch The Sky’ Ok Go - ‘A Million Ways’ Pink - ‘Stupid Girls’ MTV Europe Music Awards local nominees are: Adriatic Act Alexandra Kovač Edo Maajka Let 3 Neisha Siddharta African Act Anselmo Ralph Freshlyground Juma Nature Nameless P-Square Baltic Act BrainStorm Inculto Tanel Padar and the Sun Skamp Vanilla Ninja Danish Act Kashmir L.O.C. Nik and Jay Outlandish Spleen United Dutch & Belgian Act Anouk dEUS Gabriel Rios Kane Pete Philly & Perquisite Finnish Act Lordi PMMP Poets of the fall Olavi Uusivirta Von Herzen Brothers French Act 113 Bob Sinclair Diam’s Olivia Ruiz Rohff German Act Bushido Die Toten Hosen Rammstein Silbermond Sportfreunde Stiller Italian Act Finley Jovanotti Lacuna Coil Monda Marcio Tiziano Ferro Norwegian Act Amulet Elvira Nikolaisen Marit Larsen Mira Craig Serena-Maneesh Polish Act Blog 27 Coma Hey Sistars Virgin ‘Szansa’ Portuguese Act Boss Ac David Fonseca Expensive Soul Mind da Gap Moonspell Romanian Act Blondy DJ Project Morandi Parazitii Simplu Russian Act Dima Bilan Gorod312 T.A.T.U UMA2RMAN Valery Meladze Spanish Act La Excepción Macaco Nena Daconte La Oreja de Van Gogh Pereza Swedish Act The Knife Lisa Miskovsky Peter Bjorn & John Snook The Sounds UK & Ireland Act Artic Monkeys Corinne Bailey Rae The Kooks Lily Allen Muse Justin Timberlake is the host for the night. European awards? More like an American takeover :cry:

I read that article and it's pretty much a hatched job done by someone with a huge chip on their shoulder (a friend of Louis Walsh I believe), she certainly wasn't too bothered at getting her facts right. He doesn't promote or tour in Ireland and the radio stations didn't play the single so it was hardly surprising that it didn't do well there. His album went top 10 in most of the European countries it was released in, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Asia so I'm sure he won't too bothered about the Irish market, I don't think he will be signing on just yet!

Well the single may not be doing well in the chart, but at least it's perked up the album, massive jump last week and was sitting just outside the top 20 in the midweeks, so people are buying the album instead which I'm sure will please the label more than whether or not the single goes top 10 <_< The label were fore-warned though, a lot of UK fans were not happy about him releasing Iris as a single (too well known), they were also not happy with the Track list (no new songs on either disk).They also aren't habitual downloads:rolleyes: I downloaded his live acoustic version of the song on I-Tunes its different, but very good, better than the recorded version actually.

I thought this was interesting from Music Week - who are the current "in" thing and who are yesterday's heros: June 19, 2006 T4 on Busta's bitch Being at T4 On The Beach yesterday gave Dooley a very salutary lesson in what "the kids" are up to these days. And what an illuminating update it turned out to be. Before we settle down to the facts, though, some conclusions. A) Dooley's tastes are, sad to say, not particularly down with the kids. They occasionally intersect - and if you feel so inclined you could make a very tasty Venn diagram of the two - but generally the kids and Dooley are at odds. Sigh. And B) the world of reality TV is a cruel, cruel beast. There you are, one moment topping the charts with a record breaking single, and the next thing you know the kids are deserting your gig in droves in a bid to avoid the post-party rush, having just screamed their heads off at some dodgy ska pop band, the lead singer of whom just happened to have spent a month in the Big Brother House flirting with a non-celebrity. It never happened to Cliff, now did it? So: to business. It's official, the kids love: Lily Allen (and quite right too - her double bill of LDN and Smile was the day's undoubted pop highlight). Basement Jaxx Busta Rhymes (although points off for singing a song about your "bitch" Busta. It's live TV for crying out loud). McFly (although less than they used to). Ne-Yo (very slick). Pussycat Dolls (who waved very nicely). Razorlight (a surprise). The Zutons. The Feeling. Orson (who made Dooley go all queasy). Matt Willis. The Ordinary Boys (who were probably the most screamed at). Hard-Fi (and so do their dads). Sadly, though, the kids do NOT love: Dannii Minogue (although she really put her back into it. And the tabloids loved her). Embrace (despite the sky being a very Embrace shade of grey). Feeder (although Martin from Eastenders LOVES them so that's OK). Pet Shop Boys (sad to say - but Dooley loved them AND they played West End Girls, providing the best song of the day). Simon Webbe (Blue seems a long way away). Shayne Ward (worryingly for him). Will Young (fame, fame, fatal fame). http://blog.musicweek.com/2006/06/t4_on_bu...bitch.html#more

Any idea on the Scottish Album chart

I take it that they compile their charts on physical sales and don't include downloads.

With all eyes on Germany at the moment its interesting to see what they are listening to on the radio! Latest German Airplay chart: 02.06.2006- 09.06.2006 1.( 2) SIN SIN SIN ROBBIE WILLIAMS 1208470 2.( 1) HIPS DON`T LIE SHAKIRA FEAT JEAN WYCLEF 855.800 3.( 3) BECAUSE OF YOU KELLY CLARKSON 806.130 4.( 6) NO NO NEVER TEXAS LIGHTNING 766.620 5.( 9) WHO KNEW PINK 678.650 6.( 8) IRIS RONAN KEATING 645.345 7.(12) LOVE GENERATION BOB SINCLAR 575.140 8.(11) UPSIDE DOWN JACK JOHNSON 545.160 9.(10) WHO SAYS YOU CAN`T GO HOME BON JOVI 531.435 10.( 4) CRAZY GNARLS BARKLEY 486.060 11.(31) GOODBYE SASHA 480.110 12.(13) ICH BIN ICH (WIR SIND WIR) ROSENSTOLZ 477.470 13.(15) THE HARDEST PART COLDPLAY 476.010 14.(21) THAT`S THE WAY MWY HEART GOES MARIE SERNEHOLT 474.860 15. ( 5) IF I WERE YOU HOOBASTANK 471.320 16.(17) A DIOS LE PIDO JUANES 468.600 17.(14) UNENDLICH SILBERMOND 454.930 18.(18) SAVIN ME NICKELBACK 445.600 19.(20) MANEATER NELLY FURTADO 432.525 20.(19) ONE MARY J. BLIGE & U2 423.390 21.(16) SORRY MADONNA 414.090 22.(24) PROMISE (YOU AND ME) REAMONN 352.300 23.(37) ZEIT, DAS SICH WAS DREHT GROENEMEYER 350.065 24.(27) MAS QUE NADA MENDES ,SERGIO FEAT BLACK 346.145 25.(30) SEWN THE FEELING 343.310 26.(23) SLOWLY SASHA 342.890 27.( 7) DANI CALIFORNIA RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 337.760 28.(22) I STILL BURN TOBIAS REGNER 337.060 29.(25) S.O.S RIHANNA 325.810 30.(35) GET TOGETHER MADONNA 316.640

Poor Ronan lost out to due to downloads

Obviously his record company are spending a lot of money on him. Its strange though its not even in the top 50 on the radio airplay chart, maybe the video is a lot better than the song!

I don't think Ronan is releasing on the 10th of April - nothing has been confirmed as yet.

For all those who went to Kenwood last year only to be confronted with a lake :angry: For this years concert goers the stage is on the move All the wild life is to be removed from the lake and the stage brought forward to bring the artists nearer to their audience. Read the full article here: http://tinyurl.com/zjats

Ronan Keating was at number 1 with When You Say Nothing At All in the same week as he was number 1 in the album charts with By Request with Boyzone. Is he the only artist to be number 1 in both charts as a solo act and as part of a band?