Lady Gaga Goes Diamond!

Talk about losing the battle and winning the war!  Lady Gaga’s mega hit album “The Fame” may have lost out for Album of the Year at the GRAMMYs, but it’s officially certified DIAMOND, selling 10,000,054 copies worldwide.

Diamond certified albums are extremely rare these days, with only 9 albums reaching that status since 2000, the last one being Usher’s Confessions in 2004.

Until then, albums hit the 10 million mark once a year or more, which makes Lady Gaga’s ability to defeat all the implications of digital music (stealing, streaming, buying by the track, etc) in recent years that much more of an accomplishment.  While other labels pull back on their online streaming practices, IGA and Gaga obviously used it to create, well, “a Monster,” in the best possible way.

Edited: February 26th, 2010

The Veronicas Remake “4ever” to Show Dangers of Drug Use

Sure, the Veronicas aren’t the first pop starlets to take the good-girl-gone-bad route… they’re not even the first twins to do it (yeah I’m looking at YOU Mary-Kate and Ashley O).  But after the release of the Veronicas’ debut “The Secret Life of…” in the US, the Aussie twins became over-sexed, over-gothed and WAY under-nourished, emerging for their second album “Hook Me Up” looking as if they had arrived to vie for the attention of Bret Michaels on “Rock on Love.”

Anyway, this is all old news… what I’m here to discuss is “4ever 2009″ – a new version of their very first single “4ever” – which really shows just how much has changed in only 4 years.  They look about 10 years older, sound like they’ve been smoking a pack a minute, and look like they’ve snorted enough booger sugar to build a snowman.  The only similarity is really the lipstick.  For the record… I actually don’t hate these girls.  But the transformation is just too uncanny to not point out.  See for yourself:

The Veronicas “4ever” (2005)

The Veronicas “4ever 2009″ (2009)

Edited: February 7th, 2010