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Britney Spears has confirmed details of her music video premiere.

The singer, whose latest single is called ‘Hold It Against Me’, will officially unveil the accompanying clip on Thursday at 21:56pm EST (Friday, 2:56am GMT) on her official Vevo YouTube channel.

Spears has released a number of behind-the-scenes teasers in the build up to the video’s premiere, which have included the star a red outfit surrounded by microphones, backed by a number of dancers and in a fighting scene.

Updating fans on the progress of editing the promo, the 29-year-old tweeted: “I just saw a new cut of HIAM and I’m really feeling it. I think you guys are going to love it.”

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Will.i.am has spoken out against Apple’s domination of the digital music world through their online iTunes store, but claims that computers are very important for the future of music.

The rapper gave a speech at the Grammy Foundation’s annual Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon in Los Angeles, in which he declared that computers and the internet were there to help, not hurt the music industry.

“Believe me, I love Apple… but iTunes shouldn’t be the answer,” he said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “It should be the scariest thing in the world [for musicians].”

The Black Eyed Peas frontman was recently named Director of Innovation at Intel, and is widely known for being an early adopter of new technology.

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Lady GaGa has debuted the cover for her forthcoming single ‘Born This Way’.

Perez Hilton exclusively revealed the artwork, which depicts a topless GaGa shot in black and white, looking over her shoulder.

The singer appears digitally-altered to show protruded bones on her shoulders and face, accompanied with feline-inspired black make-up and voluminous mane-like hair.

GaGa released the lyrics to the track last month. The song opens with the spoken word intro: “It doesn’t matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M/ Just put your paws up/ ‘Cause you were born this way, baby.”

‘Born This Way’ was originally scheduled for release this coming Sunday, but will now be available two days earlier on Friday.

Lady GaGa has announced that she plans to release her new single two days early.

The singer’s forthcoming song ‘Born This Way’ was scheduled for release next Sunday. However, she confirmed on Twitter today that the track will now become available this Friday.

“Can’t wait any longer, single coming Friday,” the popstar tweeted.

GaGa released the words to the single last month. The lyrics feature the spoken word intro: “It doesn’t matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M/ Just put your paws up/ ‘Cause you were born this way, baby.”

Blogger Perez Hilton has said that ‘Born This Way’ will “save lives”.

Critically-acclaimed newcomer Jessie J has scored her first UK number one with sophomore single ‘Price Tag’.

The 22-year-old, who in January was crowned the BBC’s Sound Of 2011, rocketed straight to the top of the chart after taking the unconventional move of releasing her latest track to radio and retail on the same day.

The song’s success also gives featured artist B.o.B his third UK chart-topper, following last year’s ‘Nothin’ On You’ and ‘Airplanes’.

The second-highest new entry this week belongs to Enrique Iglesias, who scores his ninth UK top ten hit with Ludacris collaboration ‘Tonight (I’m Loving You)’ at five.

Jessie J also occupies a second spot in the top ten with her first single ‘Do It Like A Dude’, which drops one place to seven. The song made a somewhat underwhelming debut at 25 upon its release in November 2010, but has since reached a peak of two and clocked up sales of over 300,000 copies.

Just behind Jessie J are Taio Cruz and Kylie Minogue, who jump to eight from last week’s 17 with ‘Higher’, while Chase & Status round out the top ten after falling five places with ‘Blind Faith’.

In the double digits, Pink and Tinchy Stryder both celebrate massive advances up the rankings, as their respective tracks ‘F**kin’ Perfect’ and ‘Wonderman’ gain ten and 26 spots to become this week’s 11 and 14.

Rihanna manages to place three songs in the second quarter of the chart, as her former number one ‘What’s My Name?’ at 15 and David Guetta team-up ‘Who’s That Chick?’ at 16 are joined by her new release ‘S&M’, which rides the tide of controversy caused by its music video to this week’s 20.

The fully interactive top ten videos singles:
1. (-) Jessie J ft. B.o.B: ‘Price Tag’
2. (2) Bruno Mars: ‘Grenade’
3. (1) Ke$ha: ‘We R Who We R’
4. (3) Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep’
5. (-) Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris: ‘Tonight (I’m Loving You)’
6. (4) Diddy-Dirty Money ft. Skylar Grey: ‘Coming Home’
7. (6) Jessie J: ‘Do It Like A Dude’
8. (17) Taio Cruz ft. Kylie Minogue: ‘Higher’
9. (10) Chris Brown: ‘Yeah 3x’
10. (5) Chase & Status ft. Liam Bailey: ‘Blind Faith’

Source: Official Charts Company

Jessie J has revealed the title and release date of her new single.

‘Casualty Of Love’ – for which the artwork appears on the right – marks the singer’s third cut from her debut album Who You Are, and will be released later this month.

Rap Up reports that the track, which the star has performed live a number times, will be available on US iTunes on February 15, ahead of the album’s Stateside release on April 12.

It was recently reported that the UK release of Jessie J’s first record was moved forward by a month due to “phenomenal public demand”.