Lana Del Rey Covers 'Q' Magazine

Lana Del Rey continues to anger her legion of haters, as the vintage singer lands on the gory cover of the 'Q' Magazine's February issue. The indie pop queen sports a gushing look of a bloody Carrie, strapped with an evil demeanor lurking behind her fragile eyes.

It shows us why most of us love her – and hate her! The singer is reported to set Saturday Night Live alight on January 14, 2012, which coincides with her album “Born To Die”, which could rack in an abundant of sales, indicating a propitious career for the diva.  

You can catch more blood-thirsty pictures after the jump.

J.Cole Covers RESPECT Magazine

Roc Nation rapper J. Cole covers the year-end, second anniversary cover of RESPECT magazine out November 29.

Dress in all black everything, the rapper silences his critics and speaks on his newfound success. It’s been three years of hustling before Cole finally achieved success.

It should also be noted the J. Cole really is living in a Cole World as his debut album “Cole World: The Sideline Story” is the highest-charting album from a new artist, selling 218,000 copies its first week. What an achievement!

Adele Shows Off Curves And Cleavage On Cosmopolitan Magazine

Adele shows off her curves on the cover of the latest issue of Cosmopolitan, which hits stands November 8. The singer discusses her record deals, her boyfriends that inspired her records, and her favorite singers.

Adele’s rep is also making sure that rumours about the singer having any vocal diseases is killed, as they sent out a statement reiterating that the singer is cancelling all her remaining 2011 dates to “undergo surgery for a hemorrhaged vocal chord”. 

"All reports regarding any other condition are 100% false." 

What amazes me is the fact that she looks even beautiful by showing her full body. I bet it’s photoshopped but the fact remains that she’s showing some cleavage. This will undoubtedly push her already 11 million-selling album, “21”, to excruciating heights. 

Janet Jackson Recognized As A Goddess On Harper's Bazaar Arabia Cover

Janet Jackson continues to show us why she is better than our faves. At the age of 45 Janet Jackson covers the November issue of Arabian Harper’s Bazaar and has a feature story, which was all done during her stay in the Middle East on her record-breaking “Number Ones: Up, Close, & Personal” tour.

The living Goddess effortlessly shows us why she remains one of the industry’s most iconic performances, reinventing herself era after era and producing quality music which stand against the test of time. Even Harper’s Bazaar acknowledges my future wife by referring to her as a “Goddess”!

Lenny Kravitz Covers Uptown Magazine

Iconic psychedelic star/guitarist/trendsetter Lenny Kravitz lands on the August/September issue of Uptown magazine. The rock God was interviewed for the magazine and appears to be in great shape for a 47 year old man.He will appearing as a fashion stylist called Cinna in the upcoming film "Hunger Games", which is the film adaption of Suzanne Collins' best-selling trilogy.  

You can read the excerpts of the article after the jump.

Frank Ocean Covers Fader Magazine

It seems like Frank Ocean’s star is starting to shine even brighter! Fresh from painting his presence onto the “Watch The Throne” album, the R&B crooner has landed on the cover of Fader Magazine.

I can’t wait for his album! If you have yet to listen to his mixtape “Nostalgia, Ultra” then I suggest that you download it faster than Ne-Yo's receding hairline!

Listen to one of the best songs of 2011 from Frank Ocean’s “Nostalgia, Ultra” mixtape called ‘American Wedding’.

Rihanna Steams Up 'Glamour' Magazine

Rihanna certainly ain’t giving up on these magazine covers!

I don’t think we can blame her. She is the embodiment of beauty, stye, classiness, fierceness, holiness, wifey material, etc. She also has a very distinctive voice, which she has learnt to control to an extent.

The musical vixen has landed on the cover of ‘Glamour’ magazine. Personally, I don’t really care about the glitz, glamour, and gossip (unless it deals with life-threatening incidents) of any celebrity, but I never complain about hot covers. It just allows me to work with my imagination…

Anyway, I think most fans are anxiously waiting for her next re-release or album. If she continues to create such strong pop songs, who are we to stop her? I find it fascinating that she has more magazine covers than the amount of hits your faves have. You mad?   

Bruno Mars Covers Billboard Magazine

Bruno Mars finally lands on the cover of Billboard. Spotted with his gradual gravity-defying hairstyle, the pop hitmaker is interviewd by Billboard and covers a variety of topics, ranging from his record label struggles to finally obtaining astronomical success.

　

"It's a rare thing that happens," he tells Billboard "especially in this day, where it's real hard to sell albums. I'm traveling to places that I've never even heard of and there are all these people singing the songs back -- and English is not even their first language. It's like, what the hell happened?" Bruno Mars happened to purify our ears with great music!

　

According to Billboard, his debut album, "Doo-wops & Hooligans" debuted at #3 and has sold almost 1.2 million copies in the U.S. His single, "Just The Way You Are" topped the Billboard Hot 100, selling over 4.5 million. The follow-up single, "Grenade", also topped the charts and sold 4.4. million. The third single,"The Lazy Song", however,peaked at #4 and sold 2 million copies.

　

However, his success does not end there! His debut album entered the charts at #1 in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Ireland. All three singles have sold a combination of 2.2 million copies in the U.K., while his debut sales stand at 620,000. His album has been certified 14-times platinum and he has sold a collection of 15 million singles worldwide.

　

Not only is he finding success as an artist, but simultanously obtaining it as a producer as well, namely with The Smeezingtons. This duo has produced hits, such as Cee-Lo Green's "F*ck You" (4.9 million sold), B.O.B featuring Bruno Mars "Nothin' On You" (2.8 million ), Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" featuring Mars (2.9 million), and "Lighters" by Bad Meets Evil featuring Mars (314,000). He also lent a helping hand alongside Philip Lawrence with writing Flo Rida's "Right Round", which peaked at #1 and sold 4.9 million copies.

　

"He's a quadruple threat," Elektra Records co-president John Janick says. "He's a writer, a producer, an amazing singer and an amazing performer -- on top of that he just has a great personality."

　

The great thing about Bruno is that you can't put him in a box. That's why I think people are so attracted to him and his music," Atlantic Records chairman/COO Julie Greenwald says. "You can put him with any type of artist from any genre and it will be beautiful. He understands music."

　

You can read the rest of the article over at Billboard.

Big Sean lands on the cover of TRUE magazine

Hip-Hop sensation Big Sean lands on the latest cover of TRUE magazine.
　
The rapper is actually doing well for himself. His debut album "Finally Famous" debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 87,000 copies sold the first week. It has also been critically appreciated, with a score of 69 on Metacritic. His debut single "My Last' featuring Chris Brown peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100, while second single '"Marvin & Chardonnay" featuring Kanye West and Roscoe Dash is climbing up the charts.

Katy Perry covers Fame, Politics and Body Image on Rolling Stone

It seems that Katy Perry is not only interested in flaunting her beautiful assets on the cover of Rolling Stone’s June issue. This time around, Katy is tackling issues, such as free health care (well, sort of).

The singer recently took Rolling Stone’s contributing editor Erik Hedegaard backstage at her California Dreams Tour for an interview, speaking about her ‘political awakening’.

"It just feels like the thing running our country is a bank, money," says Katy. "I know it sounds like an intense viewpoint, but I'm only slowly but surely getting the wool taken off my eyes. When I was a kid, I asked questions about my faith. Now I'm asking questions about the world."

She continues and points out America’s main priority, which we all know is fame: "I think we are largely in desperate need of revolutionary change in the way our mindset is. Our priority is fame, and people's wellness is way low. I saw this knowing full well that I'm a part of the problem. I'm playing the game, though I am trying to reroute. Anyway, not to get all politically divulging and introspective, but the fact that America doesn't have free health care drives me fucking absolutely crazy, and is so wrong."

Rihanna covers Cosmopolitan South Africa

Looks like Rihanna is starting to take over my home country!

The pop Goddess has landed on the cover of South Africa’s Cosmopolitan magazine. As usual, Rihanna stays looking great with her radiant hair and mesmerizing eyes. The cover possesses more personality than most stars of today.

You can check out pictures of the photoshoot after the jump. 

Lady Gaga: “I am not full of sh!t, are you?”

Riding the hype for Gaga’s new album before it starts to dwindle, Lady Gaga is pasted on the cover of NME magazine. Posing with her Woohoo zipped and plastered with a see-through outfit, the eccentric singer addresses those who label her as a manufactured act.

“Let me tell you something. If you f*ckin’ rip my hairbow and my wig off my f*ckin’ head, my shoes, my bra, every single thing on my body, and you throw me on a piano with a microphone, I will f*ckin make you cry. I’m not going to start churning out what you expect. If you want me to be a manufactured act, you can f*ck off”

Well, if she recycles what other artists already did, then she shouldn’t be surprised that people overlook her talent and will know her as “The Controversy”.

Not only does she address her critics, but compares herself to John Lennon, in a sense that she struggles to feel completely happy with her songs: "I am perpetually unhappy with what I create," she said. "Even though I might tell you that 'Edge Of Glory' is a pop masterpiece, when it's all said and finished there will be things I dread, and every time I listen to it I'll hear them." She also adds: “In John Lennon's [1980] Playboy interview he talked about how he hated certain songs because of the way they were finished. And they might be my favourite songs, but Lennon couldn't listen to them."

We are all not happy with the songs you have written so far for this era Gaga, because we know that you can do better. Oh how I miss the fun and mysterious Gaga… 

[Toyaz-world]