Speaking to Reuters, the ‘I Know You Want Me’ star opened up about his heritage, his projects and his collaborations. In particular, he talked about working with Jennifer Lopez, with whom he has three duets: ‘On The Floor’, ‘Dance Again’ and the latest tune ‘Live It Up’.

“Jennifer is a hard worker, very professional, gorgeous and she’s a walking empire,” he said. “Anytime I’m around her, I’m watching, learning, studying. It’s a natural combination, like a student and teacher. I’m a student all day. I think it would be an honor for Jennifer to watch me grow and say, ‘That kid did learn.’”

In the interview, Pitbull also talked about the origin behind his moniker. His namesake dog, he claims, is “misunderstood”.

“Pitbulls are misunderstood and that’s the same thing with me when I first came into the music business. Being Cuban-American made me politically incorrect,” he added. “My whole life was trying to make people understand that we all come from the same place. It’s the same with the dog. The pitbull is a very loyal, very loving dog that doesn’t understand the concept of losing. I believe in fighting hard for what you believe in and never giving up.”

Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez  recently performed together at the Billboard Awards, check below for the video:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/administrator/view/76775/ Sat, 25 May 2013 14:46:32 +0100 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/administrator/view/76775/ Prince releases a new promo clip on SoundCloud with his new all-female three-piece band, 3rdEyeGirl and premieres a new video for the track.

The video follows a recent performance of the track at the Billboard Awards at May 19. Yesterday (May 24), meanwhile, Prince's cover of Pearl Jam's 1992 single 'Even Flow' surfaced online, which you can also listen below. 

Prince recently told the Star Tribune in a rare interview that he only wants to work with young musicians, stating: "I don't have time for old people." The 'Purple Rain' singer, who turns 55 on June 7, told the Star Tribune that he chose to recruit young musicians for 3rdEyeGirl, as he wants to look towards the future. "I don't have time for old people," he said. "I want to work with young people. I have my legacy. It's time for their legacy."

PRINCE & 3rdEyeGirl Cover Pearl Jam's "Even Flow" Snippet Instrumental by drfunkenberry

Watch the video for 'FIXURLIFEUP' below:

The Canadian singer signed to Reid's Epic record label to release her upcoming fifth studio album.

She recently performed single 'Here's To Never Growing Up' on the Today Show and praised Reid before she played.

Speaking to Billboard, the former X Factor USA judge returned the favour by complimenting Lavigne's star quality. He said:

"My relationship with her has been this way since the day I met her, and my guess is that it will always be this way."

Reid added: "She's a superstar. I think she's motivated now, and I expect that she'll do really well."

The music mogul initially signed Lavigne to Arista back in 2000 and she released two albums on the label.

Speaking to Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw earlier today (May 22), the 'Come & Get It' beauty explained that she's now trying to focus on the things that she enjoys, rather than playing it safe and doing what people would expect her to:

"I was aching for something that would be creative and artsy... I get that it's started a little bit of controversy which is understandable but at the end of a day it's a character. The bigger you get the more people are going to try and bring you down... I'm just trying to do what makes me happy."

Referring to the R-rated 'Spring Breakers', in which she played a college girl who robbed a restaurant in order to fund a girls' vacation, Gomez added: "You know [it was] really different for me. I wish all my movies were like that."

The band won the Top Group, Top New Artist and Top Pop Artist awards at the ceremony in Las Vegas last night (May 19).

The news seems to have sat well with Niall Horan, who gushed on Twitter today (May 20):

"Wow ! Wake up and find out that we've won 3 billboard awards! Can't believe it! Thank you so much best fans ever ! Love you soo much xxxxxxx."

He continued: "Top group, top new artist, top pop artist! You guys are the best! Thanks very much! Means so much!"

Other winners on the night included Taylor Swift, who bagged eight awards, and Justin Bieber, who won three.

The former meanwhile made headlines after being seen sticking her tongue out at an embrace between the Canadian and former girlfriend Selena Gomez.

The singer was performing at the Las Vegas event when he decided to jump over the crowd onto another part of the stage.

However, it didn't go to plan and one of his feet kicked a female fan in the head, whilst another member of the audience's arm was hit.

Miguel was left sprawled out on the stage as he sang the song, with the audience looking on in bemusement and shock.

Speaking to Billboard about the incident, the singer revealed that he apologised for the accident and has since become friends with one of victims. Standing alongside the fan, he said:

"Well, I think it's kind of clear what happened. But I'm very happy to bring my new friend, Khyati, we just met. Unfortunately we did not meet under the best circumstances, but I think we're Ok. The crazy thing is, when you're performing and you're just kind of into it, you never know where it's gonna go and where you're gonna go with it, and how that might turn out. So this is one of the less favourable moments. [I] got caught up in the moment, thank goodness Khyati is Ok."

As previously reported, the singer won three awards at the Las Vegas ceremony - Top Male Artist, Top Social Artist and Milestone.

When he collected the latter gong, he asked for people to concentrate on his music and not the other "bullsh*t". The 'Believe' star said:

"I'm 19 years old. I think I'm doing a pretty good job. From my heart, I really just want to say, it should really be about the music, it should be about the craft that I'm making. This is not a gimmick. I'm an artist, and I should be taken seriously, and all this other bullsh*t should not be spoken of."

However, it appears that the singer was booed by some sections of the crowd as he asked to be taken seriously.

Bieber seemed largely nonplussed after the event, tweeting: "Grateful to my #Beliebers. Our awards. Love u. I love music, my fans, my family, my friends..And I love The Lord."

The star-studded event took place in Las Vegas as the music industry came together to honour its top stars.

Swift won eight awards - Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Country Album and Top Country Song.

Justin Bieber meanwhile picked up the Top Male Artist, Top Social Artist and Milestone gongs.

One Direction snapped up the Top New Artist, Top Pop Artist and Top Duo/Group awards.

Other winners on the night included Nicki Minaj, who bagged three prizes, and Madonna, who took to the stage to collect the Top Touring Artist award.

The event saw live performances from the likes of Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez and Prince, who won the Billboard Music Icon gong.

During a revealing interview with Billboard for the new issue's cover story, the 'Thrift Shop' hitmaker confessed that he was taking part in street rap battles when he was a youngster to try and gain respect from those already in the game: "This was pre-Internet as a way to get your music out. So I had to do shows, but I was too young. Freestyling on the street or in the park was where I honed the craft."

He went on to unveil his dark past, talking about how he often preferred drugs to school: "It was pre-gentrification of Seattle's Central District. And I wasn't going to class and I was doing a bunch of drugs and drinking. So my parents put me in a predominantly white school in the North End and then I did a program called Running Start, which was like a community college. I never got a chance to climb any kind of social ladder anywhere. I was more into making music-and doing hallucinogenic mushroom voyages."

Discussing his recovery, Macklemore (pictured below with Ryan Lewis) added that while he's clean now he still struggles with 'overindulging': "I tend to be an overindulger in general. Like I've just eaten two bags of chips and I had a shitload of candy from a gas station last night."

"I don't have moderation in my life. I really have to work on it. So with drugs and alcohol, I had no moderation. Smoking weed and drinking hindered my creative process. They were the veil over my eyes. It never really worked for me, in terms of being prolific."

Watch Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's video for 'Can't Hold Us' below:

The star has suggested that she will showcase her fresh track 'We Can't Stop' at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (May 19).

The song will be the first cut released from her forthcoming new album, which is expected to hit shelves later this year.

Cyrus revealed the news on Twitter, saying: "Cats outta the bag! LETS TREND MY 1st SINGLE #wecantstop."

The hashtag did indeed trend on the social networking website as fans lapped up the news.

The singer then teased a Billboard related announcement before posting an image with the track's title and details of Sunday's awards ceremony.

As previously reported, Cyrus was recently named by Maxim as the hottest woman in the world.

Speaking to Billboard about being executive producer of the exciting project, he explained that taking a personal interest was important and he spent a lot of time getting to know Spears on a one-to-one level outside of her music career:

"We start (recording) next week. Before we even start we've had these juicy sessions, where we've been bonding, building the trust and comfort. I've never worked like this before – not even the Peas. I wanted to just go to lunch for two months, which is totally different from how you typically do it."

"I said, 'Let's talk about what you're excited about. Let's talk about things you've done in you career, what you're happy about. Let's talk about spending time with your kids, let's talk about your breakup. Let's talk about how now you're single, how independent you might feel.' We started talking about all that stuff. So I said, 'do you mind if I write this down? I don't mean to impose but I want to interview you. I need this to create a filter.'"

He admitted that by getting to know who she truly is, he will be able to make her new collection of songs fit her personality and experiences, which will make for a fantastic listening experience: "When people start bringing us stuff, I can say 'Actually we can't have this song. Yes, we want dance songs but that's a little too dark.'"

"I want it to fit with the emotions. I'm really excited about that and honored that she trusts me. I don't want to let her down. I just want to do it the way a brand would do it. They wouldn't say, 'Take this. Put it out.' That's not what you would do. You'd come up with a mood board, the logos, the font, all the other stuff."

Watch Will.i.Am perform 'Bang Bang' on 'American Idol' recently here:

During an interview with Billboard, the 'Get Lucky' stars explained that it's becoming more common for EDM producers to rely on technology to produce sounds, but after trying to get a desirable result from machines for their own new offering it soon became clear they weren't going to achieve what they were aiming for:

"We really felt that the computers are not really music instruments, and we were not able to express ourselves using a laptop. We tried, but were not successful. It’s not really a judgment or criticism of any of the music today; rather trying to bring a different point of view and different alternative."

Referring to how music is made today, Daft Punk added: "The problem with the way to make music today, these are turnkey systems; they come with preset banks and sounds. They’re not inviting you to challenge the systems themselves, or giving you the ability to showcase your personality, individuality. They’re making it as if it’s somehow easier to make the same music you hear on the radio. Then it creates a very vicious cycle: How can you challenge that when the system and the media are not challenging it in the first place?"

The hitmaker is still at the top of the U.S. charts with her collaborative track, 'Just Give Me A Reason', and took to her official Twitter page late last night (May 1) to thank her fans for supporting the song, which also features fun.'s Nate Ruess:

"Third Week at NUMBeR ONE USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooooo hooooooooo rock n roll!!!!!!! Thanks everybody! So happy and full of gratitude! XXXXXXX"

Earlier in the evening, P!nk confirmed that she had a special surprise for fans attending her concert in Hamburg and it was since revealed that fun. frontman Ruess joined her on stage to perform a rendition of their chart-topping duet.

She tweeted: "Special surprise for Hamburg tonight!!!!! Get ready! Xoxoxo see ya soon"

The 19-year-old, who enjoyed a No.1 with his debut album, told Billboard.com that he is currently studying for a degree at North Carolina State University while travelling around on tour in support of his forthcoming new album:

"I have school Monday through Wednesday and we hit the touring circuit Thursday through Sunday."

Speaking about his new record, McCreery added that he is particularly excited to release it because he has been penning some of the tracks himself:

“We’re in the studio right now and we’ve got about 12 songs cut. That’s the one I’m really excited about because I had a hand in writing it. That is one of those things I didn’t have a chance to do on the first record because coming off Idol as the winner, you have a deadline for the first record. We were on the Idol tour as well so we were trying to squeeze it all in." 

Watch his recent 'American Idol' performance of new song 'See You Tonight' here: