Cartel "Let's Go" Music Video Premiere

Cartel's new album "Cycles" comes out on Tuesday. This is the video for their first single "Let's Go".

We The Kings "Heaven Can Wait" Music Video Premiere

We the Kings will release their sophomore album "Smile, Kid" on December 8th. This video is for their first single released last month.

Billboard 200 Update (October 14, 2009)

The Backstreet Boys (May 4 - 11, 2008) debuted at #9 this week with their seventh album "This Is Us". The album moved 42,000 copies, which is almost half of the sales for 2007's "Unbreakable" in its first week, which debuted at #7. Their peak had already ended, but this was no fault to the boys. They could have gotten a lot more promotion in this week to boost the sales if Brian Littrell hadn't caught the swine flu. We were sure that promotion would take a good hit after that.

Artist of the Year Preliminary Round #9 Results

Yesterday, we ran the poll for our ninth preliminary round in our EdgeMusic Artist of the Year Faceoff. We published the poll on our Facebook account and our Twitter account. This preliminary featured all the winners featured on EdgeMusic in September 2009. The winners from last month are:

*Cheap Trick (September 6 - 13)

*Tamar Kaprelian (September 13 - 20)

*The Helio Sequence (September 20 - 27)

*David Cook (September 27 - October 4)

The poll ran for only yesterday throughout the whole day. Now we will reveal our ninth semi-finalist. So far, we have had Locksley, Seymoure, Kelly Clarkson, Junior Doctor, Jimmy Wayne, Wake the Light, Jonas Sees In Color, and The Right Coast put through to the next stage. Yesterday, 21 votes were cast. Winning by a close 38% of the vote...

TAMAR KAPRELIAN IS A SEMI-FINALIST IN OUR EDGEMUSIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR FACEOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Tamar Kaprelian on advancing to the next stage, and thanks to everyone who voted. Cheap Trick received no votes, but The Helio Sequence and David Cook put up a good fight. One vote separated the first and second place artists, and one vote separated the second and third place artists. Tamar will represent the September winners in our semi-finals. She will be the first person to participate in our third semi-final round. In the next three months, we will determine the semi-finalists from October, November and December. The semi-finals will take place at the end of the year.

Final Results:

TAMAR KAPRELIAN - 38.1%

The Helio Sequence - 33.33%

David Cook - 28.57%

Cheap Trick - 0%

Week 90 Results

Okay, the poll has been closed, and the votes have been counted. It's time to find out who won last week's contest.

Last week, 17 votes were counted. Winning by over 41% of the vote...

A LOSS FOR WORDS IS THE NEW EDGEMUSIC ARTIST OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to A Loss For Words on the win, and thanks to everyone who voted.

Shelby Cobra Also Has Swine Flu

We already reported on how Brian Littrell became the first EdgeMusic alum to catch the dreaded swine flu one day before the Backstreet Boys released their new album "This Is Us". Now we found out more to this horrible situation: there's another EdgeMusic alum who has the infamous pig virus. Shelby Cobra of KSM has confirmed that she had the swine flu.

Elliot James Leaves Hey Monday

As Hey Monday's term as the current EdgeMusic Artist of the Week ends tomorrow, the band has been hit with a curveball that is not an excellent way to end a winner's reign. Elliot James has announced he is leaving the band.

Brian Littrell Diagnosed With Swine Flu

Tomorrow, the Backstreet Boys release their new album "This Is Us", and they are using every opportunity they have to get people to buy the album. So it was appropriate that the worst case scenario was the dreaded swine flu. Today, it was confirmed that Brian Littrell has been diagnosed with the one disease that no musician or EdgeMusic alum wants to have. While it's the biggest epidemic to spread throughout the Earth this entire year, it's not fatal. You just have to take the regular medication. What we learned that swine flu is the same as regular flu. The only difference is that it lasts up to a week rather than a 4 to 5 day basis. This pretty screws up the band's promotional plans this week, which is what they needed to guarantee a great first week debut. The cancelled appearances include a performance on CBS's The Early Show tomorrow morning, an intimate performance at PC Richards in New York City, and a signing for Hard Rock Live's PINKTOBER event in New York City. Now the boys can only hope to figure out how to sort out the rest of their promo schedule and hope that it catches on to music consumers through the songs. The last thing they need in their career is the swine flu.

Ashley Tisdale Cast In "Sleeping Beauty"

Remember when we told you about Ashley Tisdale going back to blonde because she said she was being cast in a new movie. Well now, she has confirmed what the project is: a live-action remake of the Disney classic, "Sleeping Beauty". She will be shooting the movie on November 25th, and she will star alongside Meg Ryan. The only way you could make me go see this movie is if Ashley's the one playing Princess Aurora.

Week 89 Results

Okay, the poll has been closed, and the votes have been counted. It's time to reveal who won last week's poll.

Last week, 20 votes were cast. Winning by only 65% of the votes...

HEY MONDAY IS THE NEW EDGEMUSIC ARTIST OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Hey Monday on the win, and thanks to everyone who voted. The band will be featured on EdgeMusic starting now and ending on Saturday. The new poll will be up shortly.

Final Results:

HEY MONDAY - 65%

New Found Glory - 30%

Shinedown - 5%

Miggs - 0%

Lynyrd Skynyrd - 0%