Beyonce 2 Release "Sweet Dreams" EP

Beyonce is set to release a remix EP for her sixth single, "Sweet Dreams" which was released back in June 2009.

The reason for the EP is to boost sales for the single. The track is one of the stand-out tracks from "I Am...Sasha Fierce" but has is not receiving the attention it deserves.

The "Sweet Dreams" EP will be released on August 11, 2009. Here is the official track listing.

01. Sweet Dreams (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Club Mix) (7:40)
02. Sweet Dreams (Dave Spoon Vocal Mix) (7:08)
03. Sweet Dreams (Groove Police Remix) (7:08)
04. Sweet Dreams (Ok Dac Remix) (5:14)
05. Sweet Dreams (DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Remix) (8:42)
06. Sweet Dreams (Olli Collins & Fred Portelli Remix) (5:37)
07. Sweet Dreams (Medicin Mix) (6:22)
08. Sweet Dreams (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Dub) (7:02)
09. Sweet Dreams (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Edit) (3:39)
10. Sweet Dreams (Original) (3:28)

Beyonce 2 Release "Platinum Edition"

Beyonce is set to re-release her third studio album, "I Am...Sasha Fierce" on September 8, 2009.

"I Am...Sasha Fierce" will be released as the "Platinum Edition" and will include tracks that were originally not available on the first edition. New tracks include, "Save The Hero" and "Why Don't You Love Me" which were only available through iTunes and the "Ego" remix which features Kanye West. Also included is a new track titled "Honesty" which is a Billy Joel cover.

Here is the official track listing for "I Am...Sasha Fierce: Platinum Edition":

01 - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – 3:13
02 - "Diva" – 3:21
03 - "Ego – 3:56
04 - "Halo" – 4:22
05 - "If I Were a Boy – 4:09
06 - "Smash Into You" – 4:31
07 - "Sweet Dreams" – 3:28
08 - "Broken-Hearted Girl" – 4:37
09 - "Scared of Lonely" – 3:42
10 - "That's Why You're Beautiful" – 3:41
11 - "Radio" – 3:38
12 - "Video Phone" – 3:35
13 - "Hello" – 4:16
14 - "Ego (Remix feat. Kanye West" – 4:43*
15 - "Why Don't You Love Me" – 3:23*
16 - "Honesty" (Billy Joel Cover) - 3:47*
17 - "Save the Hero" – 4:33*
18 - "Satellites" – 3:06
19 - "Disappear" – 4:27
20 - "Ave Maria" – 3:41

* = New tracks

The "Platinum Edition" will also include a DVD which features all the released videos so far and a behind the scenes look at the making of the videos. Two months ago, Beyonce released an EP which included a remix album and all the videos on a DVD. The only difference between the EP DVD and the platinum edition DVD is the "Sweet Dreams" video is included in the new edition.

Here is the official track listing for the Platinum Edition DVD:

01 - "If I Were a Boy" (Video)
02 - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Video)
03 - "Diva" (Video)
04 - "Halo" (Video)
05 - "Broken-Hearted Girl" (Video)
06 - "Ego [Remix Featuring Kayne West]" (Video)
07 - "Ego" (Fan Exclusive) (Video)
08 - "Sweet Dreams" (Video)
09 - "Behind the Video Scenes" - 20 min

The 2009 MTV VMA Nominations

Here are the nominations for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards:

Best Female Video Of The Year:

Katy Perry Hot N Cold
Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck Without You"
Lady Gaga "Poker Face"*
P!nk "So What"
Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"

Best Male Video

Eminem "We Made You"
Jay-Z "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Kanye West "Love Lockdown"*
Ne-Yo "Miss Independent"
T.I. ft Rihanna "Live Your Life"

Best Hip Hop Video Of The Year

Asher Roth"I Love College"
Eminem "We Made You"
Flo Rida "Right Round"
Jay-Z "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Kanye West "Love Lockdown"*

Best Pop Video

Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears "Womanizer"*
Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad (Featuring Leighton Meester)"
Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
Wisin & Yandel "Abusadora"

Best Rock Video

Coldplay "Viva La Vida"*
Fall Out Boy "I Don't Care"
Green Day "21 Guns"
Kings of Leon "Use Somebody"
Paramore "Decode"

Video Of The Year

Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears "Womanizer"*
Kanye West "Love Lockdown"
Eminem "We Made You"
Lady Gaga "Poker Face"

Breakthrough Video

Anjulie "Boom"
Bat For Lashes "Daniel"*
Chairlift "Evident Utensil"
Cold War Kids "I've Seen Enough"
Death Cab for Cutie "Grapevine Fires"
Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
Major Lazer "Hold The Line"
Matt And Kim "Lessons Learned"
Passion Pit "The Reeling"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Heads Will Roll"*

Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)

Beastie Boys"Sabotage"
Björk"Human Behaviour"*
David Lee Roth"California Girls"
Dr. Dre"Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang"
Foo Fighters"Everlong"
George Michael"Freedom"
OK Go"Here It Goes Again"
Radiohead"Karma Police"
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers"Into the Great Wide Open"
U2"Where The Streets Have No Name"

Best Art Direction

Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears "Circus"
Coldplay "Viva La Vida"
Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"*

Best Choreography

A.R. Rahman & Pussycat Dolls f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"
Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"*
Britney Spears "Circus"
Ciara ft Justin Timberlake "Love Sex Magic"
Kristinia DeBarge "Goodbye"

Best Cinematography

Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears "Circus"*
Coldplay "Viva La Vida"
Green Day "21 Guns"
Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"

Best Direction

Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears "Circus"
Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad (Featuring Leighton Meester)"
Green Day "21 Guns"
Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"*

Best Editing

Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears "Circus"
Coldplay"Viva La Vida"
Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"*
Miley Cyrus "7 Things"

Best Special Effects

Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Eminem "We Made You"
Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
Kanye West ft Mr. Hudson "Paranoid"
Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"*

Best New Artist

3Oh!3 "Don't Trust Me"
Asher Roth "I Love College"
Drake "Best I Ever Had"
Kid Cudi "Day N' Nite"
Lady Gaga "Poker Face"*

* = Who I would like to see win!

UK Singles Chart - August 3

This Week's Top 10 UK Singles:

03 01 The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feelin
01 02 JLS - Beat Again
02 03 Mr. Hudson & Kanye West - Supernova
07 04 Pitbull - I Know You Want Me
04 05 Cascada - Evacuate The Dance Floor
09 06 Beyonce - Sweet Dreams
05 07 La Roux - Bulletproof
08 08 Lady GaGa - Paparazzi
06 09 David Guetta & Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
10 10 Chicane - Poppiholla

Faves Not in Top 10:

13 13 The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
14 15 Keri Hilson [W/ Kanye West & Neyo] - Knock You Down
15 17 Agnes - Release Me
17 18 La Roux - In For The Kill
24 23 The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush; Hush Hush
22 24 Lady GaGa - Poker Face
00 33 Little Boots - Remedy
28 34 Lily Allen - Not Fair
31 41 The Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)
54 43 Pink - Funhouse
40 45 Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
72 46 Britney Spears - Radar
46 48 Lady GaGa [W/ Colby O'Donis] - Just Dance
58 54 Ciara [W/ Missy Elliott] - Work
43 55 VV Brown - Shark In The Water
79 60 Lily Allen - 22
52 62 Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
49 88 MPHO - Box N Locks
00 94 Little Boots - New In Town

UK Albums Chart - August 3

This Week's Top 10 UK Albums:

01 01 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson
02 02 Florence & the Machine - Lungs
08 03 The Black Eyed Peas - The END
04 04 Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
00 05 Aha - Foot of the Mountain
03 06 Lady GaGa - The Fame
05 07 La Roux - La Roux
07 08 Michael Jackson - The Motown Years
10 09 Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
09 10 Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts

Faves Not in Top 10:

19 12 Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
17 17 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
34 29 Pink - Funhouse
38 30 Duffy - Rockferry
63 52 Little Boots - Hands
59 65 Keri Hilson - In A Perfect World...
75 66 The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination
71 67 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
83 70 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
58 84 VV Brown - Travelling Like The light
89 86 Britney Spears - Circus
96 99 Lily Allen - Alright, Still

Box Office Results - July 31 - August 2

This Week's Top 20 Films:

00 01 Funny People
02 02 Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
01 03 G Force
03 04 The Ugly Truth
00 05 Aliens in the Attic
04 06 Orphan
05 07 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
07 08 The Hangover
08 09 The Proposal
06 10 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
00 11 The Collector
12 12 (500) Days of Summer
09 13 Public Enemies
13 14 The Hurt Locker
00 15 Love Aaj Kal
11 16 Up
10 17 Bruno
14 18 My Sister's Keeper
16 19 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
17 20 The Taking Of Pelham 123

Out of the Top 20 this week:

- I Love You Beth Cooper
- Star Trek
- Moon
- Under The Sea 3D

Billboard 100 - August 1

This Week's Top 10 American Singles:

01 01 The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feelin
02 02 Drake - Best I Ever Had
04 03 Keri Hilson [W/ Kanye West & Neyo] - Knock You Down
03 04 Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
11 05 Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
05 06 Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
06 07 The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
07 08 Lady GaGa - LoveGame
10 09 Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
25 10 Jordin Sparks - Battlefield

Faves Not in Top 10:

20 17 Mariah Carey - Obsessed
17 19 Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
19 23 Lady GaGa - Poker Face
53 61 Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
00 63 Mary J Blige [W/ Drake] - The One
83 75 The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush; Hush Hush
76 78 David Guetta & Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
00 97 Beyonce - Sweet Dreams

Billboard 200 - August 1

This Week's Top 10 American Albums:

00 01 Demi Lovato - Here We Go Again
01 02 Daughtry - Leave This Town
02 03 Maxwell - BLACKsummer's Night
04 04 Various Artists - Now 31
03 05 Soundtrack - Hannah Montana 3
05 06 The Black Eyed Peas - The END
00 07 Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
10 08 Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
09 09 Taylor Swift - Fearless
11 10 Lady GaGa - The Fame

Faves Not in Top 10:

034 032 Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
041 037 Pink - Funhouse
066 049 Katy Perry - One of the Boys
061 057 Keri Hilson - In A Perfect World...
075 086 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
098 094 Adele - 19
140 143 Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
194 162 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
159 169 Britney Spears - Circus
169 174 Marilyn Manson - The High End Of Low

Billboard Canadian 100 - August 1

This Week's Top 10 Canadian Singles:

01 01 The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feelin
03 02 Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
02 03 Pitbull - I Know You Want Me
05 04 Lady GaGa - Paparazzi
16 05 Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
00 06 Faber Drive - G-Get Up And Dance
10 07 Stereos - Summer Girl
06 08 Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
09 09 Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
04 10 The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow

Faves Not in Top 10:

11 11 Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
12 13 Keri Hilson [W/ Kanye West & Neyo] - Knock You Down
17 22 Lady GaGa - LoveGame
21 23 Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
23 24 David Guetta & Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
33 36 Lady GaGa - Poker Face
90 39 Beyonce - Sweet Dreams
41 49 Mariah Carey - Obsessed

Amanda Blank 2 Release Debut Album

Amanda Blank is ready to release her debut album, "I Love You."

"I Love You" is set to be released on August 4, 2009. The album features guest appearances from, M.I.A., Lykke Li, Santigold and Spank Rock to name a few. The album is mainly produced by Spank Rock and Diplo. The track, "A Love Song" heavily samples Santigold's "I'm A Lady."

Here is the official track listing for "I Love You":

01 - Make It Take It
02 - Something Bigger, Something Better
03 - Make-Up
04 - Gimme What You Got (Feat. Spank Rock)
05 - Lemme Get Some (Feat. Chuck Inglish)
06 - Shame On Me
07 - A Love Song (Feat. Santigold)
08 - DJ
09 - Might Like You Better
10 - Big Heavy
11 - Leaving You Behind (Feat. Lykke Li)
12 - Take It Easy (Feat. M.I.A.)