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• Star-Studded Tribute Pushes Cancer Victim's Song Toward Chart Debut Zach Sobiech defied a cancer diagnosis to pen the inspirational anthem "Clouds," generating a star-studded tribute video and a spot high on next week's Hot 100.
• Charli XCX Goes Full-On Club Kid For 'Take My Hand' Video It’s no secret that the 20-year-old loves the '80s. In her latest music video, Charli leisurely strolls through a famous London night club checking out her friends, dancing to her new tune, “Take My Hand.”
• New Music To Know: Pacific Air, Electropop With Just A Touch Of Enya Most bands wear their influences on their sleeves, but Pacific Air tuck theirs away, hiding them within the many layers of their songs where they can only be heard with headphones.
• Ms. Emeli Sandé Goes To Washington To Honor Carole King With President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle seated just three feet away, Emeli Sandé took the stage at the White House Wednesday (May 22) night in honor of Carole King. She tells us about it.
• Conan O'Brien Points Out That Taylor Swift's '22' Isn't An 'Accurate Representation' "I didn't see any Ramen Noodles in that video 'cause that's all you're eating when you're 22," Conan joked
• KISS, The Monoculture & Daft Punk's Quest For Classic Album Status With ‘Random Access Memories’ Daft Punk have quite successfully captured the imagination of not just the music world but the pop culture public at large, and done so in a way that both steals a page from KISS and strives for classic album status.
• Avril Lavigne Goes To Marilyn Manson For Music And Style Advice Everyone knows Avril Lavigne worked with Nickelback frontman (and now fiancé) Chad Kroeger on her upcoming album. But she also received a little help from Marilyn Manson.
• Style Files: Beyoncé Curates Rent The Runway Boutique The overarching theme seems to be: short and sparkly, just like Beyonce's Julien Macdonald-designed tour costumes.
• Carly Rae Jepsen Enlists Fans' Help For New Song 'Take A Picture' Instead of writing new music by herself, Carly Rae Jepsen took a different route and decided to ask fans to help with new song "Take A Picture."
• Q&A: Eve On Her Comback Album 'Lip Lock' & Rap's New Female Stars The Grammy-winning rapper talks to Radio.com about her new album "Lip Lock," how she connected with Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship and what it's like for a Philly girl to live in London.
• Despite No New Music, One Direction Aims To Rule Summer With Book, 3-D Film & Tour This summer is proving to be a big one for One Direction. First the boys are headed back to America in June for their Take Me Home Tour, then, in addition to their 3-D film "This Is Us," they'll be releasing a new book.
• On The Charts: Vampire Weekend's Second No. 1 Album, George Strait's Victory Lap Indie rock reigns this week as Vampire Weekend debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 134,000 copies of the band's third album, 'Modern Vampires of the City', according to data from Nielsen SoundScan.