Billboard’s new pan-European sales charts show Sade starting a third week atop European Albums with “Soldier of Love” (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment), while Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” (RCA/Sony Music Entertainment) moves into a fifth week at No. 1 on Hot 100 Singles. (…)

The Ke$ha single keeps its European crown with the help of another week at No. 1 in France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria (further afield, a parody version of the song by the Midwest Vikings on the Independent label holds at No. 5 in Australia).

Ke$ha’s “Animal” album falls 10-16 on the Europe-wide chart, but remains in the top ten in Austria and Switzerland. (…)

Source: Billboard

Ke$ha was at the Oliver Pocher Show in Germany, earlier today, March 5. She performed “TiK ToK” and was also featured on the show’s “Sylvies Society Report” so make sure you watch the videos now!
You can watch the high quality “TiK ToK” performance by clicking here!

If you haven’t already heard, Ke$ha is coming to Australia!

Here at Take 40 HQ, we are super excited for the party girl’s visit after her smash hit debut single ‘Tik Tok’ was number one on our chart for a massive 9 weeks.

We have some exciting stuff planned with Ke$ha while she’s here later this month so make sure you stay tuned to take40.com for all the details!

In the meantime, check out her latest video ‘Blah Blah Blah’ featuring the boys from 3OH!3! Click here to watch ‘Blah Blah Blah’ now!

Source: Take 40

I’ve just added a new high quality candid of Ke$ha arriving at Residenz Theater for the recording of German TV show “Oliver Pocher Show” in Cologne, Germany earlier today, March 5. Keep checking back for more media on this show appearance!

PICTURES LINKS:
- Candids from 2010: March 5 – Arriving at Residenz Theater in Cologne [HQ]

ARMREVOLUTION Luxury Designer Cufflinks teamed up with charity SAVE THE CHILDREN at the recent BAFTA Awards and London Fashion Week to help raise funds for the Haiti Appeal. As part of the fund-raising events, ARMREVOLUTION’s designer cufflinks were exclusively offered to celebrities who attended the event at Claridge’s Hotel in Mayfair, London. A number of them were looking for cufflinks to complete the last details of their outfits for their public appearance at the award ceremony.
You can view a still of Ke$ha at the event in our gallery!

PICTURES LINKS:
- Unsorted: ARMREVOLUTION Goes Backstage to Save the Children in Haiti [2010]

I’ve uploaded a new Ke$ha photoshoot to our gallery taken by Toini Lindroos on February 2010 during one of her recent visits to Switzerland. Make sure you view these gorgeous pix!

PICTURES LINKS:
- Photoshoots from 2010: Toini Lindroos

Ke$ha was at the 2010 ECHO Awards in Berlin earlier today, March 4. She looks so stunning!! I’ve uploaded some pix and you can also watch a video of the AMAZING “TiK ToK” performance below. Make sure you also follow @keshasebertorg for more updates!

PICTURES LINKS:
- Appearances from 2010: 2010 ECHO Awards in Berlin – Arrivals – March 4 [HQ]
- Appearances from 2010: 2010 ECHO Awards in Berlin – Arrivals – March 4
- Performances from 2010: 2010 ECHO Awards in Berlin – March 4 [HQ]
- Performances from 2010: 2010 ECHO Awards in Berlin – March 4

PICTURES LINKS:
- Magazines & Scans from 2010: Nashville Scene – March 4
- Photoshoots from 2009: Shelby Duncan [Animal]

It was the day after Christmas, and we were dancing at 12th & Porter while Ke$ha danced barely three feet away. She already had the No. 2 song in the country, but she wouldn’t be a global it-girl for at least another week. Had we known that, a month later, we’d be fighting with Rolling Stone and most of the European Union to land an interview, we would have just violated the first rule of the Nashville Celebrity-Industrial Complex to cut in.

But at that point, Ke$ha — born Kesha Rose Sebert — was still just a girl from Brentwood who’d moved to L.A. to make pop records. Tons of artists head to the Left Coast to make music with big-name producers every year, but rarely do those albums see the light of day, never mind launch a single like “TiK ToK” — the hook-laden, bawdy dance-pop monster that recently sucker punched Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” for the longest run of consecutive weeks on top of Billboard’s Hot 100 charts. Not that we weren’t pulling for the sassy 23-year-old, but that sort of success is rare, and even rarer among people who’ve allegedly made out with not one, but two members of our Monday-night trivia team.

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R&B singer-songwriter Taio Cruz (it’s pronounced “Tie-Oh”) has already made a name for himself back home in the UK, where the sweet-voiced 26-year-old scored a number one record last year with the club-ready “Break Your Heart.” (He’s also penned hits for Brit-centric acts like Tinchy Stryder, Cheryl Cole, and Sugababes.) Now, “Heart” is racing up the US singles charts, putting Cruz on track for transatlantic pop stardom. EW caught up with him this week to find out more about his upcoming album (due in the states this summer), his influences, and his new video with Ke$ha.

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EW: You’re shooting a video with Ke$ha, right?
TC: It’s the second single off my new album Rokstarr. It’s called “Dirty Picture.”

EW: How did you two hook up?
TC: I had heard of Ke$ha ages ago, before she put out “Tik Tok.” And I wanted to do some work with Dr. Luke, who produced her album. I loved her voice. It’s got this awesome kind of yodel-y effect to it. I’d produced and written this “Dirty Picture” song, so I just thought, let’s put a female on it. She loved the song, and now she’s kind of blowing up and becoming a humongous superstar. So I offered to come down for the video.

EW: What can you tell us about it?
TC: The concept for the video is bascially, we’re gonna have the coolest, most underground scene ever, like being invited to this party that only the coolest most trendy can be invited to. And we’re just going to have a raunchy dirty party where people take pictures of themselves in corners doing naughty things and sending them to each other all over the place. And she’s in a bathroom being filmed. It’s kind of fashiony in that it’s a bit dirty, but very slick the way it’s filmed.

EW: Anything else?
TC: It’s got a few twists that I don’t want to say yet. It’s going to be good though.

Source: EW.com