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

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- 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

The German Phono Academy has announced the winners of the first five categories of the ECHO Awards, with Ke$ha added to the line-up of performers at the ceremony in Berlin.

The producers of the year honor went to Andreas Herbig, Peter “Jem” Seifert, Florian Fischer, Adel Tawil, Annette Humpe and Sebastian Kirchner for the German duo Ich+Ich (Polydor/Universal). The duo will also perform at the March 4 ceremony at Berlin fair grounds, along with Robbie Williams, Sade and Gossip. It will be broadcast live on German TV station ARD.

Schlager singer Helene Fischer won DVD of the year for “Zaubermond Live” (Electrola/EMI). A special award for social commitment went to Irish-born Rea Garvey and his German group Reamonn for their children’s foundation Saving an Angel.

Amazon.de was named as the retailer of the year, while the radio station SWR 3 in Baden-Baden won the media award.

The awards were presented on a charity dinner for the foundation “Music Helps” in Berlin.

Source: Billboard

Ke$ha was at the Swiss Music Awards 2010 in Zurich yesterday, March 2. She looks gorgeous! She performed “TiK ToK” and the show will be on the ProSieben Switzerland TV channel at 8.15 – 10.15 p.m. so hopefully we will have the video of this fantastic performance soon! Keep checking back and make sure you view all of the pix.

PICTURES LINKS:
- Appearances from 2010: Swiss Music Awards 2010 in Zurich – Arrivals – March 2
- Performances from 2010: Swiss Music Awards 2010 in Zurich – March 2
- Performances from 2010: Swiss Music Awards 2010 in Zurich – March 2 [HQ]

Ke$ha has revealed that she will adopt a more grown up sound when she records her second album.

The singer, who topped the Billboard 200 with debut LP Animal, claimed that she will look to her heritage to get inspiration for the follow-up.

“Coming from Nashville, I love Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard, and want to make those records too. But right now, it’s my ‘f**k off’, fun period and I’m gonna enjoy it,” she told Q magazine.

Ke$ha reportedly worked on her debut album for seven years prior to its release, writing over 200 songs for the LP.

She previously recorded backing vocals for Paris Hilton’s debut album.

Source: Digital Spy

Little Boots has admitted that she was baffled when she saw the video to Ke$ha’s latest single ‘Blah Blah Blah’.

The British singer, who released her debut album Hands in the US on March 2, revealed that she was undecided on whether she likes Ke$ha.

“Just saw a video of KRAZY KE$HA drawing on her own ass. Not sure how I feel about that one,” she wrote on Twitter.

Little Boots kicked off her North American tour in New York earlier this week.

Source: Digital Spy

Singer Ke$ha has launched a scathing attack at Britney Spears.

The Tik Tok hitmaker — who featured on Britney’s track Lace And Leather — doesn’t like the fact Spears lip-syncs during her concerts.

“I think that’s bulls***,” she said. “I don’t think that’s fair at all for people who are going to see the show. I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you should dance.

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Pop wild child Ke$ha has revealed how she tried tracking down her father – only to be left down and out in Los Angeles.

America’s hottest new rock chick has never met her dad and gave up any interest in finding him after a trip to the City of Angels proved to be a dead end.

Ke$ha – who has been at No1 in the US since the new year with Tik Tok – insists she wouldn’t be too thrilled if he turned up out of the blue. The 23-year-old said: “I made my way out to LA and stayed with this guy I thought could be my dad, but he’s not.

“At least I don’t think he is. There is a slim chance he is my father. I got off the airplane to meet him and immediately I was like, no way.”

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