According to the Guinness Book of Records, the song Yesterday by The Beatles holds the record for having the most cover versions of any song ever. More than 3,000 versions of the song are available, but none of them could be better than the original!

Given the rise in popularity of the cover song, many becoming huge hits for the covering artists, what does make a great cover song? Is it a seamless rendition? Is it in seeing how far you can twist it from the original while still maintaining the original intent? Is it about sincerity? Irony? Perhaps putting that unmistakable personal stamp on it? The truth is that there is no formula for a great cover but we’ve found our favourites and put them on Video Hits: The Greatest Covers.

It’s three CDs packed with everything from Faith No More, Jeff Buckley, Red Hot Chili Peppers and UB40 to Florence + The Machine, Lily Allen and Katy Perry. My personal favourite is a little gem from our very own Paul Dempsey covering the MGMT smash Time To Pretend.

It’s in stores today, so grab yourself a copy!

Katy… I truly have no words.

But our Chairman’s disclaimer / introduction to our in-house screening of California Gurls says it all:

Check out this super fun teaser for Katy Perry’s California Gurls feat. fellow West Coast representative Snoop Dogg.

It’s cupcake-alicious and outrageously colourful – so very Katy.

Seems like Australia loves the West Coast… California Gurls is #1 on iTunes Australia and is now a Gold single!

Riding off the back of the biggest ARIA Awards since Ben Hur (please don’t mention that ARIAs didn’t necessarily operate during the time of Christ), it’s difficult to let the party die down. After all, it’s only 3 weeks til Christmas!

So indeed the good times continue with the news that we (that’s EMI worldwide, not my band) have FIFTY SIX Grammy Award nominations in the whopping one hundred and nine categories – far too many to list, but here are our EMI highlights!

Multiple nominees include our favourite shaggy-haired, bikini-babe-surrounded Frenchman David Guetta (who also produced The Black Eyed Peas’ Grammy nominated album and record of the year), Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Keith Urban and American Classic legend Willie Nelson.

Katy Perry announced the Best Rock Album nominees and discussed the Black Eyed Peas nominations – watch the videos.

And yes, the reason why the Grammy artwork is so cool this year is no other than Shepard Fairey – the man behind THAT Obama / Hope and Obey / Giant artwork – is responsible. OBEY (great music)

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
	Hot N Cold – Katy Perry
Best Dance Recording
	When Love Takes Over – David Guetta & Kelly Rowland
Best Electronic/Dance Album
	One Love – David Guetta
	Yes – Pet Shop Boys Read the rest of this entry »

While in Brisbane to kick off her first Australian tour date KATY PERRY took the time to visit the Brisbane EKKA yesterday and hang out with the B105 Breakfast radio gang. Our favourite girl was mobbed but Katy couldn’t have been happier getting to meet her Brisbane fans for the first time before she thrilled them again live that same evening at her SOLD OUT “Hello Miss Katy” show at The Tivoli.

Come back soon Katy…..

I love the interwebs. You find weird stuff like this all the time…Katy Perry being challenged by Calvin Harris to open a can of Jam for ‘JAM TV’:

WTF, Calvin Harris?

And more tasty Katy fodder… Check out the ‘Manhattan Clique Mix’ of Waking Up In Vegas including far too M&Ms for this lifetime:

Nice one bruvva!

Katy is coming to the land of Oz in August for her first proper tour – superfantastic! Dates and ticket info her: www.katyperry.com

Personally I’m hoping to see some outfits like this:

Or this:

Or an entrance like this:

Or this:

Any or all of the above would be fine with me, Katy. KTHANXBAI

Thankyou to Perez Hilton for this absolute gem, performed and recorded by Andy Xiong. Original version and vocals, naturally a Katy Perry classic.

Dragon Force all the way! Would like to hear some Cannibal Corpse-esque death metal growls though…

It was premiered on Perez Hilon today, so you pop-junkies should have already heard… The trailer for Ravishing in Red Katy Perry’s Waking Up In Vegas vid is at http://perezhilton.com/2009-04-10-your-first-look-32.

Yes, it’s cinematic enough to need a trailer. We’re talking Lambourghini’s, stretch-limos, gold confetti (probably 24K), tears, and smeared make-up (yet again).

Power Pop at it power-iest.