'Duets II': Tony Bennett's First Number One Album

After 60 years and over 70 albums, Tony Bennett finally has a number one album.

The 15-time Grammy winner, who celebrated his 85th birthday at a major party last Sunday, is set to take the top slot on the Billboard 200 chart with the release of his album, "Duets II." The record pairs Bennett with a series of young singers -- including "Body and Soul," the famous duet with the late Amy Winehouse -- and is estimated to sell 170,000 copies in its first week out. The album also includes his duet with Lady Gaga on "The Lady Is A Tramp."

It is the first time Bennett has ever had a number one album; his first "Duets" album, released in 2006, hit #3 on the chart. The crooner, most famous for his signature song, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," has sold over 50 million records, and has placed three singles at the number one slot in the Billboard chart

What do you think about Cher Lloyd’s new single With Ur Love?

Love her or hate her, Cher Lloyd is continuing her assault on the pop charts!

The pint-sized pop star has a brand new single coming out called With Ur Love, and her debut album will be released on 7 November. Which has been conveniently timed to coincide with the X Factor live shows, so we’re bound to see her as one of the special guests.

Anyway, back to the new song, there are two things that are irritating us slightly about With Ur Love…

One) The “Ur” part of it. The children of today and their text speak. Tut!
Two) The song contains the word “swag”. We’re beginning to fear that Cher is incapable of releasing a song that doesn’t feature the phrase “swagger” or “swag”.

Other than that, With Ur (grr) Love is actually a pretty decent Rihanna-sounding pop tune. Cher’s first single, Swagger Jagger, landed straight at Number One in the charts, will her new song do the same?