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The Backstreet Boys (without Kevin Richardson) will release their ninth album, which entitled "This Is Us," this October 6, 2009, and will have a series of world tour.

The Jive Records, 11-track album features new material that Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and AJ McLean collaborated on alongside with songwriters and producers like Max Martin, T-Pain, RedOne, Soulshock & Karlin, Jim Jonsin and Claude Kelly.

"We always try to set the bar as high as possible," Dorough told Billboard.com. "We've always been a pop/R&B group. We focus our songs around good melodies and group harmonies, and hopefully that will have a lot of staying power."

"We're really excited to release this new album and know that our fans are excited too," Carter said in a press release. "We worked with a group of amazing artists and producers that we've never worked with before, exploring new sounds and territory and know the final product turned out incredible."

The Backstreet Boys will be launches their world tour on September 27 in Singapore, then goes to Europe from October 30-December 6. North American dates for 2010 are expected to be announced soon.






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The 15-year-old star of the Disney hit show "Hannah Montana", Miley Cyrus will show the world her own identity of music and prove it what more stuff she had, with the release of her first album under her own name in July.

The new album entitled "Breakout"(Disney's Hollywood Records). Her first single is "7 Things". It is hitting the airwaves last week, in the U.S. top 40 radio stations and also got an exposure in the top 40 adults stations.

Miley Cyrus released her first two albums under the name of her character in Disney show "Hannah Montana". Her first album was "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert", currently no. 33 on the Billboard 200. And the "Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack) / Meet Miley Cyrus", was a former chart-topper.
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A former "American Idol" contestant and an Oscar-winner, being a part of the movie "Dreamgirls", will launch her self-titled debut album in September but her first carrier single will come out first in June.

Her first carrier single titled "Spotlight", which is composed by Ne-Yo. The other contributors to this album are Timbaland, Robin Thicke, The Underdogs, Diane Warren and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. Jennifer Hudson's debut album will be release under SonyBMG label Artista Records. Expect it the single will be hear in your favorite radio station on June 9.

We will also see Jeniffer Hudson in an upcoming movie "Sex and the City", which she played the role of Louise.
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