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Congrats! Ariana Grande‘s debut single, The Way has been certified Gold.

After a month of deliberations, Radio Disney has added the Jonas Brothers new single, Pom Poms to their playlist. The song was first tested on the Music Mailbag on April 6th.

Jason Derulo‘s 2013 is shaping up to be one of his best yet. After premiering The Other Side via Ryan Seacrest’s radio program last week, the song has trumped the Top 40 charts becoming the #1 most added record in the format this year with over 120 adds across the country: just 25 stations short of the all-time record set by former touring mate Lady Gaga.

It’s starting to get interesting! In the last three days we’ve had three different artists at the #1 spot of Macy’s iHeart Radio Rising Star contest. After 31 days of voting, Jessie Malay has risen to the top for the first time. To cast your vote, visit Macys/iHeart.com/Macys.

Today Drew Seeley and his wife Amy Paffrath will return from their wedding adventure at sea. The 5 day/4 night excursion included stops in Key West and Cozumel, Mexico with family and friends. Pictures of the happy couple should be surfacing shortly.

The Civil Wars’ highly anticipated sophomore self-titled album will be released late summer 2013 on Sensibility Music/Columbia Records. This is the follow up to the three-time Grammy Award-winning duo’s acclaimed debut, Barton Hollow, which is now certified RIAA Gold in the U.S.

On May 11th, The Good Mad featuring Allie Gonino (The Lying Game) will be performing at the Willamette Valley Music Festival held at the University of Oregon. Fore more details, visit musicfest.uoregon.edu. Then on the 13th, they’ll be at High Dive in Seattle, WA.

Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful will once again provide audiences with a magical entertainment experience when it debuts for in-home release on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, Digital and On-Demand, June 11th.

Blu-ray Bonus Features:
➢ The Magic of “Oz The Great and Powerful” (Second Screen Experience) – An immersive Second Screen experience that details all things Oz. From an interactive map full of secrets and surprises, to an inside look at the spectacular world of Oz. This App provides exclusive access to invigorating and exclusive content including:
• The Enchanting Characters and Creatures of Oz – From Munchkins and Tinkers to good witches, bad witches, and flying baboons, this piece follows each character and creature of the Land of Oz from inspiration to final outcome.
• The Sounds of Magical Oz – What adds fragility to the sounds of China Girl’s footsteps; ferocity to the tornado; or weight to the flutter of Finley’s flapping wings?
• Sleight of Hand: Zach Braff Puppet Theater – Actor, and voice of Finley, Zach Braff introduces viewers to the Finley mockup.
• Mariah Carey Music Video
➢ Bloopers
➢ My Journey in Oz by James Franco – A personal story produced and directed by James Franco.
➢ Mr. Elfman’s Musical Concoctions – An interview with composer Danny Elfman unveils his inspiration in scoring “Oz The Great And Powerful.”
➢ China Girl and the Suspension of Disbelief – This feature uncloaks the several forms of movie magic employed to bring China Girl to life, from the initial artwork and character design, to the on-set puppeteering during filmmaking, and finally, through each stage of the visual-effects process; and includes an interview with Joey King, the voice of China Girl.
➢ Before Your Very Eyes: From Kansas to Oz – Production designer Robert Stromberg takes viewers through the set design of the Land of Oz, from sketching his original ideas on a napkin, through to the final set pieces and the accompanying visual effects.
➢ Mila’s Metamorphosis – Lead makeup artist Howard Berger expands on one of the oldest, most tried-and-true forms of movie magic: makeup design and effects.
➢ Walt Disney and the Road to Oz – It is well known that Walt Disney had a fascination with the Land of Oz since he was a child. See how that fascination grew into inspiration as he began planning for his own adaptation of the stories in the classic Baum books.

DVD Bonus Features:
➢ Bloopers
➢ Walt Disney and the Road to Oz

Thomas Kasp (Space Warriors) will be guest starring in an all-new episode of NBC’s Community, tonight at 7pm CST. The episode is entitled Heroic Origins. (Pictured above: Thomas with Community star Donald Glover).

5:30pm CST – A Walk to Remember (ABC Family)
Forced to tutor students at a school, a young delinquent falls for a minister’s daughter.

7pm CST – American Idol: Results Show (FOX)
Contestants face elimination; David Cook performs.

7pm CST – Big Time Rush: Big Time Invasion (Nickelodeon)
The boys try to stop the invasion of a British boy band; the boys hire a music manager to help Gustavo; a rift forms between band members.

7pm CST – Enchanted (Disney Channel)
Banished by an evil queen, a princess from a fairy-tale world lands in modern Manhattan, where music, magic and “happily ever after” are sorely lacking.

7pm CST – The Vampire Diaries: She’s Come Undone (CW)
In hope of turning Elena’s humanity back on, Damon and Stefan provoke her in a new, brutal way; Rebekah receives unsolicited advice from Matt; Katherine is suspicious of an offer from Bonnie.

7:30pm CST – The Last Song (ABC Family)
In a Southern beach town, a man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter through their shared love of music.

8pm CST – Glee: Wonder-ful (FOX)
The glee club members perform Stevie Wonder songs; Artie receives potentially life-changing news; Rachel prepares for her callback.

Aaron Carter with special guests Ryan Cabrera, Tyler Hilton, & Teddy Geiger
Egyptian Theatre
DeKalb, IL

All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, Mayday Parade and You Me At Six
Congress Theater
Chicago, IL

Carrie Underwood
Bradley Center
Milwaukee, WI

Ellie Goulding and Charli XCX
Den Atelier
Luxembourg

Jamie Grace
Woodvale Pentecostal Church
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada

Paramore
The Joint
Las Vegas, NV

Love is in the air! Tonight you’ll definitely want to tune in to ABC Family for the premiere of Lovestruck: The Musical, starring: Drew Seeley, Chelsea Kane, Sara Paxton and Adrienne Bailon. To find out more about it, be sure to check out or interview earlier this week with Drew Seeley!

Cheers to 20 years! The Backstreet Boys raise a glass to a Larger Than Life evening.

Savannah Outen‘s latest cover is of Falling Slowly by The Swell Season with Chester See. Check it out on YouTube.

Popstar Prom! Here’s a few shots of Jasmine Sagginario posing for some pictures last night before Prom.

After twenty days, Bean is ranked #9 on the leaderboard for Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star contest. Visit Macys.iHeart.com/Macys to show your support!

1. One Direction – Kiss You
2. Taylor Swift – 22
3. Anna Kendrick – Cups
4. Bella Thorne and Zendaya – Contagious Love
5. R5 – Loud
6. Bridgit Mendler – Hurricane
7. Justin Bieber – All Around The World f/Ludacris
8. Demi Lovato – Heart Attack
9. Bruno Mars – When I Was Your Man
10. Mindless Behavior – All Around The World
11. Coco Jones – Holla At The DJ
12. Ariana Grande – The Way
13. Cher Lloyd – With Ur Love
14. Olly Murs – Troublemaker
15. Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
16. Rihanna – Stay f/Mikky Ekko
17. Cody Simpson – Be The One
18. Little Mix – Wings
19. Krewella – Alive
20. Imagine Dragons – It’s Time
21. Austin Mahone – Say You’re Just A Friend f/Flo Rida
22. Of Monsters And Me – Little Talks
23. Will.i.am – #thePower f/Justin Bieber
24. Carly Rae Jepsen – Tonight I’m Getting Over You
25. Hot Chelle Rae – Hung Up
26. Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble
27. Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
28. Mumford And Sons – I Will Wait
29. Jessica Sanchez – Tonight f/ Ne-Yo
30. OneRepublic – If I Lose Myself

Falling off the charts this weeks was Justin Bieber’s – Beauty & A Beat f/Nicki Minaj and Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing f/ Florence Welch

Last Thursday, the American premiere for Destiny Road was held in Atlanta, GA. Pictured above: Zoe Myers, Robert Treveiler, Daniel Samonas, Elizabeth Tucker Brewster, Michael Davis, Johanna Jowett and Dave Blamy.

Emmy Rossum styled her hair with ban.do at The Onyx And Breezy Foundation’s ‘Saving Tails’ Fundraiser earlier this week. The Flash Bobbi Pins in Blush complemented her fishtail braid perfectly ($10 for set, shopbando.com).

12pm CST- The Princess Diaries (ABC Family)
A woman gives etiquette lessons to her reluctant granddaughter who is heir apparent to a throne.

2:30pm CST – Enchanted (ABC Family)
Banished by an evil queen, a princess from a fairy-tale world lands in modern Manhattan, where music, magic and “happily ever after” are sorely lacking.

1pm CST – Top 30 Countdown (Radio Disney)

4:56pm CST – Tangled (ABC Family)
Crowned with 70 feet of magical golden hair, Rapunzel strikes a deal with a charming thief to spring her from her prison tower.

7pm CST – Lovestruck: The Musical (ABC Family)
A choreographer tries to stop her daughter’s wedding after an elixir magically turns her into a young woman.

7pm CST – Once Upon a Time: Lacey (ABC)
Mr. Gold asks David for help jogging Belle’s memory; Anton’s magic beans begin to grow; Rumpelstiltskin goes after a thief.

7pm CST – See Dad Run: See Dad Host a Playgroup (Nickelodeon)
David tries to come up with his own parenting technique.

Aaron Carter and Nikki Flores
Martin’s Downtown
Roanoke, VA

All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, Mayday Parade and You Me At Six
Factory
Philadelphia, PA

Justin Bieber
Ericsson Globe
Stockholm, Sweden

Today we’ve got a new interview with Drew Seeley from ABC Family’s – Lovestruck: The Musical. Click here to get all the details about it and find out what it was like working with Chelsea Kane and the rest of the cast. Drew also shares about his new lyric video, a song he’ll soon be recording with Savannah Outen, and his upcoming wedding!

Paramore, the new album from Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore, has gone to the top of the SoundScan/Billboard 200 after its first week in release. The album’s phenomenal success represents the band’s first #1 album to date, with sales of 106,422 and counting.

Ready to make this happen? Honor Society has launched a new Kickstarter project titled, Overnight Success – A Documentary Film & Soundtrack. To find out more about it and how you can help them achieve their goal of $35,000 visit Kickstarter.com. (In the first seven hours they raised over $5,500 dollars!!!)

In this week’s episode of The Paradise Series, Cody Simpson is in the studio, only he’s not the one recording! Watch Cody give his sister some pointers as she records her first song.

Before You Exit, have announced they will be supporting Cody Simpson on his Summer Headlining Tour, along with special guest, Ryan Beatty. The tour will kick off on May 30th at The Moran Theatre in Jacksonville, FL. Here are the dates!

May
30 Jacksonville, FL – Times Union Center for the Performing Arts Moran Theater
31 Tampa, FL – Straz Center for the Performing Arts

June
2 Birmingham, AL – BJCC Concert Hall
4 Atlanta, GA – The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
6 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
7 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
8 San Antonio, TX – Lila Cockrell Theatre
9 El Paso, TX – Plaza Theatre
12 Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre
13 Tucson, AZ – The Historic Rialto Theatre
14 Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
16 Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
19 Fresno, CA – Saroyan Theatre
20 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
21 Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Community Center Theater
22 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
23 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
24 Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
27 Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall
28 Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
30 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Burton Cummings Theatre for the Performing Arts

July
2 Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
5 Chicago, IL – Akoo Theatre at Rosemont
8 Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
10 Montreal, QC – Metropolis
12 Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theater
13 Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Library Music Hall
14 Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall
17 New Brunswick, NJ – State Theatre
18 New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
20 Boston, MA – House of Blues
23 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
24 St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House
25 Kansas City, MO – The Midland by AMC
26 Wichita, KS – The Cotillion
27 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre

The Jonas Brothers special ticket sale on Groupon is over! The group sold 730 balcony tickets at the reasonable price of $30 plus misc. charges for their August show in LA. R5 is the latest to promote concert tickets online via Google Ads. It’s probably safe to say that attendance has dropped significantly based on the fact the group is returning to the same venues they just played at four months ago.

After seventeen days, Bean is ranked #9 on the leaderboard for Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star contest. Visit Macys.iHeart.com/Macys to show your support!

On April 23rd, Elle’s Women in Music Portfolio will hit newsstands. It includes Haim, and they’re thoughts on staying close to their roots: “We still practice in our parents’ living room. If it’s not broken, why fix it?”

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan, best known for his performances on Saturday Night Live and for his role on the hit series 30 Rock, has been named the host of the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, airing live from Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19th.

5:30pm CST – Step Up 3 (ABC Family)
Street dancers team with a freshman from New York University for a high-stakes showdown against the world’s best hip-hop dancers.

7pm CST – American Idol: Results Show (FOX)
Contestants face elimination; Fantasia performs; Clay Aiken performs.

7pm CST – The Vampire Diaries: Pictures of You (CW)
Rebekah receives a life-changing challenge; Elena disrupts Caroline’s plans for the senior prom; Bonnie makes a frightening discovery.

7:30pm CST – Fame (ABC Family)
Students at New York’s High School of Performing Arts see if they have the dedication and talent necessary to achieve their dreams.

8pm CST – Glee: Sweet Dreams (FOX)
When the glee club members learn that “Dreams” is the theme of regionals, everyone has a different opinion on what they should sing; Rachel auditions for a Broadway revival of “Funny Girl.”

All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, Mayday Parade and You Me At Six
The Fillmore Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

Carrie Underwood
James Brown Arena
Augusta, GA

OneRepublic
Trix Club
Antwerp, Belgium

R5
Rocketown
Nashville, TN

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
Philips Arena
Atlanta, GA