Pop music

Apple today announced the debut of the John Lennon solo catalog on the iTunes® Store. Sixteen of Lennon’s solo works from EMI Music are available for the first time on iTunes starting today, with the “Lennon Legend” and “Acoustic” collections making their worldwide digital debuts. For a limited period of 30 days, exclusive video content will be included with the albums “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band,” “Sometime in New York City,” “Walls and Bridges,” “Milk and Honey” and the collections “Anthology” and “Working Class Hero.”

It may be her experience as a student of New York’s Tisch School of the Arts, or it could be her experience as a songwriter for Interscope, but Lady Gaga has what it takes to make it on the pop charts.

Her album exudes the confidence of a powerful new talent. Lady Gaga wrote all of the lyrics on the album, as well as doing most of the synthesizer work.

Lady Gaga’s genre of music could be described as “discotronica.” But if disco is a little before your time, fear not. With her strong vocals, pounding beats and repetitive refrains, Gaga gives modern music a tongue-in-cheek retro touch. “LoveGame” is laced with sensual slow beats; “_Boys Boys Boys_” is Gaga’s answer to Motley Crue’s “_Girls, Girls, Girls_.”

And with her leather gloves, fishnet tights, sunglasses, and the mirrorball on stage, Gaga seems to have the same fashion-conscious sensibility for pop culture that Madonna did in the ’80s. Her creative crew, “_Haus of Gaga_,” designs everything from the sound to the stage.

Rockferry is the debut album due to be released by Welsh singer Duffy on the 3rd March 2008.

Prior to releasing the album, Duffy twice appeared on Jools Holland’s music show, and performed the tracks -”Mercy”, “Warwick Avenue” and her version of “_The First Cut Is The Deepest_”

It might seem super hard to believe it, but pretty pop princess Kelly Clarkson has admitted that she’s never been in love. The 25 year-old Idol winner spills all in this month’s issue of Elle Magazine in the US, where she is featured on the cover. She said “I know people probably think I’ve been heartbroken, because of the stuff I’ve sung and written. I love my friends and family. But I have never said the words ‘I love you’ to anyone in a romantic relationship. Ever. I am very old-school, conservative in my thinking when it comes to relationships. Love is something you work at. It doesn’t come easily. There are going to be bad days. You are going to have to work at loving someone when they are being an idiot. People think they’re just going to meet the perfect guy. Don’t be ridiculous.”

Poor old Kelly has been going through a rough time recently. There’s been a run in with Clive Davis over her upcoming CD, “My December”, where he allegedly made an offer of $10 million if Kelly ditched five of her songs for more radio-friendly. In the meantime, expect to see Kelly in a city near you as she travels across the US this summer as part of her tour.