The Hottest Breakout Stars of 2011

Another day, another list of who’s hot for 2011. This time Rolling Stone magazine lists who they consider to be the breakout stars of 2011.

Zoë Kravitz

Daughter of Lisa Bonet (Denise from The Cosby Show) and rock star Lenny Kravitz, Zoë has had an interesting filmography – she played a teen prostitute in The Brave One with Jodie Foster, a victim of physical abuse in Yelling to the Sky with Gabourey Sidibe and a grief-counseling addict in The Greatest with Carey Mulligan. Watch out for her as fly-mutant Angel Salvadore in X-Men: First Class.





Tinie Tempah

Brit winner Tinie (Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu Jr) is due to release a US version of his Number 1 album Disc-Overy in the US later this year. He performed ‘Pass Out’ with Snoop at Glastonbury last year and is set to become the first grime artst to make it big in the US. Bonne chance Tinie!










Wiz Khalifa

You’ve no doubt heard his hit ‘Black and Yellow’ - he says it took less than 10 seconds to come up with the hook! His debut single has sold more than 2.3 million and has been freestyled over by Lil Wayne. He’s not shy to show his affection for weed – he’s been quoted as saying he once spent over $10,000 in one month on the green! Now dating Kanye’s ex Amber Rose, his album Rolling Papers is out now and features Rick Ross and Snoop Dogg.










Read the full report here.

US Chart Roundup: "Black And Yellow" Is #1, But The Steelers Probably Don't Wanna Hear It

Well, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost the Super Bowl, but at least fans of the team waved their Terrible Towels high with one hand as they downloaded Wiz Khalifa's hometown football anthem "Black And Yellow" from iTunes with the other. The Stargate-produced hip hop jam finally climbs to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its 18th week on the chart.

Debuting at #5 is Dr. Dre—who apparently has been more content to live high on his mountain of cash and develop a line of headphones over the past decade than make music under his own name—with "I Need A Doctor." Grammy-nominated British producer Alex Da Kid (check out my interview with him) worked on Dre's track, so its no surprise that Alex's protege Skylar Grey appears on it (not to mention Dre's own protege Eminem).

This brings us to Rihanna's "S&M," which jumps from #66 to #31 after last week's premiere of the song's ho-hum video. Replacing RiRi at #66 is Ke$ha with "Blow," her second single off Cannibal. And two positions above her is Adele's "Rolling In The Deep."

A bit further down, Jessie J's "Price Tag"—this week's UK chart-topper—debuts at #88. Kind of a blase week. But at least, as mentioned yesterday, Pink's Greatest Hits...So Far!!! has finally jumped into the Top 10 on the album chart after three months.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa *1 week*
2. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars 
3. "Firework" - Katy Perry
4. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink
5. "I Need A Doctor" - Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey *new*
6. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" - Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
7. "Rocketeer" - Far East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder
8. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake
9. "Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)" - Pitbull feat. T-Pain
10. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears