It will be difficult for Adele to top her Video Music Awards performance for the hit “Someone Like You,” but reps for the singer have released a teaser for the song’s proper video.

The official music video is expected out later this week, and a press release ahead of its premiere (tommorrow night on MTV and Vevo at 7:56pm EDT) describes the clip as “minimal and graceful.” Jake Nava, who has worked with Kanye West and Beyonce in the past, directed the clip, and he describes the feel of the video:

“The location evokes style and romance,” Nava explains, “and shooting early in the morning allows you to focus on Adele in this lonely and emotional space.”

The clip was shot on location in Paris in the early morning hours, and the released bit shows Adele in black and white wandering the city, singing. The hit comes off Adele’s 21, the biggest selling album of 2011 with more than 10 million units of the record sold worldwide. Since its February 22nd release, Adele’s 21 has remained in the top three of Billboards Top Albums, holding its high rankings for 30 weeks.

Of the song, Adele herself describes the heartbreak that went into writing it. The song chronicles her feelings upon learning the man she believed she’d marry- who had only broken up with her a few months earlier- was engaged to marry another woman. She says:

“I wrote that song on the end of my bed. I had a cold. I was waiting for my bath to run. I’d found out that he’d got engaged.

“We were so intense I thought we would get married. But that was something he never wanted …So when I found out he does want that with someone else, it was just the horrible-est feeling ever. But after I wrote it, I felt more at peace. It set me free … I didn’t think it would resonate … with the world! I’m never gonna write a song like that again. I think that’s the song I’ll be known for.”

Although the official “Someone Like You” video will likely be fabulous, it will be difficult to top this live performance:

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Did you hear the news? If you were on Twitter last night there’s a good chance that you did. Jay-Z and Beyonce are pregnant. Beyonce made the announcement about her pregnancy last night during MTV’s Video Music Awards and set off a Twitter frenzy that set a new record for tweets per second.

According to Twitter’s official global PR feed, @TwitterComms, last night at 10:35 p.m, there were 8,868 tweets being sent per second.

TwitterComms tweeted:

“Last night at 10:35pm ET, Beyonce’s big MTV #VMA moment gave Twitter a record bump: 8,868 Tweets per second.”

That’s a higher TPS rate than when Osama Bin Laden was killed.

News about Beyonce’s pregnancy broke a few hours earlier when the singer was walking the red carpet.

MTV tweeted:

“OMG Beyonce just made a huge announcement on the #vma carpet! #baby!!!!!”

But the huge spike in traffic didn’t occur until a few hours later when the singer took the stage to perform “Love on Top.”

Before singing, Beyonce said as she rubbed her five-month baby bump:

“I want you to feel the love that’s growing inside me.”

According to the AFP, Beyonce’s pregnancy news beat the previous tweets per second record by more than 1000 tweets. Here’s a list of some of the biggest spikes in Twitter traffic over the last few years.

• 7,196 tweets were sent per seond during the Women’s World Cup final between Japan and the United States in July.
• 7,166 tweets per second were sent when Brazil lost to Paraguay in the Copa America.
• 6,939 tweets per second when Tokyo rang in the New Year.
• 5,530 tweets per second were sent after the March 11th earthquake that rocked Japan.
• More than 5,000 tweets per second were sent after Osama Bin Laden’s death.

MTV was hoping to use social media in a big way last night, and well, they succeeded. MTV used a Twitter tracker throughout the broadcast to show celebrity tweets and what topics were hot at the moment.

MTV explained:

“Fans who want to get in on the VMA action can head to our MTV Twitter Tracker, where the section labeled ‘buzz’ will display photos of the celebs getting the most mentions. The photos will shrink and grow depending on popularity from moment to moment, so you’ll always know who’s blowing up.”

Needless to say, Beyonce’s pregnancy ruled the night. Beyonce, 29, and Jay-Z, 41, have been married for three years. This is their first child together.

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Britney Spears may have just won an award for a career filled with music videos, but the pop singer is still going strong. After winning the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and the Best Pop Video award for her single “Til The World Ends,” Britney Spears revealed the next single from her Femme Fatale album.

Spears told MTV News that her next single would be “Criminal.”

Britney said:

“I don’t if I’m at liberty to tell. But I will anyways: It’s ‘Criminal.’”

Spears has been getting a little more creative with her music videos lately, like her satirical “I Wanna Go,” but Spears didn’t say which direction she would go with “Criminal.”

Spears said:

“Actually the song, when I first heard it, it’s really different and it’s not anything I’ve heard like this before. So I really wanted to deliver this song. I was thinking of a really cool concept for the video just to make it interesting. You’ll have to see.”

Could “Criminal” win Britney another Moonman at the 2012 VMAs? It’s a little slower and more personal than her last few singles, but judging by her video track record, “Criminal” should be a pretty cool video. If you haven’t heard it yet, here’s the song sans video.

Britney Spears didn’t give a release date for her next single, but she’ll probably finish it up after she gets back from the Europe leg of her “Femme Fatale” tour. Will it be better than her award winning video for “Til’ The World Ends,” from this year’s VMAs? We’ll have to wait and see.

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Singer Adele stole the show at the 2011 MTV VMAs with her performance of Someone Like You the huge hit that helped launch her mainstream musical career along with Rolling in the Deep from her sophomore album 21.

Standing center stage in a simple black dress the British songstress accompanied by just a piano backing belted out her hit song, earning a standing ovation from a room full of her peers.

Speaking to MTV News Lady Gaga called Adele:

“She’s a breath of fresh air and she’s so exciting and her music is adding another dimension to radio that’s so important. She’s [also] a truly lovely person — which, to me, is always my favorite.”

With the best selling record of the year (Rolling in the Deep) and a career that appears poised for greatness her clean infectious voice stood out as other acts relied on gimmicks and auto tuning (thanks Lil Wayne) to get the audience up on their feet.

Soulful, sultry and right to the point, everything Adele did during her performance shouted out that music can connect without all the theatrics and special effects singer fall back on during the digital age of music creation.

Bringing the house down with vocals isn’t easy to do but Adele managed and here’s the video for proof:

Let us know what you thought about Adele’s MTV VMAs performance

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Don’t look for Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine this Sunday during the MTV Video Music Awards, giving his hatred for the event it’s likely he won’t be in attendance.

The lead singer and co-host of the popular NBC talent show The Voice had this to say about MTV’s attempt to still be relevant in the music world:

“The VMAs [are the] one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I’m drawing a line in the sand. Fuck you, VMAs.”

Levine later went on to add:

“I may be a pop singer. but every once in a while the angsty teenager in me just blurts out some raw honesty. it’s a reflex.”

MTV responded with a tweet of their own:

“Soooo you’ll be tuning in at 9/8C tomorrow right? (BTW, bonus points if you TwitPic your 2004 Moonman!)”

Not surprisingly a bunch of other music artists tweeted their support for Adam who made a very valid point.

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards will air live in Los Angeles tonight @ 9 PM ET.

Do you think the MTV VMAs are still relevant? If nothing else I watch for the musical acts and could care less what MTV thinks about musical artists they barely have any contact with as they focus on Jersey Shore and pregnant teenagers.

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Lady Gaga appeared in Times Square on Thursday night for MTV First: Lady Gaga where she announced that she’ll be opening up for the 2011 Video Music Awards.

When appearing in Times Square Gaga stood on stage while a large banner was revealed which read “GAGA TO OPEN VMAs!!!”

Speaking to her crowd Gaga said:

“I have a really big announcement…”But I thought as usual, instead of me announcing it, I’d let the Little Monsters do it for me.”

Not only will Gaga be performing to start the show, she’s also up for four VMAs of her own including Best Female Video and Best Video With a Message for Born This Way and Best Art Direction and Best Choreography for Judas.

“It means the world to me…I just feel really blessed every day. I have the most amazing fans.”

The opening performance gig is a nice full circle for Gaga who didn’t perform in 2010 but instead showed fans the album title and a few lyrics for Born This Way.

You may recall that last year Lady Gaga made headlines when she wore a dress made entirely out of meat, it will be interesting to see how she tops that moment when she opens the 2011 VMAs this year.

Let’s take a quick tally, which Lady Gaga song should the songstress open her show with? Knowing her performances fairly well I have a feeling she’ll be undertaking some type of medley.

The show will begin at 9 p.m. on Sunday, August 28 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Kanye West had a bit of a change of heart after interrupting Taylor Swift’s speech at the VMAs and being booted from the venue.

West all caps’d over to his blog to tap out a heartfelt apology to Ms. Swift, whose award acceptance he interrupted to protest her win over Beyonce’s Single Ladies. Kanye shouted said:

I’M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD’VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE’S IN THE BLEACHERS! …………………… I’M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!…………….. BEYONCE’S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN’ THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE … WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I’M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME… THAT’S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I’M NOT CRAZY YALL, I’M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I’M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!

Beyonce, who has been in the limelight for about a decade now, recalled her first award and the excitement she felt- so she offers her acceptance speech slot to Taylor Swift. In the clip below, Swift joins Beyonce on stage and they hug, then Swift starts with “maybe we could try this again?”  before going on to thank all her important people, and the internet.

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Nancy Pelosi: clearly not a Single Ladies fan. Video:

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Jamie Spears spoke to OK! yesterday about acting as Britney’s conservator, and even though his intentions were questioned in the beginning, he does have Britney’s best at heart. Plus, he doesn’t want to stick around any longer than needed, saying that he’s “hopeful that his daughter will reach a place where she no longer needs [his assistance].”

“I would hope that it stands until the end of the year, and then we’ll sit back and evaluate where we are at the time, where Britney is at that time. It’s wonderful. It’s new for both of us. She sometimes calls me 50 times a day and asks me things that light my life up.”

It sounds like Britney’s got a new crutch now– her dad! Here’s to a dependency on the acceptable side– and a not-so-scary rest of the year. (Let’s just get past those VMAs, shall we?)

Image: WireImage

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I loved Lisa Raphael’s take on what we’ll expect from Britney Spears when she hits the VMAs. There’s so much fear in the air– Will she flop two times in a row? Will she finally take one home thanks to three nominations?– that this little gem sets our minds at ease (for a while, at least). After last year, anything’s possible, and this is best-case scenario thinking at its finest:

“Britney says she’s not going to do anything, but secretly busts out for a cameo during the finale of Madonna and ex-bf Justin Timberlake’s ‘Four Minutes.’ This time, Madonna and Britney will start to kiss, but Justin will push Madge out of the way and give Brit a smooch, reassuring us that they were just “on a break” and are totally back together now.”

Let’s all envision that instead of the disastrous stuff that could happen (and probably will). Just because Brit can string a few sentences together, wear appropriate clothes, and look semi-healthy does not mean she’s incapable of blowing the whole thing again.

I personally like to imagine Jessica Biel’s enraged face as everything goes down in this glorious (albeit imaginary) VMA shock-fest. It’ll be the most emotion we’ve seen out of her in years.

Image: WireImage

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