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According to RIAA, which is against Internet piracy revealed that the newest way to share music illegally online is via music video’s from Youtube and Google Video. RIAA revealed that on the two sites Youtube and Google Video it can be found unlicensed music video’s that were recorded with TiVo or other Digital Video Recorders. Due to the manner explained above, RIAA has previously issued cease-and-desist letters to Youtube users for uploading videos’ that are against copyright laws and while many video’s are removed quickly, the video’s are often resubmitted within days.

A lawsuit between RIAA, Youtube and even more Google Video would be a really hard one, but it seems that one possible solution for RIAA is if Youtube and others to implement content-filtering in order to find and prevent video’s that infringe upon copyright from being uploaded to the site.

R&B celebrity Beyonce Knowles has an album surprise for us exactly on her 25th birthday on September 4. After a lot of work, Beyonce co-produced, wrote and arranged her second album named B’day with a first single “Déja vu” featuring Jay-Z.

This second and much expected album, B’Day it’s the follow-up to 2003’s Grammy-winning Dangerously In Love, and was starting giving shape while R&B celebrity was also busy with the forthcoming movie Dreamgirls, which is based on the career of The Supremes.

R&B celebrity Beyonce made a stunning appearance on the red carpet at the 59th Cannes Film Festival after she lost 20 pounds for the role in Dreamgirls. In other celebrity news, sadly or not Kelly Rowland will have to stay in line for releasing her second solo album making place to Beyonce second solo album, B’Day.

The hip-hop celebrity, LL Cool J, will receive the Golden Note award to the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) 19th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on June 26. The ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The award mean an honor given to songwriters and composers who have achieved great milestones in their career.

LL Cool J will be awarded for his nine platinum-plus selling albums and eight gold singles is his 20 years of career. Ever since 1985, when the hip-hop artist debuted with ‘Radio’ album, to 2006 Autumn, when LL Cool J will be launching his “Todd Smith” clothing line, the hip-hop singer has become one of the most important figures in the history of hip-hop.

The hip-hop celebrity Method Man will release his new album on July 18, a record which ‘belongs’ to Def Jam. The new hip-hop album of Meth is called ‘4:21′. Why? Well he said that four-twenty (April 20) is the national weed-smoking day, according to those who chief, so this is sort of the day after, a moment of clarity. The hip-hop artist is the day-after. Plus, four, two and zero only adds up to six, ‘4:21′ gives you that perfect seven.

The first single from the hip-hop album is called “Say” and features Lauryn Hill of the Fugees. Other collaborations that Method Man had for this new hip-hop album are Fat Joe and Styles P. for the song ‘Yah Mean’, Wu-Tang brethren RZA, Scott Storch and Dr. Dre.

The pop celebrity, Shakira, is number one on iTunes Chart with her newest single ‘Hips don’t lie’, a featuring with Wyclef Jean. The Latin singer, Shakira, also conquers the Europe. The sexy Latin pop artist is number one on European singles chart, and many other charts in this world besides iTunes chart. The pop singer, Shakira, said that she always used to joke with the guys from her band about how important it is to listen to the pop celebrity hips in order to determine if a song is where it has to be.

1. Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips don’t lie
2. Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - Promiscuous
3. Daniel Powter - Bad day
4. Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone - Ridin’
5. Rihanna - S.O.S.
6. Rihanna - Unfaithful
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
8. Yung Joc feat. Nitti - It’s going down
9. The Fray - Over my head (Cable Car)
10. Fort Minor feat. Holly Brook - Where’d you go