Celebrity Playlist

(Getty) It's official: Britney Spears is bringing her southern drawl to the next season of The X Factor. While we're still not sure what, exactly, the pop superstar will bring to the judging table (we haven't really seen her speak without a script for, oh, six years), we're certainly excited to see her interacting with professional Rude Dude Simon Cowell and her bubbly pop successor Demi Lovato.But what's it going to take to impress Ms. Spears?A quick look at Britney's official Spotify...Read Full Story

On Sunday, Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge celebrated their first year as husband and wife with a low-key weekend in the country. The pair attended the wedding of Hannah Gillingham and Robert Carter on Saturday, but were back to their cottage in Anglesey, North Wales, later that evening. It all seems a little anticlimactic, considering just last year the couple brought the world to a standstill with their televised nuptials at Westminster Abbey, but these two are a...Read Full Story

Last week, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt confirmed their engagement after seven years of tabloid speculation, opening a new chapter in the Hollywood love story that continues to fascinate. Though the couple has not set a date, preferring to call the engagement "a promise for the future," it's hard not to feel a little celebratory—this official match has been a very long time in the making. Here are some Brangie-related tunes to mark the happy occasion!Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - "Mondo...Read Full Story

Even the President of the United States needs a good pump-up song.President Barack Obama recently joined Spotify, having already made his presidential mark on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, and of course, Tumblr. He (or one of the cooler interns) also published his first playlist, which will play during his upcoming 2012 campaign events. The compilation seems divided between the young and hip (Arcade Fire, Florence + the Machine), country Americana (Sugarland, Dierks Bentley), and...Read Full Story

(FameFlynet Pictures) If there's any pop star who regularly delivers the raw, unfiltered goods on her Twitter, it's Rihanna. The Barbados-born singer does not hold back on just about anything, including what she's listening to at any given time. During a recent vacation to Hawaii, for example, the singer tweeted lyrics from her ex fling Drake's "Up All Night," shedding light on what must have been a relaxing afternoon. Of course, Rihanna grew up listening to her pop predecessors. In a...Read Full Story

(Getty) Beyonce Knowles was all over the news in 2011, thanks to a little announcement in September and the unbelievable public fascination that followed. One of the more interesting Knowles-related news items got lost in the maelstrom over the Christmas holidays, however: The singer posted a list of her favorite songs of the year to her official website. If you've been dying to find out what Ms. B's been listening to lately, she's made it easy for you.Knowles played it mainstream...Read Full Story

It's been over three years since Vanessa Hudgens released an album of her own, as she's currently more focused on film projects than pop stardom. But despite the lapse in her music career, Vanessa still considers herself a "music fanatic" who happily treks hundreds of miles to catch her favorite acts.It's not too hard to figure out what Vanessa's listening to, as she regularly updates her blog with links to her favorite music videos. Recent selections have included Beirut's romantic...Read Full Story

Christina Milian with her daughter Violet. (Bauer Griffin) Christina Milian came face-to-face with her biggest musical inspiration at the age of 18, when she was at MTV's Times Square studios for a meeting the same day Janet Jackson was appearing on TRL. "I walked in and it was like she was glowing," Milian told Zimbio on a quick break from taping The Voice. "I couldn't say anything, I was at a loss for words, and it was crazy because at the time I had a commercial running with my music...Read Full Story

(Getty) With Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, and Demi Lovato all grown up and out of their long-running Disney contracts, there's room for a new crop of teen dreams to make their mark on the preteen entertainment world. Among the brightest stars in the new crop of enterprising young adults is Bella Thorne, a 14-year-old multi-hyphenate best known for her role on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up!Bella isn't quite a household name yet, but she definitely has some ardent fans among...Read Full Story

There are more than a few young women who'd leap at the chance to hear whatever's pumping through Justin Bieber's Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. Thankfully, the Canadian pop phenom is happy to share his favorites with his fans, if only because he's worked with half of his idols by this point.Everyone knows that Justin caught his big break after being discovered on YouTube, where his mom regularly posted his performance videos. It should be no surprise that many of the artists Justin covered...Read Full Story

(Bauer Griffin) Taylor Lautner (PCN) Taylor Lautner is the complete opposite of a music snob.When asked about his musical tastes, the star of Abducted and The Twilight Saga couldn't be more general, telling MTV last year, "[I don't use music] necessarily to get into character, but my music is so wild. One second I'll be listening to country and then the next I'll be listening to techno and then R&B. It's ridiculous. I am all over the place with my music."Lautner devotes so much time to...Read Full Story

Twilight star Nikki Reed is very much a lover of music. The talented actress and screenwriter was an American Idol fan before she met her husband Paul McDonald, and was captured looking kind of starstruck when she first encountered him on the red carpet at the premiere of Red Riding Hood earlier this year. This week, the happy newlyweds released a duet, "Now That I Found You," with Paul on the lead vocals and Nikki working the harmonies. It's an achingly sweet tune, one that came together...Read Full Story

more Kellan Lutz pics » A cursory glance at Breaking Dawn star Kellan Lutz's Twitter reveals practically nothing about his tastes in anything other than charitable organizations and emoticons (he's a really, really nice guy). But he does play favorites, as he once explained in a chat interview with Twilight Moms. "I really like the beats to music more than anything. I listen to a lot of different types of music, so it just matters what kind of mood I am in, from working out to painting...Read Full Story

Ke$ha says she's going to go glam for her sophomore full-length album, telling interviewers at KIIS FM's Wango Tango concert in May, "I've been working on writing on the road, but as far as a sound, I just know it's gonna be balls-out, irreverent rock and roll.""I've been pretty much in this '70s rock and roll kick and I just want to capture some of the true essence of what rock and roll is, and that's just irreverence and sexiness and not giving a f**k, so we'll definitely put a bit of rock...Read Full Story

Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams spends a lot of time recommending tunes to her 2 million-plus Twitter fans, whether she's encouraging them to check out the latest New Found Glory album (her boyfriend, Chad Gilbert, happens to be their guiltarist) or singing praise for classics like The Angels' "I Adore Him." Hayley gets a lot of love from her fellow celebs, too: Rihanna once told Vanity Fair that Paramore was her favorite band, and she's close friends with Taylor Swift, who invited...Read Full Story