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Latin-pop sensation Ricky Martin has finally admitted after 10 years of speculation that he’s homosexual. This is no shock for many who suspected that he was gay. In 2008, he shocked many by announcing the birth of his twins Matteo and Valentino who were conceived through gestational surrogacy. In plan english, it means the didn’t have touch a woman to conceive his children.

Ricky uses the excuse of his advisers pressuring him to tell the truth about his sexuality from the beginning. In the end, Ricky credits his sons for inspiring him to share the truth about his sexuality with the world.

This announcement is breaking shortly before the release of Ricky Martin’s book is set to be released, new album, and tour..Big year for Ricky Martin.

How are fans reacting?? Ricky is getting a lot of support on Twitter, his numbers are growing by the minute. Ricky has remained silent since coming out of the closet..Everyone is anxious to hear his “first words”.

Apple has sold over 10 billion songs though it’s iTunes music store. The person who purchased the 10 billionth song won $10,000 iTunes gift card. Out of those 10 billion songs the most downloaded iTunes song of all time is… I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas!

Here is the most downloaded iTunes songs of all time, as of this writing.

• I Gotta Feeling, Black Eyed Peas/The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)
• Poker Face, Lady GaGa/The Fame
• Boom Boom Pow, Black Eyed Peas/The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)
• I’m Yours, Jason Mraz/We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things
• Viva la Vida, Coldplay/Viva la Vida
• Just Dance, Lady GaGa & Colby O’Donis/The Fame
• Low (feat. T-Pain), Flo Rida/Mail On Sunday
• Love Story, Taylor Swift/Fearless
• Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis/Bleeding Love – Single
• Disturbia, Rihanna/Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
• So What, P!nk/Funhouse (Deluxe Version)
• I Kissed a Girl, Katy Perry/I Kissed a Girl – Single
• Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It), Beyoncé/I Am… Sasha Fierce (Deluxe Version)
• Hot N Cold, Katy Perry/One of the Boys
• Stronger, Kanye West/Graduation
• Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna), T.I./Paper Trail (Deluxe Version)
• Hey There Delilah, Plain White T’s/All That We Needed
• Right Round, Flo Rida/R.O.O.T.S. (Deluxe Version)
• Party In the U.S.A., Miley Cyrus/Party In the U.S.A. – Single
• Don’t Stop Believin’, Journey/Journey: Greatest Hits
• Bad Romance, Lady GaGa/Bad Romance – Single
• Use Somebody, Kings of Leon/Only By the Night (Deluxe Version)
• Fireflies, Owl City/Ocean Eyes
• How to Save a Life, The Fray/How to Save a Life

Sources:

• Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga Top iTunes All-Time Most-Downloaded Songs
• iTunes 10 Billion Songs

Twitter has hit the internet by storm! In 2009, celebs had so much using it to interact with their fans and promote themselves. The best twitterers have kept us up to date with their daily lives and built an outrageous following of their twitter feeds.

• Ashton Kutcher
• Britney Spears
• P Diddy
• Oprah
• Shaquille O’Neal
• Tila Tequila
• Kirstie Alley
• Lady Gaga
• Dave Navarro

In Hollywood, not all relationships are long-lasting but these cute couples defied the odds.

• Jamie Kennedy & Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Tom Brady & Gisele Bundchen
• Ellen DeGeneres & Portia De Rossi
• David & Victoria Beckham
• Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon

2009 will forever be remembered as a year of fantastic music. The talent of artists such as Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Pink!, and Kanye West brought creativity and positive energy to the music scene that inspired so many artists. Of course due to the untimely death of the late Michael Jackson there was a new interest in all of his previous albums.

• Lady Gaga “Fame Monster”
• Lady Gaga “Fame”
• T.I. “Paper Trail”
• Michael Jackson “Thriller”
• Beyonce “I am Sasha Fierce”
• Jay-Z “Blue Print 3
• Jamie Foxx “Intuition”
• Mariah Carey “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel”
• Andrea Bocelli “My Christmas”
• Susan Boyle “I Dreamed A Dream”
• Owl City “Ocean Eyes”
• Kanye West “808S & HEARTBREAK”
• Blackeyed Peas “THE E.N.D.”
• Pink! “Funhouse”

The music of 2009 was incredible thanks to the creativity and innovation of everyone in the music industry from the writers to the singers. Below are the nominees for The Favorite Music Artists of 2009. These are artists definitely helped define 2009.

• Michael Jackson
• Lady Gaga
• Susan Boyle
• Shakira
• Beyonce
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Kanye West
• T.I.
• Wisin y Yandel
• David Bisbal
• Miley Cyrus

We are celebrating the end of 2009 by nominating all of our favorites for a “Best of 2009 Awards”. Thanks to all of our followers on Twitter for contributing to this list of categories and nominees. We will re-live all of the favorites of 2009!

The following categories will be included:

• Best Music Artists of 2009
• Best Fashion Trends of 2009
• Best Albums of 2009
• Best Movies of 2009
• Best Celeb Twitterers of 2009
• Best Celeb Couples of 2009

Ricky Martin fans, listen up..In case you are not a close follower of his twitter. Ricky has announced that he will begin a 13 month World Tour next September. Once he finishes his book (which should be soon) he will begin promoting it like crazy. Ricky is also working on a new album, this will be his first album and tour since becoming a single dad to adorable twins Matteo and Valentino.

The Latin Grammy’s are one of the highlights of the year. Every year the Latin Recording Academy takes time to recognize outstanding musicians in the latino community. Just like the regular Grammy’s the
event is filled with non-stop action. Leading up to the Latin Grammy’s there were a series of concerts at street parties and various schools in Miami, Dallas, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Every year, the night before the Latin Grammy Awards, an artist is celebrated for their philanthropic efforts and their contributions to the music community. This year’s award recipient was Juan Gabriel; previous recipients include artists such as: Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Carlos Santana, Juan Guerra, Julio Iglesias, and Gilberto Gil.

Enjoy the photos from Latin Grammy Week and check back for exclusive photos from the Red Carpet for the Latin Grammy Awards!

We are all become Twitter addicts, and following celebs on Twitter is our guilty pleasure. It does not matter if they a reality show cast off to a Grammy Award winning musician; everyone has a Twitter Account.

We are going to list our Top 3 Celeb Tweets of the Week!

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Ricky Martin is one of our favorite celebs to follow on Twitter;his Tweets are funny, spiritual, informative, and fun! Ricky’s Tweets are also in English and Spanish. Earlier in the week, Ricky posted this joke:

“who’s guilty here? a wife wakes up from a dream yelling”HURRY UP MY HUSBANDS IS HOME” and her husband wakes up and jumps out the window.LOLOL” – Ricky Martin

Kim Kardashian is a very active celeb on Twitter, she posts very diligently about all of the excitement in her life. As many of you know Kim Kardashian has her own fragrance line, and she recently shared the look of her line on Twitter.

“I can finally reveal my perfume bottle!! http://bit.ly/ay0vP u guys helped me pick the light pink! What do you think!?!?about 10 hours ago from web”, – Kim Kardashian

Shakira has one of the top singles on the chart right now with new track called “She Wolf”. She’s adding to the excitement by Tweeting away. Lately she’s been Tweeting about her new album “She Wolf”.

Latin American album release dates added to the list – http://bit.ly/xGNF6 ShakiraHQ