Vid & Info on Pharrell Williams - Happy and also the Jamaican cut made by degicel

 "Happy" is a song performed by American singer and producer Pharrell Williams, from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack album. The song will also be included on his second studio album which will be released in 2014. The song was written and produced by Williams. It was released on November 21, 2013 alongside a long-form music video presented via the website 24hoursofhappy.com. The song was reissued on December 16, 2013 by Back Lot Music, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.^[4]

So far, "Happy" has so far peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in fifteen countries (including the United Kingdom and Ireland), as well as reaching number two in Italy, Poland and Spain.

Production

"Happy" was written, produced and performed by Pharrell Williams, with backing vocals by Rhea Dummett, Trevon Henderson, Ashley L. Lee, Shamika Hightower, Jasmine Murray and Terrence Rolle.^[5] The track was digitally edited and arranged by Andrew Coleman and Mike Larson, who also recorded it, with assistance from Matthew Desrameaux, at Circle House Studios in Miami, Florida. The song was later mixed by Leslie Brathwaite at Music Box Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.^[5]

Music video

To coincide with the single release, the website 24hoursofhappy.com was launched featuring a visual presentation of "Happy" advertised as being "the world's first 24 hour music video". The video consists of the four-minute song repeated with various people dancing and miming along. Williams himself appears 24 times on the hour, and there are a number of celebrity cameos including Odd Future (1:48pm), Steve Carell (5:08pm), Jamie Foxx(5:28pm), Ana Ortiz (5:32pm), Miranda Cosgrove (5:40pm), JoJo (6:16pm), Kelly Osbourne (1:28am), Magic Johnson (5:36am), Sérgio Mendes (10:32am) and Jimmy Kimmel (11:48am). The minions from Despicable Me 2 make several appearances throughout the film, including one scene at 3:00am, in which Pharrell and the minions dance in a movie theatre that is playing the scene from Despicable Me 2 in which "Happy" appears. The site allows users to navigate to various points in the 24-hour timeframe, including all 360 four-minute segments and each hourly segment with Pharrell. An official four-minute edit of the video was also released on YouTube. and now one of the bigest thing in jamaica. Here is our version. YEH MON 

Beyonce's 'Partition' Shakes Up Charts Thanks To... YouTube Dance Crews?

The "Beyonce" cut is the latest hit fueled by choreographers' popular online videos.

Two months after Beyoncé dropped her surprise self-titled album, it's still shaking up the music industry. Two weeks ago, album cut "Partition" reached No. 49 on the Streaming Songs chart with over 1.4 million streams in the U.S, despite the fact that the video (available for purchase with the album) isn't on Youtube or Vevo, and the audio isn't available on Spotify, Pandora and other similar services. How is this possible? User-generated Youtube videos, driven by a vibrant community of choreographed dance crews shaking it to the song on camera.

The "Partition" phenomenon is in some ways similar to "Harlem Shake," the viral, dorm-room dance meme which took Brooklyn DJ-producer Baauer straight to the top of the Hot 100 the week of Feb. 23 thanks to millions of YouTube clicks. However, unlike with "Harlem Shake," many of the most popular dance videos featuring "Partition" are created by professional choreographers, like Kyle Hanagami, who was inspired by the dance-heavy videos Beyonce included with her album.

"What I really look for in a song is for it to be dynamic, so it doesn't get boring when you dance to it," says the Los Angeles-based 27-year old, who uploaded a video of a dance crew he choreographed to the song to his YouTube channel on January 23, receiving nearly 400,000 views to date. "'Partition' is like a choreographer's dream in that regard."

Hanagami has been a choreographer since 2006, and began posting videos to his channel right around when the YouTube dance phenomenon began. His clips soon began to receive global attention, resulting in teaching gigs and a chance to work with Travis Payne, Michael Jackson's choreographer.

"It's great marketing," Hanagami says. "I travel internationally to teach students, and the way they know to fly me around the world is YouTube."

"Partition" moved up 73-70 on the Hot 100 last week, Beyonce's third song on the Hot 100, joining official singles "Drunk in Love" (No. 8) and "XO" (No. 65). "Partition" sold 19,000 copies the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Soundscan, a jump of 13%; radio airplay is also up, with a 25% boost to 4.8 million audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS. Streams grew 2% as well, although the track falls off the Streaming Songs tally this week. "Partition'"s streaming numbers are boosted by the fact that it's a two-part track; Beyoncé comes with separate videos (one titled "Yoncé," the other "Partition") for each, and fans have followed her lead, uploading different videos to both sections, all of which count toward "Partition"'s overall streaming numbers. Hanagami's video uses "Yoncé," the slower first part of the song, while others, like one posted by French dancer/choreographer Yanis Marshall, use the bouncier "Partition" section.

Marshall's "Partition" Youtube video, featuring him and a group of dancers he choreographed, was shared by Beyoncé herself on Facebook, and has received more than 775,000 views to date. "She posted it around 4 a.m. Paris time," he recalls. "It felt like Christmas, New Year's and my birthday all at the same time!"

Marshall, a 24-year-old Parisian now living in New York, started dancing in music videos and stage musicals, and launched a YouTube channel four years ago. 200,000 subscribers and over 18 million channel views later, he's become a choreographer and instructor with an international clientele. The "Partition" video, in fact, was filmed in Ukraine, where Marshall worked on the local "So You Think You Can Dance." "Most of the jobs I get today are because people found out about me via YouTube," he says.

But Beyoncé isn't the only artist inspiring impressive YouTube videos from professional dancers and choreographers: Most recent uptempo pop hits, from Icona Pop's "I Love It" to Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" have conjured similar clips with millions of views. It's another example of how technology is changing the way fans interact with their favorite songs.

"A true hit song is one where the audience goes from passive to active," says Dion Singer, EVP of creative and marketing at Warner Bros. Records. Singer works with Jason Derulo, whose kinetic new single "Talk Dirty" has inspired multiple choreography videos with million-plus views, helping the song climb 6-4 on the Hot 100 this week.

"Instead of just listening to a song on the radio, [fans have] the energy to make a dance video and put it up on YouTube," Singer adds. "That must mean the song is really affecting people."

The importance of YouTube covers as a medium for experiencing music is on the rise, so much so that footage from popular cover songs were used to introduce some of the nominees during the 56th GRAMMYs broadcast. Below are some of our favorite Beyonce-inspired dance covers.

Tessanne Chin signs with international agency

Jamaica -- Tessanne Chin, who won season five of NBC’s The Voice last December, will now be represented by one of the world’s largest talent and literary agents, ICM Partners, according to a report on Hollywood.com.

ICM Partners, which has offices in Los Angeles, New York and London, is a full service agency representing creative and technical talent in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, publishing, and live entertainment. Among some of the agency’s clients are Al Pacino, Samuel Jackson, Eminem, Beyonce, and The Beach Boys.

Chin is now working on her album with Universal Republic Records; it is slated to be released later this year.

The TLC Story...TONIGHT!!!

Six-foot gator makes appearance at Florida Wal-Mart

APOPKA, Florida (AP) — A six-foot alligator made an unwelcome appearance at the front door of a central Florida Wal-Mart.

The incident happened Sunday morning in Apopka, outside Orlando. The gator stopped in the entryway, causing the automatic doors to open and close until employees locked them.

Orlando television station WKMG reports Apopka police officers tried to lure the gator away as customers gathered to watch and take pictures.

The gator took off toward the nearby woods. Officers searched the area but couldn't find it.

No one was injured.

Detroit man charged in rape, murder of 5-y-o girl

DETROIT (AP) -- Prosecutors have filed charges against a Detroit man they say abducted, raped and killed, then burned the body of a five-year-old girl.

Twenty-two-year-old Darnell H Cheatham was arraigned Monday afternoon on charges of first-degree murder, torture, child abuse, arson and mutilation of a body.

A judge ordered him jailed without bail until his preliminary examination November 1. It wasn't immediately known if Cheatham has a lawyer.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says Cheatham took Mariah Smith from her Detroit home in July 2011. Authorities say the girl was strangled and her skull crushed before her body was set on fire on a mattress at a vacant house about a mile from her home.

Prosecutors say Cheatham was Mariah's aunt's boyfriend.

First-degree murder carries a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.

Cee Lo Green charged with giving woman ecstasy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cee Loo Green was charged on Monday with giving a woman ecstasy at a Los Angeles restaurant, but prosecutors declined to file a rape count against the singer because of insufficient evidence.

Green, 39, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, was expected to arraigned later in the day on one felony count of furnishing a controlled substance. He could face four years in prison if convicted.

Green was pleased that the rape charge was rejected and will address the ecstasy charge in court, his attorney Blair Berk wrote in a statement.

She said any sexual contact between Green and the woman was consensual.

"Mr. Green encouraged a full and complete investigation of those claims and he was confident once conducted he would be cleared of having any wrongful intent," Berk wrote. She declined further comment.

Prosecutors claim Green gave the woman ecstasy in July 2012.

Callaway is the Grammy-winning singer of the hit ‘Forget You’ and performed as part of the duo Gnarls Barkley. He appears as a judge on NBC's ‘The Voice’ competition show.

Brave pastor pulls own gun, stops robbery in progress

Pastor Carl Sanders had no intention of being a hero when he walked into a Dollar General Store on Friday night. But when the Evansville, Ind., minister went into the store, he found a terrified clerk being beaten and threatened by a man with a plastic-covered item that appeared to be a handgun. "He was telling me to get on the ground," Sanders told WFIE. "That's when I pulled my weapon and [said] 'No, you get on the ground.'" Sanders, who has a permit to carry a firearm, held his gun on alleged almost-robber Jermaine Dewayne Marshall as he calmly called the police. "I laid my life down for some people," Sanders said. "I wasn't going to hurt [Marshall], but I wanted him to know you can't do that." Marshall, who was promptly arrested when police arrived, was discovered to be armed with a spoon wrapped in plastic.

Alia Atkinson take silver medal in 50M Breaststroke

#TeamJamaica Swimmer Alia Atkinson clocked 29.25s to take silver medal in 50M Breaststroke on final day of competition at the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meet in Doha, Qatar. Alia just missed out on claiming Gold behind Iuliia Efimova of Russia who won in a time of 29.22s. Nijhuis Moniek of the Netherlands was third in 30.40s. Atkinson on Day 1 of action in Doha claimed two medals as she won Gold in the 100m Breaststroke and Bronze in the 200m Individual Medley. 

Plane briefly detained in NC after suspicious note found on board

A US Airways plane was detained at a North Carolina airport on Monday after a suspicious note was found on board, airport and airline officials said. The plane was cleared to continue into service after a security sweep. 

The US Airways flight from Buffalo, N.Y., landed safely at Charlotte Douglas International Airport at 1:40 p.m. It was then moved to a remote part of the airport for security purposes in order to be inspected, according to a US Airways spokesperson.

F.B.I. officials responded to the scene, which is standard procedure, an FBI Public Affairs Specialist told the NBC station in Charlotte, WCNC.

The passengers were transferred from the plane to buses and the Airbus A319 aircraft was swept with the help of a K-9 officer, a government official told NBC News.

The 124 passengers and five crew members were supposed to be transported to the terminal, but shortly afterward they were loaded onto the buses, they were led back onto the inspected plane in order to be dropped off at the gate, according to a US Airways statement.

Operations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport were not affected by the incident, and US Airways is working with passengers who may have missed connecting flights, an airline official said.

Officials did not disclose what the suspicious note said, or where it ended up.

Teacher killed in Nevada middle school shooting ID'd; shooter dead

A student opened fire at a Nevada middle school Monday, killing a teacher and wounding two boys, authorities said. The shooter was left dead.

At 7:16 a.m., just before school got underway, the unidentified suspect used a semiautomatic handgun to shoot and kill a math teacher and wound two other students, both 12, before taking his own life, authorities said at a Monday afternoon news conference. Police arrived at the scene in less than three minutes, the authorities said.

The two boys, who were originally transferred to a local hospital in critical condition, are now in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, Sparks deputy police chief Tom Miller said at the news conference.

The slain teacher was identified by his brother as Michael Landsberry, a former Marine and a member of the Nevada Air National Guard. The county coroner’s office has yet to confirm the identities of the teacher and the suspected gunman, authorities said.

Landsberry’s brother, Reggie, told NBC News that the 8th-grade math teacher is survived by his wife, Sharon, and two of her children from a previous relationship.

Authorities suggested that Landsberry tried to shield students from the gunman, but stressed they were still investigating.

“In my estimation, he is a hero,” said Tim Robinson, deputy chief of the Sparks police.

Chanda Landsberry, Reggie’s wife, told the Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper that she wasn’t surprised by reports that Michael scrambled to save the students.

“To hear he was trying to protect those kids doesn’t surprise me at all,” she told the newspaper. “He could have ducked and hid, but he didn’t. That’s not who he is”

Landsberry had worked in the Washoe County School District since August 2001, according to his Facebook page.

Authorities Monday afternoon were still working to piece together a sequence of events.

Kyle Nucum, a student, told the newspaper that he heard “a pop, like a loud pop, and everybody was screaming.” He said the shooter was wearing a Sparks Middle School uniform, and shot the teacher after the teacher told him to put the gun down.

“The teacher fell and everybody ran away,” Nucum told the newspaper. “We ran across the field to get somewhere safe, and while we were running we heard about four or five more gunshots.”

Police said that the suspect had been “neutralized.” He died after sustaining a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Washoe County School District spokeswoman Katie Holmes. 

The shooting happened just after 7 a.m., as buses were still dropping kids off.

Authorities said it was too early to tell whether the gunman was targeting anyone or simply on a spree. 

The two boys were being treated at Renown Regional Hospital, said Angela Rambo, a spokeswoman.

Gov. Brian Sandoval said that he was receiving regular updates and was “deeply saddened” to learn of the shooting.

In 2006, a boy using his father’s .38-caliber pistol opened fire at another Reno-area middle school and wounded a boy and girl, both 14, the newspaper said. A gym teacher was honored later for ending the episode by telling the boy to drop the gun and bear-hugging him.

James Scott Newman, 14 at the time of that shooting, pleaded guilty to battery with a deadly weapon and got house arrest.

Oklahoma Teenager Finds 3.85-Carat Canary Diamond

When Oklahoma teenager Tana Clymer heard about a young boy who'd found a 5-carat diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park earlier this year, she wanted to try her luck.

Tana, 14, and her parents traveled to the park, an eroded surface of an ancient volcanic crater and the only diamond-bearing site open to the public, from their Oklahoma City home. She had been digging and sifting through dirt in the 37-acre park for about two hours when something caught her eye.

"I thought it was a piece of paper or foil from a candy wrapper," Tana said, according to the Arkansas State Parks website.

It was a jellybean-size, teardrop-shaped, yellow stone.

"Then, when I touched it, I thought it was a marble," she said. "I think God pointed me to it. I was about to sprint to join my family, and God told me to slow down and look. Then I found the diamond."

Tana said she said a prayer of thanks and named her diamond the God's Jewel diamond.

Park experts evaluated the diamond and told her it was a 3.85-carat canary diamond. The park has a finder-keepers policy, so the diamond is Tana's to keep.

"No two diamonds are alike, and each diamond finder's story is unique, too," assistant park superintendent Bill Henderson said in a statement.

"What an experience for Tana to remember the rest of her life," he said. "Tana told me that she was so excited she couldn't sleep last night. She's either going to keep the diamond for a ring, or if it's worth a lot, she'll want that for college."

Tana's is the 396th diamond found so far this year in the park. More than 75,000 diamonds have been unearthed at the site since 1906. Other semi-precious stones and minerals, including amethysts, garnets and quartz, are also there for the finding.

In August, 12-year-old Michael Dettlaff of North Carolina found a 5.16 carat diamond at the same park, which was the 27th largest diamond a park has found since Arkansas' diamond site became a state park in 1972.