This bird has a real love for the fine things in life, such as contemporary Egyptian pop music.

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Unless you were introduced to this baby popstar in your middle school French class like I was, you might not know of Jordy Lemoine — the world's youngest singer ever to have a #1 single. At four, his song 'Dur Dur D'etre un Bébé' ('It's Hard Being a Baby') hit the charts, leading not only to charges child exploitation, but some of the most incredible live performances of all time.

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1. “When Jordy’s parents divorced in 1996, he was freed from the millstone of child-stardom and has reappeared for a second act only recently: on the reality TV show Celebrity Farm 2 (which he won); and as the frontman of the so-called “indie” band (read: Eurotrash) Jordi and the Dixies. Has Jordi really grown up? In 2006, he published his memoir Je Ne Suis Plus Un Bébé written, incidentally, with the help of his mother.”
2. After Jordy’s parents creepily opened a Jordy farm — a sort of French gloss on the Neverland Ranch that was forced to shutdown amid further accusations of child exploitation, the French government banned six-year-old Jordy from television and radio, out of concern that he was being exploited by his parents.”
3. “To date, Dur dur d’être bébé is the 224th best-selling single of all time in France.”
4. Jordy grows up: Jordy & the Dixies

If you don’t remember the 90’s novelty hit “Mambo No. 5,” let this terrifying Lou Bega-bot jog your memory. Lou Bega’s thought process: he slept with a lot of ladies…and they all had different names, some of which rhymed. BRILLIANT!

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1. via El Sloganero

MUSIC BUZZ: The Irish nu disco queen is attempting to infiltrate America with her sassy, couture-inspired pop (that has incidentally placed her alongside Lady GaGa in the quest for stardom). With GaGa, Murphy, and Christina Aguilera’s new “Space Trannie” aesthetic, it looks like the days of coffeehouse chanteuses like Norah Jones and Corinne Bailey Rae are numbered.

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1. Download “Ruby Blue” and “Primitive”
2. Video from Roisin Murphy’s Recent NYC Show
3. Download “Let Me Know”
4. Roisin is Serious About the Fashion Thing
5. Roisin Murphy - Official Website
6. An Interview With Roisin Murphy Interview On UGO
7. “Always Unpredictable, Murphy is a Total Chameleon, Channeling a Sailor from the Forties One Day and Then a Fanciful Magician the Next”
8. YouTube - “Overpowered”
9. YouTube - “You Know Me Better”
10. Robyn, Like Roisin But From Sweden - Featured on BuzzFeed
11. Lady GaGa - Featured on BuzzFeed
12. Roisin Murphy Guest Blogs for CMJ Festvial
13. Roisin Murphy Does a Fancy Fashion Spread in Out Magazine
14. Roisin Never Wears the Same Thing Twice
15. Christina Aguilera’s A Space Trannie Too!

A county-by-county breakdown of what people call carbonated beverages. Can someone do a mashup with voting trends here?

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1. The Pop vs. Soda Page
2. Soda Must Be Right, Right?