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What are you waiting for? We've got new music this week from Chrisette Michele, Sean Kingston, Ciara, the Datsuns and much more!

We are really excited to announce the launch of a new magazine at Dada.net!

Music Bytes by Dada is your new source for all the news about your favorite artists! Get music news, reviews and much more  in your Music Bytes - updated daily with all the news you need to know! Music Bytes is also the place to access our Dada Spot videos - watch as artists like Rick Ross, Asher Roth and An Horse enter the Dada Spot and talk exclusively to Dada about their latest projects.

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Whose YouTube video has gotten more hits than President Obama's inaugural address? Frumpy, 47-year-old unemployed charity worker Susan Boyle's attempt at stardom in England.

As everyone knows by now, Susan Boyle was an unlikely contestant on the U.K. TV show Britain's Got Talent (similar to American Idol and also featuring Simon Cowell). Though the judges rolled their eyes at her when she took the stage, they were astonished at her amazing voice when she sang "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables.

20 million YouTube hits later and she's a global star and a favorite to win the prize. Boyle has also re-popularized the Les Miz soundtrack - the original cast recording of "I Dreamed A Dream" entered the U.K. singles chart this week and is available right here on Dada.net!

Did you discover some great music on Dada.net that you want to share with all your friends? All you have to do is create a playlist and they can listen away.

So, how do you get started creating a playlist? It's really easy -

1) Log onto your Dada.net account
2) Click the 'play' icon next to the song you want to add to your playlist and it will open in the Dada Player.
3) Continue to select all the songs you want to listen to - they will be automatically added to your Dada Player. Don't want a song to remain in your playlist after you have listened to it? Just delete it.
4) Once you've collected all the songs you want to include in your playlist, click "Add All Songs To Playlist." You will now be prompted to create a playlist which will let you name all the songs you just added.
5) Name your playlist and give it a description.
6) You will now see your just-created playlist in the 'Your Playlists' section of the Dada Player. Now, you can listen to it at anytime!
7) If you are listening to a new song and want to add it to an already existiing playlist, just click  'Add all songs to playlist.'  But make sure you only have songs in the player that you want to add to your playlist!
8) You can also delete a playlist anytime!

Want to share your playlist with the entire community? Just add your playlist to your profile - make sure you log in and click on your username at the top right corner of the home page. When your profile page loads:

1) Click "Add/Remove Widget" at the top of the page.
2) Select "Music Widgets" and then "Playlist Widget."
3) Save your changes. Your playlist will now show on your page.

You can make as many playlists (with up to 100 songs per playlist) as you like!

I am excited to go to SXSW next week!

For those of you who don't know, SXSW is a huge music festival and trade show that takes place in Austin every year. I'm going with my Dada.net crew to hang out with bands and artists like An Horse, Landon Pigg, Cage The Elephant, Shiny Toy Guns, Inward Eye, Barcelona and many more! We're going to interview the bands and post the videos on Dada.net so you can get to know these great artists! Also, Jen and I will be Twittering all week from Austin so follow our updates at AriDada and JenDada. We'll give you all the music news and gossip from Austin just as if you were there...

Congrats to NightOwl88, this week's Dada DJ and a fan of Mariah Carey, Jazmine Sullivan and and Britney Spears. Check out NightOwl's Deja Vu playlist for songs like ""Dreamlover," "Lions, Tigers & Bears" and "Womanizer."

Want to be a Dada DJ of the Week? All you have to do is create a playlist of your favorite tracks. Each week, I am choosing a new guest Dada DJ  - I'll highlight your playlist on Dada.net and give you a shout-out right here.

So, how do you get started creating a playlist? It's really easy -

1) Log onto your Dada.net account
2) Click the 'play' icon next to the song you want to add to your playlist and it will open in the Dada Player.
3) Continue to select all the songs you want to listen to - they will be automatically added to your Dada Player. Don't want a song to remain in your playlist after you have listened to it? Just delete it.
4) Once you've collected all the songs you want to include in your playlist, click "Add All Songs To Playlist." You will now be prompted to create a playlist which will let you name all the songs you just added.
5) Name your playlist and give it a description.
6) You will now see your just-created playlist in the 'Your Playlists' section of the Dada Player. Now, you can listen to it at anytime!
7) If you are listening to a new song and want to add it to an already existiing playlist, just click  'Add all songs to playlist.'  But make sure you only have songs in the player that you want to add to your playlist!
8) You can also delete a playlist anytime!

Want to share your playlist with the entire community? Just add your playlist to your profile - make sure you log in and click on your username at the top right corner of the home page. When your profile page loads:

1) Click "Add/Remove Widget" at the top of the page.
2) Select "Music Widgets" and then "Playlist Widget."
3) Save your changes. Your playlist will now show on your page.

You can make as many playlists (with up to 100 songs per playlist) as you like!

Don't forget to check back here to find out who is next week's guest Dada DJ.

Duffy picked up three Brit Awards last night - the U.K.'s version of the Grammys. Her hat trick included Album of the Year (Rockferry), Best British Female Artist and British Breakthrough Award.

Other big winners at the Brits were Coldplay for Best British Band, Kings of Leon for Best International Band and Best International Album for Only By The Night and Paul Weller for Best British Male Artist
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This week, we are going back to the country here at Dada.net with a playlist from msbirch called You're Lookin At Country. Check out recent hits from Julianne Hough, Jason Aldean and Kenny Chesney.

Want to be a Dada DJ of the Week? All you have to do is create a playlist of your favorite tracks. Each week, I am choosing a new guest Dada DJ  - I'll highlight your playlist on Dada.net and give you a shout-out right here.

So, how do you get started creating a playlist? It's really easy -

1) Log onto your Dada.net account
2) Click the 'play' icon next to the song you want to add to your playlist and it will open in the Dada Player.
3) Continue to select all the songs you want to listen to - they will be automatically added to your Dada Player. Don't want a song to remain in your playlist after you have listened to it? Just delete it.
4) Once you've collected all the songs you want to include in your playlist, click "Add All Songs To Playlist." You will now be prompted to create a playlist which will let you name all the songs you just added.
5) Name your playlist and give it a description.
6) You will now see your just-created playlist in the 'Your Playlists' section of the Dada Player. Now, you can listen to it at anytime!
7) If you are listening to a new song and want to add it to an already existiing playlist, just click  'Add all songs to playlist.'  But make sure you only have songs in the player that you want to add to your playlist!
8) You can also delete a playlist anytime!

Want to share your playlist with the entire community? Just add your playlist to your profile - make sure you log in and click on your username at the top right corner of the home page. When your profile page loads:

1) Click "Add/Remove Widget" at the top of the page.
2) Select "Music Widgets" and then "Playlist Widget."
3) Save your changes. Your playlist will now show on your page.

You can make as many playlists (with up to 100 songs per playlist) as you like!

Don't forget to check back here to find out who is next week's guest Dada DJ.

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching so, for all you sweethearts out there, I've selected datdude23 as this week's Dada DJ. His playlist, For My Valentine, includes sweet sounds from Boyz II Men, Vanessa Williams and R. Kelly. His Valentine is very lucky!

Want to be a Dada DJ of the Week? All you have to do is create a playlist of your favorite tracks. Each week, I am choosing a new guest Dada DJ  - I'll highlight your playlist on Dada.net and give you a shout-out right here.

So, how do you get started creating a playlist? It's really easy -

1) Log onto your Dada.net account
2) Click the 'play' icon next to the song you want to add to your playlist and it will open in the Dada Player.
3) Continue to select all the songs you want to listen to - they will be automatically added to your Dada Player. Don't want a song to remain in your playlist after you have listened to it? Just delete it.
4) Once you've collected all the songs you want to include in your playlist, click "Add All Songs To Playlist." You will now be prompted to create a playlist which will let you name all the songs you just added.
5) Name your playlist and give it a description.
6) You will now see your just-created playlist in the 'Your Playlists' section of the Dada Player. Now, you can listen to it at anytime!
7) If you are listening to a new song and want to add it to an already existiing playlist, just click  'Add all songs to playlist.'  But make sure you only have songs in the player that you want to add to your playlist!
8) You can also delete a playlist anytime!

Want to share your playlist with the entire community? Just add your playlist to your profile - make sure you log in and click on your username at the top right corner of the home page. When your profile page loads:

1) Click "Add/Remove Widget" at the top of the page.
2) Select "Music Widgets" and then "Playlist Widget."
3) Save your changes. Your playlist will now show on your page.

You can make as many playlists (with up to 100 songs per playlist) as you like!

Don't forget to check back here to find out who is next week's guest Dada DJ.

The most popular songs at Dada.net for the week February 2 - 8 were:

1. "Heartless" Kanye West
2. "Crack A Bottle" Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent
3. "My Life Would Suck Without You" Kelly Clarkson
4. "Just Dance" Lady GaGa
5. "Diva" Beyonce
6. "Gives You Hell" The All-American Rejects
7. "Prom Queen" Lil' Wayne
9. "Just Like Me" Jamie Foxx feat. T.I.
9. "Mad" Ne-Yo
10. "Right Now (Na Na Na)" Akon

Everyone is still talking about Sunday night's Grammy Awards! Music's biggest night was highlighted by amazing performances from Coldplay, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Hudson, Radiohead and many more. Here's a recap of the winners.

Album of the Year: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 'Raising Sand'
Record of the Year: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 'Please Read The Letter'
Song of the Year: Coldplay "Viva La Vida'
Best New Artist: Adele
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss "Rich Woman"
Best Female Pop Vocal: Adele “Chasing Pavements”
Best Male Pop Vocal: John Mayer “Say”
Best Solo Rock Vocal: John Mayer “Gravity”
Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group: Kings of Leon “Sex On Fire”
Best Rock Song: Bruce Springsteen “Girls In Their Summer Clothes”
Best Female RB Vocal: Alicia Keys “Superwoman”
Best RB Album: Jennifer Hudson “Jennifer Hudson”
Best Female Country Vocal: Carrie Underwood “Last Name”
Best Male Country Vocal: Brad Paisley “Letter To Me”
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 'Killing the Blues'
Best Country Instrumental: Brad Paisley “Cluster Pluck”
Best Gospel Performance: Mary Mary “Get Up”
Best Gospel Song: Kirk Franklin “Help Me Believe”
Best Contemporary RB Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin “The Fight Of My Life”
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 'Raising Sand'
Best Remixed Recording: MGMT “Electric Feel (Justice Remix)”
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 'Jingle All The Way'

Best Pop Vocal Album: Duffy ‘Rockferry’
Best Hard Rock Performance: The Mars Volta ‘Wax Simulacra’
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Ne-Yo ‘Miss Independent’
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am ‘Be OK’
Best R&B Song: Ne-Yo ‘Miss Independent’
Best Contemporary R&B Album: Mary J. Blige ‘Growing Pains’
Best Rap Solo Performance: Lil Wayne ’A Milli’
Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group: Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne “Swagga Like Us”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboratio: Kanye West ‘American Boy’
Best Rap Song: Lil Wayne featuring Static Major ‘Lollipop’
Best Rap Album: Lil Wayne ‘Tha Carter III’
Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocals: Sugarland ‘Stay’
Best Country Instrumental Performance: Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill et al. ‘Cluster Pluck’
Best Country Song: Sugarland ‘Stay’

Best Country Album: George Strait ‘Troubadour’
Best Bluegrass Album: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder ‘Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass’
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: Gary Burton & Chick Corea ‘Waltz for Debby’
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Chick Corea & Gary Burton ‘The New Crystal Silence’
Best Latin Pop Album: Juanes ‘La Vida.. Es Un Ratico’
Best Latin Urban Album: Wisin y Yandel ‘Los Extraterrestres’
Best Tropical Latin Album: Jose Feliciano ‘Senor Bachata’
Best Norteno Album: Los Tigres Del Norte ‘Raices’
Best Traditional Blues Album: B.B. King ‘One Kind Favor’
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss ‘Raising Sound’
Best Traditional World Music Album: Ladysmith Black Mambazo ‘Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu’
Best Polka Album: Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra ‘Let The Whole World Sing’
Best Musical Album for Children: They Might Be Giants ‘Here Come the 123s’
Best Comedy Album:  George Carlin ‘It’s Bad For Ya’
Best Song Written for Motion Picture: Peter Gabriel ‘Down To Earth’ (from Wall-E)
Best Instrumental Composition: John Williams ‘The Adventures of Mutt’ (from Indiana Jones)
Best Instrumental Arrangement: Thomas Newman ‘Define Dancing’ (from Wall-E)
Best Surround Sound Album: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ‘Mussorgsky’
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with Orchestra): Hilary Hahn/Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ‘Schoenberg/Sibelius Violin Concertos’
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Gloria Cheng ‘Piano Music’
Best Short Form Music Video: Weezer ‘Pork and Beans’

Check out one of our favorites, TV On The Radio, this weekend on Saturday Night Live! Bradley Cooper (He's Just Not That Into You) hosts.

TVOTR's latest album Dear Science (DGC/Interscope) was proclaimed the number one album of 2008 by Rolling Stone, Spin and The New York Times. GQ is calling them the breakout band of 2009.

Don't miss their SNL performance and see for yourself what all the buzz is about!

The top 10 MP3s at Dada.net for the week of January 26-February 1 were:

1. "Heartless" Kanye West
2. "Just Dance" Lady GaGa
3. "My Life Would Suck Without You" Kelly Clarkson
4. "Gives You Hell" The All-American Rejects
5. "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" Beyonce
6. "Right Now (Na Na Na)" Akon
7. "Let It Rock" Kevin Rudolf
8. "You Found Me" The Fray
9. "Just Like Me" Jamie Foxx feat. T.I.
10. "Sober" P!nk

Kelly Clarkson - whose new album All I Ever Wanted (RCA) drops March 10 - has set another record on the Billboard Hot 100! Her new single, "My Life Would Suck Without You," catapulted from number 97 all the way to number one! That's the highest climb a song has ever made to number one!

"My Life Would Suck Without You" is the second number one single from the former American Idol. Her AI victory song, "A Moment Like This," went number one back in 2002.

Plasma TV? Check.
Buffalo wings and chips? Check.
Great music? Check!

Yes, football fans, Super Bowl Sunday is upon us and to celebrate as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals duke it out on the field in Tampa this Sunday, I've selected The Bowl Two Oh Oh Nine as this week's guest Dada DJ!  The Super Bowl 09! Let's party! playlist has everything you need to kick off the big event including tracks from Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, The All-American Rejects, Pussycat Dolls and Fall Out Boy.

Want to be a Dada DJ of the Week? All you have to do is create a playlist of your favorite tracks. Each week, I am choosing a new guest Dada DJ  - I'll highlight your playlist on Dada.net and give you a shout-out right here.

So, how do you get started creating a playlist? It's really easy -

1) Log onto your Dada.net account
2) Click the 'play' icon next to the song you want to add to your playlist and it will open in the Dada Player.
3) Continue to select all the songs you want to listen to - they will be automatically added to your Dada Player. Don't want a song to remain in your playlist after you have listened to it? Just delete it.
4) Once you've collected all the songs you want to include in your playlist, click "Add All Songs To Playlist." You will now be prompted to create a playlist which will let you name all the songs you just added.
5) Name your playlist and give it a description.
6) You will now see your just-created playlist in the 'Your Playlists' section of the Dada Player. Now, you can listen to it at anytime!
7) If you are listening to a new song and want to add it to an already existiing playlist, just click  'Add all songs to playlist.'  But make sure you only have songs in the player that you want to add to your playlist!
8) You can also delete a playlist anytime!

Want to share your playlist with the entire community? Just add your playlist to your profile - make sure you log in and click on your username at the top right corner of the home page. When your profile page loads:

1) Click "Add/Remove Widget" at the top of the page.
2) Select "Music Widgets" and then "Playlist Widget."
3) Save your changes. Your playlist will now show on your page.

You can make as many playlists (with up to 100 songs per playlist) as you like!

Don't forget to check back here to find out who is next week's guest Dada DJ.

Industry trade Radio and Records is reporting Beyonce has tied for the longest reign by a woman on their urban chart.

The diva's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" is spending its ninth week on top of the urban list, tying the record runs of  Ashanti's "Foolish" in 2002 and Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" in 2005.

One more week and Beyonce will be the sole leader! Stay tuned!

In honor of the new season of everyone's favorite TV show, American Idol, I've chosen dance101 as our Dada DJ of the Week. Dance has created a really fun playlist of favorite tracks from American Idols past and present including Kelly Clarkson, Bo Bice. Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Hicks and Clay Aiken, titled - what else? - My Fav Idols

Want to be a Dada DJ of the Week? All you have to do is create a playlist of your favorite tracks. Each week, I am choosing a new guest Dada DJ  - I'll highlight your playlist on Dada.net and give you a shout-out right here.

So, how do you get started creating a playlist? It's really easy -

1) Log onto your Dada.net account
2) Click the 'play' icon next to the song you want to add to your playlist and it will open in the Dada Player.
3) Continue to select all the songs you want to listen to - they will be automatically added to your Dada Player. Don't want a song to remain in your playlist after you have listened to it? Just delete it.
4) Once you've collected all the songs you want to include in your playlist, click "Add All Songs To Playlist." You will now be prompted to create a playlist which will let you name all the songs you just added.
5) Name your playlist and give it a description.
6) You will now see your just-created playlist in the 'Your Playlists' section of the Dada Player. Now, you can listen to it at anytime!
7) If you are listening to a new song and want to add it to an already existiing playlist, just click  'Add all songs to playlist.'  But make sure you only have songs in the player that you want to add to your playlist!
8) You can also delete a playlist anytime!

Want to share your playlist with the entire community? Just add your playlist to your profile - make sure you log in and click on your username at the top right corner of the home page. When your profile page loads:

1) Click "Add/Remove Widget" at the top of the page.
2) Select "Music Widgets" and then "Playlist Widget."
3) Save your changes. Your playlist will now show on your page.

You can make as many playlists (with up to 100 songs per playlist) as you like!

Don't forget to check back here to find out who is next week's guest Dada DJ.

The newest dance craze comes courtesy of the GS Boyz, the latest discovery from Yung Joc. Their "Stanky Legg" is rising up the charts while the dance craze is sweeping the nation.

Check it out on YouTube, where it's gotten over 3.5 million plays already! Do da stanky legg, do da stanky legg!

Lady GaGa is number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Just Dance," the first single from her album The Fame (Interscope/UMG) and her first number one hit!

Did you know Lady GaGa started her career as a songwriter? She actually wrote songs for pop acts such as the Pussycat Dolls before embarking on her solo career.

Check out more songs fro Lady GaGa's The Fame including "Starstruck," "Paparazzi" and "Brown Eyes."

The top 10 most popular MP3s at Dada.net® for the week of January 5-11, 2009 were:

1. "Heartless" Kanye West
2. "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis
3. "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" Beyonce
4. "Forever" Chris Brown
5. "Just Dance" Lady GaGa
6. "Disturbia" Rihanna
7. "Better In Time" Leona Lewis
8. "Apologize" OneRepublic
9. "No Air" Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown
10. "If I Were A Boy" Beyonce

Slumdog Millionaire was a surprise winner at last night Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association bestowed several honors on the Danny Boyle-directed film, including Best Original Score. A.R. Rahman composed the music for this wonderful love story/game show saga. We have the entire soundtrack - which also includes songs from M.I.A. among others - and it's available right here on Dada.net®!

Carrie Underwood was a triple threat at last night's People's Choice Awards, taking home wins for Favorite Female Singer, Favorite Country Song ("Last Name") and Favorite Star Under 35.

Other music winners included Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" for Favorite Rock Song, Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" for Best Pop Tune, Chris Brown for Best Male Singer and Rascal Flatts for Favorite Group.

This week's Dada DJ offers us a blast from the past. Remember the days of bell bottoms, disco and plaid? Well, me neither, but sideeyes shows us what those days were like with the Rewind To The 70s playlist.

Want to be a Dada DJ of the Week? All you have to do is create a playlist of your favorite tracks. Each week, I am choosing a new guest Dada DJ  - I'll highlight your playlist on Dada.net and give you a shout-out right here.

So, how do you get started creating a playlist? It's really easy -

1) Log onto your Dada.net account
2) Click the 'play' icon next to the song you want to add to your playlist and it will open in the Dada Player.
3) Continue to select all the songs you want to listen to - they will be automatically added to your Dada Player. Don't want a song to remain in your playlist after you have listened to it? Just delete it.
4) Once you've collected all the songs you want to include in your playlist, click "Add All Songs To Playlist." You will now be prompted to create a playlist which will let you name all the songs you just added.
5) Name your playlist and give it a description.
6) You will now see your just-created playlist in the 'Your Playlists' section of the Dada Player. Now, you can listen to it at anytime!
7) If you are listening to a new song and want to add it to an already existiing playlist, just click  'Add all songs to playlist.'  But make sure you only have songs in the player that you want to add to your playlist!
8) You can also delete a playlist anytime!

Want to share your playlist with the entire community? Just add your playlist to your profile - make sure you log in and click on your username at the top right corner of the home page. When your profile page loads:

1) Click "Add/Remove Widget" at the top of the page.
2) Select "Music Widgets" and then "Playlist Widget."
3) Save your changes. Your playlist will now show on your page.

You can make as many playlists (with up to 100 songs per playlist) as you like!

Don't forget to check back here to find out who is next week's guest Dada DJ.

You probably already know this - since you love buying your music at Dada.net - but online sales of music were at an all-time high last year!

Billboard magazine is reporting that over 1.5 billion units of music (albums, singles, music videos and digital tracks) were sold in 2008 - that's up 10.5% over 2007! Digital tracks by themselves sold over one billion units - a 27% gain over last year - while digital albums grew 32% to 65.8 million units.

So, what were music fans like you downloading? Over here at Dada.net, the three biggest tracks of 2008 were "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (pictured left), "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry and Lil Wayne's "Lollipop."

Across the board, Billboard reports that "Bleeding Love" was also the year's biggest digital song with 3.4 million paid downloads while Rihanna was 2008's top digital track selling artist. (Rihanna also had Dada.net's 10th most popular download of the year with "Disturbia").

Lil Wayne also had a huge year. He scored 2008's biggest selling album with Tha Carter III and his "Lollipop," in addition to being the third most popular song at Dada.net, was the year's biggest ringtone.

New Year's Eve celebrations are already starting so I've picked a playlist full of great songs to play as you welcome in 2009! A shout out to this week's Dada DJ of the Week, don303, whose playlist All Time Favouritesdon303 includes tracks from Snoop, Beyonce, Britney, Lil Wayne and Duffy.

Happy New Year!

Want to be a Dada DJ of the Week? All you have to do is create a playlist of your favorite tracks. Each week, I am choosing a new guest Dada DJ  - I'll highlight your playlist on Dada.net and give you a shout-out right here.

So, how do you get started creating a playlist? It's really easy -

1) Log onto your Dada.net account
2) Click the 'play' icon next to the song you want to add to your playlist and it will open in the Dada Player.
3) Continue to select all the songs you want to listen to - they will be automatically added to your Dada Player. Don't want a song to remain in your playlist after you have listened to it? Just delete it.
4) Once you've collected all the songs you want to include in your playlist, click "Add All Songs To Playlist." You will now be prompted to create a playlist which will let you name all the songs you just added.
5) Name your playlist and give it a description.
6) You will now see your just-created playlist in the 'Your Playlists' section of the Dada Player. Now, you can listen to it at anytime!
7) If you are listening to a new song and want to add it to an already existiing playlist, just click  'Add all songs to playlist.'  But make sure you only have songs in the player that you want to add to your playlist!
8) You can also delete a playlist anytime!

Want to share your playlist with the entire community? Just add your playlist to your profile - make sure you log in and click on your username at the top right corner of the home page. When your profile page loads:

1) Click "Add/Remove Widget" at the top of the page.
2) Select "Music Widgets" and then "Playlist Widget."
3) Save your changes. Your playlist will now show on your page.

You can make as many playlists (with up to 100 songs per playlist) as you like!

Don't forget to check back here to find out who is next week's guest Dada DJ.

Leona Lewis's breakthrough hit "Bleeding Love" (Syco/J Records) was the most popular song at Dada.net in 2008.

"Bleeding Love" was the first number one single for the British songstress and X Factor winner, reaching the top spot in the U.S. and U.K.

Lewis followed up her huge hit with the top 10 "Better In Time."

Katy Perry made everyone sit up and listen to her single "I Kissed A Girl," Dada.net's second most popular song of 2008.


The risque lyrics to "I Kissed A Girl" made the song an instant hit, topping the chart in 20 countries including the U.S. "I Kissed A Girl" catapulted sales of Perry's debut album One of the Boys (Capitol/EMI) to platinum. The album's follow-up single "Hot N Cold" was also a huge hit at the end of 2008.

Her songs have been heard in MTV's The Hills, Self-Inflicted and Thinking of You, Oxygen's Fight Girls, Fingerprints and the film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. "I Kissed A Girl" was also featured on the popular NOW 10th Anniversary collection, available exclusively for download at Dada.net.

The top 10 MP3s at Dada.net for the week of December 22-28, 2008 were:

1. "Heartless" Kanye West
2. "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" Beyonce
3. "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis
4. "Forever" Chris Brown
5. "Apologize" OneRepublic feat. Timbaland
6. "Better In Time" Leona Lewis
7. "Disturbia" Rihanna
8. "Chopped N Skrewed" T-Pain feat. Ludacris
9. "No Air" Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown
10. "If I Were A Boy" Beyonce

Lil Wayne had the third most popular song of 2008 at Dada.net with "Lollipop," his first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

Born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., the rapper joined the Cash Money Records collective while just a teenager. In 1997, he formed the group Hot Boys along with rappers Juvenile, Turk and B.G. and they released their debut Get It How You Live that same year. Hot Boys followed up their debut with two more releases before Lil Wayne launched his solo career in 1999. His first three CDs were met with little success until the 2004 release, Tha Carter, and a featured spot on Destiny Child's "Soldier" turned his career around.

The next couple of years were nonstop. Tha Carter II followed in 2005. In 2006, Lil Wayne collaborated with rapper Birdman for the album“Like Father, Like Son. He later featured on Fat Joe's single "Make it Rain" that year. In 2007, he also appeared on the R&B single "You" by singer Lloyd.

Tha Carter III was released in 2008 and brought Lil Wayne to a level of commercial success he had never had before. "Lollipop" was the album's first single - and it put Lil Wayne on top of the Billboard charts for the first time. The song also appeared on the popular hits collection, NOW 10th Anniversary, available exclusively for download at Dada.net.

Dada.net's Top 10 MP3s for the week December 15-21 were...

1. "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" Beyonce
2. "Heartless" Kanye West
3. "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis
4. "Diva" Beyonce
5. "Womanizer (Chorus)" Britney Spears
6. "Weekend Lover" Jamie Foxx
7. "Love Lockdown" Kanye West
8. "Overdose" Jamie Foxx
9. "Disturbia" Rihanna
10. "Chasing Pavements" Adele

Another year, another big album for Coldplay.

The U.K. megaband released Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (EMI) earlier this year, scoring number one Billboard singles with "Violet Hill" and "Viva La Vida."

"Viva La Vida" is Dada.net's fourth most popular song of 2008.

Since forming in London 10 years, ago, the alternative rock band has sold 40 million albums worldwide. They are known for their hit singles "Yellow," "The Scientist," "Speed of Sound" and "Clocks." Coldplay's early material was compared to acts such as Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, U2 and Travis but with Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, they have firmly est
ablished a place all their own

M.I.A. has Dada.net's fifth song on the Best of 2008 with "Paper Planes," the latest single from the singer who crosses many genres and who is not afraid to confront social issues through her music.

The singer known as M.I.A. was born Maya Arulpragasam in Sri Lanka amid major political strife before moving to England as a teenager and later pursuing a music career. Her debut album, 2005's Arular, was a huge critical success and put her on the charts at home and in the U.S. with the singles "Sunshowers" and "Galang."

Her second album, Kala, followed in 2007.

2008 was The Year of Ne-Yo.

The R&B star released his third album, The Year of the Gentleman (Island Def Jam), and had two hit singles by the end of the year, "Miss Independent" and "Closer," Dada.net's sixth most popular song of 2008.

2009 is sure to be another great year for Ne-Yo. Gentlemen's third single, Mad, is currently rising the charts and he has several acting projects in the works.

Dada.net's seventh most popular song of 2008 is the breakout single from Sara Bareilles, "Love Song."

"Love Song" was the first single from the singer/songwriter/pianist's sophomore album, Little Voices (Epic Records). The song actually entered the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in late 2007 but was a chart staple for months to come. Bareilles embarked on a nationwide tour and appeared on many television talk shows to promote the song. A follow-up, "Bottle It Up" was released in mid-2008.

Fresh off a divorce, P!nk released Funhouse (LaFace/Jive) and poked fun at all the nosy tabloids up in her bidness with "So What," Dada.net's eighth most popular song of 2008.

"So What" was a fresh and funny look at the newly-divorced and always gutsy P!nk, who rose to fame in 2000 with the release of her first album, Can't Take Me Home (LaFace/Arista). Throughout the decades, the singer born Alecia Moore has been a mainstay in the top 10 with singles like "Get This Party Started," "Who Knew," "Just Like a Pill," "Don't Let Me Get Me," and "Most Girls."

Funhouse is P!nk's fourth album and also features the new single "Sober." Watch for it on Dada.net's Best of 2009 list.

Timbaland may have been all over the charts in 2008 but he sometimes showed up in surprising places anyway - including OneRepublic's breakout hit "Apologize," Dada.net's ninth most popular song of 2008.

Produced by Timbaland, OneRepublic introduced longtime songwriter Ryan Tedder to mass audiences as the face and voice of OneRepublic. "Apologize" was a huge number one hit in early 2008 and was followed by "Stop and Stare," proving the act was no one-hit wonder and Timbaland had another platinum project on his hands.

Following 2007's release of her multplatinum album, Good Girl Gone Bad (Island Def Jam) and a slew of big singles include "Umbrella," "Hate That I Love You," "Shut Up and Drive," "Take A Bow" and "Don't Stop The Music," 2008 was another big year for Rihanna. With the release of Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded and the huge hit "Disturbia," the Barbados-born singer established herself as the year's biggest star. So it's no surprise that "Disturbia" lands at number 10 on Dada.net's Best of 2008 list.

Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, Rihanna was discovered when music producer Evan Rogers vacationed in Barbados and was introduced to the budding singer. Her music was well-received in the U.S., with singles like "Pon De Replay," "SOS" and "Unfaithful" all making their mark on the Billboard Hot 100. It was Rihanna's 2007 album, Good Girl Gone Bad, that firmly established her with global stars like Beyonce and Britney Spears, garnering several number one singles and two Grammy wins. Rihanna is the second artist - and the first female- from Barbados to ever receive a Grammy.

Sugarland's huge hit "Stay" is the lone entry on Dada.net's Best of 2008, coming in at number 11.

One of the biggest acts in country music - and one which often crosses over to the pop charts - Sugarland has released several multiplatinum albums, including 2008's Love On The Inside. They have consistently reached the top 10 of the country charts since their 2003 formation with hits like "Stay," "Settlin'," "Everyday America," and "All I Want to Do."

Sugarland vocalist Jennifer Nettles also scored a number one song - and a huge pop hit - with the 2006
duet "Who Says You Can't Go Home."

Usher's dance anthem "Love In This Club" is Dada.net's 12th most popular song of 2008.

The number one Billboard single from the artist born Usher Raymond IV is from his latest multi-platinum album, 2008's Here I Stand (Zomba). Since the mid 1990s, Usher has been a mainstay at the top of the charts with hits like "You Make Me Wanna...," "U Remind Me" and "Yeah!."

Chris Brown 's "Forever" was one of the biggest hits of the year (it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100) and at Dada.net. It's the 13th most popular song of 2008.

Over the past three years, the teenage Brown has become the hottest sensation in R&B and pop thanks to hits like "With You," "Run It!," "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" and "Kiss Kiss." His sophomore album, Exclusive (Jive/Zomba), has sold over one copies since its 2007 release. Brown has even dabbled in acting appearing on Disney's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and in the 2007 dance movie Stomp The Yard with Ne-Yo, Megan Good and Columbus Short.