Rebecca: The Next Taylor Swift?

Quotes from Teen Vogue:

"People Tell Me I Sound Like Taylor Swift."

"People tell me I sound like Taylor Swift. Once you hear my sound without any adjustments — just my raw voice — it’s unique"

Read more about what Rebecca has to say: Teen Vogue

Meet The Dude Behind Rebecca Black

Patrice Wilson, the "CEO" of Ark Music Factory.

“Friday” is at 54,414,883

On YouTube.com Rebecca Black’s “Friday” is at 54,414,883 views and climbing. Let's see how far we can take this rocketship. It has been a wild ride so far.

"Friday" now No. 72 on Billboard

"Friday" now No. 72 on Billboard Hot 100 this week.  According to Nielsen SoundScan, it has sold around 37,000, thanks to her national TV appearances on "Good Morning America" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".

Source: www.billboard.com

Rebecca Black Signs with Major Music Label, DB Entertainment

Rebecca has just been signed music manager Debra Baum to her label, DB Entertainment. When ask about the possibility of working with famous songwriters, she says, "That’s not a question you should ask me... my parents just throw song ideas at me, and I’ve been listening to a billion different songs." The future looks bright!

Update: Ryan Seacrest hooked it up! TMZ is reporting that Ryan hooked Rebecca Black up with Debra Baum.

Why wait for Friday? Conan O'Brien Loves "Thursday"!

Oh Conan. You're such a funny mee-aan!

I think Rebecca Black is a genius - Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga pays a little respect to her young competition. Rebecca now has over 42+ million views on YouTube. Lady Gaga's song "Born This Way" so far has 24+ million views. Her interview with Google executive Marissa Mayer she says this about Rebecca:

“I think it is fantastic. I think Rebecca Black is a genius, and anyone who is telling her she is cheesy is full of shit.”

Warning: Video over 70 minutes.

Did Rebecca Black Lip Synch 'Friday' on 'Jay Leno'?

Not sure if the DVR was playing the audio out of sync with the picture, but did I just see a major flop on Jay Leno? I'm not sure. Watch for yourself how music track on "Friday" began before Jessica even had the microphone in her hands. Weird stuff. Glad it's almost Friday!

Rebecca Black: The Next Justin Bieber?

Yes? No? Maybe? I don't know? Can you repeat the question?

Best version of Friday yet!

This video was uploaded to YouTube.com by Dan Dobi:

Uploaded by dandobi on Mar 16, 2011

FUN FUN FUN Music Video I directed of Kyle Puccia's recreation of FRIDAY by REBECCA BLACK. Enjoy it Kids!

I was introduced to Kyle by a good friend, told him my idea to make the video, he made the song in a few hours, and boom. From making the song, shooting, cutting and uploading it to YouTube was all within a 12 hour turn around.

COVER BY: Kyle Puccia
DIRECTED BY: Dan Dobi
ORIGINAL SONG BY: Rebecca Black
Co-Producer: Charlie Capen

We did this for fun... Please don't take this seriously and get all butt hurt. We're not making fun of Rebecca, we're just covering the song.

How many versions of "Friday"?

Unofficial versions below. Which one is your favorite?

Chipmunk Version


Bob Dylan-like Version


Friday Movie Mashup


Friday, Baby (Jessica Black / Justin Beiber Acoustic Mashup)


Black Eyed Peas?

Unplugged Version of "Friday"

How does she sound to you? I think she sounds great!

Who is Benni Crinkle?

Benni Crinkle, also known as the “awkward dancing friend”, uploaded this video on March 18 in response to the overwhelming number of animated GIFs of her making the rounds on Tumblr. The video was posted to Reddit on March 19th.

Nick Jonas sang 'Friday' on Sunday

Jonas Brothers bandmates at Concert of Hope on Sunday night, March 20, the youngest member of the band sat behind a white grand piano and covered Rebecca Black's viral hit "Friday".

Nick Sang:

Gettin' down on Friday
Lookin' forward to the weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin' down on Friday
Lookin' forward to the weekend
Partyin', partyin' (Yeah)
Partyin', partyin' (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin' forward to the weekend.

Rebecca Black on Leno tomorrow night

A tweet from Rebecca: "Also, catch me on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday night!"

Stay tune!  Check your local listings.

Rebecca feels "cyberbullied"

Rebecca says she feels "cyberbullied" and says she's received death threats. How could you not feel that way with all the mean comments floating out there. The media is pretty harsh as well.

SFGate.com wrote late last week that "Friday" "... may be the ultimate combination of horrible lyrics, horrible songwriting, horrible auto-tuning (apparently to hide horrible singing), horrible cameos (c'mon, USHER!?!), horrible visual effects, horrible dancing and horrible horribleness. It's so horrible, people are wondering whether the production is real or if it's an elaborate joke."

Justin Bieber referenced her "Friday" lyrics in a tweet: "sunday comes after saturday? weird"

Nicole Richie tweeted: "Rebecca Black is DOPE! I'm gonna support her music, her work, & her dream.... But still make Friday jokes."

Simon Cowell Loves Rebecca Black

"I love her the fact that she's gotten so much publicity," Cowell tells People. "People are so upset about the song, but I think it's hysterical... I want to meet her. Anyone who can create this much controversy within a week, I want to meet. I love people like that."

Source: People 

Special shout-out from Willow Smith

Big support coming from Willow Camille Reign Smith. Will Smith should be proud of her for supporting an underdog like Rebecca.

Haters gonna hate

Why people gotta hate? Come on people, she's only 13!

A comment from one hater:

"I hope you cut yourself, and I hope you get an eating disorder so you'll look pretty. And I hope you go cut and die."

Click on the source to watch Rebecca's response to all the haters in the world:

Source: Good Morning America

Rebecca Black and Ark Music Factory racking up $20,000

Indeed. She's laughing all the way to the bank. Some people might think her singing sucks, but she's got over 30 million views on YouTube. Don't mock her unless you can top her.

Hit the source to see the Forbes Blog

Source: Forbes

Rebecca Black is still trending on Twitter

Rebecca Black has been trending for a week. Even #prayforjapan didn't trend this long.

Source: http://trendistic.com/

“Friday” is the 19th most downloaded song on iTunes

Rebecca Black’s “Friday” will not die. Despite all the negative comments and reviews on all the social networking sites, blogs, and media, her song “Friday” is the 19th most downloaded song on iTunes. She is beating Justin Bieber, Glee, Usher, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Rihanna and Taylor Swift.

The video for Rebecca Black’s “Friday” now has more YouTube views than Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” - TechCrunch

Rebecca is more famous than Lady Gaga! Techcrunch does a blog on Jessica. Hit the source to see the full blog.

The video for Rebecca Black’s “Friday” now has more YouTube views than Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” at around 26 million versus 22 million for Gaga. For those of you that haven’t been playing along with the meme, Rebecca Black is a 13-year-old aspiring singer whose parents paid $2,000 to have a “professional” music video made by a YouTube popstar factory called, appropriately enough, ARK Factory.

Source: TechCrunch 

Rebecca Black - Friday

"Friday" is a song written by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson, performed by Rebecca Black, a 13-year-old singer from Anaheim Hills, California. It was released as a single on March 14, 2011. "Friday" was produced by the ARK Music Factory, a company owned by Jey and Wilson. Within a week after being released on iTunes it has jumped the iTunes sales chart to 19 as of March 19, 2011.