An American rock band One Republic has released a new hit single Apologize together with Timbaland’s Timabaland Presents: Shock Value. In fact, many of us know Timbaland, but how many of us have heard of One Republic? Even the performer of the single Apologize, where the band does most of the singing is called “Timbaland feat. One Republic”.

One Republic’s members include Ryan Tedder – vocals, guitar, piano; Zach Filkins – guitar, vocals, Edie Fisher – drums, percussion; Brent Kutzle – bass guitar, cello, vocals; Drew Brown – guitar. Their single Apologize became a hit within the first weeks since its release day. Selling a huge number of digital downloads, the song has reached #2 of Hot 100 in October 27, 2007.

On August 2, 2007, One Republic performed Apologize live on Fox’a So you Think You Can Dance, and in October, 2007 they sang it on an episode of One Life to Live together with Timbaland.

The guys from One Republic have just finished recording their debut album under the title Dreaming Out Loud, which will be released on November, 20, 2007. There already is much speculation around this album, which is going to be a kick-ass creation. Let’s wait and see!

One of the most popular female pop-singers in the States, Britney Spears has recently released her first album after the 4-year break. The album under the title “Blackout” with the single “Gimme More”, which Britney presented at MTV Music Awards 2007 was accepted with applause among her numerous fans all over the world. I guess, it has become her second most successful single since the release of “Baby One More Time”. In fact, it has been estimated that her latest album could rack up more than 330,000 in week-one sales – and this is amazing. We can ask ourselves a question, why this singer is so popular with his/her new album without any special promotion campaign, and another one just fails… Well, Britney does have something behind, some special zest, which her each and every album so appreciated. Let’s hope that Britney will recover from all her present difficulties, and will continue to rejoice us with her great songs that will follow.