Who: Jason Derulo
Album: 'The Whatcha Say EP'
Video: 'Whatcha Say'
Hails From: Miramar, Florida
For Fans Of: Ne-Yo, Chris Brown

Why He's About to Pop: With his debut single 'Whatcha Say' tearing up the charts, Jason Derulo's face may be new on the scene, but he's been a presence in the music world since he was twelve years old, writing songs for major artists like Diddy, Lil Wayne, Danity Kane and Sean Kingston (to name a few). Throughout those years, the multi-talented artist (he can sing, dance and act also) knew something was missing. "[Songwriting] wasn't my career path, that was not my choice. It kind of just fell in my lap and was lucrative so I went with the punches," he told PopEater during a recent office visit. "I wanted to express myself ... I didn't want to be the pen behind the voice."

This revelation was nothing new. Derulo had dreams of stardom by age five, when he started mimicking his hero, Michael Jackson. "[My mother] probably brushed it off a little bit like, 'Oh that's cute.' I would just be in front of the TV practicing every single dance move and singing all the songs for weeks at a time nonstop." Years of hard work and practice have paid off, as evident in the tracks Derulo let our staff preview during his office visit. Combining club-ready beats and clever samples with infectious melodies, Derulo is armed and ready to step out in the spotlight.

If you're at all a fan of MTV's faux-reality drama 'The Hills,' odds are you've heard the indie-pop stylings of Kansas City rockers Vedera. The group maintains a close relationship with the show, providing them with the type of opportunity to reach new fans that most bands would kill for.

Vedera even had the opportunity to step in front of the cameras for one episode that aired in October of 2009, an experience they talked about with our staff during a recent visit to our New York office. In the episode, Lo and Audrina attend a showcase for the band, and according to them, the two cast members were polite, jovial and great to work with. "It turned out really well!" they told us.

Miley Cyrus' 'L.A.-by-way-of-Nashville' jam 'Party in the U.S.A.' isn't going away anytime soon, thanks in part to a new Youtube clip that's been making waves online. The video features an endearing kid named Stephen Torrence enthusiastically rocking out in sign language to the bouncy pop tune. As evidenced by a quick browse through the Youtube comments, the cute video is making a lot of hearing-impaired tweens happy. And however you feel about the song, we can all agree that those facial expressions are priceless.

When North Carolina's Jonas Sees in Color chose their band name, it didn't occur to them that they had just struck Google gold. It wasn't until a certain Disney-approved trio of brothers started making headlines that they realized the potential for new fans. "When we started our band we didn't know who the Jonas Brothers were, and it's kind of to our advantage because people find us on accident," frontman Ryan Downing told PopEater during a recent office visit. "They're like, 'Cool, I dig this band too!'"

Though other pierced and tattooed rockers might be cynical about the connection, Jonas Sees in Color is anything but. The band welcomed the JoBros fans, and even acknowledged the similarities in their pop sensibilities. "We tell people, 'We're relatable but not related,'" Downing says. Though keyboardist Meagan Beth was quick to add, "One day when I marry one of them, we will be."

Livvi Franc knows she has competition. If you were to compare her to fellow Barbadian beauty Rihanna, you certainly wouldn't be the first. "You would expect that, it's pretty inevitable," Franc told our staff during a recent visit to PopEater's New York headquarters. "Every radio station, every interview."

It's been 10 years since Christian Burns made waves in the music world when his group BB Mak landed a hit single with 'Back Here.' Though his boy band days are long behind him, the hard working Brit is still making infectious pop music and exploring a new mature sound as the Bleach Works. Burns recently paid a visit to our office in New York to meet the staff and do some exploring in the Big Apple, and he documented the experience for an exclusive webisode. Have a look.