Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. announced today that SingStarTM Pop, the latest installment in the SingStarTM franchise, will launch April 3, 2007 exclusively for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s London Studio, SingStar Pop is the follow-up to SingStar™ Rocks and is PlayStation 2’s newest interactive singing experience featuring real songs and music videos from original artists.

This time around PlayStation fans will find more of their favorite songs from current chart-topping stars and pop legends including James Blunt, U2, Natasha Bedingfield, Franz Ferdinand, The Clash and more.

SingStar Pop will be available both as a standalone disc and packaged with two high-quality SingStar USB microphones.
SingStar Pop also is compatible with the EyeToy™ USB Camera, so players can not only watch themselves performing in the limelight, but also playback those golden moments again and again! Whether dreaming of their own solo performance or enjoying a good time with friends and family, players can headline the game in single-player mode or break loose with several multiplayer modes. An ideal game to keep the party going, a group of players can hop on the mic with multiplayer options including cooperative Duet Mode, one-on-one Battle Mode and the team-based Pass-the-Mic. And as an added feature for SingStar fans, players can easily expand their song library by accessing the song list from SingStar Rocks! while playing SingStar Pop, and vice versa, via the quick disc swap feature.

Players can choose from an extensive list of pop songs to keep festivities going, including:

3 Doors Down… Kryptonite
A-Ha… Take On Me
Alicia Keys… Fallin'
All American Rejects… Move Along
Ashlee Simpson… Invisible
Avril Lavigne… Sk8er Boi
Blue October… Hate Me
Britney Spears… …One more time
Cartel… Honestly
Cyndi Lauper… Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Daniel Powter… Bad Day
Destiny's Child… Survivor
Franz Ferdinand… Take Me Out
Gorillaz… Feel Good, Inc.
Hinder… Lips of an Angel
Hoobastank… The Reason
James Blunt… You're Beautiful
Jesse McCartney… Beautiful Soul
Lifehouse… Hanging By A Moment
My Chemical Romance… Helena
Natasha Bedingfield… These Words
Panic! At the Disco… I Write Sins, Not Tragedies
Rihanna… SOS
Ryan Cabrera… On The Way Down
Snow Patrol… Chasing Cars
The Clash… Should I Stay or Should I go
The Fray… Over My Head
The Raconteurs… Steady, As She Goes
U2… Vertigo
Whitney Houston… I Wanna Dance With Somebody