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Taylor Swift's Red and all the records it could break: A slideshow

The lovesick country-pop singer is on track to become the first female performer to have two albums sell 1 million copies in their first week

 
South Korean rapper PSY demonstrates his bizarre, globally inspiring horseriding dance on the Today show.

'Gangnam Style': The 11 best parodies of the viral video [Updated]

South Korean rapper Psy's eccentric song-and-dance sensation has inspired a herd of YouTube knockoffs, starring an NBA superstar, cartoon ponies, and Gandalf

 
Gnesa's music video "Wilder," a viral hit, has been called "at once unwatchable and completely mesmerizing."

5 singers dubbed 'the next Rebecca Black'

The inauspiciously named Gnesa is just the latest YouTube performer whose music video has been compared to the cringeworthy 2011 viral hit "Friday"

 
Adele's "Skyfall" is "a Bond song that actually stirs the heart," says Neil McCormick at the Daily Telegraph.

'Skyfall': Listen to Adele's leaked James Bond theme

A 90-second clip of the 21 crooner's new song, which will be featured in Daniel Craig's new outing as 007, has hit the internet well ahead of a planned release

 
Mumford & Sons new album, Babel, is expected to sell almost twice as many records in its first week as Justin Bieber's latest album, Believe.

How did Mumford & Sons get bigger than Justin Bieber?

Babel, the sophomore album from English folk rockers Mumford & Sons, is poised to smash records for music sales in 2012

 
Justin Bieber's mom opens up about her tumultuous upbringing and what it was like being a teen mom of the future pop sensation.

Nowhere but Up: 6 revelations about Justin Bieber from his mom's memoir

The Canadian mom who brought the world Bieber Fever shares painful details from her rough early life... and sheds light on her famous son

 
Kanye West's new compilation album, Cruel Summer, features some of hip hop's biggest names, including Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, and Big Sean.

Does Kanye West's Cruel Summer live up to the hype?

Fans have been salivating for months over a compilation album that features Jay-Z, Big Sean, and West himself. But now that it's out, many listeners are unsatisfied

 
The Tempest, Bob Dylan's latest album, features a 14-minute track about the Titanic that seems to document both the ship's sinking and the blockbuster film.

Bob Dylan's seemingly endless Titanic song: 4 talking points

The 14-minute track on the legendary singer's new album, which includes bizarre references to Leonardo DiCaprio, has many critics scratching their heads

 
Three of the young, strenuously coiffed members of One Direction: The boy band swept the MTV Video Music Awards.

MTV's Video Music Awards: 4 talking points

The 28th annual awards ceremony offered few surprises, but several buzz-worthy moments — including a "shocking" Rihanna kiss

 
will.i.am's new single "Reach for the Stars" was broadcast on Mars on Aug. 28 by the NASA rover Curiosity, which then transmitted the song via radio waves back to Earth.

The strange debut of will.i.am's new single... from Mars

The Black Eyed Peas' singer partners with NASA in the first-ever musical broadcast from the red planet's surface

 
Taylor Swift's single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" shot to the top of the iTunes Songs chart in just under an hour of its release.

'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together': Will Taylor Swift finally get her No. 1 single?

The oft-brokenhearted songstress released the first single off her forthcoming album, Red, and it's already earworming its way up the charts

 
Snoop Dogg sports a Rastafarian look while watching a Lakers game on May 18: Now, the rapper is officially going reggae with a new sound, new look, and new name.

Snoop Dogg's high-minded transformation into Snoop Lion

From rap to reggae? The veteran artist ditches his dope-smoking gangsta persona to become a dope-smoking Bob Marley acolyte

 
James Brown pictured in 1971: After Martin Luther King's death in 1968, Brown emerged as a peacemaker, urging people not to express their anger with violence.

Did James Brown save Boston?

Martin Luther King was dead and cities were burning, says RJ Smith, but the soul singer turned down the heat

 
The return of the 90s band: A slideshow

The return of the 90s band: A slideshow

California ska band No Doubt isn't the only Clinton-era group vying for a millennial comeback

 
Selena Gomez (center) and buddies, including boyfriend Justin Beiber (not pictured), jump on the "Call Me Maybe" bandwagon with their own lip-synch video.

'Call Me Maybe': The viral video showdown

Carly Rae Jepsen's inescapable pop hit inspires lip-synched homages from unlikely culprits including Jimmy Fallon, Harvard's baseball team, and Colin Powell

 
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