New Music: Alicia Keys - "Speechless" feat. Eve

Lady Gaga and Eminem Top Best Selling Albums of 2010 list

01. Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster)
Interscope - 5,8 million copies
02. Eminem - Recovery
Aftermath / Interscope - 5,7 million copies
03. Justin Bieber - My Worlds (My World+My World 2.0)
Island - 5,6 million copies
04. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
Capitol Nashville - 3,6 million copies
05. Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Big Machine - 3,5 million copies
06. Susan Boyle - The Gift
Syco Music / Columbia - 3,0 million copies
07. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Interscope - 3,0 million copies
08. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love
Reprise - 3,0 million copies
09. Sadé - Soldier Of Love
RCA / Epic - 2,3 million copies
10. Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom
J Records - 2,3 million copies

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45 Christmas Songs by Modern Artists

What's a better way to start off the holidays than with music by your favorite artists?

Lady Gaga will make an announcement about "Born This Way" on Dec. 31

Michelle Branch 'returning to pop music'

Michelle Branch has revealed that her new album will mark a return to her pop roots.

The singer, whose last studio release was a country record as part of the Wreckers, said that she has been writing a "fun" and "creative" LP in the vein of her debut The Spirit Room in London with producers Jim Irvin and Julian Emrey.

Irvin and Emrey are best known for their work with McFly, Boyzone and David Guetta.

In a Ustream chat, she said: "I was in London - I've been working on a new record Julian Emrey and Jim Irvine, who are these two writers I met in LA. The first song we wrote together is a song called 'Spark', and we were so excited about it - it was the best writing day possible!

"It's great because they're writers and also producers. My favorite song that we wrote together was called 'The Story Of Us'. It's a song that's really personal to me."

She continued: "I have 11 or 12 songs ready to go right now and I'm going to go in studio in January and start recording them. I'm really confident I will have this record out by next summer."

On the album's sound, she said: "I hate putting labels on it because a good song is a good song. This record is more in the vein of my first record, which I would say was a pop record.

"The last record became so exhausting that this one is all about having fun and being creative again and not feeling like I have to write a specific way for a specific genre."

The 'Everywhere' star's last solo studio LP was 2003's Hotel Paper, which peaked at number 35 on the UK album chart and number two in the US.

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Nirvana's Surviving Members Reunite at 'Secret' Foo Fighters Show

According to a report by Spin Magazine, the surviving members of Nirvana regrouped for the first time in more than a decade at a "secret" Foo Fighters show in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Of course, being that Nirvana was officially just a trio, all that means is that Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl (pictured) was joined by original Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. However, the duo were also joined by Nirvana's touring guitarist Pat Smear. Grohl, who sings and plays guitar for the Foos, played drums for Nirvana. The hugely influential group disbanded in 1994 following leader Kurt Cobain's suicide.

To those paying close attention, Tuesday night's reunion, while unexpected, should come as little surprise -- it's been widely reported that Grohl recently employed his old bassist's services for a track which will appear on the new, forthcoming Foo Fighters album. That album, incidentally, is also being produced by Butch Vig, who masterminded Nirvana's 1991 seminal breakthrough, 'Nevermind.'

While the Foo Fighters used the intimate show to showcase some of their new material, the short Nirvana segment saw Novoselic and Smear join Grohl on stage to perform 'Marigold' -- originally a b-side for the hit single 'Heart Shaped Box,' it's the only original composition that Grohl contributed to Nirvana. While many celebrities were allegedly spotted in the audience, we're guessing that Courtney Love was not one of them.

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Preview of Willow Smith's "Rockstar"

Cover/Parody of the Week: Daughtry Covers "Poker Face"

"Born This Way" Cover to Be Revealed on Christmas

The above screencap is from an e-mail that SHOWstudio are sending out today. The e-mail announces that a “new image of – and from – Lady Gaga” shot by Nick Knight will be revealed at an undisclosed time on Christmas Day. It goes on to say that Gaga herself will also tweet the image from her account simultaneously with SHOWstudio’s reveal. Fans are speculating that it could be the first promotional image from Born This Way. What do you think it is? Either way, we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us!

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Avril Lavigne Reveals Goodbye Lullaby Tracklisting

After revealing the title of her new album Goodbye Lullaby earlier this month, Avril Lavigne has now named which songs will make the record.

The singer's fourth studio album includes 13 songs - although Alice from this year's Alice in Wonderland soundtrack appears as a hidden bonus song at the end of the CD.

Goodbye Lullaby will be released March 8, 2011 and includes the lead single What The Hell - which will get its premiere in the US on Dick Clark's New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.

Goodbye Lullaby Tracklisting:

1. Black Star
2. What The Hell
3. Push
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Smile
6. Stop Standing There
7. I Love You
8. Everybody Hurts
9. Not Enough
10. 4 Real
11. Darlin
12. Remember When
13. Goodbye
14. Alice (Hidden Track)

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