Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Hip-hop couple Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have sparked rumours they are set to move in together after they were spotted house hunting in their native New York. more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — * White Magic's New Egypt was one of the more exciting records I heard in 2009 -- effortless, with Mira improvising vocals and yipping over a hazy, driving trance groove that's like an Alicia Keyes locked groove on a turntable... more info

Detroit Free Press — Top 10 selling iTunes tracks 1 Ke$ha, "Tik Tok" 2 Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance" 3 Jay-Z (featuring Alicia Keys), "Empire State of Mind" 4 Iyaz, "Replay" 5 Owl City, "Fireflies" 6 Jay Sean (feat. Lil Wayne), "Down" 7 The Black Eyed P... more info

Topix — Alicia Keys is always surprised when her finished songs don't sound the way she had envisaged. more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Kanye West, Paul McCartney • Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Enters Rehab • Amy Winehouse Arrested for Alleged Assault • New Year’s Eve Rock Guide • Kelly Clarkson Talks Twilight-Inspired Song • Ronnie Wood Cautioned for Assau... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has fought off competition from Alicia Keys to claim the US album chart's Christmas number one with her debut release I Dreamed A Dream. more info

411 Mania — She'll bring The Element of Freedom to North American cities... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Alicia Keys’ new album “The Element of Freedom” logged impressive first-week sales of 417,000 copies, enough to put her at No. 1 just about any other week of this year. But she has to settle for a debut in the... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - There's just no stopping Susan Boyle on the U.S. pop chart. more info

411 Mania — Boyle could be the biggest album of 2009, plus Robin Thicke debuts... more info