Musicaddictz - Addicted To Music — The world’s largest music retailer, iTunes, has released its year-end list of the best-selling music of 2009. Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas ruled the digital charts, scoring some of the most-downloaded songs and albums. The iTunes staff al... more info

VH1 News — Beyoncé threw husband Jay-Z a star-studded 40th birthday bash in the Dominican Republic, with guests including Diddy, Kanye West and Alicia Keys. more info

MTV.com News — Guests including Diddy, Kanye West, Kate Hudson and Alicia Keys celebrated Jay's 40th in the Dominican Republic.By Jocelyn Vena Jay-Z and Beyoncé (file) Photo: Evan Agostini/ Getty Images The hottest MC in the game only turns 40 once. So ... more info

VH1 News — Drake called working with Alicia Keys on "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)," from Keys' Element of Freedom LP, "one of the best moments of my career." more info

Perez Hilton — And it was BIG! Jay-Z rented a mansion in the Dominican Republic resort Casa de Campo for his Scarface-themed 40th birthday and with a star-studded guest list we're sure it was a soiree to remember! Kanye West, Diddy, Oprah, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Ke... more info

MTV.com News — Pair bonded in studio before recording 'Un-thinkable (I'm Ready),' for Keys' Element of Freedom. By James Dinh Drake Photo: John Shearer/ Getty Images For decades now, artists have been collaborating without ever having met, thanks to the ... more info

Undercover, Australia — Alicia Keys will give for 1.2 million Facebook friends a first listen to her new album `The Element of Freedom`. more info

The Independent — More than 40,000 Twitter users joined in the Music Monday trend on December 7, sharing the names of music and songs they like in a tweet using the "#musicmonday" hashtag. The week's popular song selections included long-standing favorites by Lady Ga... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — Jay-Z is a genius. I know, I know. I don't usually post hip hop songs. I know very little about the genre, and won't pretend to preach on a subject that I'm ignorant about. But sometimes, you hear a song that's just so good that you've gotta share it... more info

The Newsroom — The Fashion Team and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Keri Hilson check out red carpet fashion from the American Music Awards. See if Alicia Keys, Paula Abdul, Leona Lewis, Adam Lambert and others got high fashion marks! more info