MTV.com News — Our 'American Idol' top 12 cheat sheet looks at Benami's strengths and weaknesses.By Jim Cantiello Didi Benami at the "American Idol" top 12 party Photo: Jesse Grant/ WireImage On Thursday night, "American Idol" revealed its top 12 finalis... more info

Mjsbigblog — The live shows finally begin this week (YAY) with the Top 12 girls singing on Tuesday and The Top 12 boys on Wednesday. After the jump, check out Top 24 song spoilers from Idol Maniac, who helped successfully spoil the Top 24 this year. The song ... more info

MTV.com News — Norah Jones, Wale, Flaming Lips, the xx also announced in gradual MySpace reveal.By James Montgomery Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage Weezer, the Flaming Lips and Phoenix are among the first batch of artists confirmed fo... more info

Guardian Music — Skins seems to be the only show actively trying to break new music in the UK. If more followed its example, there wouldn't just be X Factor finalists and Glee cast members ruling the chartsThere's no question that The X Factor is one of the most powe... more info

Live Daily — Singer/songwriters Mat Kearney [ tickets ] and Ingrid Michaelson will team up for a spring roadtrip in support of their respective 2009 albums: "City of Black & White" and "Everybody." The two musicians will begin the outing with a March 9 show i... more info

MTV.com News — Victoria 'Posh Spice' Beckham returns for another guest-judging stint.By James Montgomery Ty "Bikini Boy" Hemmerling on "American Idol" Tuesday Photo: Fox One week after uncovering a Texas-size amount of talent in Dallas, "American Idol" h... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Singer/songwriters Mat Kearney and Ingrid Michaelson hae announced plans to team up and co-headline one of the top anticipated tours of 2010. Ingrid Michaelson arrive with fanfare with her 2007 debut album Girls and Boys,that featured th... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's that time of the year again, when all my Bonnaroo brethren are anxiously awaiting for the official lineup to be announced. The Roo crew usually release the lineup the first week of February, so it's only natural that the rumors and leaky lineup... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Ingrid Michaelson has announced two big TV appearances this week! Tomorrow, January 22, Ingrid, along with her full band will perform "Maybe" on the Ellen Degeneres Show, while tonight "Everybody" will be featured in an all new episode... more info

MTV.com News — Erykah Badu, Chairlift, Corinne Bailey Rae, Ke$ha and Metric also onboard.By Gil Kaufman Mary J. Blige Photo: Jeffrey Ufberg/ Getty Images After a decade-long hiatus, the female-centric Lilith Fair festival will storm back in summer 2010 w... more info