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Guardian Music — Plan B, 30h!3 and Kid Cudi are all in pursuit of happiness in this week's selection – drink-driving, getting in fights, chasing women. Their mothers would be proudHurts: Wonderful LifeA long, long time ago, God created man. And after witnessin... more info

Guardian Music — The highs! The lows! The flatliners! We've researched, analysed and condensed the stats on just how well our batch of bands performed in 2009For the past 12 months, Guardian.co.uk/music's innovative, technologically dazzling Buzz Graph has covered th... more info

MTV.com News — Monster Ball opening act was nervous about Gaga's fans, but they 'have just been incredible' to him.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Harper Jason Derulo Photo: MTV News When Jason Derulo got the call last fall that he'd be opening f... more info

Detroit Free Press — KID CUDI: This adventurous, enigmatic Cleveland artist cemented his place on last year's best-of lists with the clever concept record "Man on the Moon: The End of Day." It wasn't just the year's best hip-hop debut; it was the year&apo... more info

The Culture Of Me — Ripping up the Kid Cudi "Make Her Say" version that utilized the sample of "Poker Face" from Lady Gaga and redefining both takes into a new start, Wiz Khalifa, the Pittsburgh hip hop king (cf. his three mixtape appearances and... more info

Detroit Free Press — "Big Love" season premiere, 9 p.m. HBO Kid Cudi at Michigan Theater Lady Gaga at Joe Louis Arena. Also Jan. 13. "American Idol" season premiere, 8 p.m. Fox "Project Runway" season premiere, 10 p.m. Lifetime more info

Altsounds — The notion of "traditional hip hop" has changed forever. Whether you're talking about genre bending projects from superstars like Kanye and Lil Wayne or new artists like Kid Cudi, hip-hop has reached a tipping point and its followers are expanding th... more info

Live Daily — When country music band Gloriana [ tickets ] won the American Music Award for Breakthrough Artist of 2009, the band members must have been on cloud nine--especially when the announcement was followed by a congratulatory call from Taylor Swift [ ticke... more info

Guardian Music — Hip-hop's 'true poet' is working on a new record inspired by Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone and Maya AngelouKanye West is returning to the studio, recording a new album inspired by Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone and Maya Angelou. The New Year's declarati... more info