Guardian Music — Cowell locks horns with weekly mag and responds to musicians' criticism of The X FactorIn a wheeze that may come to be ranked up there with former editor Steve Sutherland's August 1995 cover boosting the Blur v Oasis showdown, the NME tomorrow splash... more info

Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill is convinced the band wont split like Oasis due to their extremely strong family ties.The band consists of brothers Nathan,Caleb,Jared and cousin Matthew. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Kings Of Leon drummer Nathan Followill is convinced the band will never suffer the same fate as Oasis - because their family ties are too strong. more info

MTV.com News — Punk icons took best single, album and artists of the '00s in poll.By Gil Kaufman Green Day Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Rolling Stone readers love Green Day ... a lot. In the magazine's Decade-End Reader's Poll, the Berkeley-bred punk-po... more info

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

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Apple's iTunes on Tuesday released Rewind 2009, its lists of the year's best and best-selling media. Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" was the best-selling song at the country's leading music retailer. Kings of Leon'... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - The Black Eyed Peas' hit Boom Boom Pow and Kings Of Leon's album Only By The Night have been named the bestselling digital downloads on iTunes in 2009. more info

The Independent — Apple has announced its bestselling albums and songs of the year in a new feature on the iTunes Store called iTunes Rewind. Songs by Black-Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga were among chart-toppers in the US and UK, and the Kings of Leon album Only By the Nig... more info

VH1 News — The Black Eyed Peas and Kings of Leon topped iTunes' year-end sales charts. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus also scored digital hits in 2009. more info

Rolling Stone — Kings of Leon were the kings of the 2009 iTunes charts as the Followill clan’s Only By the Night was both the top-selling album and the Editor’s Pick as Album of the Year on Apple’s digital music service. The band’s “Use Somebody” was als... more info