MTV.com News — 'I need to just live life, to be inspired by things again,' singer tells USA Today. By Jocelyn Vena Beyoncé Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images Beyoncé had quite a 2009. She performed at President Obama's inauguration, started the "Sing... more info

MTV.com News — Pop rapper's debut, Animal, knocks British songstress to #2.By Gil Kaufman Ke$ha's Animal Photo: RCA Records It took a party-animal newcomer like Ke$ha to end chart champ Susan Boyle's Billboard reign. The Auto-Tune-loving pop rapper, who... more info

Detroit Free Press — It was one of those nights when you could practically feel the buzz radiating out of the building. Arriving at Joe Louis Arena as the newly coronated queen of dance-pop — or at least its unstoppable princess — Lady Gaga delivered an intoxicating,... more info

Starpulse — It has been said that the American Idol process is much more grueling than other, more traditional ways of making it in the music industry. But then again[...] Read more! more info

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Pop Justice — Eyes down, look in: » The new and probably brilliant or at least it had better be Ting Tings albums is called... 'Kunst'. (NME) (http://www.nme.com/news/the-ting-tings/49175) » Lady Gaga's on The Oprah Winfrey Show this Friday. (Aceshowbiz) (h... more info

Detroit Free Press — LADY GAGA: Moments like this don't come often -- a chance to catch a star during that once-in-a-career leap to the next level. more info

Scotsman.com — AN MTV show in which Lady Gaga let rip with bad language while encouraging an audience to dance has been rapped by the broadcasting watchdog. The star was featured on MTV Live more info

The Independent — With the top acts of 2009 being primarily from the genres of mainstream pop, country, and rap, with names like Eminem, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, plus the standards of TV phenomenon Susan Boyle doing well on the US charts, upcoming releases in 2010... more info

The Independent — A 20-song collection highlighting songs nominated for the 2010 Grammy Awards will be released January 19, featuring artists including Adele, Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, the Fray, Green... more info