Guardian Music — The week's highlights from planet pop and beyond, starring Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Sinead O'Connor, KT Tunstall and more more info

411 Mania — Some steampunk sexiness... more info

Perez Hilton — At least they're self-aware! During a recent interview, Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger acknowledged to the world that his band is NOT trendy. Here's what he had to say about it: "We don't look at what all the popular artists are doing. We're not... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Lady GaGa has revealed that she believes Beyoncé will be a great mum. The Marry The Night hitmaker, who collaborated with Queen B on her 2010 hit single Telephone, also paid homage to Bey... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — • Kristen Stewart moved by Twilight wedding dress. (Celeb Dirty Laundry) • Johnny Depp and his girlfriend splitting up? (Have U Heard) • Drew Barrymore to marry Will. (Lainey Gossip) • Cute celebs in bow ties. (Celebuzz) • Lady Gaga bar... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Rihanna has been crowned as the biggest-selling digital artist of all time.The We Found Love singer beat Lady GaGa, Katy Perry and Eminem to take the title, after shifting over 47.5 million digital... more info

Pop Justice — Rihanna has broken the record for most digital downloads in US history, with sales of over 47 million. Black Eyed Peas are in second place, while Lady Gaga is fourth. (That Grape Juice) (http://thatgrapejuice.net/2012/01/rihanna-highest-selling-digit... more info

411 Mania — She confirmed this during an interview… more info

Guardian Music — Adele's 21 leads the charge as US album sales rise by 1.6% – with Lady Gaga and Michael Bublé in pursuitUS album sales are up for the first time since 2004. While the UK music market totters, 2011 saw an increase of 1.4% for album sales in America... more info

Pop Justice — In our end-of-year albums roundup, by way of a mostly successful hat metaphor, we talked a bit (http://popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5902&Itemid=9) about how Lady Gaga tried to contain the sprawling mass of ideas in the 'B... more info