ET Online — By Carolyn Richardson In seven days, 25-year-old Janelle Monae, a rock & soul princess, has risen from seeming obscurity to taking on The King of Pop's rumored favorite song "Smile" and Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" -- two colossal songs that helped ... more info

CNN Showbiz — Sunday night, R&B star Chris Brown, who has been keeping a low profile since pleading guilty last year in the assault case involving his former girlfriend Rihanna, broke down while performing a surprise tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards. ... more info

VH1 News — Chris Brown's tearful tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards on Sunday night "seemed genuine," Perez Hilton told MTV News. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Michael Jackson died a year ago Friday, and since then, hundreds if not thousands of artists have paid tribute to his legacy in song. Of course, paying homage to the King of Pop is a notoriously tricky enterprise, considering the... more info

USA Today Music — It was a night of comebacks at the BET Awards, and none more unexpected than Chris Brown performing an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson. more info

Pitchfork — Glastonbury is still quite possibly the best music festival in the world not only because it attracts the biggest of the big but because the biggest of the big often do things at Glastonbury that they probably won't do anywhere else. Like a surprise ... more info

VH1 News — Chris Brown's choked-up performance on the BET Awards during his Michael Jackson tribute adds him to the list of greatest pop-culture crying fits, which includes Halle Berry, Kelly Clarkson and Justin Timberlake. more info

MTV.com News — Singer wows crowd with a medley of his and his family group's biggest hits.By MTV News staff El DeBarge performs at the BET Awards on Sunday Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Sunday night's 2010 BET Awards had no shortage of surprising, thrillin... more info

MTV.com News — Halle Berry, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake and more have had their moments.By Kyle Anderson Chris Brown performs at the 2010 BET awards on Sunday Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images Despite the triumphant TV returns of Kanye West, T... more info

Pitchfork — Hey, somebody let Kanye West back onstage at an awards show! Kanye opened last night's BET Awards by standing on top of a gigantic, ridiculous fake mountain that occasionally shot jets of red smoke up at him and roared through "Power", his furious ... more info