Perez Hilton — And American Idol will never be the same! Simon Cowell has been negotiating with Fox for days about bringing his wildly popular UK show, The X Factor, to America beginning in 2011! The announcement of the show is expected to arrive very soon — as... more info

Rolling Stone — Facebook helped Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” upset The X Factor as the U.K.’s Christmas Number One. Now, another group on the social network has launched asking fans to purchase the Smiths’ hit “How Soon Is Now?” bet... more info

MTV.com News — Cowell will make his exit after season nine to judge and executive-produce a U.S. version of 'The X Factor.'By Gil Kaufman Simon Cowell Photo: Brian Ach/ WireImage After months of rumors and speculation, it was confirmed Monday (January 11... more info

Pop Justice — Eyes down, look in: » Beating Sidney Samson's terrible/brilliant 'Riverside', the brilliant/terrible 'Replay' by Iyaz is the new UK Number One. (Radio 1) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles/) » That Gabriella Cilmi video is online if yo... more info

Perez Hilton — Sorry, Ryan and Randy! There have been loud whisperings that Paula has signed a $4.5 million contract to appear on the the US version of Simon Cowell's X Factor!!!! Cowell, who announced his departure from American Idol after the upcoming season's c... more info

Guardian Music — The growth of downloads helped the UK singles market enjoy its best year in history last year, with 152.7m sold, 98% of which were bought digitally, the British Phonographic Industry has said.The X Factor was behind many of last year's success storie... more info

Guardian Music — Thanks to the success of downloads, the UK singles market had its best year ever in 2009, with more than 150m copies soldThe growth of downloads helped the UK singles market enjoy its best year ever in 2009. According to figures released by the Briti... more info

Perez Hilton — Leona Lewis is gonna have some ferosh new singles in the near future! The X Factor winner is recording two songs with Robbie Williams for an updated version of her second album, Echo. And Simon really wants him to join her upcoming tour. Amazeballs... more info

AngryApe — The X Factor mogul reportedly wants to sign the band more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Mockford/FilmMagic Just a week after losing the competition for the U.K.’s Christmas Number One single to Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name,” The X Factor winner Joe McElderry exacted a small measure of revenge against th... more info