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

Gigwise — Beat the likes of Lady GaGa, Eminem... more info

Detroit Free Press — 1. Chrysler 200 ad, featuring Eminem, becomes Super Bowl star 2. Kid Rock plays for massive crowds in three downtown shows at Ford Field and Comerica Park more info

Topix — Lady Gaga , Rihanna , Kanye West , Eminem and Rebecca Black have made it onto our list of the most controversial videos of 2011. more info

411 Mania — Is Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne the best album of the year? Does Eminem take home the award for best artist? What's the best song of the year? 411's Tony Acero takes a look at the best in hip-hop in 2011! more info

Dlisted — Dido's name is an “l” away from being Dildo and her music has always sounded like a white girl Sade to me, so I had not one bad thing to say about her ass until now. The only esteemed news source of truth I trust, the Daily Mail, says that D... more info

MTV.co.uk News — In possibly the slowest-leaking celebrity baby news EVER, it has emerged that singer Dido had her first child in July - and named him Stanley.Ordinarily that wouldn't be newsworthy half a year... more info

Guardian Music — Artists such as Lil' B and Lil Wayne are tackling hip-hop's anti-gay sentiments, but it might have been Kanye West who set the ball rollingTo say that hip-hop has enjoyed an uneasy relationship with homosexuality would be an understatement. Since tim... more info

Gigwise — The evolution from Bing Crosby and The Ratpack to Eminem and Rage Against The Machine... more info

Guardian Music — BBC Radio Cymru has been told not to play songs of about 450 artists who say they have no choice but to take actionTeachers, health workers, even ice-cream makers and soap manufacturers have been out on strike in recent months. Now Welsh-language mu... more info