Starpulse — What would Kanye West, a controversial public figure who probably doesn't need much anyway, want for Christmas? We think we know a few things in particular, for our holiday celebrity pick list tha... more info

Pop Crunch — Bieber Fever has officially gone country. After releasing a Top 10 hit single with Ludacris, getting remixed by Kanye West and Raekwon, and rubbing elbows with Drake, Grammy-nominated pop sensation Justin Bieber is briefly setting aside his hip-hop t... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - After releasing a single with Ludacris, getting remixed by Kanye West and hanging with Drake, Justin Bieber is briefly setting aside his hip-hop ties to explore country music. more info

Chorus.fm — According to our last.fm group (http://www.last.fm/group/AbsolutePunk+Group) (join it so your listens are tracked too) the top listened to artists from AP.net members last week were: Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, Kanye West, blink-182, and Fall Out Boy... more info

ContactMusic — JAMIE FOXX, the American movie star and singer releases his long awaited new album tomorrow (21st December 2010) entitled 'Best Night Of My Life' and he is set to play an exclusive 'Live on Letterman' set to celebrate, reports the Examiner. Foxx, rea... more info

Pop Crunch — The year isn’t done with us yet, but MTV has gotten an early start on handing out its Year-End honors. This year’s Man and Woman of the Year trophies go to Kanye West and Lady GaGa. What a 2010 it’s been for pop sensation Lady Gaga. The multi-a... more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West's "Runaway" video and T.I.'s return to prison to Demi Lovato's meltdown, Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie" sequel and more, 411's Aaron Titan breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous from the year in music! more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Kanye West keeps giving us more and more treasures. He was feeling festive and dropped a x-mas song called “Christmas In Harlem”. He called upon Cam’ron, Jim Jones, CyHi Da Prynce, Pusha T, Big Sean, Teyana Taylor & Musiq Soulchild for support.... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Let's have a toast," sang Kanye West in September of this sometimes seemingly endless year, debuting a new song, "Runaway," on the MTV Video Music Awards. Over a glassy keyboard sample and an old-school breakbeat, West intoned a gentle melody. "Runa... more info

Muzjiks — So the acclaim for MBDTF has spiraled out of control. The amount of praise of Kanye West's latest album has become a national epidemic for which there is nor will be a vaccine (check Muzjiks in the coming days for more on that). What hasn't been me... more info