Pop Matters — T-Pain employs his vocorder sonics and everyman attitude on this carnival-themed release. more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - R&B singer Chris Brown swept the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning three prizes including artist of the year. more info

AngryApe — One rapper has already paid him for using the vocal effect more info

AngryApe — Including shows with T-Pain and Keyshia Cole more info

VH1 News — T-Pain thinks artists who use Auto-Tune should pay him royalties. After all, Diddy did. more info

MTV.com News — 'Diddy actually gave me royalties,' says Pain, who wants similar compensation from other artists using the effect.By Shaheem Reid T-Pain Photo: MTV News At the end of the "Can't Believe It" remix, T-Pain says that Auto-Tune is almost up. W... more info

MTV.com News — Country star's sophomore LP sells more than 592,000 copies, crushing David Archuleta's self-titled release.By Chris Harris, with additional reporting by Tim Kash Taylor Swift's Fearless Photo: Big Machine Records Backstage at the finale of... more info

MTV.com News — Song debuts on MySpace Music and will raise money for Shriners Hospitals for Children.By Gil Kaufman Justin Timberlake Photo: Scott Gries/ Getty Images It's not a new album, but it looks like we'll have to stop teasing Justin Timberlake fo... more info

MTV.com News — Hipster hip-hop DJs remix West's best-known hits for Sky High mixtape.By Joseph Patel Kanye West's "Sky High" People eagerly awaiting the release of Kanye West's newest album, 808s & Heartbreak, due out in two weeks, are being treated to ... more info

AllHipHop — Rapper turned singer T-Pain’s “Can’t Believe It” may have proven to be an effective single with Lil Wayne, but the entertainer is hoping to gain more life out of the song with a Justin Timberlake-assisted remix.   The form... more info