MTV.com News — Band tops Billboard for the first time in 13 years, knocking Jay-Z to #2.By Gil Kaufman Pearl Jam's Backspacer Photo: Universal Music Group If Pearl Jam have proved anything over their nearly 20-year career, it's that you can go your own... more info

Music Juice — A Collection of Intense Surfing Wipeouts (http://www.uncoached.com/2009/09/28/a-collection-of-intense-surfing-wipeouts/) - Uncoached.com New Whitney Houston Album Predicted To Soar Charts (http://www.famouswhy.com/Shock/New_Whitney_Houston_album_pred... more info

Cross Rhythms — Album review acknowledges Whitney Houston's return to spiritual health more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records – Hollywood 1.) Muse – Resistance 2.) Jay Z – Blueprint 3 3.) The Beatles – Abbey Road 4.) Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon 5.) The Beatles – White Album 6.) Porcupine Tree – Incident 7.) Megadeath – Endgame 8.) Whitney Houst... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Billboard) - Jay-Z led the U.S. pop chart for a second week on Wednesday, while Whitney Houston's recent chart-topper rebounded one place to No. 2 after receiving a big sales boost from her "Oprah Winfrey Show" appearance. more info

MTV.com News — Muse's latest debuts at #3, while Kid Cudi and Drake also land in top 10.By Gil Kaufman Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 Photo: Roc-A-Fella Jay-Z will keep his crown next week, topping the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second time with The Bl... more info

MTV.com News — Britney Spears' ex-husband will appear on the show's seventh season, premiering in February.By Jocelyn Vena Kevin Federline Photo: Christopher Peterson/ BuzzFoto/ FilmMagic After months of rumors that Kevin Federline was working on a reali... more info

VH1 Blog — It’s not every day that you can chat with one of music’s biggest figures  — especially when that figure is the “King of R&B” and had a very public and very turbulent 11-year marriage to Whitney Houston as well as bouts of substance abuse... more info

E! Online — While Whitney Houston may appear to have been hurt by years of drug use, one of her megaproducers says we shouldn't underestimate the diva. "You know, with age things... more info

411 Mania — Plus Whitney Houston is surging thanks to Oprah, but can any of them top Jay-Z? more info