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It's been five months since we lost Amy Winehouse, but we missed her all over again at Monday night's "VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul" concert. The late singer -- a diva if there ever was one -- earned a star-spangled tribute from Wanda Jackson, Sharon Jones, Nas (Amy's "Mr. Jones" himself) and Florence of + The Machine fame, who delivered a full-bodied version of Winehouse classic "Back To Black." Decked in a black bejeweled dress, the U.K.'s favorite redhead belted the breakup anthem with a helping hand from Winehouse's former backing band, the Dap-Kings. Note the close-up at 1:26: Flo is feeling it.

At a mere 2 minutes, the shortened performance left us wanting more. Luckily, Florence made the TV rounds on Monday, starting her day with the Machine on "The View" with a performance of Ceremonials scorcher "Shake It Out." She wore a peach dress and totally smiled -- girl has range. Related: Should we start watching "The View" again, guys? We still kinda miss Rosie! ("A League Of Their Own" 4eva.)

Both Florence + the Machine's Ceremonials and Winehouse's Lioness: Hidden Treasures are out now, in case you're looking for stocking stuffers for the diva-lovers in your life. (Hint, hint.)

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+ Demi Lovato is slated to perform at the People's Choice Awards, which airs on CBS  Jan. 11. She's also been nominated for PCA's Favorite Pop Artist category. (Just Jared)

+ Drake tells MTV News he's off to see Rick Ross to work on Ross' album and hopefully button up their collaborative mixtape. "I'm actually going to Miami to see him this week, sit down and work on God Forgives and just work on whatever comes." (MTV News)

+ Joe Jonas was hospitalized, having reportedly suffered severe stomach pains. But fear not, he's OK. "Hey everyone I'm fine," he tweeted. "Thanks for the concern." (E!)

+ In case you missed all the soul last night on "VH1 Divas," here's video of Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson doing medleys of their hits and The Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On." (Neon Limelight)

+ Also, watch the "VH1 Divas" tribute to Amy Winehouse, which featured Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Wanda Jackson and Florence Welch. (Neon Limelight)

+ "Punk'd" is making a comeback in 2012! A teaser will air during MTV's "NYE in NYC 2012," which will be hosted by Tyler Posey and Demi Lovato. Lovato, Selena Gomez, J. Cole, Jason Derulo and Mac Miller will perform. (MTV News)

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+ "VH1 Divas" airs tonight. Watch Kelly Clarkson, Florence Welch, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott and Jessie J perform. Welch, Wanda Jackson and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings pay tribute to Amy Winehouse, and The Roots serve as house band. (MTV News)

+ Justin Bieber and Drake joined Stevie Wonder for his 16th Annual House Full Of Toys benefit concert on Saturday. Watch Wonder and Bieber perform "Someday at Christmas." (Idolator)

+ Biebs and Drake (busy boys!) were also joined by Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, J. Cole, Lil Wayne and more for L.A.'s Power 106 holiday concert on Friday. Watch various callabos here. (Idolator)

+ If you didn't get to catch the gazillion Jay-Z/Kanye West encores of "N****s In Paris" live, perhaps watching Timbaland premiere a live remix of it will almost make up for missing out. #craycraycool (Rap-Up)

+ Kanye West's been relatively Twitter silent the last couple months, but this weekend he shared a couple dozen photos ranging from fancy cars to sexy women. Holiday wish list or some secret communication? (@kanyewest)

+ Ke$ha dishes about her "Sleazy" remix with Lil Wayne, T.I., Wiz Khalifa and Andre 3000 to MTV News. "Dr. Luke and I had this idea that we wanted to just get them all on one track and make it as gangster of a track as we possibly could." (MTV News)

+ Jonas Brothers fans, hold on to your fan-made lockets: They premiered a new tune, "Dance Until Tomorrow." (Just Jared Jr.)

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Tons of super important global things happened in 2011... but thankfully it's not our job to tell you about those things! Which is great, because we totally skipped social studies on the regular back in the day. It is our job, however, to report the best, most amazing, OMG moments in pop music throughout the year, and we're doing it in GIF form! OBviously.

Our main GIF guy T. Kyle hooked us up with the best GIFs from 2011, and we are forever in debt to him for it. (Check out his GIF-tastic Tumblr!) We've got Rihanna barfing up ribbons in her EPIC "We Found Love" video, Britney Spears' "OMFG"-inducing shower scene from "Criminal," a little Justin Bieber/Selena Gomez PDA action, and of course, the GIF seen round the world, Beyoncé rubbing her belly for the first time at the 2011 VMAs!

+ Check out some of the best pop music GIFs from 2011 below, and see them all after the jump!

Rihanna somehow stayed beautiful while puking up ribbons in her "We Found Love" video.

Rebecca Black and Katy Perry joined nerdy forces in Katy's HA-larious "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video.

Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa spent 2011 living "Young, Wild & Free."

Check out more pop music GIFs from 2011 after the jump!
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1.) Leave it to Lady Gaga to be so fashionably ahead of the time -- she's gracing two different covers of the January 2012 Elle UK. The future is here! (ONTD)

2.) Justin Bieber's "All I Want For Christmas" video preview from his Under The Mistletoe album dropped yesterday, and the only question we really have: How's Santa handling the singer's domination of this year's holiday season? (Neon Limelight)

3.) If Nicki Minaj's personal style is a tad too eccentric for your everyday wardrobe, just get your nails done with a new nail polish line inspired by the rapper's quirky flavor. (MTV Style)

4.) Puppies, rainbows and the sweetest things in the world may come to mind when you look at Selena Gomez. But brace yourself -- girl's all about her naughty side in her new, more risque movie role. (Hollywood Crush)

5.) Demi Lovato dishes about who the most emotional single of 2011, "Skyscraper," was written about. Hint: It's not really about tall buildings, guys. (Hollywood Life)

6.) In case you need proof that Hanson is all grown up, they're launching their own line of beer cleverly named Mmmhop. That might win best (if not tastiest) wordplay of the year. (Prefix)

7.) Amy Winehouse will always be missed, but fans can fondly remember her haunting voice in a newly released track, "Between the Cheats." (Entertainment Weekly)

8.) Looks like Beyoncé has a case of baby brain (it really happens!) and got goofy in an outtake from her "Countdown" video. Don't worry, she still looks STUNNING as a jokester. (Us Magazine)

9.) In celebration of Britney Spears upcoming 30th birthday, MTV.com pinned the pop princess' videos against each other to crown the ultimate video of her career thus far -- now, find out the final four! (MTV News)

10.) Winter blues creeping up on you already? Here's a thorough list of songs promising to make people forever happy. Cheer up! (BuzzFeed)

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Amy Winehouse's forthcoming posthumous LP Lioness: Hidden Treasures is due out Dec. 5, but we've been lucky enough to get sneak peeks of several of the album's tracks. We've seen the moving video for "Our Day Will Come," and we've heard "Like Smoke," Amy's gritty collaboration with Nas. Today we've got a hauntingly simple and completely gorgeous ballad, "Halftime."

Produced by Amy's longtime friend and collaborator Salaam Remi, Amy's voice lilts its way through the jazzy track while whimsical flutes add floral flourishes. But the main event is (and will always be) Amy's incredible vocals. As one of Amy's more lighthearted songs, "Halftime" speaks about music and its ability to shift one's perspective: "Humbled by the bass/So when the beat kicks in/Everything falls into place/And it devours me/I can't help but dance/You can try to stop me now/But you won't get the chance/Halftime, time to think it through.../See it from a different view."

As the official release date for Lioness: Hidden Treasures draws closer, we're not only excited to hear new music from Amy Winehouse, but we're also reminded that her voice was truly one of a kind.

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The holiday season is upon us! We can all thank Justin Bieber for unofficially ringing it in when he premiered his "Mistletoe" video in the middle of October. (At least wait until Nov. 1 next time, Biebs.) But forget about the impending cold weather and uncomfortable conversations with distant relatives about why you're single, and take a look through MTV BUZZWORTHY'S MUSIC FAN HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE!

Starting at $8, we've got every music fan on your list covered -- from Katy Perry's line of sparkly OPI nail polishes, to pop star-inspired art prints (cool ones!) to a record player that converts your old-school albums to MP3s. Oh, there's even a Cody Simpson doll. Pick up a few of those just in case someone got you something but you don't have anything for them. There's no way they won't love it.

+ Check out MTV BUZZWORTHY'S MUSIC FAN HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE for gift ideas for the pop music-obsessed people on your shopping list!

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Just try to make it through the new video from the late and lovely Amy Winehouse without getting all misty-eyed -- we know we sure can't. The first single off her posthumous Lioness: Hidden Treasures album, "Our Day Will Come" is a sweet and breezy, reggae-kissed track that blends beautifully with the video's heartstrings-tugging montage of archival footage and still photos. We get to see Amy strutting around town, getting goofy behind the scenes, painting on her trademark over-the-top eye makeup, touching up that wild beehive and, most important, working her original Winehouse magic onstage. Perfectly capturing her ragged glamour, vulnerability and old-soul vibe all at once, the video more than cements Amy's status as one of the greatest gifts to the music world in recent history.

"Our Day Will Come" is a cover of the 1963 doo-wop hit from Ruby & The Romantics, and with Amy sounding so triumphant on lines like "No one can tell me that I am too young," it's damn near heartbreaking.

Amy Winehouse's Lioness: Hidden Treasures hits stores Dec. 6.

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Amy Winehouse's posthumous album Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures is slated for release December 5, but today we get to hear a sample of what's to come. "Like Smoke," a Salaam Remi-produced track, features the late singer's signature bluesy growl alongside close pal Nas rapping on some verses. Amy's vocals were recorded in 2008 while Nas recorded his rhymes after the singer's tragic passing.

Amy opens the track, and it's almost like she's still here -- her voice is as gritty and as moving as it was on 2006's Back To Black. She calls upon her past experiences to sing of a tortured love: "I never wanted you/To be my man/I just need your company/Don't want to get dependent on your time/Then lose the way you love me." Nas is up next, and his verse is clear, crisp and composed. He raps about life, women and money, and as expected, the tragic passing of his friend Amy: "I be out in London, Camden/Hunting for the answers/Why did God take away the homie/I can't stand it/I'm a firm believer that we all meet up in eternity/Just hope the big man show me some courtesy."

The forthcoming Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures won't fill the void left by Amy, but her songs have made an undeniable impact. Her unearthed material will undoubtedly continue to preserve her legacy.

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+ Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne" tour launched this weekend in Atlanta. MTV News gives us the skinny, and DJ Green Lantern dishes his take. (MTV News)

+ Amy Winehouse's posthumous album Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures will be released this December. Fans will hear what Amy had been working on before her tragic passing earlier this year. (MTV News)

+ Justin Timberlake fans, STOP what you're doing and listen up: Hear this interview with JT on comedy and music, and watch this seriously BRILL "History of Rap 3" old- to new-school medley with Jimmy Fallon. #happymonday (Rap-Up)

+ Adele's working on healing the throat issues that have plagued her and has canceled concerts for the rest of the year. According to her record company, "She is to undergo surgery to alleviate the current issues with her throat, and a full recovery is expected." (E!)

+ Looks like Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto will bow at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Sales are expected to place it as the third-highest sales of an album this year. (Billboard)

+ The Flaming Lips are streaming 24-hour long song "7 Skies H3" all day today, which will be released in a human skull. Singer Wayne Coyne gives scoop on more oddities in store. Happy Halloween! (Pitchfork)

+ It's been a fantabulous year thus far for female artists both established and new, right? Check out Austra's (aka Katie Stelmanis) Moogfest concert. Her dark, operatic turns and new-wave tip floored me live at Iceland Airwaves. (NPR)

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