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+ Lady Gaga is already working on a new album. She told MTV News, "I've started writing it and I have the name for it and all the concepts are beginning to flourish and take place." Overachiever much? (MTV News)

+ Nicki Minaj, Florence + The Machine and LMFAO have been added to "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" telecast. They join previously announced performers Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Blink-182 and more. Fergie and Ryan Seacrest cohost. (Idolator)

+ Congrats to Jason Aldean, who took home six American Country Awards, one of which was for his "Don't You Wanna Stay" collabo with Kelly Clarkson. Carrie Underwood scored three. Peep the list of winners. (Billboard)

+ Adele may be resting her pipes from surgery, but she's vocal about tour needs. Among her tour rider requirements: European beer and any comp tix to her show require a $20 donation to Sands, which funds research to infant mortality. (Rolling Stone)

+ We told you about The Hood Internet's amazing taco album art, and now you can get the entire remix album for free. Grab our mashup buddies' eponymous comp of remixes, productions and original collabos here. (Prefix Mag)

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The year 2011 is quickly, sadly, drawing to a close. Except it's not sad! We're moving ahead with the speed of an iPhone 4S! And before you let separation anxiety and fear of change get the best of you -- no one looks adorable pouting in a party hat -- let's take a moment to reflect on the year in pop music. Being MTV Buzzworthy, the home of all things pop, we took an exhausting, in-depth look the biggest trends in pop music in 2011. It wasn't an easy job, but... it's actually our job! So, here are the songs, sounds and stars who were all over pop music in 2011.

EPIC COVERS
+ Everyone covered and/or remixed "Marvin's Room": Drake did it first, but Chris Brown remixed it, Teyana Taylor covered it, and R&B singer Sammie covered it. Paula DeAnda put out "I Can Do Better," and even CODY SIMPSON put his spin on "Marvin's Room" with "Evenings In London." But no one did it better than JoJo. Even Drake agreed.

+ Everyone covered Lil Wayne's “How to Love”: Justin Bieber made an acoustic remix of "How To Love", Demi Lovato covered "How To Love" on VH1's Top 20 Live, pop solo singer Tinashe and R&B singer Brandon Hines (who is INCREDIBLE, btw) all covered Weezy's heartbreaker.

+ Taylor Swift covered EVERYONE: Over the course of her seemingly endless "Speak Now" tour, Taylor covered Britney, T.I.'s "Live Your Life," Eminem, Nelly, Usher, Bieber, Shawn Colvin, Jimmy Eat World, Switchfoot, Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida, Uncle Kracker (!!!) and even Bryan Adams, often bringing out artists as surprise guests.

EPIC VIDEOS
+ Pop stars put out videos like MACHINES: Beyonce put out SIX official videos this year! Eight if you count her Live At Roseland DVD performance videos. Rihanna and Pitbull put out five videos, six if you count "Fly" with Nicki Minaj. Britney put out four videos, Lady Gaga put out FOUR videos (probably five, since "Marry The Night" is due out any minute, and six if you count her "The Lady Is A Tramp" duet with Tony Bennett, Bruno Mars released four videos, and Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj put out three videos each.

+ Everyone made SUPER dramatic, cinematic videos: Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" video featured a heartbreaking ending we didn't see coming, Dr. Dre's "I Need A Doctor" video featured a car crash, death and a return to life, Britney's "Criminal" video was shot like a modern-day Bonnie & Clyde, and Rihanna's "We Found Love" terrified us in a very Darren Aronofsky kind of way.

EPIC TOURS
+ 30 Seconds To Mars played everywhere: Seriously, these guys played 135 shows in 2011 alone. By the time December 7 rolls around, they'll set a world record for most shows played within a single album cycle. Top that.

+ Britney Spears lap-danced everyone: Every seat in the house on Britney's "Femme Fatale" tour is a good seat, but one seat in particular was the best seat in the house. The chair (actually, it's a bed?) Britney put centerstage, upon which very special guests were treated to a lap dance. Very lucky fans got a lap dance from Britney, and so did some celebrity VIPs: Britney gave Joe Jonas a lap dance, Jason Trawick got a special ride, and DJ Pauly D enjoyed a lap dance from Britney too.

EVERYTHING GOT EMO AND/OR OKAY
+ Hip-hop got introspective: For every swag-brag record there were real-talk, real-problems introspective tracks, like Jay-Z and Kanye West's “Welcome To The Jungle” (and most of Watch The Throne, for that matter), Eminem/ Bad Meets Evil's "Lighters," and Lil Wayne's "How To Love," plus sad songs by Drake (most tracks, but especially "Doing It Wrong"), Kid Cudi's 2 Be Continuum's navel-gazey "No One Believes Me," and Lupe Fiasco's conscious "Words I Never Said."

+ Pop music got introspective: I'm okay, you're okay, we're all okay, okay? was a recurrent theme in pop music, from Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" to Demi Lovato's epic "Skyscraper" to  Pink's "F****** Perfect" reminded us that we all have insecurities, and that we're all perfect the way we are.

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Anything you've ever wanted to ask Angels & Airwaves? Here's your chance. Angels & Airwaves is stopping by MTV, and while we can't invite you all to ask them questions yourselves (sorry, we only have so much Diet Coke to go around), you can submit your questions and we'll ask them for you! Teamwork!

We recently caught up with the guys when we heard their latest song, "Anxiety," off of the band's new album, Love II. So you can ask them about that or, you know, boxers or briefs. Whatevs, it's a free country! (Note: Please don't ask about boxers or briefs. That's played.)

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Today we shared our favorite fall albums in Buzzworthy's Fall Music 2011 Preview. The lineup of 29 new albums includes heavy hitters -- Drake's Take Care album, Britney's B In The Mix: The Remixes 2 remix album and Rihanna's untitled sixth studio album, due out this November -- solo efforts from Patrick Stump and Joe Jonas, and small-but-strong up-and-comers like I Fight Dragons and Allstar Weekend.

And now we wanna hear from you! Which new fall album are you most excited about?

Lovatics already sent Demi Lovato's Unbroken to No. 1. Rihanna's personal military will surely rally the troops for her upcoming sixth studio album. Meanwhile Britney Stans are breathing heavy in anticipation of Britney's B In The Mix: The Remixes 2 album. And artists like YelaWolf and J. Cole are releasing their debut albums but already attracted legions of die-hard fans.

Gym Class Heroes fans have been waiting three years for a new album after 2008's The Quilt, and Evanescence fans have been waiting HALF A DECADE for the band's third studio album. Blink-182 fans might've thought they'd never see the day that Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge would reunite for their Neighborhoods album, eight years after releasing Blink-182.

So which fall album will you have on repeat all season long? Vote in our fall 2011 album poll. We'll announce the album with the most votes on Tuesday, Oct. 4!

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It's officially fall, y'all. Which means pumpkin lattes (unnecessary yet impossible to resist), bowls of free candy (dooon't mind if I do) and a superabundant stream of new albums vying for any remaining space on your iPod. So here at Buzzworthy, our music writers -- Tamar Anitai, Nicole James, Jason Newman, Jenna Rubenstein and Brad Stern -- harvested 29 of our favorite new and upcoming albums into a fall-friendly guide that's easier to digest than those weird brown candy corns.

The fall music forecast calls for dance floor fillers such as Jason Derulo's Future History, Patrick Stump's Soul Punk and Joe Jonas' Fast Life (two highly anticipated solo missions!), with high chances of comebacks like Blink-182's Neighborhoods, Evanescence's self-titled album, Gym Class Heroes' The Papercut Chronicles II and Demi Lovato's Unbroken. Expect new music by overachievers too: Britney released Femme Fatale six month ago, but that's not stopping her from dropping her remix album next month. And Rihanna will debut her sixth studio album almost a year to the day she released her Loud album, which is still riding high on the charts.

So, without further adieu or belaboring, check out Buzzworthy's Fall Music Preview 2011 -- 29 new fall albums on our radar that need to be on yours too! And vote for the fall album you're most excited about!

SAVES THE DAY, Daybreak: Saves The Day's been playing a serious game of musical chairs and contending with a constantly shifting lineup. Case in point? The band's latest album, Daybreak (featuring the title track, which is an 11-minute rock opera), is the first without longtime guitarist David Soloway and their first (and last) with temporary drummer Spencer Peterson. But Daybreak leaves no room for skeptics. There's "1984," an homage to old-school garage rock, and "O," an unassuming ballad that features lead vocalist Chris Conley literally begging to be with his woman (we'll pause for the collective "Awww"). Instant classic. -- Jenna Rubenstein
Standout songs: "1984," "O," "Undress Me"
Release date: Sept. 13

CODY SIMPSON, Coast To Coast: Perhaps best known as Australia's answer to Justin Bieber (start screaming now!), 14-year-old heartthrob Cody Simpson's about to set dozens of young hearts ablaze with the release of his second stateside EP, Coast to Coast, on Sept. 20. Channeling all the best young blond crooners -- from Jesse McCartney to Aaron Carter -- Cody Simpson's bringing straight-up R&B-pop on his latest EP, including his swoon-y springtime single "On My Mind" and his most recent release, the breakup ballad "Not Just You." With album production credits that include Danja, The Messengers and Adele hitmaker Fraser T. Smith, his musical team is more top talent than teenybopper. -- Brad Stern
Standout songs: "On My Mind," "Angel," "Not Just You"
Release date: Sept. 20

DEMI LOVATO, Unbroken: On Unbroken, her third album, Demi Lovato comes clean, inspires and experiments with something totally healthy: musical styles. Though Unbroken reflects her time getting sober and getting healthy after entering rehab in late 2010, Unbroken's both confessional and cathartic. Pulling in Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Iyaz, Demi goes dance-pop on party tracks such as "All Night Long" and "Who's That Boy" (featuring Dev) while going beneath the surface into personal territory, like on her revelatory, Phoenix-rising redemption song, "Skyscraper." Demi's definitely on the right track: Unbroken went to No. 1 within the first HOUR it was released. -- Tamar Anitai
Standout songs: "Skyscraper," "Give Your Heart A Break," "Who's That Boy"
Release date: Sept. 20

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Blink-182's new video for "Up All Night" is quintessentially rock. It's got cars, it's got girls, and it's got a live performance. But most importantly, it's got fire -- lots and lots of fire.

While "Up All Night" is as catchy as Blink's earlier hits, it's got a markedly more mature sound which is further enunciated by its somewhat dark video. The three Blink boys take over what seems like a quiet, suburban, tree-lined block. In true rock-and-roll style, the band commandeers one of the houses and chaos ensues. Kids from surrounding blocks catch on and begin looting/breaking the crap out of everything in the house. They steal air conditioners and a teddy bears and throw them in the middle of the street. Hey! Didn't your moms teach you NOT TO LITTER?

As the neighbor kids continue to loot, many of the stolen housewares begin to spontaneously combust, igniting the entire block. A massive blaze breaks out and surrounds the band as they perform in the middle of of the fire-lined street. There's also a wacky chick who makes a cameo just to drive her car over everyone's lawn and into their houses (!!), because why not?

Though we're definitely thrilled by the bad-assery of this video, even if "Up All Night" was three and a half minutes of a blank white screen, we'd still love it. Because BLINK-182 IS BACK, guys!

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Blink-182 was my favorite band in middle school. The yearning curiosity of 1998's "What's My Age Again?" coupled with the pensive sadness of "All The Small Things" in 1999 pretty much defined my adolescence. So I had to ask myself: Will Blink-182's new song "Up All Night" move me as they once did (not that many) years ago? The answer: Yes!

"Up All Night" is as catchy as Blink-182's early material, but gone is the simplicity of many of their previous hits. The song has a markedly harsher vocal sound and more aggressive guitar pattern than most of the Blink stuff we're used to, but let's not forget that it's been more than 10 years since the release of Enema Of The State. The Blink boys are now men, and their musical maturity is only echoed in the serious lyrical content of "Up All Night": "Everyone's cross to bear's a crown they wear on endless holiday/Everyone raises kids in a world that changes life to a bitter game/Let me get this straight, do you want me here/As I struggle through each and every year/And all these demons, they keep me up all night."

It sounds like Blink-182 has definitely grown up, but they've still managed to keep that boyish charm that made us fall for them in the '90s. Catch more new songs from Blink's upcoming album when they hit the road with My Chemical Romance this summer on the 2011 Honda Civic Tour.

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+ After dropping "Skyscraper," just two days ago, Demi Lovato's newest single is already No. 1 on iTunes. And celeb fans are loving the record. Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Pete Wentz and Selena Gomez have all tweeted their praises for the emotional song. (Idolator)

+ As you might have suspected, Blink-182's Mark Hoppus is pumped for fans to hear their new single, "Up All Night," dropping tomorrow, June 15. "[The song] contains elements of everything we've done in Blink-182 and pushes further than we've gone before." (MTV News)

+ Nicole Scherzinger released the cover art for her latest single, "Wet," and it's not nearly as suggestive as you might think. In fact, we might even call it conservative. (That Grape Juice)

+ In case you missed it, Rap-Up has the entire Nicki Minaj E! special for your viewing pleasure. Check it out to hear Nicki speak about her childhood, attending a performing arts high school and finally getting signed to Young Money. (Rap-Up)

+ Nick Jonas answered a few questions from the press before he hit the batting cages to practice for the 2011 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game. That's great and everything, but all I'm thinking is, "Why isn't this dude my BF?" (Just Jared Jr.)

+ After costar Mila Kunis was invited to the Marine Corps ball via a YouTube video, now Justin Timberlake is getting the same treatment. Corporal Kelsey De Santis, the only female at the Martial Arts Center for Excellence, extended an invite to JT. Serve your country and go! (Just Jared)

+ "I was a tweetaholic," John Mayer said as to why he quit the social networking site. "[Twitter] started to make my mind smaller and smaller and smaller. And I couldn't write a song." At least he probably won't be caught in a Twitpic scandal any time soon. (Rolling Stone)

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+ Finally, another piece of the puzzle. Jay-Z and Kanye West have revealed the track listing for their highly anticipated upcoming collaboration album, Watch The Throne. Two Frank Ocean cameos plus Beyoncé? We'll take it! (MTV News)

+ It's a boy for Jewel! The singer/songwriter and her husband Ty Murray welcomed son Kase Townes into the world Monday night. Mom and baby are "doing really good." (Rolling Stone)

+ Justin Timberlake chilled out with a brewski at the 2011 MLB All-Star game and had some very nice things to say about America's favorite beverage: "Beer is perfect. Beer never got mad at me because I never called beer back." Hear, hear, JT. (E! Online)

+ Brush off your Vans, kids, because Blink-182 is back. Their newest single, "Up All Night," will premiere this Friday, July 15. But how's this for a juxtaposition -- lead singer Mark Hoppus posted the news on Google+. (ONTD)

+ Beyoncé's father, Matthew Knowles, claims that he was fired by his daughter after she was lead to believe he was stealing money from her, which is an accusation he denies. No word from Beyoncé on the matter, but you know what we (and Whitney Houston) always say: "I wanna see the receipts." (Neon Limelight)

+ In a new clip from her upcoming E! special, Nicki Minaj reveals how she almost blew her shot with signing to Young Money after she made a bad first impression on Lil Wayne. Call us crazy, but he doesn't seem like someone you want to make a bad first impression on. (ONTD)

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Ever since we heard the devastating news that Nicki Minaj was going to leave her infamous lap dances behind when she heads out on the road with Britney Spears for the Femme Fatale tour this summer, we didn't know what we were going to do with ourselves. We get it -- a lap dance-free show is a bit more family friendly, but we're really going to miss our recent morning ritual: checking out who Nicki grinded all up on the night before as we sip our first cup of coffee of the day.

To help you cope with this brave, new, "no lap dances" world, we compiled a list of the most notable lap dances Nicki Minaj gave while she was out on Lil Wayne's I Am Still Music tour.

+ Random fan in Rhode Island: At the first stop on the I Am Still Music tour in Providence, Rhode Island, Nicki got reeeeeally personal with a random fan from the audience, and it's probably the most action Rhode Island's seen in a while. (No offense, Rhode Island, but your nickname is "Little Rhodie.")  Watch Nicki's Rhode Island lap dance here.

+ Lil Wayne: Nicki Minaj gave her Young Money label mate and mentor Lil Wayne a lap dance, and she actually said she was "super nervous" about it. Funny, I don't look like that when I'm nervous. Watch Nicki Minaj's Lil Wayne lap dance here.

+ Steve Nash: Phoenix Suns player Steve Nash was among the lucky few who were privy to one of Nicki's famous lap dances, but this time it looked a little more "dance" and a little less "lap." And he looked terrified! Watch Nicki Minaj's Steve Nash lap dance here.

+ Travis Barker: Nicki closed out her last show on the "I Am Still Music" tour as former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker's private dancer. Travis seemed pretty at ease with the whole experience. Something tells us he's done this once or twice. Watch Nicki Minaj's Travis Barker lap dance here.

In related news, does anyone have an extra "Buns of Steel" DVD I can borrow? No reason.

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