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Die Antwoord releases their 'Tension' album, Katharine McPhee stars in 'Smash' and The Fray release their new album.

Hopefully y'all are recovered from your chicken wing overload (or your group clap-along to Madonna's "Like A Prayer" during the halftime show), but there's a ton of music happenings to pay attention to this week! So listen up! The Fray's back with their third studio album, Scars & Stories, Die Antwoord is hitting nighttime TV (I'm scared), the NBC show "Smash" FINALLY premieres and HELLLOOOOOO, THE GRAMMYS ARE SUNDAY!

Check out this week's album releases and talk show music guests below, and tune in to MTV tonight for the exclusive premiere of the the Black Keys "Gold On The Ceiling" video, followed by a 30-minute interview with the band on MTV.com.

NEW ALBUM RELEASES
Tuesday, Feb. 7
+ A Place To Bury Strangers, Onwards To The Wall: The "loudest band in New York" is back with their special blend of noise rock, featuring the single "So Far Away."
+ Die Antwoord, Tension: The South African Zef lords are more than ready to terrify you again with their second LP, Tension, released on their own label, featuring "I Fink U Freaky."
+ The Fray, + Scars & Stories: The brooding piano rockers drop their third studio album, Scars & Stories. Check out their lead single, "Heartbreak."

Check out more new album releases and upcoming TV appearances and performances after the jump.
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+ Robyn slayed (as always) during her O Music Awards performance, so much so she said she broke a blood vessel in her eye! She added, "[The show] was not like doing a TV show; it was a concert, in parts. It was weird going on and off, but it was really fun." (MTV News)

+ Britney Spears turned up the heat on show opener Joe Jonas during their London stop, which was his last for the "Femme Fatale" tour. Watch Brit and dancers give Jonas more than a kiss goodbye with a (sorta) lap dance. (Neon Limelight)

+ Rihanna shares why she chose one album cover over another in her "21 Days To Talk That Talk" webisode. Hint: She says it's the "most unpretty cover" she's done (as if that's possible, Ri). Check it out. (Neon Limelight)

+ Watch Justin Bieber and Boyz II Men bring holiday spirit to "Dancing With The Stars" during their performance of "Fa La La." You can also check out Bieb's doing "Never Say Never." (Neon Limelight)

+ Not a good year for indie rock love. First Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon called it quits, and now Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and She & Him's Zooey Deschanel announced a separation after two years of marriage. (MTV News)

+ Taylor Swift has been doing rad covers throughout her tour. During her stop in Memphis she added an acoustic rendition of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River." Check it here. (Idolator)

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Justin Bieber is like, the most generous Santa Claus EVAR! Instead of dropping lumps of coal in our stockings, Bieber Claus has been hooking us UP with tons of songs and behind-the-scenes videos from the making of his forthcoming Under The Mistletoe album, which drops TOMORROW, OMFG!!!!!

We've already gotten to see Justin's "Mistletoe" video in addition to his super-festive "The Christmas Song" with his BFF/mentor, Usher. We've also heard his "All I Want For Christmas Is You" collabo with the original X-Mas diva Mariah Carey, and let us not forget Justin's club-ready interpretation of "Little Drummer Boy" with  Busta Rhymes. (Full disclosure: I had that ish on repeat all weekend. #dontjudge)

As if all of this isn't already the best early Christmas present, Justin has newly released a behind-the-scenes video documenting the making of "Fa La La," his Christmas jam with Boyz II Men. In the clip, we see Justin filling up with holiday cheer (not a euphemism) as he records his melodious verse. Boyz II Men's Shawn Stockman records his part next, and after completely killing the game with his seasoned R&B vocal swag, he gives a quick high-five to his main man Biebs as they revel in the glory of just how dope they are.

Justin's also put his spin on the classic "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," and it's one of the few songs on Under The Mistletoe that doesn't feature a celeb duet. Justin's version sticks closely to the original save for the cheekier beat and killer R&B riffs.

Also, in case you can't bear to wait just a few more hours to get your hands on Under The Mistletoe (again, it's out tomorrow!), you can now stream the entire album right here. BRB, hyperventilating.

+ Watch Justin Bieber behind the scenes of "Fa La La" and listen to "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town."

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1.) All those pregnancy nonbelievers just got schooled by Beyoncé's publicist, who recently called the fake baby bump rumors "absurd!" Now, can we all just get back to being in awe of Bey's ability to wear heels, dance AND glow while carrying a HUMAN BEING inside of her? (MTV News)

2.) Katy Perry says "see ya" to her cotton candy locks and gets back to basics with a new blonde 'do. (MTV Style)

3.) Patrick Stump's album Soul Punk drops next Tuesday, but to hold us over until then the singer recorded an a cappella tribute to New Jack Swing. The tune combines classic Boyz II Men, Bobby Brown, Montell Jordan and Bell Biv Devoe hits into one serious '90s flashback overload. (Idolator)

4.) Justin Bieber's holiday tune "Mistletoe" officially releases next week, but the guy's feeling the holiday spirit early and offers fans behind-the-scenes footage from the single's upcoming video. It's a Christmas miracle! (MTV News)

5.) Kelly Rowland's been teasing fans with peeks at her new "Lay It On Me" music video for weeks. FINALLY, the goods have arrived and warning: It's a shirtless men-a-palooza. (That Grape Juice)

6.) The new Muppet movie soundtrack goes indie! The album includes covers of hits by Nirvana, Cee Lo Green and Feist. Is anyone else hoping for full-on puppet head banging? (Entertainment Weekly)

7.) Everyone's getting into the Halloween spirit, guys. Usher, Britney Spears, Nicole Richie and a gazillion other famous folk were recently snapped picking out the perfect pumpkin. (PopSugar)

8.) Add another novel to that fall reading list because Hilary Duff's second book, "Devoted," drops today. The singer chats about the story line and her hopes of making her debut novel, "Elixir," into a movie. (MTV Hollywood Crush)

9.) The adorbz British girls that blew up YouTube with their KILLER "Super Bass" rendition got to meet Nicki Minaj in person on "Ellen." See, guys, you can swag out at any age. (TheFABlife)

10.) And just in case people have been wondering what really goes on inside roller rinks these days... (BuzzFeed)

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Some might argue that a Mariah Carey/Justin Bieber collaboration will be the biggest moment in pop culture since the Britney Spears/Madonna/Christina Aguilera kiss at the 2003 VMAs, Lady Gaga's meat dress or the ROYAL effing WEDDING! And, honestly, we kinda have to agree!

Earlier today, the Biebs took to Twitter to share the news that Mariah would be joining him on a remake of her iconic "All I Want For Christmas Is You," aka the best Christmas song EVAR!! Justin tweeted: "well like I said...#UnderTheMistletoe is not your normal christmas album. right @mariahcarey #NOV1st."

Justin also included a link to a TwitVid that the original butterfly diva Mariah made to announce the collaboration. Casually decked in a silver jacket and draped in jewels from her own jewelry line, Mariah chilled on top of her NYC penthouse as she described the collabo: "I am here today to tell you a little secret. Justin and I are doing this duet together... The song sounds great. I'm very excited for everyone to hear it. This Christmas will be totally festive with our festive collabo!"

In addition to his first single "Mistletoe," Justin revealed the track listing to his "Under The Mistletoe" Christmas album also includes "The Christmas Song" featuring Usher, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Fa La La" featuring Boyz II Men, "Little Drummer Boy" featuring Busta Rhymes, "Christmas Eve" and "Home This Christmas" featuring The Band Perry.

"Mistletoe," the first single from Under The Mistletoe, drops Oct. 18. The full album hits shelves Nov. 1.

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There's a crap-ton of hype surrounding almost everything Justin Bieber does, but the hype surrounding his upcoming Christmas album "Under The Mistletoe" is like, NOT EVEN A LITTLE NORMAL. Fans are completely losing it over the thought of Justin's dreamy vocals singing pop culture's most favorite Christmas standards.

Before we tell you about Justin's snowflake-themed "Under The Mistletoe" album cover art, we need to send a quick memo to Justin: "Yo J, you are NOT making the wait for your Christmas album any easier on us. For example, when you tweet things like "this duet with me and @USHERRAYMONDIV for #christmas is CRAZY!!" it kills us. Additionally, the pic of you and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men in the studio working on your album makes waiting like, the most painful experience of life. Just sayin'. Now on to the album cover!

On the "Under The Mistletoe" cover, a perfectly coiffed Justin sports a black leather jacket (like a boss). A flurry of snowflakes surround him as his piercing gaze shudders through our soul (OK, we're being dramatic). And "Under The Mistletoe" is written across the bottom red glitter font -- dude knows his target audience. All in all, it's half badass, half holiday cheer: what all good Christmases are made of!

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1.) Warbler lovers could soon swoon to new tunes by Darren Criss of "Glee." The hunk dishes about the possibility of releasing a solo album along with other juicy tidbits about his character on the show. (Billboard)

2.) Justin Bieber's heart isn't just filled with love for his girlfriend! He has plenty of room to share, especially with good causes. The singer asked fans to take part in a photo project for his "Heart Across the Web Campaign" in hopes to donate school supplies to underprivileged school. Heart of gold (Sharpies)! (MTV Style)

3.) Boyz II Men are making a major comeback!!! One of the members of the R&B group recently worked with Justin Bieber, and now the guys celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut with a record full of new material and old faves. Kids of the '90s can now relive their first slow-dance! (Rap-Up)

4.) Ke$ha fan$ who dig trivia about their favorite $inger will love thi$: an unreleased video for "Backstabber" was recently discovered! No news as to why it was shelved, but we imagine it might be because there wasn't enough glitter. (Idolator)

5.) Ryan Gosling is consistently "hubba-hubba" material in our book, but especially when he sports a rugged hat like in his upcoming film "The Gangster Squad." His co-star, Emma Stone, is officially the luckiest girl in the world. (Just Jared)

6.) Adele admits that she's cool with the ex that inspired songs for her emotional smash album 21. It's probably easy to forgive and forget when you've broken major records and have gazillions of fans. Plus, money in the bank never hurts. (Popdust)

7.) Scarlett Johansson's recent internet "photo shoot" has inspired yet another online photo-taking trend: "Scarlettjohanssoning." Prepare yourself -- dogs posing in mirrors are not as cute as you may think. (BuzzFeed)

8.) The always busy Selena Gomez loves making video diaries for her adoring fans. Her latest shows life backstage on her tour where she shares how fun it is to be famous. Warning: TMCTH (Too Much Cute To Handle). (Pop Crush)

9.) Buzzworthy fave Kreayshawn spills on some of her favorite films. She admits that her favorite movie soundtrack is "A Nightmare Before Christmas." Call us when we're supposed to be surprised. (NextMovie)

10.) The beautifully pregnant Beyoncé dishes on what it's like to be carrying the soon-to-be most famous baby in the world. HIP HOP ROYALTY! (Us Magazine)

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+ Boyz II Men discussed their Christmas album collab with Justin Bieber. "He thought we'd be perfect for it," says singer Shawn Stockman. "And we went in and locked in." (MTV News)

+ For the third installment of "Haus of Ü," Lady Gaga's fashion film shorts series featuring the song "Yoü and I," she channels her aquatic side as Yüyi, who's apparently a mermaid. Check out the recent installment, along with her first two on her website. (LadyGaga.com)

+ Beyoncé and mother Tina Knowles made a stop at CNN to discuss their House of Deréon clothing line. The pregnant B revealed she's pumped that the secret's out: "I'm having so much fun every day and shopping -– it's great." Peep the video interview. (Rap-Up)

+ Kelly Clarkson's gearing up to release Stronger next month, and if her performance of "Mr. Know It All" last night on "Tonight Show" is any indication, she's well primed for the release. Check out the vid. (Neon Limelight)

+ "Dancing With the Stars" party rocked their show with LMFAO, who performed a mashup of their songs "Sexy and You Know It" and "Party Rock Anthem."  Whoa, and they kept their pants on. Check out the video. (Neon Limelight)

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The Christmas season cannot get here fast enough -- Justin Bieber's in the studio wrapping up his holiday album! Joy to the world, y'all (holiday puns!), because Justin's got some major collabos in the works, Taylor Swift and Sean Kingston among them. Another collab? Boyz II Men singer Shawn Stockman! OMG, TEEN HEARTTHROBS FROM DIFFERENT GENERATIONS UNITE!!!

To prove this is happening, we have a photo from the recording session! The picture shows Justin and Shawn casually hanging out, sharing a bro handshake, and sporting baseball caps. In the distance, a string of Christmas lights decorates the studio wall (nice touch, guys). While the track list is still unknown, Bieber promises a bunch of original tunes. Not sure about you guys, but we've got our fingers crossed that the two revisited the classic Boyz II Men acapella version of "Silent Night." CHILLS, guys. For real.

And guess what! Even the Biebs himself was a little starstruck with having a real, live Boyz II Man in his midst. He tweeted, "2day i woke up and realized that the group that made me want to sing @BoyzIIMen are now on the christmas album singing with me. #DREAMBIG." Aww! It's a three-months-before-Christmas miracle!

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With the smell of prom still lingering in the air, I got to thinking about my own high-school dance experiences. Truth be told, my prom sucked but I had a couple deece homecomings. However, unlike most of my gal pals who relished the whole pre-dance tradition of shopping for a dress, getting your hair did, drinking alcohol-free Zima in a Hampton Inn hotel room, I wasn't interested in anything other than the night's soundtrack.

If your high school was anything like mine, then you probably had the same DJ at every dance, and he insisted on only playing songs from the Billboard Top 40 -- and that was totally fine with me because, at the time, I lived and breathed pop music. (I can't tell you how many hours I spent glued to my dual cassette boom box, recording songs off the radio to make my monthly mixes. Ah, the good ol' days.)

In 1994, I was 15, and I remember being completely excited -- and petrified -- when the DJ would roll out a slow song. Would my crush ask me to dance? Would he put his arms on my neck or around my waist? Would he try to touch my butt? These were BIG questions in the life of a high-school sophomore, and the answers would eventually unfold while some of the sappiest (and age-inappropriate) ballads played in the background. (Yes. Waist. Sort of.)

Grab your Binaca pocket spray, perform a pit smell-check and make sure there's a balloon-size space between you and the music of R. Kelly, Boyz II Men, All-4-One and Jodeci.

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1.) R. Kelly's "Bump N' Grind (Remix)": I didn't care too much for R. Kelly's album version of this song, but the remix was my slow-song jam. My friends and I wouldn't so much dance to this song as we'd find a male partner, lean on them and sway around for three and a half minutes. (Very romantic, don't you think?) At the time, I'm sure I thought R. Kelly was sweetly singing about wanting to take a trip to over-the-clothes Dry Humpville; taking a look at the lyrics 15 years later, I'm not so sure. Example: "So show me some ID before I get knee-deep into you." Not only is that the most uncomfortable sentiment ever, but if it wasn't a prediction of the R&B crooner's future legal trouble with underage girls, I don't know what was.

Listen to "Bump N' Grind (Remix)"

2.) Boyz II Men's "I'll Make Love To You": Again, another song that was completely inappropriate to play at a high-school soiree but one that always brought hormone-fueled bodies to dance floor. (Sidenote: Boyz II Men was the third concert I ever saw and when they played this song, the Boyz... er, Men would traipse around the stage in their oversize suits and hand out red roses to the girls in the audience. Swoon.) These days, the only time I hear this song is when I'm in the grocery store. I'm not sure why, but the opening chords still give me butterflies. Maybe it's because I think Dan Netzer is going to creep out from around the cereal aisle and FINALLY ask me to dance. A girl can dream, can't she?

Listen to "I'll Make Love To You"

3.) All-4-One's "I Swear": All-4-One might've been one of the fugliest groups I've ever seen, but they sure knew how to sing a corny love song. Sure, it wasn't an original -- country artist John Michael Montgomery first made the ballad a hit only a couple months earlier -- but it was new to anyone who didn't watch CMT on a regular basis, which was everyone I knew except my friend Cristen, who had recently discovered Garth Brooks and insisted on playing "Calling Baton Rouge" on repeat every morning on the drive to school.

Listen to "I Swear"

4.) Jodeci's "Feenin": Nothing gets the blood pumping like hearing JoJo and K-Ci's falsetto wails bounce off the moist walls of a packed gymnasium. According to Urban Dictionary, "feenin" is defined as "craving for intensely, mostly for a person" and, hell, isn't that what high school's all about? Feenin, stalking. Tomato, tomahto. Oh, Jodeci. You could always express what my teenage heart could not.

Listen to "Feenin"

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