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When VH1 asked me if I'd like to be one of those talking head people on their "Top 40 Music Video Countdown Of 2010," I answered their question with two of my own. The first: Does Miley Cyrus rip a mean bong? The second: What time should I be there?

Tonight, you can watch me--and a bunch of other music experts, funny people and people with enough patience to sit in front of a green screen for three hours--talk about the top 40 videos of 2010. Part 1 airs at 9pm, and part 10 is at 10pm.

Below are 35 of VH1’s Top 40 Music Videos of 2010, in alphabetical order. You'll have to watch the show tonight to see which video was VH1's No. 1 video of the year. And to see whether or not I had lipstick on my teeth.

Adam Lambert -- “If I Had You”
B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams -- “Airplanes”
Bruno Mars -- “Just the Way You Are”
Daughtry -- “September”
Christina Perri -- “Jar of Hearts”
Drake -- “Find Your Love”
Eminem -- “Not Afraid”
Eminem featuring Rihanna -- “Love the Way You Lie”
Jack Johnson -- “At or With Me”
Jason Derulo -- “In My Head”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys -- “Empire State of Mind”
John Mayer -- “Heartbreak Warfare”
Katy Perry -- “Firework”
Ke$ha -- “TiK ToK”
Kid Rock -- “Born Free”
Kings of Leon -- “Radioactive”
Lady Antebellum -- “Need You Now”
Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce -- “Telephone (Short Version)”
Linkin Park -- “Waiting for the End”
Maroon 5 -- “Misery”
Michael Bublé -- “Haven’t Meet You Yet”
Mike Posner -- “Cooler Than Me”
Mumford & Sons -- “Little Lion Man”
Muse -- “Resistance”
Paramore -- “The Only Exception”
Pink - “Raise Your Glass”
Rihanna -- “Only Girl (In The World)”
Sara Bareilles - “King of Anything”
Sugarland -- “Stuck Like Glue”
Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris -- “Break Your Heart”
Taylor Swift -- “Mine”
Train -- “If It’s Love”
Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars -- “Billionaire”
Usher featuring Pitbull -- “DJ Got Us Falling In Love”
Usher featuring Will.i.am -- “OMG”

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Who cares what a bunch of critics, writers, and music experts think about the music they loved this year? We wanna know what music YOU loved this year! Buzzworthy wants you, our loyal readers, to pick your favorite music, musicians, and music moments of 2010. From the most unbelievable videos to the songs you played over and over again, to the artists you obsessed over and the albums your year wouldn’t have been complete without. Buzzworthy obsessed about music all year long. Now it’s time for you to pick your favorites.

There were probably a handful of albums you played so much in 2010 that their repetition almost broke your computer or iPod. But which album was your absolute most-played, most-favorite album of them all this year? Was it Taylor Swift's unstoppable Speak Now? Kanye West's highly anticipated, highly controversial, highly acclaimed My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy? Eminem's revealing, revelatory Recovery? Was it Who I Am, Nick Jonas' solo venture as Nick Jonas & The Administration? Ke$ha's all-party-all-the-time album, Animal? Miley Cyrus' all-grown-up, don't-call-me-Hannah-Montana album, Can't Be Tamed? Drake's heavy-hitting debut, Thank Me Later? Katy Perry's perfect pop package, Teenage Dream? The Ready Set's powerfully penned, perfectly produced debut, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming? Or was it Nicki Minaj's colorful, multi-dimensional Pink Friday debut?

Which new album of 2010 was your absolute favorite? The album you played more than any other album? The one album of the year you'd take with you on a desert island? The album you loved most above all other albums?

Vote now for the Album You Couldn't Stop Playing in 2010! Voting ends Sunday, Dec. 26, at 11:59pm ET. We'll announce the album you picked as the Album You Couldn't Stop Playing in 2010 on Tuesday, Dec. 28!

Tags Butch Walker, Buzzworthy's Best Of 2010, Drake, Eminem, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas and the Administration, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, The Ready Set

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Ke$ha Kaulitz, is it? Hmm???

Call us crazy, but when the "TiK ToK" singer walked the red carpet at MTV Japan's Video Music Awards this past weekend with a hair-raising new 'do, we were instantly reminded of the classic look Tokio Hotel singer Bill Kaulitz used to sport.

Ah, the good ol' days.

Ke$ha, please tell us you're NOT going to follow this up with braided dreadlocks. We're still trying to recover from seeing Bill -- and NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick -- rocking that look.

While you consider the Sonic The Hedgehog look, watch Tokio Hotel's epic "World Behind My Wall" video -- it features our (current) favorite Bill hair.

Tags Bill Kaulitz, Butch Walker, Buzzworthy Style Files, Ke$ha, Tokio Hotel

We always knew Butch Walker had some pretty sharp producing skills, having worked on albums with Pink, The Academy Is... and Weezer, but we had no idea his carving handiwork extended beyond the recording studio.

In celebration of Butch's latest solo album I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart, the former Marvelous 3 frontman auctioned off various pre-order packages on eBay. The most expensive of the bunch went for a mere $25,000 and auctioned off the following to one lucky super-fan:

• A signed collector's edition vinyl, CD and lithograph
• An exclusive T-shirt
• A personal Facebook or Twitter message
• An instant download of three new Butch tracks, and... wait for it...
• A weekend in Butch's spare bedroom where the winner will collaborate on a song that will appear on his new album and a chance to play the song live on stage together during Butch's next tour

Now, not many people have $25,000 burning a hole in their pocket—well, not many people except Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie, who bid on the extravagant package.

See what kind of American Psycho-esque action happened when the two frontman met up and Butch took an axe to—er, walked Brendon around the Walker compound.

Tags Brendon Urie, Butch Walker, Panic At The Disco, video

Personas are important, but they're distracting. I'm thinking of Pink, in particular, who has done so much to define herself as a wild-haired rocker bad-ass, that it's easy to totally overlook the fact that she's also super talented. In other words, it can be hard to hear -- over all the hollering and snarling she's rightfully famous for -- that Pink can sing like nobody's business.

Butch Walker looks real tough, too, but he's another story altogether. He's been chipping away at the music industry since the mid '80s, working as a songwriter, producer and a member of several successful bands. He's played pop metal, glam, and straight up rock with bands like SouthGang and Marvelous 3, never restricting himself to any particular genre. Between gigs he's made records for artists as diverse as Avril Lavigne, Lindsay Lohan, Hot Hot Heat, Pete Yorn, The Academy Is..., The Cab and, wouldn't you know it, Pink.

Outside of the studio, Butch and Pink (who share a motorcycle obsession, among other things) have been drinking buddies for ages. He played her "Here Comes The..." way back, when he first wrote it, and she was instantly smitten. Told Butch that if and when he ever recorded it, she wanted to take care of the harmonies for him. When the time came, that's exactly what she did.

In his latest effort, a solo stint that's produced a record called Sycamore Meadows, Butch Walker plays boozy, drawling rock, true to his Georgia roots. "Here Comes The...," the album's second single, is a rollicking bar room reel. And, although Pink doesn't appear in the hilariously weird mannequin-love video below, she carries the tune with backing vocals that ooze old-country soul. By checking her persona at the door, Pink lets previously overshadowed talent shine through, possibly ushering in a new direction for her music and a more solid identity for Butch Walker's.

Tags Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker, Hot Hot Heat, Lindsay Lohan, Marvelous 3, Pete Yorn, Pink, SouthGang, The Academy Is, The Cab