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1.) Chris Brown showed his unbelievable moves at the Grammys, now he offers a behind-the-scenes clip of his upcoming "Turn Up The Music" video. (Rap Up)

2.) If you really love Lil' Kim you'll listen to a snippet of her soon-to-be released single "If You Love Me." (That Grape Juice)

3.) If waiting for Madonna's MDNA is bringing you down, these four official remixes of "Give Me All Your Luvin'" will definitely hold you over until the March release date. (Pop On And On)

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Estelle, Chris Brown, and Trey Songz team up on a new track, 'International (Serious).'

U.K. singer Estelle got some serious use out of her passport when she hit the States to hang with rapper/tour guide Kanye West in her smash "American Boy." Now, girl sets her sights on taking over the world, and she's bringing Chris Brown and Trey Songz along for the ride in "International (Serious)."

+ Listen to Estelle's new track, "International (Serious)," after the jump.

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The long list of performers at the 2012 Grammys was as vast, varied and random as putting your entire music collection on shuffle and setting it on stage. The 2012 Grammy performances spanned an exhaustive array of musical genres, making clear that in the year 2012, pop music is more democratic and less limited than ever before. Jazz standards can share the same stage as Dubstep, and artists as young as Taylor Swift or as established as Glen Campbell and Tony Bennett all belong equally at the same ceremony. Here's a top-to-bottom recap of all of the performers and performances at the 2012 Grammy Awards.

Bruce Springsteen: Backed by Steven Van Zandt, Patti Scialfa and the the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen opened the Grammys by tearing through "We Take Care Of Our Own," his new single from his upcoming Wrecking Ball album. It was an on-message salute both to Americans and, more topically, to the music industry and fans mourning Whitney Houston. Paul McCartney and Lady Gaga cheered him on. Also, let me go on record as the 50,045,492th person who notes that Bruce Springsteen does not age. He actually makes me look forward to being, like 50 something. Oh wait. He's 62? WHAT DOES HE EAT? HOW DOES HE LIVE?

Bruno Mars: Glad to see Bruno Mars is no longer a one-man piano-moving company and instead a consummate old-school band leader with his own onstage theater marquee. He channeled James Brown, Cab Calloway, Chuck Berry and the Four Tops with his golden, shimmering, blowout rendition of "Runaway."

Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt: Smart, unexpected pairing -- the ever-radiant Alicia Keys and country legend Bonnie Raitt pay tribute to the late, great Etta James with a country-blues rendition of "Sunday Kinda Love."

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Nicki Minaj, Adele and Katy Perry will perform at the 2012 Grammys.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are this Sunday, people, and we hope you'll be keeping up with every last detail of the show like we will (with a livestream, duh). With performances by Chris Brown, Katy Perry, and Coldplay with Rihanna, to name a few, this year's show is probably going to get some trending topics going.

And while we know Adele's going to slay everyone during her performance, and Lady Gaga will obviously be wearing something wild and crazy, we're having more fun thinking about the things we really want to see go down that probably won't. For instance, Taylor Swift showing up in a sparkle-free ensemble?! Or our first glimpse of Blue Ivy Carter?! Not very likely, but let a girl dream, will ya?

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1.) Katy Perry and Russell Brand reconcile. -- Katy Perry throws a curve ball and performs a cover of the "Aladdin" classic "A Whole New World" alongside soon-to-be ex-husband Russell Brand. They kiss and make up at the end of the song; the world's equilibrium is restored.

2.) Blue Ivy Carter debuts her first song. -- Despite her lack of motor skills, we learn that Blue Ivy's been slaving away in the studio on her debut single. It will break all iTunes records ever recorded.

3.) Adele is photographed smiling. -- You don't get that good at brooding without a lot of practice. Don't get us wrong, Adele's our pretend girlfriend, but we'd love to see a candid pic of the "Someone Like You" singer having a really good time.

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Every year, the mtvU Woodie Awards have a tough mission to accomplish -- to be as fun to watch as they are to say. This year's show is set it hit it out of the park again thanks to the addition of the first-ever Woodie Awards Festival! Streaming live from famed indie music hub SXSW in Austin, Texas, the Woodie Awards Festival begins Thursday, March 15, and you can watch all of the action and live performances from the festival on woodies.mtvu.com.

The “2012 mtvU Woodie Awards Special” airs Sunday, March 18, when we'll be honoring the artists who truly infiltrated the music landscape over the past year. Nominees include Skrillex, Lana Del Rey, The Black Keys, Mac Miller, Foster The People, J. Cole, Frank Ocean, Calvin Harris, Wallpaper., Alabama Shakes, and Childish Gambino (also known as Donald Glover to you n00bs out there).

And listen up, dance music fans: this year marks the addition of the "EDM Effect" Woodie Award category, highlighting DJs and musicians who helped bring EDM to the mainstream in 2011. Nominees include Benni Benassi on Chris Brown's "Beautiful People," Martin Solveig featuring Kele on "Ready 2 Go," Avicii for Flo Rida's "Good Feeling," Flux Pavilion for The Throne's "Who Gon Stop Me," Steve Aoki and Laidback Luke on "Turbulence" and the dude who inspired us all to puke up our own ribbon rainbow, Calvin Harris for Rihanna's "We Found Love."

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Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way Ball' tour poster.

+ ATTN: Little Monsters, Lady Gaga has come through for you again. With a little help from some wine, last night Mama Monster tweeted the -- dare we say -- spooky chic poster for her forthcoming "The Born This Way Ball" tour. (Idolator)

+ The EDM crowd will get props during Sunday's Grammy Awards show. Chris Brown, Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, deadmau5 and David Guetta's joint performance will highlight electronica/dance. Etta James will also be honored with a tribute from Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt. (MTV News)

+ Nicki Minaj will premiere "Roman Holiday," a song from her upcoming Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded album, when she performs during the Grammys. She's also planning to release "Starships" the day after the show. (MTV News)

+ Canada's Juno Awards, which will be held April 1, announced their nominees. Among the noms are Justin Bieber, Drake, Avril Lavigne, deadmau5, Arcade Fire and Feist. (MTV News)

+ Metallica announced their very own headlining festival. The Orion Music + More fest includes openers Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, Gaslight Anthem, Best Coast and Titus Andronicus, among others. It will be held in Atlantic City on June 23-24. (MTV News)

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Let's all hear it for irreversible eardrum damage! In the bangin' first single off his rabidly anticipated new record, Fortune, Chris Brown commands us to crank up the volume -- then repeats that demand over and over and over till we're all like, "Dude, it can't go any higher!" But we kinda get what Breezy's driving at. With its mercilessly pounding jungle beats and super-sick synth, "Turn Up The Music" deserves to be played at maximum decibels.

Written and produced by The Underdogs (the duo brought us Chris's sexed-up "Take You Down") and Fuego,  "Turn Up The Music" is a dizzying, electro-influenced track that's undeniably dance floor-ready. And while the "If you're sexy and you know it, put your hands up in the air" refrain is a fun nod to LMFAO, the real power's in Breezy's relentless calls to action: "Turn up the music, 'cause this song just came on/Turn up the music if they try to turn us down/Turn up the music, can I hear it till the speakers blow?/Turn up the music, fill your cup and drink it down." Occasionally backed by some blissed-out chanting, those party-starting rallying cries nail the music-as-salvation message like only the most powerful of pop idols can.

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+ NAACP Image Awards nominees include Beyoncé for Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Album, while Chris Brown's up for Outstanding Album and Outstanding Male Artist. Adele's "Someone Like You" received Outstanding Song and Video nods. (Billboard)

+ Lady Gaga and her mom's Born This Way Foundation will launch on Feb. 29 with an event at Harvard University. The foundation will work to end bullying by encouraging youth empowerment and equality. (MTV News)

+ DMX, Swizz Beatz, Eve and The LOX are reuniting for a Ruff Ryders tour. "We are all family and we're going to come back stronger than when we left... It's going to take the nation by storm," said DMX. (MTV News)

+ Swizz Beatz's Megaupload was shut down by the FBI yesterday. While he was not indicted, others in the company were arrested under multiple racketeering and copyright infringement charges. (MTV News)

+ A trial date has been set in April for William Balfour, the suspect accused of allegedly murdering Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew three and a half years ago. (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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It's not very often that you see chicks dancing around in bikinis while it's snowing, but I guess that's a testament to the power Chris Brown wields over the ladies. In his new Kevin McCall (aka K-Mac)-assisted video "Strip," Chris is chilling somewhere with snow-covered mountaintops yet somehow manages to throw a boiling hot bikinis-only party in his mansion. But it's not just chicks -- Chris, too, gets a little naked as he "accidentally" lifts his shirt up to reveal what we're assuming is like, a bazillion pack of abs. As the party rages on, Chris hits on more chicks and reveals his true motive: "Girl I just wanna see you strip, right now/Cause it's late, late/Girl I just wanna see you strip/Girl I just wanna see you strip." Wait, what do you want to see your girl do, Chris? We missed it.

Party cohost and wordsmith K-Mac is also a shirtless wonder as he begs the scantily clad chicks around him to get a little more rowdy and a little less dressed: "You got it hot momma/You're hotter than a sauna/I wanna put clothes on your body like a banana/The only reason I dress you in that designer/Is to get you out that Dolce and Gabbana."

While this may be slightly controversial, I'd potentially consider playing a PG round of strip poker just to get some free designer duds. I mean, anyone seen THIS lately? Case closed. And try not to judge me, kthxbai.

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