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Welcome to Buzzworthy's The Week In Pop, where we round up new album releases, talk show musical guests and appearances, TV appearances by your favorite pop stars and more (so you don't have to).

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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+ You're looking at the new winner of "American Idol" season 10, Scotty McCreery! Congrats, buddy! (MTV News)

+ DJ AM's sister, Lara Long, passed away at age 40 after battling cancer. (Us magazine)

+ Lady Gaga may be receiving a cool $10 million to endorse Google's new Chrome laptops. (Billboard)

+ Lady Gaga apparently wants a "Puerto Rican or Dominican type badass... like Enrique Iglesias" who's willing to kiss her for her "Edge of Glory" video.  (E Online)

+ LeAnn Rimes is holding a benefit concert in Jacksonville this June to benefit victims of the tornadoes in the South. (Young Hollywood)

+ Justin Bieber wants to collaborate with Jay-Z. Who doesn't? (The Boom Box)

+ Cheryl Cole will NOT be appearing as a judge on the American version of "The X Factor." Nicole Scherzinger will be replacing her. That was fast. (Idolator)

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Welcome back from the weather, everyone! Here's a toast to the last "10 To Know" of the year! Oh, you're the designated driver, you say? Well, okay. We'll just clap.

1.) Is 50 Cent falling on hard times? The rapper took to the streets during Snowpocalypse 2010 to SHOVEL houses for $100 a pop. He should've charged $0.50 to stay on brand. (JustJared)

2.) Speaking of Snowpocalypse, aren't blizzards a snowman's most favorite thing ever? Buzzfeed has pics of 30 drunken snowmen who celebrated their good fortune a little too much. (Buzzfeed)

3.) Videogum basically did my job for me this week and rounded up all of 2010 biggest and most beloved viral videos in one concise listing. (Videogum)

4.) 2010 has turned out to be the year of a bajillion celebrity engagements! We can now add to the rolls: LeAnn Rimes, Lily Allen (yeah, that happened two seconds ago), Natalie Portman, Hugh Hefner (yuck), Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Mraz, Bret Michaels, and Shania Twain. Who'd I miss? Oh, and Natalie gets bonus points for also being preggo. By the way. Rihanna? Not engaged. She and Matt Kemp broke up.

5.) A just-surfaced handwritten note by one teenage Amy Winehouse reveals that the future superstar dreamed of one day getting her teeth fixed and owning a tanning bed. Between that and her gravity-defying poof, I think we've got a solid case for at least one season of "Jersey Shore: London." (The Sun)

6.) THIS JUST IN! Celebrities like to get crunk and tweet about it! People has prodigiously assembled a gallery of famous people, among them Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, tipping their glasses. (People)

7.) Gawker has this handy mashup of all the year's best pop songs in a neat 3 minutes and 18 seconds, with Ke$ha landing serious real estate. (Gawker)

8.) Check out my favorite song of the year, "Whip My Hair," performed on ice by a mini Willow Smith--who is already rully small, so imagine how teeny this tiny ice dancer is! (Buzzfeed)

9.) This is what it looks like when a cat puts on a bunny hat.

10.) Sir Elton John is a baby-daddy. Mazel, ya'll! (MTV News)

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+ Demi Lovato received a totally unexpected surprise: an engagement ring! A fan in Colombia proposed to her. She posed for what definitely looked like an engagement photo, with the fan on bended knee. Alas, Demi tweeted that her engagement was just a joke. (TheFABlife)

+ Looks like we may be getting closer to seeing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" up on the big screen as a major motion picture. And it may be 3-D! (NME)

+ Eminem will appear on the Nicki Minaj track "Roman's Revenge," off her upcoming Pink Friday album. (MTV News)

+ Here's Courtney Love's cover of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance." It's...something. (E! News)

+ Shape magazine apologized to their readers for putting LeAnn Rimes on the cover. It doesn't matter if you have awesome abs if you cheated on your husband. (PopEater)

+ Taylor Swift finally speaks...now...about the rumors that she's dating Jake Gyllenhaal. (Just Jared)

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+ An all-Britney Spears episode of "Glee" is in the works! It's still unconfirmed whether Britney herself will appear on the show. But HOW AWESOME would a Britney/Brittany dance-off be? Or a Britney/Brittany/Santana remake of "3"? OMG. THANK YOU, Ryan Murphy! THANK YOU, universe! (Pink Is The New Blog)

+ Lil Wayne had a visitor in jail: Kanye West! (MTV UK)

+ You might wanna sit down before reading this. LeAnn Rimes is taking a break from Twitter. (Us Magazine)

+ The 1 million things you need to know about Katy Perry and Russell Brand's upcoming wedding. (Gawker)

+ Katy Perry's potential maid-of-honor-to-be, Rihanna, had to cancel more shows. Oof. (VH1 News)

+ Is Justin Bieber REALLY SERIOUSLY going to collaborate with one of the Real Housewives of Dirty Jersey's daughters? (Fab Life)

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+ More news on the Haitian relief front: Legendary producer Quincy Jones will be re-recording the groundbreaking charity single, "We Are The World" to benefit the earthquake-ravaged country. The recording will happen next week and rumored participants include Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Will Smith and many more (E! Online)

+ You may have noticed bearded man onstage at the Hope For Haiti Now benefit show performing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." No, not Justin Timberlake...the other guy. That was former Mickey Mouse Club member Matt Morris, an artist signed to Justin's Tennman Records. Learn more about Morris, what it was like to perform at the benefit, and when Timberlake is getting back in the studio. (EW)

+ Country star Leann Rimes spent this past Saturday night doing what a lot of other people probably did: having some drinks and singing Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" at a karaoke bar. (TMZ)

+ "Tony and Gwen are rocking the synth." So tweeted No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont, about the progress of No Doubt's (apparently, reggae-flavored) new album, which they're currently recording. (MTV News)

+ You should never question a mother's love for her daughter, even when she puts herself through the humiliating process of getting a tramp stamp so that said daughter can go see Justin Bieber. (DListed)

Tags Gwen Stefani, Hope For Haiti, justin bieber, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, LeAnn-Rimes, Miley Cyrus, No Doubt, Will Smith

You think when they wrote "D++k In A Box" and "J++z In My Pants," Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, and Justin Timberlake (plus Katreese Barnes and Asa Taccone) ever envisioned LeAnn Rimes (sounding VERY Celine Dion), Forest Whitaker, and Chris Isaak singing it back to them in eveningwear accompanied by a full-on string section? I bet they did.

+ Watch the moving, riveting, operatic approach to "D++k In A Box" / "J++z In My Pants" from the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

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+ Our girl Lauren Conrad seems to be throwing in the towel on a lot of things lately. First, she's phoning in her final season of The Hills, and now it seems that her clothing line is on permanent hiatus. Maybe she'll finally start getting the rest she needs and get rid of that perma-rasp she's got going on. (Socialite Life)

+ Speaking of The Hills, the trailer for new movie Sorority Row starring "World's Hottest Woman With One Lip" Audrina Patridge just came out and it looks pretty creepy and surprisingly cool (mostly because Carrie Fisher is in it). (The Evil Beet)

+ If it's true that Katy Perry is dating Josh Groban, then there's still hope for every single weird-looking guy who can sing.  (MTV UK)

+ We just snorted in our fried rice after seeing this picture of Joe Jonas trying to give himself crow's feet. You think his apology will need to be Miley-sized, or can we just let people live? (ICYDK)

+ Natasha Bedingfield got married over the weekend to some businessman, cuing the inevitable shift from "you-go-girl" power pop songs to sappy, LeAnn Rimes mush. Word of warning, Tashers. Stay away from Lifetime movies and Western Sizzler.  (Seriously? OMG! WTF?)

+ Whatever tannin Valentino is dipping his jowls in, we need to get our hands on it pronto. That's Italian for "free," for all you uneducated people out there. (Popbytes)

+ This side-by-side vid of some dumb Fox News anchor being made fun of in Britney Spears' If You Seek Amy video is bringing us the lolz today. Something about this lady is just not right! (Pop Crunch)

Tags Audrina Patridge, Britney Spears, Carrie Fisher, Joe Jonas, Katy Perry, Lauren Conrad, LeAnn-Rimes, Miley Cyrus, Natasha Bedingfield, The Hills, Valentino

Perhaps I should've attempted to adjust my TV, but aside from that T.I., M.I.A., Jay-Z, Wayne hip-hop all-stars performance and Coldplay's ongoing Fisher-Price-meets-Sgt. Pepper troop trope (yaaaaaaaawwwwwwnnn... and I DID NOT need to see that much of Chris Martin's treasure trail!) the 2009 Grammys might as well have been broadcast in black and white.

From the Jonas Brothers, to Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift and even Kid Rock (who usually doesn't leave the house unless it's in something that demonstrates his affinity for a BeDazzler and a pound or two of rhinestones) kept it a funereal black and white, though they all pulled it off with elegant panache. In short, aside from the few mod metallics, and Katy Perry, the 2009 Grammys were all about sobering, somber chic! For real, I thought I was going temporarily colorblind.

Anyway, let's get to it!

Jonas Brothers: True, the Jonas Brothers didn't win the Grammy they were up for, but getting to share a stage with Stevie Wonder was prize enough, IMO. Fashion-wise, their red carpet tuxedo trio was pretty much what you'd expect from the capable hands of stylist Michelle Tomaszewski. My favorite was Nick Jonas' head-to-toe black Burberry suit. Kevin Jonas' Versace suit subtly set him apart as the elder statesmen of the three. Joe's metallic Versace jacket was a little too Vegasy for my tastes, but I always appreciate that he takes fashion risks. Also, BTW, did you see Denise? WOAH, mama, she looked amazing! As for the Jonas Brothers' performance looks: Nick was in Dior, and I LOVED that his look was a little bit Danny Zucko in Grease, less the schmaltz, a little bit James Dean, a tiny bit old-school Faith-era George Michael, and a WHOLE LOT grown up. Honestly, Joe's performance look wasn't doing THAT much for me. Don't get me wrong -- he looked perfect as always, but Nick really stood out so much that he overshadowed Joe, who could've gone a little farther than just the ripped Requel Allegra tee and Dior vest and jeans. By the way, that eye-popping necklace was by Swiss designer Avakian, and while I'm sure it was stunning in person, it distracted on screen (Was it a cassette tape? A jeweled cracker? Bingo card? Billion-dollar iPod? No clue!) and took away from his Mick Jagger swagger. It would've made more sense for Joe to wear a fitted jacket, especially with Kevin all like "Oh hai, I'm just over here nailing this performance and coming out with a 3D movie and a TV show and we're gonna be on Saturday Night Live and everything" in a swish Versace suit. But back to the Jonas Brothers' performance: Not just ANYBODY gets to cover "Superstition," and this performance completely put the Jonas Brothers on the map... for the two people whose maps the Jonas Brothers weren't already on. Seriously though, that performance was icon-status-sealing and could finalize their move out of the teen-pop mold; it showed skeptics that the Jonas Brothers aren't just bubblegum, they can (for the trilllionth time!) play their own instruments, command a stage, and extend their reach beyond a youth-only audience.

Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift: Miley wore an original Herve Leger by Max Azria dress on the red carpet. Had it been just plain black, it would've been a bit boring, but the bejeweled bodice, criss-cross straps and stacks of bangles kept it fresh, and the massive rosette kept it from being "just another black dress," and though the length was a little overwhelming, the shape was amazingly flattering. Taylor Swift drove home the "we're besties" message in a Kaufman Franco black jersey dress with patent leather detailing. Gotta say: both dresses were way too long. Take a cue from Carrie Underwood and show a little leg while they're still amazing! You can't fault Miley or Taylor for appearing adult while playing the good role model role, but I wouldn't have minded either dress in a more youthful color, like a jewel tone. Also, I can't say I loved either's performance outfit, Miley's especially. Jeans at the Grammys? I know it's not the Oscars, but it's not the CMAs either. (Sorry, CMT!) That top looked like Liza Minnelli's cast-off. Bring back the cute!

Katy Perry: I liked that Katy Perry was strictly business on the red carpet -- her pink dress was by Lebanese designer Basil Soda -- and party on stage, where she chose to wear every color ever in her salute to Carmen Miranda. Her costume was by The Blonds, and her "I Kissed a Girl" performance made me feel like I was trapped inside a pachinko machine. And I kinda liked it.

Jennifer Hudson: Okay, I just need to say it: That white asymmetrical bib on Jennifer Hudon's color-blocked sculptural RM by Roland Mouret Trenet dress made her look like she had an emergency pre-Grammy root canal and forgot to take off the bib. However, I loved her midnight blue shoes. Also, Jennifer Hudson can do whatever she wants because she had the worst year ever and her talent knows know bounds. The black sequined dress she wore during her performance of "You Pulled Me Through" was stellar stuff, and the flamenco-style hair and earrings were really all she needed to complete the portrait-of-the-young-woman-as-a-pure-powerhouse look.

Sara Bareilles: Speaking of pink, Sara Bareilles was totally pretty in pink in her Louisa Beccaria strapless ruffled dress with matching (but not too matchy-matchy!) accents. I wanna write her a love song and thank her for wearing something so sugary sweet.

Audrina Patridge: Audrina usually looks sexy or hot or amazing but "cute" is not usually the first word that comes to mind. But last night, Audrina looked absolutely adorable in teal Tadashi. Her hair and bright lips were also perfection. Yay, color! Finally!

M.I.A.: We get it. You and your boyfriend got bored and decided to act out Juno. But were you hitting the labor drugs early? You do NOT need to dress like a bloated ladybug. Don't get me wrong -- I love House of Holland (who designed her black-and-white performance outfit). I just love Agyness Deyn in it more. And I'm fine with you wearing Golas when you're playing human hotel. But did you really need to go the Dorothy Zbornak route? I'm still not convinced you weren't hiding all FOUR Golden Girls underneath that Manish Arora tarp.

Jordin Sparks: You are SO SO SO cute and SO not an old lady. But that rose-printed Debra Davenport dress was SO not cute and SO old lady!

Carrie Underwood: That performance pantsuit was a little June Carter Cash with those OOC chiffon bell sleeves, but who cares? She's got legs for miles! And was it just me, or did her female guitarist look like Paris Hilton? Speaking of...

Paris Hilton: Yes, Paris. Less is still less. Please send that Versace Spring 2003 mini back to 2003 where it should stay.

LeAnn Rimes: i'm a huge fan of stone embellishments, but LeAnn's cerulean Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti outfit looked like Star Trek Voyager made its maiden voyage to Cyprus. And taupe? Really? You don't wear taupe on a red carpet unless you're going to the pantyhose awards. Or you're Leona Lewis. And speaking of...

Leona Lewis: Leona is such a gorgeous girl, but her tan Randi Rahm gown bleeding bored me.

Duffy: I've read some negatory reactions toward Duffy's Alberta Ferretti jeweled chiffon cocktail dress, but I really loved that she took an ordinary style and made it her own with an asymmetrical cut. It was super glam but subdued and fit her soulful, old-school style perfectly.

Estelle: Call us when Kanye's spaceship lands.

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Carrie Underwood walked out of the 2007 Country Music Awards in Nashville last night with an award for Female Vocalist of the Year and another for Single of the Year for "Before He Cheats," but that's not nearly as much as she walked in with: she rolled into the awards in jewelry totaling over $7 million. Read more...

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