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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).

While the Grammys gave us plenty to discuss around the ol' watercooler to start the week (Nicki Minaj's pope friend, Adele winning EVERYTHING, etc.), but there's a lot to look forward to in musical happenings this week, y'all. The Kills release their "The Last Goodbye" single with The Velvet Underground, Patsy Cline and Marilyn Monroe covers, "Glee" pays homage to the late Whitney Houston on their Valentine's Day episode Tuesday, Sleigh Bells are gonna kick the "Saturday Night Live" stage's ass, and Hollywood Week continues on "American Idol."

Check out this week's album releases and talk show music guests below.

NEW ALBUM RELEASES
Tuesday, Feb. 14
+ The Kills, "The Last Goodbye" four-song single release: Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince package their lovely "The Last Goodbye" waltz single with three covers.

+ Johnny Cash, Live From Austin TX: The Man in Black lives on through his immeasurable body of work. The 180-gram vinyl release comes with a DVD of the performance.

+ Band Of Skulls, Sweet Sour: The English trio return with a sophomore album wrapped in delicious female-male vocal interplay indie rock with a bluesy stomp. Check out their single "Bruises."

Check out more new album releases and upcoming TV appearances and performances after the jump.

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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.

Check out more of the biggest pop music trends of 2011 after the jump!

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It's been more than a couple weeks now, but we're still nursing the wounds incurred by the tragic news that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were splitting up. The desert dancing in the new Marc and Pitbull video "Rain Over Me" helped us feel a little bit better, but the gorgeous new cover shot of J. Lo on the coveted September issue of Vanity Fair will undoubtedly help us take crucial steps forward in the healing process.

Looking impeccably chic in a super-deep V-cut white top, in her first interview postbreakup, Jennifer is candid about the issues in her marriage but keeps it classy by refusing to air her dirty laundry. The "On The Floor" singer dances around the issues a little bit yet leaves plenty of room for curious onlookers to read between the lines: "This was the hardest decision I've ever had to face. I really wanted this family to work... We both did... But I remain an eternal optimist about love." J. Lo then confidently declares, "To understand that a person is not good for you, or that that person is not treating you in the right way, or that he is not doing the right thing for himself -- if I stay, then I am not doing the right thing for me. I love myself enough to walk away from that now."

We agree with Jennifer Lopez -- self-love is the key to lasting happiness. Self-love, and a big, fat check from "American Idol."

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Even though the whole J. Lo and Marc Anthony divorce crisis is still making us super sad over here, we have to move on! Enter Pitbull and Marc Anthony's new video, "Rain On Me." Even though Marc is 50 percent responsible for one of the saddest celebrity breakups we've had to endure in recent months, he's also 50 percent responsible for the dope new Latin-infused dance song and video. We'll call it even.

Set in the desert in a decked-out bachelor pad stocked with booze, a leather couch and a crazy powerful fan (WHERE CAN WE GET ONE?), Pitbull and Marc conveniently bump into several gorgeous brunettes wandering alone on the sand. Of course being the chivalrous pop stars that they are, they invite the women in for some shelter and a much-needed glass of water (and/or vodka). After hanging with the ladies (some of whom double as snake charmers?), Pitbull and Marc take a break to dance around/fist-pump together in the middle of the desert. International Desert Dance Law, duh. Then "Rain On Me" comes to a romantic close as the desert suddenly transforms into an underground grotto filled with tons of bikini clad babes. Just like Casablanca.

Might the video imagery of a drought to water be indicative of a J. Lo and Marc reconciliation? Maybe they're "watering" the plant that is their relationship? Or maybe not. Obviously I'm having a hard time coping...

+ Watch Pitbull's "Rain Over Me" video, featuring Marc Anthony.

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Guys, remember the good ol' days when Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were still a couple? Us too! It was just last week! But alas, relationships come and go. Time marches on! Things change! Etc.! [Insert sad Snoopy GIF.]

Because we haven't been able to stop crying (not really -- we have jobs and pizza and stuff), we figured what better way to exorcise our collective breakup demons than to look at pictures of celebrities who have broken up too. Hence Buzzworthy's Saddest Celebrity Breakups photo gallery!

After the jump, take a look back to see whose splits made us the saddest. And in case you're feeling melancholy about an ex, remember that It Gets Better with the help of these wise words from Destiny's Child: "You thought that I was stressed without ya, but I'm chillin'/Thought I wouldn't sell with out ya, sold nine million." Keep on keepin' on, y'all.

+ Check out more celebrity breakup photos that made us sad after the jump!

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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony released a joint statement today to People magazine confirming their seemingly sudden decision to divorce. "We have decided to end our marriage," the now-ex-couple told People. "This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time."

Wait, WAIT. Did my eyes deceive me or did I recently watch Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony get seriously DOWN on the "American Idol" stage this past May? Did I, or did I not see Ms. Lopez shake her famously insured derriere in her hubby's face -- the same hubby in fact, with whom she recently had twins and renewed her vows? IS THIS REAL LIFE?

OK, yes, J.Lo has been divorced twice before. But I thought Marc was the one! I mean, do you remember the chemistry between them in El Cantante? Anyone? I guess on the bright side, though, J.Lo's now free to go and date some younger hot model, which will inevitably provide us with tons of future Star Spotting posts.

I'm still pretty broken up, though.

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When we last caught up with Cypress Hill, a group that could politely be described as rabble-rousing or antiauthoritarian, they seemed to have mellowed, performing in the video for Marc Anthony and the Pitbull-assisted video for the single "Armada Latina."

One video later and the rappers seem to have gotten all that mellow out of their system, returning with "Rise Up," from the album of the same name. This deeply funky track features Tom Morello adding some of his trademark "chicken scratch gone metal" guitar lines. The end product is not unlike something you might hear from Morello's outfit, Rage Against The Machine.

Check out the video below. "Rise Up" is out now.

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Last week, Buzzworthy Bestie Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Weapons had pretty much the BEST week ever! After Kate Moss personally invited him to a Topshop VIP party, where he danced with Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony (I. SWEAR!), he got invited to a Stevie Nicks listening party at Greenhouse in New York, where he MET the legendary woman herself. And if you DON'T know who Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac are, let's both please take a moment to feel sorry for you. Go on... I'll wait...

Okay. Read  what Justin Tranter emailed me about meeting the unparalleled Stevie Nicks!

I get invited to a lot of cool things 'cus I've been pounding the pavement of New York City in four-inch heels for a LONG time. But when I got invited to meet STEVIE NICKS at her Sound Stage Sessions listening party I almost died. She is truly one of my biggest inspirations ever. I have every Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks record and DVD. It's almost an issue! Haha.

I called my girl CariDee English from America's Next Top Model, Marc Jacobs model and actor Jimmy Knehans, and my girls Krista and Jen and said 'We HAVE to go!' Me, Caridee and Jimmy schwerked the red carpet while waiting for the gold dust queen of rock 'n' roll to arrive. She made a grand but VERY loving entrance.

After she took photos and signed some things for charity I got to meet her. She was SO sweet and actually wanted to chat. She told me that I looked gorgeous, and that 'the world is going to want to hear real rock 'n' roll soon, so keep on fighting the good fight. Take whatever comes your way in such a weird time in the industry, economy and world.'

Whoa! Stevie Nicks. F**ing Stevie Nicks! My mom is going to be so mad she wasn't with me!

+ Plus: Check out...Buzzworthy's Topshop shopping spree with Ida Maria and Justin Tranter's Buzzworthy Style File, and Buzzworthy's Party Patrol Teyana Taylor and Jay Lyon spottings! And, watch 20 Fleetwood Mac videos!

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For the fashion oblivious out there, put DOWN the Lands' End catalog and PAY attention! Topshop -- the British retail authority on fast, fun, and (basically) affordable fashion, the chain adored by stylish sorts of every tax bracket, the must-shop stop for every fashion-forward American tourist visiting London (including Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Emma Roberts, Jennifer Hudson, and Taylor Momsen, and Christina Aguilera's been rumored to have been in talks to design for the store) heretofore scorned by pouty Americans due to geographic undesirability -- IS FINALLY OPEN IN NEW YORK!

Trust me, those of you who still don't know what I'm talking about, Topshop's Stateside opening is a Very Big Deal. So big that KATE MOSS, who's designed for Topshop, showed up to the opening. Jennifer LOPEZ and Marc Anthony toured the store. The City's Olivia Palermo shopped the shoe section at a VIP shopping event last night. DEBBIE HARRY was there! (DEBBIE HARRY, THE ONE WHO WAS IN BLONDIE!!!) Hopeful shoppers lined up outside the store at the crack of dawn today waiting for Topshop's doors to -- FINALLY! -- swing open to the public. And trend-hungry Americans (myself included) jumped out of their lace-up patent Oxfords over the much-delayed, much-heralded opening of the first-ever American Topshop.

People, Topshop is A RELIGION. A cult of quasi couture -- they take your money, but you hand it over willfully. People at work have stopped me in the BATHROOM to ask me what it's like inside -- colorful, loud, shiny, sparkly, stacked. And the shoes. Holy Lady Gaga, the shoes. Friends who live outside of the city (and friends who live here but fear the swarms of shoppers) have called me the "B" word (no, not "baller" -- the one that rhymes with "itch") because I got a chance to step foot inside the hallowed grounds of glam... And, not to rub it in your face even more (but I will), I was even luckier, because I got to go on a Topshop shopping spree with one of my favorite new artists -- and fearless style icon -- Ida Maria.

If you haven't watched Ida Maria's video, "I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked," catch UP! And if you haven't seen her ignite a stage yet (go for "Oh My God," stay for "Stella"), you NEED to catch her on tour with Glasvegas. But until you pick up the Norwegian glam-rock goddess' new album, Fortress 'Round My Heart, let Ida Maria take you on a tour of New York's favorite new store. Topshop and Ida Maria! Oh my God!

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Dear David Archuleta,

Happy Arch-i-versary!!

It was one year ago this week when we all first laid eyes on you (swoon!). I'm not really much for beating around the bush, so I may as well just come out and say it: We.Are.In.Lurv.

How much do we love thee? Let us count the ways:

+ We know the new season of American Idol started, and we're super excited about that Kara DioGuardi chick, but we keep finding ourselves drifting off and dreaming that you are there. We've taken to putting our fingers in our ears and squeezing our eyes shut, but when we open them... you're still not on our flatscreen. WHY???? Le sigh.

+ We too were DEVASTATED when Ryan Seacrest said "Cook" instead of "ARCHULETA !!!!!" on that fateful night last year, and honestly, we don't think these crazy YouTube girls came close to capturing our collective moment of shared utter devastation....it was way more upsetting then they're letting on (and you felt bad for them! Which is oh-so sweet!).

+ We've started eating at the Hard Rock Cafe again.

+ We've abandoned our J Lo/Marc Anthony divorce clock since you reminded us how "down to earth" they are.

Basically what we're getting at Archie ... is ... that you complete us.

Roses are red, violets are blue, you sing in flower shops, will you be our boo?

Love,
Buzzworthy

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