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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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+ Lana Del Rey's Born To Die album leaked yesterday. MTV News reports it's atmospheric and while it can drag, "It's certainly w-a-a-y better than most would've expected." Have you listened yet? Thoughts? (MTV News)

+ "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" movie received an Oscar nom for original song. Flight Of The Conchords' Bret McKenzie, the film's music supervisor, said of the song, "I really wanted it to be hilarious and beautiful, and I feel like we got that combination." (MTV News)

+ While we never had a doubt, Kelly Rowland confirmed that Beyoncé and Jay-Z's baby daughter Blue Ivy inherited her parents good looks. "She's absolutely beautiful," said Rowland. (MTV News)

+ Common made his debut as both a producer and lead actor in the film Luv, and while at Sundance Film Festival he told MTV News, "This is something that is me... And it's a part of what I want to do pushing forward with Common as an actor and as a producer." (MTV News)

+ Ne-Yo joins the Motown roster and has been appointed senior VP of A&R for the label, where he will sign new talent as well as produce and foster label artists. (Billboard)

+ Though the "S*** ____ Says" meme wore out its LOLz pretty quickly, this "S*** Drake Says" parody video is pretty clever. (Neon Limelight)

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Is there anything Jennifer Hudson can't do? She somehow finds the time to out-hot everyone and still record new jams like her collabo with Ne-Yo and Rick Ross, "Think Like A Man." Oh, and did we mention that "Think Like A Man" is slated to be the theme song to Steve Harvey's forthcoming movie of the same name? True baller status.

Unsurprisingly, Ne-Yo, Rick, and J-Hud come together very nicely for this midtempo, R&B breakup tune. Jennifer Hudson's booming vocals dominate (how could they not?) as she warns: "Now there's no we, babe/There's just you and there's me, babe.../You gotta act like a woman/But think like a man." Ne-Yo's buttery pipes take over on the second verse as he admits he wishes his chick would share his testosterone-driven mindset: "Of course I want my cake and eat it, too/I'm a guy/And of course you don't understand/But you would if you thought like a man." The Teflon Don is up next, and while he doesn't request that his chick think like a dude, he does remind listeners that when his various ladypanion's "catch an attitude" that he proceeds to "call a cab." What a gentleman.

Not to get all feminist or anything, but what do these guys want from us? We have to squeeze into Spanx dresses to look like hot chicks, but then they want us to think like dudes? See, if I'm about to think like a man, then I'm also about to dress like a man and rock a Forever Lazy or something. You can't win 'em all, dudes.

+ Listen to Jennifer Hudson and Ne-Yo featuring Rick Ross, "Think Like A Man."

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+ It's a girl!!! Congrats to Beyoncé and Jay-Z on the birth of daughter Blue Ivy. Bey's sis Solange, Rihanna, Diddy, Young Jeezy, Russell Simmons and other celebs tweeted their love. "Welcome to the world Princess Carter!" wrote Ri. (MTV News)

+ Katy Perry tweeted about her split with Russell Brand. It's the first time she's publicly addressed they're divorcing. She thanked supporters and also tweeted, "Concerning the gossip, I want to be clear that NO ONE speaks for me." (MTV News)

+ Watch Kelly Clarkson's powerhouse performances of "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" and "Mr. Know It All" from "Saturday Night Live." (Neon Limelight)

+ "The Voice" panelists Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton will be joined by celebrity advisors Ne-Yo, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Alanis Morissette, Robin Thicke, Jewel, Lionel Richie, Miranda Lambert and Kelly Clarkson this season. (Rolling Stone)

+ It's 2012 -- time for another installment of "Weezy's Sports Corner." Lil Wayne launched eight new webisodes, where he chats about pro sports, college sports and skateboarding. 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith is his guest. Peep 'em here. (Rap-Up)

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The year 2011 featured unforgettable MTV musical performances, from big nights that included Beyonce's belly-rubbing big reveal, Jay-Z and Kanye West's surprise performance of "Otis," the five unforgettable minutes of Adele's soulful "Someone Like You" solo at the 2011 MTV VMAs to Odd Future's unhinged utter mayhem at the 2011 mtvU Woodie Awards. And then there were the concerts -- Paramore at the "Fueled By Ramen 15th Anniversary Concert: Paramore Live" and Mac Miller's crowd-killing performance of "Knock Knock" at "Mac Miller: Live In Chicago" -- and the intimate MTV-exclusive experiences like Thirty Seconds To Mars near-holy "MTV Unplugged" performance and Jack's Mannequin's Buzzworthy Live rooftop rendition of "Release Me." Looking back at MTV's year in music, there was practically an MTV live performance for every day of the year.

As 2011 draws to a close, the music experts at MTV News, MTV.com and Buzzworthy have narrowed down hundreds of MTV live musical performances from 2011 to a carefully curated list of the 16 best performances. And it's up to you to vote and decide on the best MTV live performance of 2011.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! Check out the nominees for the best 2011 MTV live performances after the jump, watch highlights from the best MTV live performances of 2011, and go to MTV and MTV.com on Tuesday, Dec. 13 for the results!

Starting on Monday, Dec. 12, MTV will reveal the best artists, songs and movies of the year. Come to MTV News each day to see more big reveals and check out more of MTV's Best of 2011 music, TV, movies, and news coverage.

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+ What's the best way to thank your fans who just got you to more than 10 million Twitter followers? Give 'em what they want! Britney Spears announced yesterday that she'll premiere her newest video "Criminal" next week. (MTV News)

+ You've seen photos from the set, and now there's video! Check out Lady Gaga on the set of her upcoming "Marry The Night" video. She's straddling the roof of a car. Go figure. (MTV News)

+ Katy Perry covered Adele's "Someone Like You" at her latest concert. The candy cane dress is just a touch out of place, IMHO. (ONTD)

+ When Hilary Duff stopped by "Ellen" recently, the pregnant singer revealed she's having a boy! We can't wait to meet the totally handsome little dude! (E! Online)

+ Speaking of babies, Ne-Yo and girlfriend Monyetta Shaw welcomed baby No. 2 this week! Their new son is named Mason Evan. Mazels! (People)

+ Adam Levine and his girlfriend, model Anne V, are naked and hugging on the cover of Vogue Russia. Yo, can we see those outtakes? (Just Jared)

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+ Ne-Yo and longtime sweetheart Monyetta Shaw are expecting baby No. 2! They've also announced their engagement. Congrats to the happy couple! (MTV News)

+ A twofer: Demi Lovato performed on "Good Morning America" yesterday and sang "Skyscraper" and "Who's That Boy"; video here. Also check out video from Selena Gomez performing "Love You Like a Love Song" during last night's "Tonight Show." (Neon Limelight)

+ (Sadface!) Glee singer/actress Lea Michele and actor boyfriend Theo Stockman are reportedly splitsville. According to her rep: "They are still friends and will always be friends." (E!)

+ MTV European Music Awards nominations are in, and Lady Gaga leads the pack with six. Katy Perry and Bruno Mars received four nods. Adele, Justin Bieber and Thirty Seconds to Mars are each up for three. (MTV News)

+ Did you know in Canada they give the Polaris Music Prize to the best Canadian Album of the Year? This year Arcade Fire won for The Suburbs. They'll be taking home $30,000. That's some prize, eh? (Pitchfork)

+ MTV News is honoring Nirvana's 20th anniversary of Nevermind with special coverage this week, including classic footage, new interviews and more. Peep video from Pt. 1 of 3, "Nirvana in their Own Words" now. (MTV News)

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Think of all the star power Ne-Yo, T-Pain and Trey Songz carry individually. Now take that and multiply it by well, three and you'll get the amount of R&B/Auto-Tuned/panty-droppin' star power surrounding Ne-Yo's most recent jam, "The Way You Move."

Featuring Trey Songz and T-Pain, "The Way You Move" is slated to appear on DJ Boy Wonda's forthcoming mixtape, "Tough Loves." A true slow jam, Ne-Yo opens the first verse and lets his smooth falsetto dominate as he sings his woman's praises: "She's super sexy/Everybody wanna know about her.../Because the way she get it in/All of the men/Even the women just try." Definitely sounds like a top-notch chick right there.

Trey Songz chimes in next and we literally CANNOT decide whether his or Ne-Yo's falsetto is more of a panty-dropper -- it's a tie! Somehow Trey manages to compare his pole-dancing woman to a club and still make it sound romantic and classy: "If this club was the sky/You're the brightest star/You ain't playing fair/Slidin' down that poll like oh, oh, oh." T-Pain's verse is up next, and as you'd imagine, he uses his signature Auto-Tune to convince his girl that he's on the up-and-up: "Just keep doin' your thing/Don't let it stop you/And if you've heard some things about me/Girl, they're all lies." RO-mance.

This "The Way You Move" chick sounds really hard to land, so while Ne-Yo, Trey Songz and T-Pain still probably have some wooing to do, we must admit -- everything does sound way more convincing when it's sung to you in Auto-Tune.

+ Listen to Ne-Yo featuring Trey Songz and T-Pain, "The Way You Move."

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+ There aren't many details yet, but reportedly Rihanna will be releasing a new full-length studio album soon. She recently tweeted in response to a fan that her next album will drop in the fall. (MTV News)

+ Kelly Clarkson unveiled the tracklisting(s) to Stronger, which drops October 24. The album will come in multiple formats: standard, deluxe and a bonus EP. (MTV News)

+ Happy birthday, Nas! He, Jay-Z, Common, Ne-Yo, DJ Khaled and other friends celebrated last night. Peep the photos and his shout-out to Amy Winehouse, who would've turned 28 yesterday. (Rap-Up)

+ On September 23, VH1 Classic will broadcast a never-before-seen 1991 Nirvana concert, which was filmed in Seattle. September 24 marks the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's landmark Nevermind album. (VH1)

+ T.I. is out of prison... again. After returning to prison after a brief stay in a halfway house, it looks like T.I. is back in a halfway house and should be a free man by the end of the month. (MTV News)

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+ Last night's Fashion's Night Out drew fashionistas, designers, celebs and fans to New York City. Fashion-forward artist Nicki Minaj tweeted shopping locales and RT'd a fan photo at YSL. Meanwhile, Ne-Yo sang at Saks. Justin Bieber was decked out in Dolce & Gabbana. (MTV Style)

+ Turns out the Biebs likes fashion and has a thing for drums -- particularly Cobra Starship's drums. He got behind their kit before the VMAs and hijacked them another time, too. Drummer Nate Novarro took it in stride: "It's a rental." (MTV News)

+ Lady Gaga, who was in school with her friends at the time, reflects on 9/11 in an interview: "None of us believed it was happening... we ran up to the roof and I just remember we got up to the roof, and one tower had already fallen and we all watched the second tower fall all together." (MTV News)

+ Host Ryan Seacrest reportedly confirmed that Lady Gaga will perform to ring in 2012 during Dick Clark's "New Year's Rocking Eve." Black Eyed Peas' Fergie will host on the West Coast. (Neon Limelight)

+ David Guetta and Dr. Dre are collaborating, but not on a song -- at least not yet, anyway. Guetta's designing headphones for Dre's line Beats By Dre, specifically for the DJ set. (Billboard)

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