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Jay-Z performed at NYC's Carnegie Hall on Feb. 6, 2012.

+ Jay-Z performed at NYC's famed Carnegie Hall for the first of two benefit shows last night. Alicia Keys, Nas, ?uestlove and Young Guru were all part of the festivities. (MTV News)

+ Last night's episode of "The Voice" featured judges Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton singing a Prince medley. Check out highlights from the show here. (MTV News)

+ Peep Kelly Clarkson's PSA for dosomething.org; they're holding a "Battle For The Bands" campaign where folks can enter video about the importance of music education for a chance to win grants, concert tickets, instruments and scholarships. (Just Jared)

+ Drake's hitting the road, and you can enter to win a chance for a pair of tickets to one of 18 cities he'll be visiting during his "Club Paradise" tour. (Rap-Up)

+ Watch Miley Cyrus' sweet performance of Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" from yesterday's "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." The song is from Amnesty International's charity compilation. (Neon Limelight)

+ The Shins are readying to release Port of Morrow in March. In the meantime they've announced tour dates and also given us B-side "September" to check out. (Pitchfork)

+ Curren$y subtly dropped some new free music in the midst of Super Bowl madness. "uh...... #Here...." he tweeted with a link to download his Here EP. You can get it, uh..... here. (Pitchfork)

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+ Taylor Swift took home the Entertainer of the Year trophy at the 45th Annual Country Music Association Awards last night. Other winners included The Band Perry, Jason Aldean, Sugarland and Lady Antebellum. (Billboard)

+ Prince, Nicki Minaj, styling clothing...did my invite get lost in the mail? The pair attended and performed at the Versace For H&M Launch event. (MTV Style)

+ Check out Alicia Keys now aka DJ AK-47 rocking the ones and twos at a recent gig with hubby Swizz Beatz and Busta Rhymes backing her up. (Rap-Up)

+ R. Kelly's forthcoming autobiography, Soula Coaster: The Diary of Me, which was slated to release this month, has been postponed. It's now due in spring 2012. (Billboard)

+ Looks like comedy series "Portlandia," featuring Wild Flag's Carrie Brownstein, is gonna be even more rockin' next season. Guests include Eddie Vedder, Sex Pistols' Steve Jones, Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, Johnny Marr, St. Vincent's Annie Clark and Joanna Newsom. (Rolling Stone)

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Tags Alicia Keys, Busta-Rhymes, Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Eddie Vedder, Jason Aldean, Joanna Newsom, Johnny Marr, Lady Antebellum, Modest Mouse, Nicki Minaj, Prince, Sex Pistols, St. Vincent, Sugarland, Swizz Beatz, Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, Wild Flag

Lil Wayne may have taught us how to love, but Robyn's teaching us how to say the three most meaningful words of all. No, not "your pizza's here." "I love you," silly!

Before tonight's O Music Awards 2, where Robyn will headline the live online award show with one of her otherworldly, intergalactic dance-pop performances -- seriously, if you know of another living artist who can so flawlessly create swirling, swelling electronic dance music about the humanity of lost love that actually mimics the sound of human heartbreak the way Robyn does, then tell us how life is in space, because there's not a soul on this planet who does heartbreak dance music the way Robyn does -- we wanted you to better get to know more about the diminutive Swedish dance floor assassin.

We sat down with Robyn, who taught us a few helpful phrases in her native Swedish. They ended up being extremely helpful phrases -- "I love you" and "yummy" -- since we REALLY love Robyn, and we REALLY love to eat. And, since the O Music Awards are, in part, about celebrating digital music and its influences and inspirations, Robyn shared the early musical influences who shaped her as a fan and an artist -- Prince and fellow Swede Neneh Cherry, who "blew my mind, and she still does" -- and some of her favorite new artists, including Dominican rapper Maluca.

"Prince is always gonna be my No. 1 hero," Robyn said/ "He is something as rare as a male artist who never made me feel like an object as a woman even though he's always been very sexual," Robyn said of Prince.

Watch Robyn teach you Swedish phrases you NEED to know and discuss her musical icons, and don't miss her live performance at the MTV O Music Awards TONIGHT at 11:30 p.m. ET/ 8:30 PT at OMusicAwards.com.

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Watch more interviews with Robyn after the jump!

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+ Just a day after welcoming their new twins, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon renewed their wedding vows. All together now: "Awwww!" (PopEater)

+ Sounds like Justin Bieber is entering his rebellious phase. The singer was reprimanded on a flight to Melbourne, Australia, this weekend for allegedly standing during takeoff. (OneTravel)

+ Check out photos of pretty much everyone ever, including Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Madonna, Kanye West and more, at the 2011 Costume Institute Gala in NYC last night. (The Fab Life)

+ Cutie Selena Gomez has been tapped to host 2011's MuchMusic Awards in Canada this summer. Lady Gaga will also be on hand. (Celebuzz)

+ Will they or won't they? 30 Seconds To Mars doesn't know if they'll be recording new material any time soon. "You never know what's going to happen," frontman Jared Leto confessed. (MTV News)

+ Gwen Stefani joined Prince onstage during his Los Angeles concert this past weekend. Umm, coolest collabo ever? (Neon Limelight)

Tags 30 Seconds To Mars, Beyonce, Buzz Bites, Gwen Stefani, Jared Leto, justin bieber, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Prince, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift

Aw, 'tis the luck of the Irish today, or whatever! When Irish eyes are smiling and Erin Go Bragh, all you leprechauns...? You get where we're going with this: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Now we don't condone underage drinking, by any means, but we'd be naive if we didn't point out that today is the day that everyone makes an excuse to pretend they're an alcoholic. And, oh brother, the kissing! So much kissing goes on today!

"Kiss Me, I'm Irish" is apparently a rule that applies only on March 17. You must kiss every Irish person you meet today, so be on the lookout for red hair and redder cheeks.

And you can count on us to help: Turn up one or all of these 10 best kissing songs, grab the leprechaun you love and pucker up, baby. It's makeout time!

10.) "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer

The sweetest, sappiest song that went from being cute and romantic to the background of every movie trailer after 1997.

9.) "Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle

The song is an ode to a daughter giving her daddy "butterfly kisses" (the soft touch of eyelashes fluttering on a cheek). So to avoid all creepiness, save this one for immediate family only.

8.) "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry

She did, she liked it, and so did we. Don't forget your cherry-flavored chapstick! (Watch the video below!)

7.) "This Kiss" by Faith Hill

The country-pop crossover provided lovebirds with even more reason to snuggle up and cherish their kissytimes with this lovely ditty.

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Tags Erykah Badu, Faith Hill, Hall & Oates, Jill Sobule, Katy Perry, Prince, Seal, U2

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+ Pink did a little bit of pop culture punditry, yesterday, when she commented on Christina Aguilera's recent and Britney Spears' past problems, “Out of Myself, Britney, and Christina—didn’t everyone think I was gonna be the troublemaker? LOOK MA!!! No CUFFS!!” (@Pink)

+ Speaking of Christina Aguilera, and her troubles, she's probably not going to have her mug shot framed anytime soon. (E!)

+ When Gwyneth Paltrow makes her return to "Glee," she will cover songs by Stevie Nicks, Prince and Joan Jett. (Idolator)

+ She got legs, she knows how to use them. The "she" is Rihanna, and she uses them to go shopping in Australia. (Celebuzz)

+ Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot" video will premiere on MTV on Thursday. (MTV News)

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I'm sure it's a bit tiresome for Kim Kardashian to constantly have people staring at her. But last night they might have been more transfixed by the absolutely bonkers pattern of her dress than anything else.

Above we see Kimmy K. hitting up a nightclub in New York City, following the last of what seems like a hundred Prince shows at Madison Square Garden. Not that we're complaining!

It was an up and down kind of night for Kim. She attended the show with her definitely-maybe boyfriend, Kris Humphries. During the gig, Kim found her way -- or was invited -- onstage to join Prince.

Unfortunately, stage fright got the best of Kim, and when she froze up, Prince ordered her offstage! Kim tweeted, "I was so nervous I froze when Prince touched me." He might also have been trying to save some of the MSG crowd from having their reality altered by that dress! There's like six different geometric patterns happening in that thing!

All's well that ends well, because Kim got back onstage and redeemed herself, "Went up on stage AGAIN! This time I redeemed myself! We all danced while Prince played the piano! Wow! What a night!"

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+ Justin Bieber has opened up about what a thrill it was to have Kanye West remix his track "Runaway Love," revealing some of Kanye's stranger communication techniques. (MTV News)

+ Fergie has come to the defense of Christina Aguilera, following Xtina's not-so-hot rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl. (Celebuzz)

+ Despite the mild lyrical difficulties she experienced at the Super Bowl, there are rumors that Christina Aguilera will open the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. (That Grape Juice)

+ Lady Gaga recently tweeted her pink-tastic Vogue cover, remarking, "They used to call me rabbit teeth in school, and now I'm a real live VOGUE BEAUTY QUEEN!" (@LadyGaga)

+ The Super Bowl episode of "Glee" provided the high school musical with its best ever ratings. (Vulture)

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+ A video of Miley Cyrus smoking out of a bong has leaked online. The video, which features Cyrus smoking out of a bong, was allegedly stolen or copied from a camera that belongs to someone at the party. Miley was allegedly smoking the herb salvia. (MTV News)

+ For her 21st birthday (which is Dec. 13), Taylor Swift will be keeping the debauchery at a minimum, opting instead for a Christmas-themed party. (Access Hollywood)

+ Meet super-producer and keyboardist Jeff Bhasker, who has worked with Alicia Keys and Jay-Z and played a big part in the sound of Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. (Idolator)

+ Prince made a surprise appearance on "The View" yesterday, much to the delight of cohost Sherri Shepherd. (TheFABlife)

+ Check out the cover of Jennifer Lopez's long-delayed Love album. (Just Jared)

+ Justin Timberlake is reportedly pushing hard for an Oscar nomination for his work in "The Social Network" (PopEater)

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Christina Aguilera went out with some friends for Halloween and attended a Halloween party thrown by "Glee"'s Matthew Morrison. One was dressed as Prince from the Purple Rain days, the other was dressed as a woman wearing a nice tweed overcoat and a beret. Christina Aguilera was dressed as Christina Aguilera from about seven years ago.

That's unscientific, and it's also a joke, but like lotsa jokes there's a kernel of seriousness about it. Like, if this photo was from any other night but Halloween, would you really be that surprised? Really?

One of the great things about Christina Aguilera is how she pretty much wears whatever she wants, whenever she wants. This is the kind of costume you used to totally see Christina rocking on the reg.

To celebrate Christina Aguilera and her outfits, check out two classic Xtina videos, "Candyman," where she dresses like a sailor and "Ain't No Other Man," where she gets dolled up like a lady of the Jazz Age, both below. And check out Buzzworthy's Best Of Christina Aguilera photos!

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