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+ Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum and Brad Paisley were honored as CMT's Artists Of The Year during a special last night. Swift was also celebrating her birthday. (MTV News)

+ Watch All-American Rejects pay tribute to Swift during the CMT broadcast. They rock a mashup of Swift's "Mean," with their own "Gives You Hell." (Neon Limelight)

+ Congrats to new mom Fantasia, who gave birth to son Dallas Xavier yesterday. (Rap-Up)

+ Kanye West visited his Southside Chicago childhood home and took tourmate Jay-Z and a video camera with him. Spike Lee and Malik Yusef also make appearances in the vid. (Idolator)

+ Jay-Z gave more props to his protégé J. Cole, who recently received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. Says Jay, "I think he's already won Best New Artist, to me. His journey is what I'm really excited about." (MTV News)

+ They say imitation's the sincerest form of flattery and Robyn's "Call Your Girlfriend" video deserves the kudos. Prior to her "Saturday Night Live" appearance, SNL writer Taran Killam re-created Robyn's moves and they were spot-on. (Billboard)

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+ Don't know about y'all, but this weekend's "Saturday Night Live" had me queueing up the DVR with their pop star twofer. Peep musical guest Robyn's rad "Call your Girlfriend" and "Dancing On My Own" sets, and watch host Katy Perry spoof Florence + The Machine's Florence Welch. (Consequence of Sound)

+ As SNL host, Katy Perry also lampooned Christina Aguilera, sang a "Teenage Dream" duet with Kristin Wiig and also played herself in a skit. (MTV News)

+ Check out Lady Gaga performing a sultry "White Christmas" at Z100's Jingle Ball in NYC. She added a few extra lines that would surely make Santa blush. Watch out, Mrs. Claus! (Rap-Up)

+ Kelly Clarkson and Demi Lovato dueted on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" at Z100's Jingle Ball. "Oh my God...#shaking. I. Just sang. With. Kelly. Clarkson. #ahhhhhhh," tweeted Lovato. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ Adele graces Billboard's cover and is the magazine's Artist Of The Year. 2011's No. 1 selling artist gave an email interview as she's still recovering from throat surgery. (Billboard)

+ Miley Cyrus teamed with brother Trace Cyrus to design a T-shirt and hoodie. Proceeds from the shirt sales will benefit Miley's charity Get Ur Good On. (Billboard)

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+ Katy Perry hosts "SNL" this week, and hubby Russell Brand's playing coach: "Every day I call him and I'm like 'this happened' and he's like, 'I know what that means'... he's gotten me really prepared for this week, thankfully." Robyn's the musical guest. (MTV News)

+ Jay-Z will grace Carnegie Hall's stage in February, which will benefit United Way and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation. "Any time I get a chance to expand and broaden the reach of hip-hop is a great thing for me on a personal level," says Jay. (MTV News)

+ Hilary Duff dishes on pregnancy, aggressive paparazzi and a possible move to Canada. Also, she says her baby son's spurring her back to music: "I don't want to waste this time because I want to get my voice in shape. He kicks me." (E!)

+ Watch Demi Lovato perform "Skyscraper" and Joe Jonas sing "See No More" at Q102 Jingle Ball in Philadelphia. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ Nicki Minaj turned 29 yesterday, and former tourmate Britney Spears sent her a video birthday greeting; Nicki sent one to Brit when she turned 30. (Neon Limelight)

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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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+ Watch Beyoncé's behind-the-scenes video for her song "Party," which was filmed in a trailer park. J. Cole (who's featured on the song), Kelly Rowland, B's sis Solange and Theophilus London make appearances. (Rap-Up)

+ Katy Perry will host "Saturday Night Live" on December 10! Robyn will be the musical guest. (MTV News)

+ Here's another Lady Gaga teaser for you, this time it's a spot for her forthcoming 90-minute Thanksgiving TV special. And peep photos of the Chanel ball gown she wore yesterday at the opening of "Gaga's Workshop." (Just Jared)

+ Billboard reported Drake's Take Care may sell 700,000 by week's end, but his label boss Lil Wayne told MTV News they're more about artistic integrity, adding, "What we do expect is... to work very hard and we expect people to respect our hard work and our effort." (MTV News)

+ Oh and um, Justin Bieber apparently wears pink underwear. That is all. (ONTD)

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+ Robyn slayed (as always) during her O Music Awards performance, so much so she said she broke a blood vessel in her eye! She added, "[The show] was not like doing a TV show; it was a concert, in parts. It was weird going on and off, but it was really fun." (MTV News)

+ Britney Spears turned up the heat on show opener Joe Jonas during their London stop, which was his last for the "Femme Fatale" tour. Watch Brit and dancers give Jonas more than a kiss goodbye with a (sorta) lap dance. (Neon Limelight)

+ Rihanna shares why she chose one album cover over another in her "21 Days To Talk That Talk" webisode. Hint: She says it's the "most unpretty cover" she's done (as if that's possible, Ri). Check it out. (Neon Limelight)

+ Watch Justin Bieber and Boyz II Men bring holiday spirit to "Dancing With The Stars" during their performance of "Fa La La." You can also check out Bieb's doing "Never Say Never." (Neon Limelight)

+ Not a good year for indie rock love. First Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon called it quits, and now Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and She & Him's Zooey Deschanel announced a separation after two years of marriage. (MTV News)

+ Taylor Swift has been doing rad covers throughout her tour. During her stop in Memphis she added an acoustic rendition of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River." Check it here. (Idolator)

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I know you're still cleaning up fake blood from your Halloween costume last night, but take a break for a second to catch up on what went down at the O Music Awards last night in case you missed it! The OMAs took over Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood on Halloween night, and 400,000 people showed up (!!!).

And not only did the OMAs break the Guinness World Record for longest team dance marathon, but Swedish singer/girl crush extraordinaire Robyn opened the show with an epic rendition of "Call Your Girlfriend." Can we start a petition to make Robyn open every award show until the end of time? Also, recent MTV Push artist Mac Miller was also on hand to perform "Frick Park Market," from his upcoming album, Blue Slide Park.

On the award front, Bjork took home the Digital Genius award (duh), Joe Jonas' "See No More" took home Best Lyrics Video and Tokio Hotel's Aliens did not disappoint -- they nabbed the Fan Army FTW award. This is the second time the Aliens made this award happen at the OMAs, so give yourselves a round of applause! Or an extra coat of eyeliner, whatevs.

+ Check out Robyn's live performance of "Call Your Girlfriend," Mac Miller's "Frick Park Market" performance, watch Tokio Hotel accept their Fan Army FTW award, read up on all of the OMAs winners and see more videos from the show over at OMusicAwards.com!

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Tonight's the big night, people! No, it's not when you finally reveal your labor-intensive Lego man Halloween costume you've been working on for three months (well, it might be that too) -- it's the O Music Awards live from L.A.! We also get to see how their EPIC record-breaking dance party ends. The suspense is killing me!

Watch the live show starting at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT to catch all the action -- The Flaming Lips are performing a must-see Steve Jobs tribute (seriously, you're going to want to see this), Robyn is headlining (and teaching us Swedish along the way), and also scheduled to appear are Kelly Clarkson, The Band Perry, Demi Lovato, Mac Miller, The Midi Mafia and DJ Diamond Kuts. But this is MTV, people -- you know more crazy ish is planned, but we need to keep some secrets.

+ Watch the O Music Awards 2 live from Los Angeles TONIGHT beginning at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on OMusicAwards.com!

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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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+ O yes! Robyn will headline the O Music Awards live from an undisclosed location (the intrigue!) in L.A. on Oct. 31. The Flaming Lips will also pay musical tribute to Steve Jobs. Presenters and performers include Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato, Tyler The Creator, Travie McCoy, Midi Mafia and DJ Diamond Kuts. #stoked (MTV News)

+ Watch Demi Lovato get patriotic during her performance of our National Anthem during Game 5 of the World Series in her home state of Texas. (EW.com)

+ Jay-Z and Kanye West launch their "Watch The Throne" tour this weekend, and those tix should go fast. Two lucky winners could score a pair in the city of their choice by entering a contest. Deets here. (Rap-Up)

+ Congrats to U2, Adele and Coldplay, who topped the Q Awards, held annually by leading British music publication Q Magazine. (Billboard)

+ Bruno Mars' MTV premiere of "It Will Rain," scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 26, has been postponed. "Hey guys, I'm still working on the 'It Will Rain' video," he tweeted. Another Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 video premiere for Christina Perri's "A Thousand Years" will debut instead. (MTV News)

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