Justin Bieber Just Had Sex

At least that's what this picture looks like!

Tween heartthrob Justin Bieber graces the latest cover of Rolling Stone Magazine looking all ravished and disheveled.

...Umm isn't he like 16? Isn't this a little inappropriate? Isn't this JUST like when Britney posed with a Telly Tubby back in '99 lying in her underwear on a satin sheet?

No, not really? Ok then. Enjoy!

Grammy Predictions: Part 3

February 13th is creeping up on us, and in no time the Grammy Awards will be knockin' on our front door, with all of music's heavy hitters rubbing their miniature Snooki look alike troll for good luck.

This week's category that More Than Musiq will be looking at is Best New Artist. Here are the nominees:

Justin Bieber

Drake

Florence & The Machine

Mumford & Sons

Esperanza Spalding

Who Will Win: My money's on the new prince of hip hop, Drake. Not only is he well respected in the rap world and on the pop charts, but he's had 2 HUGE years, racking up a number of hit singles and a chart topping debut album.

Who Should Win: While I wouldn't be opposed to Drake taking home the trophy, I think both Florence & The Machine and Mumford & Sons should be recognized for bringing some originality and actual talent to a year in which auto-tune became the new vocal coach.

Unfortunately for Esperanza Spalding, NO ONE actually knows who she is. And for our boy Biebs I think that he's still got a couple more years to earn respect from his elders, but I wouldn't put it past the Grammys to simply hand the kid the prize for sheer ratings gold.

We'll just have to wait until February 13 to find out!!!

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Eminem, Lady A Lead AMA Nominations

It has been quite a comeback year for Eminem, after scoring a massive album and massive #1, "Love the Way You Lie". Now Slim Shady has more to celebrate, as he ties Lady Antebellum for the most nominations at this year's American Music Awards, with 5 nods.

Em is up for Artist of the Year, going up against heavyweights Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, and of course, Lady Gaga.

My money is on Gaga, since she was shut out last year, and um, well she's the biggest star in the world right now.

Eminem is also up for Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album (for Recovery), Favorite Male Rap Artist, and Favorite Rap Album.

Country titans Lady Antebellum scored nods in the Breakthrough Artist category, as well as Favorite Band Duo/Group Pop, Favorite Band/Duo Country, Favorite Country Album, and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

Other artists with multiple nominations are Bieber with 4, and Perry, Ke$ha, B.o.B., and Usher, who all garnered 3 apiece.

For a full list of nominees, head over to Billboard.com and check it out!!

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My Heart is Broken

I needed a couple days to mourn, but now I can blog about it. The beloved Amanda Bynes has announced her retirement from acting at the ripe old age of 24. (sniff...sniff...Sob)

This is devastating news! Bynes has delivered some classic teen movies, like the legendary She's The Man, which I quote with my friends on a daily basis. Bynes said on her Twitter that she did not think acting was fun anymore and has decided to retire.

DON'T!!

I hope that she'll be like many other celebs who say they are 'retiring' but really just take a year off and come back swingin'. I really really hope so.

if not, RIP Amanda Bynes' career. You will be sorely missed.

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Crazy Things Celebs Say

"I am obsessed with Zac Efron. If it wouldn't be creepy, because he's a friend, I would have posters on my wall."

- Miley Cyrus to Access Hollywodd

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Usher and Beiber Lock Down Top 2

Usher's latest album Raymond V. Raymond debuts at the top of the Billboard 200 this week, selling a solid 329,000 copies, displacing last week's top seller and Usher protege Justin Beiber and his second album My World 2.0, which falls to #2.

Beiber's disc actually saw a 3% increase in sales to 291,000. It's extremely rare for an album to post a sales GAIN after its debut week, so congrats to the little guy!

This is Usher's third straight #1 album, starting with Confessions in 2004, and Here I Stand in 2008. Unfortunately he has not been able to reach the monster smash of Confessions, which sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. and turned him into an R&B/Pop powerhouse.

Here's a rundown of this week's top 10 albums:

1. Usher Raymond V Raymond (329,000)

2. Justin Beiber My World 2.0 (291,000)

3. Various Artists Now 33 (123,000)

4. Erykah Badu New Amerykah, Part Two: Return of the Ankh (110,000)

5. Lady Antebellum Need You Now (87,000)

6. Monica Still Standing (81,000)

7. Alan Jackson Freight Train (72,000)

8. Justin Beiber My World (63,000)

9. Lady Gaga The Fame (49,000)

10. Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (43,000)

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Teen Dream Fever

Justin Bieber, the newest 16-year-old pop-tart, lands at #1 this week on the Billboard 200 with his second album My World 2.0, which sold a robust 283,000 last week.

With his #1 debut, Bieber becomes the youngest solo male artist to top the Billboard 200 since August of 1963, when Stevie Wonder held the top spot for a week with Little Stevie Wonder/The 12-Year-Old Genius, when he was 13.

Bieber also has the #5 best-selling album in the country with his debut CD My World.

Pretty impressive for a sophomore in high school!

Coming in at the #2 spot this week is our girl Monica, who's album Still Standing sold a respectable 184,000 copies. Credit the strong opening sales to her latest single "Everything to Me", which is holding down the top spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts.

Here's a rundown of this week's top 10 albums:

1. Justin Bieber My World 2.0 (283,000)

2. Monica Still Standing (184,000)

3. Now That's What I Call Music 33 (135,000)

4. Lady Antebellum Need You Now (78,000)

5. Justin Bieber My World (50,000)

6. She & Him Volume 2. (47,000)

7. Ludacris Battle of the Sexes (45,000)

8. Lady Gaga The Fame (41,000)

9. Marvin Sapp Here I Am (39,000)

10. Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. (34,000)

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Twilight Leads People's Choice Nominations

The nominations for this year's People's Choice Awards were announced yesterday, and no surprise, the mega-popular film Twilight leads all with 6 nominations.

Aside from the nods for Favorite Movie and Favorite Movie Franchise, stars Kristen Stewart (Favorite Movie Actress), Robert Pattinson (Favorite Movie Actor), Taylor Lautner (Breakout Movie Actor), and Anna Kendrick (Breakout Movie Actress) all received nominations.

In the music category, our very own Miss Britney Spears receive two nominations, one for Favorite Female Artist and the other for Favorite Pop Artist.

Check out the entire list of nominees here!

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Update: "3" Sitting Comfy at #1, Justin Bieber New Teen Dream

In less than 16 hours of release Britney Spears' new single "3" has skyrocketed to the #1 position on Itunes Top 100, and continues to increase in radio airplay.

Wow! I guess people are really in three-ways! Critics and fans are saying that this is Britney's most explicitly over the top sexual song she has released during her decade long career, and apparently everyone is enjoying it!

Sitting in the runner-up position on Itunes is newcomer Justin Bieber, I think he's like 7 years-old or something...just kidding, but he's super young and all the teeny boppers are head over heels about him.

Justin's new single "One Less Lonely Girl" is gearing up to be a substantial hit on the charts. Could this mean the resurgence of teen pop!!!?

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Miley Debuts BIG

As predicted, Miley Cyrus' new single "Party in the USA" debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. That is gigantic! The only song standing in her way is the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling," which, as mentioned before, breaks the record for the artists staying at #1 the longest, with 20 weeks in pole position.

Also new is Britney Spears' "Radar", the 4th single from her Circus album. It comes it at #90. This marks the first time since 2004 that Spears has 4 Hot 100 entries off of one album. She did it previously with her album In the Zone, which saw it's singles "Me Against the Music" (#35), "Toxic" (#9), "Everytime" (#15), and "Outrageous" (#79) enter the top 100.

Miley to Debut Big

Miley Cyrus could see her new single "Party in the U.S.A" crack the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 its first week out, with Billboard predicting sales of over 200,000 digital downloads.

You know, I thought the whole Miley craze would have died down by now, but it looks as if it is still going strong. "Party in the U.S.A" is extremelyyyy catchy and I think could be another hit for her.

I don't think it will touch the 286,000 downloads sold by Britney Spears' "Womanizer" back in 2008, which is the biggest one week sales for a song by a female artist, but it will be respectable nonetheless.

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The Duffster Getting into Gossip

Hilary Duff started shooting her guest appearances on Gossip Girl today, alongside GG mainstay Chace Crawford.

Duff has been keeping a somewhat low profile the last couple years, refusing to go the route of Lindsay Lohan by becoming a lesbian and being really dirty.

Good for her!

Maybe this will be just what her career needs for a comeback!

Miley is a Designer! Praise Jesus!

Miley Cyrus has joined forces with Walmart and will now be coming out with her own line of clothing.

yayyyyy....

Just what we need, another celebrity whoring themselves out again to make more $$$$

Every piece in her clothing line will cost under $20, so you know it's high quality stuff!

Backstreet's Back...WTF?

Ookkk guys, enough.

yes, I'm talking to you Jordan Knight. And You A.J. McLean.

For some reason this year, we've seen a resurgence of boy bands from pop music past that thought it would be a good idea to reunite in 2009 and go back on tour with new songs and a new image.

Stop, please.
The Backstreet Boys have announced that their new album will be dropping in October. I guess they thought they could squeeze out a couple more bucks. There last effort sold under 200,000 in the states...isn't that a sign that you boys should maybe throw in the towel?

The New Kids on The Block started another new world tour this year as well, who the F goes and sees these guys? They blow, Hardcore. They weren't even that great when they were actually popular.

Please, for our sake and for the sake of your children, retire, move to Florida, and never spike your hair with gel ever again.

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Breaking Chart News

Congratulations are in order to pop tart Demi Lovato, who scores her first #1 album on the Billboard 200. Here We Go Again sold a measly 107,000 copies last week, providing us with another example as to how far the music industry has fallen.

As expected, Jordin Sparks collects her second top 10 album, as Battlefield debuts at #7 with just 48,000 copies sold. This is a huge drop from her previous debut, when she sold 119,000 of her first disc to debut at No. 10 in 2007.

We'll have to wait til tomorrow to see if the Black Eyed Peas can hold on to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, (this chart only tracks songs, not albums) as "I Got a Feeling" has been number one for 3 weeks.

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