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The 2013 O Music Awards nominations are out. And reading the list will handily remind you that you are one of the olds. Unless you're not one of the olds, in which case, you'll probably hashtag the eff out of these nominations. Because the awards celebrate "the best in digital music," so of course they act like the trendy cousin and drop a bunch of inside jokes that the Grammys and Billboard Music Awards don't get but laugh at anyway. Case in point: there are categories called Our Favorite Musical Cat, Fan Army FTW and Too Much Ass For TV. We [...]

Did You Hear? :: After Pink canceled her April 22 concert in Birmingham, Ala., she was diagnosed with chest and ear infections — and she received hate mail in the process. "I am a human being, therefore I am able to catch illness. It is beyond my control and I can't apologize for that," she replied. [ Official website ] :: E!'s Twitter account was hacked Saturday night, and it began to spread rumors that Justin Bieber was gay and Selena Gomez supported his decision. "This [...]

Filed under: News , Awards Montreal electro-popster Grimes and breakout R&B star Frank Ocean were announced as 2013 Webby Award winners in New York earlier today. But the duo didn't win their Webbys, awarded generally for "excellence on the Internet including websites, interactive advertising, online film & video and mobile content," for their music so much as for their bold online stances. Grimes, who recently won a Juno Award and has [...]

Last night (April 29) marked the 17th (!) annual Webby Awards, and it was quite a night for some of pop music's big names. Frank Ocean was named Person of the Year for last year's Tumblr post about his sexuality and his interaction with fans via Tumblr and Twitter. As for Artist of the Year , that went to Grimes , and there's arguably nobody better at making music feel like the Internet, all chaotically swirling and hypnotizing. The electro-pop enigma is one of Web music's biggest success stories, and she recently broke [...]

Did You Hear? :: One Direction 's Harry Styles was spotted heading to the studio alone, and immediately rumors circulated that he was embarking on a solo career. Well, his rep says he was in the studio working on new 1D material: "Harry is not recording solo material. All of the band are working on tracks for their third album[...] The boys sometimes work up ideas separately." Good news all around! [ Daily Mail ] :: Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean wrote [...]

Photo via Twitter. Before Channel Orange , the Grammys or even Odd Future, Frank Ocean was known better in the industry for penning lyrics for John Legend, Brandy and even Beyoncé. But a more recent tune he co-wrote with OFWGKTA counterpart Tyler the Creator was supposedly rejected by Justin Bieber for his recent album Believe . Ocean has reportedly worked with Bieber on tracks [...]

According to Billboard (via FACT ), Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean wrote a song for Justin Bieber to use on his 2012 album Believe , but it was unfortunately rejected. "I want to take Justin Bieber for a month and just lock him up in a cage where we sit and make music," says Tyler in the interview. "He's one of the most successful people in the world, but his music could be so much tighter." Tyler, the Creator releases his new album Wolf [...]

And what a dull, tedious Grammys it was! "Music's most tweeted night" — as it was described by  LL Cool J , who was like a cab driver who tries to pull you into a very long, inappropriately intense conversation about how technology is changing us and maybe not for the better — was also music's most somnolent night , with the critics mostly agreeing that it fell short of years past in terms of wow factor, even with some knockout performances and the occasional upset among the winners . [...]

Chicago MMG signee Rockie Fresh releases "Back Down" , his new single produced by Grammy-nominated music producers/songwriters/artists The MIDI Mafia . Some of The MIDI Mafia's other work includes production for Justin Bieber , 50 Cent, Frank Ocean, Brandy, Cee-Lo Green and more. Rockie recently released his Electric Highway mixtape hosted by DJ Ill Will . "It was one of those situations where you play a beat for an artist and you immediately see the [...]

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Looking back on the album releases of 2012, we have to admit that it was a good year. A few newcomers hit the scene and made a lasting mark, and some of our favorite artists returned with new classics. Carly Rae Jepsen ’s kiss is still lingering on our minds; Frank Ocean made orange one of our favorite colors; Pink showed us the undeniable truth about love; we envied Rihanna ’s unapologetic badassness; and Adam Lambert had us trespassing in Funky Town. We rounded up a list [...]

Welcome to the end of 2012. And possibly the world as a whole if you're so inclined to believe. Once again, we've taken the stray thoughts that fell through the cracks in our Annual Report and compiled them into one (hopefully) comedic list. As my esteemed colleague Jeremy Larson wrote last year , "Year-end summaries, lists, recaps, and reports are just study guides for an exam that’s  never happening, you guys ." True, but by listing things and poking a little fun, we're doing our part to remind you that the music industry can be [...]

This year’s Grammy nominations really got the people going. As nominations are always a guarantee for discussion, these year’s excluded artists especially turned some heads. Six nominations for Frank Ocean , but no Bieber and no 1D. Is Twitter angry? second....this time there wont be any wise words, no excuses, I just plain DISAGREE. The kid deserved it. Grammy board u blew it on this one — Scooter Braun (@scooterbraun) December 6, 2012 [...]

This year's Grammy nominees were announced last Wednesday, and I've only just recovered from my yawning fit long enough to discuss them. Seriously, in keeping with my waning interest in all things Grammy-related in recent years, I forget all about the nominations on December 5 and didn't even bother to read about them until two days after they were revealed. It's been years since I've watched a Grammy telecast in its entirety, partly because it's harder to do when you're living abroad, but mostly because a few highlights aside -- like Pink's acrobatic performance of "Glitter in [...]

Sono state annunciate le nomination dei Grammy Awards 2013 . Un elenco che ha visto del tutto escluso dalla possibilità di vincere Justin Bieber e ovviamente gli One Direction. Ma ha visto la presenza di Carly Rae Jepsen con la sua "Call Me Maybe". A ottenere, invece, riconoscimenti importanti sono stati i .Fun nelle categorie "Record of the year", "Album of the year" e "Song of the year" e per un totale di 6 nomination. Stesso il numero ottenuto da Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West. In America, c'è chi è convinto che, oltre ai [...]

Did You Hear? :: Season 11 American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez has been cast in Fox's hit musical series Glee . No details yet on what role the 16-year-old will play or how long she'll be on the show, but we suppose this is a decent consolation prize for the power singer after losing Idol to Phillip Phillips (we're still not over that). [ TVLine ] :: In other Fox news,  Khloe Kardashian [...]

If you take it upon yourself to start a fake Facebook page about someone who you have no affiliation with, you're probably a weirdo. Here are 15 examples of that. Click through to see Drake with no eyebrows, Nickelback's #1 fan, and a Facebook page that compares Adele to Jesus Christ. Hit "next" or click the pictures to read on...

In the end, Kanye West never showed up, Rihanna and Chris Brown didn't perform together and Drake and Breezy didn't bump into each other (as far as we know). But there were still plenty of storylines and water cooler moments to come out of the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards (like Lil Wayne skateboarding on stage, or Ke$ha sleep-talking through her presenter [...]

We're one day away from the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards (airing live September 6 at 8 p.m. ET) and we still have so many predictions! Right now we're tackling the Best Male Video category, which should just be called Best R&B Video, because no other genre is represented here this year. And of course, sneaky sneaky MTV is pitting Chris Brown against Drake and Rihanna . Not that both videos don't deserve to be in here regardless. Read on to [...]

Did You Hear? :: Pop power couple Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez may have to chat with the LAPD regarding the May incident in which Bieber allegedly got into a scuffle with a photographer. Cops didn't speak with the stars after the incident because by the time the pap called the cops, the couple had already departed the scene. [ TMZ ] :: Is Frank Ocean premiering his "Thinkin' Bout You" video on VEVO next week? [...]

In the Northern Hemisphere, Fall does not officially begin until September 22. In most minds, Summer is definitely over from the moment the month of September rolls around. Over the past few months there have been quite a few songs that helped to make our summer a little bit more enjoyable. Whether the tempo was lightening fast or as frozen as ice, a handful of songs will always be there to remind us how we spent the Summer of 2012. Take the jump... [...]