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By schwellie Lady Gaga – “Poker Face” (2008) Space Cowboy – “Falling Down” (2009) Enrique feat. Ciara – “Taking Back My Love” (2009) Sugababes – “About a Girl” (2009) Sean Kingston – “Fire Burning” (2009) Just like Timbaland was the man to work with three years ago, RedOne is certainly the it-producer o

By Melanie - Northeastern University Winners: Pitbull might’ve been the coolest guy, ever. Seriously, dude, take me to the hotel room any time. Akon, Jay Sean, Kevin Rudolf and Sean Kingston were also incredibly sweet. Rappers love me, what can I say? No shows on the carpet: R.Patz & K.Stew, Eminem, Madonna, Jay-Z, Beyonce an...

Possible featured guests in the album include Lil Wayne, Gwen Stefani, T-Pain, Akon, Timbaland and Lady GaGa. Moreover, Rihanna was also expected to make a contribution to it. "I really feel that the album has branded me as a career artist. ...

By Maura Johnston Song: Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston), Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie), Don't Matter, (Akon), Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne.) Female Singer: Beyonce, Fergie, Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys. Kids Choice Awards Announces Nominees [AP] Photo: AP]

By Jess Harvell We're all probably a little sick of Auto-Tune's stranglehold on pop and urban radio thanks to Akon, T-Pain, and friends, and a title like "Auto-Tune Abuse In Pop Music" might have you expecting the long-awaited polemic against the vocal effect and its recent overuse as a gimmicky aesthe...

By Chris Molanphy Yeah, the StarGate sound is getting a little tired—which makes their latest Rihanna collaboration encouraging. "Don't Stop the Music" is a driving club throwdown—very Eurodisco and, with its Michael Jackson sample, certainly in their wheelhouse, but still a kinda-new thing for them....

February 12: · Michael Jackson - Thriller 25 (with DVD; Epic/Legacy) [Preorder] Read: "Michael Jackson, Akon Are 'Startin' Somethin' ' On Thriller 25 Track -- Listen To It Here!" · Metric - "Live at Metropolis" DVD (Last Gang) · Simple Plan - Simple Plan (Lava/Atlantic) [Preorder]

By jharv 2. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 3. Mika - Grace Kelly 5. Take That - Rule The World 6. Sugababes - About You Now 7. Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & DOE - The Way I Are 10. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 11. The Fray - How To Save A Life 13. Gwen Stefani ft. Akon - The Sweet Escape 16. Timbaland ft. One Republic - Apologize

By mjohnston 1 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 15 Rihanna & Jay-Z - Umbrella 21 Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape 42 Akon - Dont Matter 49 Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive 55 Akon & Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You 60 Omarion & Timbaland - Ice Box 85 Rihanna - Dont Stop The Music

By Daniel Kreps Kanye West’s reworking of “Beat It” is a bit less imaginative. West only appears in monosyllabic groans, muttering “Yeah” and “Uh Uh” numerous times but never busting out an actual verse, keeping MJ’s vocals intact with the focus on the more orchestral moments of the song. And then there’s...

By Chris Molanphy Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of "100 And Single": Twas the Night Before Christmas, and Snoop Was Horny: Here's a quick rundown of the biggest movers i...

By Doug Aamoth Akon - "Don’t Matter" 6. T-Pain - "Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin)" 7. Hurricane Chris - "A Bay Bay" 8. Sean Kingston - "Beautiful Girls" 9. Huey - "Pop, Lock & Drop It" 10. Fergie - "Big Girls Don’t Cry" ...

By Jess Harvell 2 The Sweet Escape- Gwen Stefani 8 Don't Matter - Akon 32 Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna 51 I Wanna Love You - Akon featuring Snoop Dogg 55 Smack That (Dirty) - Akon featuring Eminem 78 Big S**t Poppin' (Do It) - T.I. 82 Hate That I Love You - Rihanna 95 Go Getta - Young Jeezy featuring R. Kelly

By Maura Johnston 9:02 p.m. Rihanna and the Kronos Quartet perform "Umbrella." 9:42 p.m. Me: "Aww, remember Michael Jackson?" Kate: "Who's that?" 10:43 p.m. Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist. Presented by Akon. The winner: Rihanna. The apologizer: Akon? Maybe? 10:44 p.m. Rihanna is full of love for everyone!

By Michaelangelo Matos For the week before, you just replace "Shawty" with Hurricane Chris's "A Bay Bay," and order the rest: Sean Kingston, Fergie, Timbaland, White T's, Kanye, Soulja Boy, T-Pain, Rihanna, Fabolous. Ho-hum, another week on the pop charts. Except that for me, this one coincided with a music fes...