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Just think, it was only 12 months ago that Taylor Swift became the nation's most supported underdog; Kanye West became, well, not; Katy Perry was first publicly propositioned by her now-fiancé (and last year's VMA host) Russell Brand; and Chelsea Handler was making waves by pissing off celebrities…in the funniest way possible.

Disturbed locked up their fourth consecutive number one album on the Billboard 200 as their new disc, Asylum, sold 179,000 copies last week. Still, the album failed meet the sales pace set by their last album, Indestructible, which moved 253,000 copies when it was released in 2008.

Perry says her new single is a response to Jay-Z's homage to New York, Empire State Of Mind.

The voice cast of "The Smurfs" just keeps growing: Alan Cumming, Jonathan Winters, and George Lopez have signed on, and Katy Perry is in talks to play Smurfette.

In a lively conference call, American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert opened up about his Idol journey, what he hopes to accomplish with his debut album, why second best isn’t all that bad, and whether he’s the reincarnation of Elvis Presley.
Lambert says he is more than happy to take the silver this year, and that ...