Robyn And Katy Perry Get Cute In 'Entertainment Weekly,' But Jason Bateman Is The Real Winner

There's a cute four-page piece in the new Entertainment Weekly where Katy Perry and Robyn banter back and forth ahead of their upcoming summer tour together. They cover numerous topics, but by far, the best quote comes from Robyn: "May I got to the toilet now?"

But let's get serious: the best thing about the new issue is this:

He sure wasn't pulling this type of trash when he was on The Hogan Family.

Robyn Dub-Steps Up Her "Call Your Girlfriend" Single Cover And Remix

I'm glad the most killingest pop star on the planet, Robyn, has decided to push ahead with a proper single release for Body Talk jam "Call Your Girlfriend." The cover art offers a proper feel-good summer vibe (though the lyrical content of the song is somewhat boo-hoo sad).

And yesterday, the Swedish pixie produced this dubstep-addled "Feed Me Remix" of her tune. How rad is that, you ask? Pretty rad.



Is anyone going to see her play with Katy Perry this summer?

Robyn Covers The Music Issue Of 'Elle'

Nice to see Robyn getting some decent exposure! The Swede-pop pixie, who topped Chart Rigger's year-end 10 Best Pop Singles lists in both 2007 and 2010 graces the cover of fashion mag Elle's upcoming "music issue," which will also highlight Gwen Stefani, Nicki Minaj, Willow Smith and Florence Welch, among others, inside.

The music edition of Elle hits newsstands on April 11.

Robyn Joins The Teddybears For New Single "Cardiac Arrest"

Sometimes a song doesn't have to stand for something, mean anything, top a previous release or even stand apart from music by other artists. It just has to subtly-but-surely kick ass. And that's what Teddybears and Robyn's electro-pop jam "Cardiac Arrest" does.

Robyn's frequent collaborator Klas Åhlund ("Hang With Me") is a member of Teddybears. "Cardiac Arrest" is on iTunes. And this song is rad.

Robyn Won Four Swedish Grammys Tonight

Robyn is currently up for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording (for "Dancing On My Own") and a BRIT Award for Best International Female Solo Artist. But the hot bitch won four Swedish Grammis tonight, for Best Female Artist, Best Composer, Best Album and Best Song.

Pics of her at the event are up at Idolator.

The 2011 Brit Awards Nominees

You're looking at the brand spanking new Brit Award, which was designed by Vivienne Westwood. Swanky. It looks like a bowling pin with two strips of bacon wrapped around it.

At any rate, the nominees for the 2011 BRITs were announced today, and as usual there were a few eyebrow-raising choices. For instance, Lip-syncing hag Cheryl Cole is up for British Female Solo Artist and British Single (for "Promise This," which made Chart Rigger's Worst Singles Of 2010 list).

Thankfully there were also nods for Take That (British Group and Album Of The Year), Kylie Minogue and Robyn (both International Female Solo Artist) to offset that travesty.

Totally snubbed: Goldfrapp, whose Head First was album of the year in 2010 in my opinion, and Susan Boyle, who has moved more records worldwide in the past year-and-a-half than Take That and Cheryl Cole combined.

THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2011 BRIT AWARDS:

British Male Solo Artist
Mark Ronson
Paul Weller
Plan B
Robert Plant
Tinie Tempah

British Female Solo Artist
Cheryl Cole
Ellie Goulding
Laura Marling
Paloma Faith
Rumer

British Breakthrough Act
Ellie Goulding
Mumford And Sons
Rumer
Tinie Tempah
The xx

British Group 
Biffy Clyro
Gorillaz
Mumford And Sons
Take That
The xx

British Single
Alexandra Burke feat. Pitbull, "All Night Long" (snooze)
Cheryl Cole, "Parachute" (scam!!!!)
Florence And The Machine, "You've Got The Love" (sure, why not?)
Matt Cardle, "When We Collide" (zzzzzz)
Olly Murs, "Please Don't Let Me Go" (zzzzzzz)
Plan B, "She Said" (okay)
Scouting For Girls, "This Ain't A Love Song" (can't remember it)
Taio Cruz, "Dynamite" (should win)
Tinie Tempah, "Pass Out" (will win)
The Wanted, "All Time Low" (puh-lease)

MasterCard British Album of the Year
Mumford And Sons, Sigh No More
Plan B, The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
Take That, Progress
Tinie Tempah, Disc-Overy
The xx, xx

International Male Solo Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Cee Lo Green
David Guetta
Eminem
Kanye West

International Female Solo Artist
Alicia Keys
Katy Perry
Kylie Minogue
Rihanna
Robyn

International Breakthrough Act
Bruno Mars
Glee Cast
Justin Bieber
The National
The Temper Trap

International Group
Arcade Fire
Black Eyed Peas
Kings Of Leon
The Script
Vampire Weekend

International Album
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
Cee Lo Green, The Lady Killer
Eminem, Recovery
Katy Perry, Teenage Dream
Kings of Leon, Come Around Sundown

Critics' Choice
Jessie J

British Producer
Ethan Johns
John Leckie
Markus Dravs
Mike Pela
Stuart Price

The 10 Best Pop Singles Of 2010

It seems like only yesterday when trusty sidekicks in all things pop Moogaboo and D'luv sat down to sift through 10 years of jams to come up with the Chart Rigger list of the Top 40 Singles Of The '00s—yet here we are already doing our first Best list of the new decade.

Sure, radio let itself get clogged with chum on occasion throughout the past 12 months (see our 10 Worst Singles Of 2010 roundup). But here we're highlighting the songs that didn't make you want to go shoot up a strip mall every time you heard them. As usual, the singles listed need only have reached their peak chart position within 2010, even if they were technically released the year prior.

10. Usher, "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"

Moogaboo says: "Remember that time Usher went on E! and talked about getting a colonic? Well this year he gave his career a colonic, flushing out the r&b sound people stopped liking and infusing his colon—I mean songbook—with more current, classy dance beats. I loved it, and isn't that all that matters?"
D'luv says: "Thank Christ I have no recollection of that. Poor Usher can't sing this song live to save his life, but hey–welcome to the world of having a Max Martin-produced hit. This driving, out-of-nowhere surprise was a radio life jacket amidst a sea of 'Airplanes' and 'Billionaire' this past summer."
Charts: AUS #3, US #4, UK #7

9. Goldfrapp, "Rocket"

D'luv says: "I'm still stunned that the UK treated the Atari-on-the-dancefloor greatness of Head First with all the warmth of Madonna's frozen-over Arctic snatch. Oh, well. The duo got the last laugh by scoring two Grammy nominations."
Moogaboo says: "Goldfrapp were totally having a Flashbeagle moment and I love that it might win a Grammy. 'But I still wanna know/ how she got in the door' is also an adorably bitchy pop lyric."
Charts: US DANCE #1, GER #32, UK #47

8. Adam Lambert, "Whataya Want From Me"

D'luv says: "Glambox could probably sing pages of the phone book and make it sound interesting. But this jam proved that with the right songwriters and right material, he could suddenly go from being good to iconic. Too bad there weren't more tracks like this on his debut album."
Moogaboo says: "Note to Lambo: be P!nk more often."
Charts: AUS #4, SWE #8, US #10

7. Rihanna, "Only Girl (In The World)"

Moogaboo says: "As far as the current wave of nu-dance goes, only RiRi's really gotten the essence of house music's pulsating, hedonistic abandon. No jerky stops and starts for her, which is what makes 'Only Girl' so irresistible: it's almost menacing in its insistence that you dance."
D'luv says: "God bless RiRi and her tireless work ethic. This jam had its haters from the get-go, but I loved the throbbing hotness from the first listen. Seriously, slap on some good headphones, crank it up and try to tell me that bass at 1:16 doesn't make your soul shake."
Charts: US #1, UK #1, AUS #1, CAN #1

6. Kylie Minogue, "Get Outta My Way"

D'luv says: "There seemed to be such a rush of love for Kylie's Aphrodite right out of the gate that it appeared to have dried up by the time second single 'Get Outta My Way' arrived (except on the U.S. dance charts, where dreams—no matter how irrelevant—still come true, kidz). Still, there's no denying this was the giddy standout on an already A+ album."
Moogaboo says: "Kylie's career is getting to the point where there aren't many options left between 'completely spent' and 'desperate', so I love that she managed to do something that sounded somewhat effortless and fun. This was the most-played song of 2010 at chez Moogaboo, so of course that means it had to flop."
Charts: US Dance #1, BEL #5, UK #12

5. Hurts, "Wonderful Life"

D'luv says: "If the New Millennium conjured up Lady Gaga as its answer to Madonna, then surely Synth-Pop Land needed a modern-day Pet Shop Boys, too. The drama-soaked beats of 'Wonderful Life' deservedly made Hurts a buzz-y act in 2010, while the Arthur Baker mix only added extra sparkle to the duo's cool factor."
Moogaboo says: "These babes won me over with their stylish sense of drama. If they don't make out with each other next year, I'll be totally over it! But yes, it was all about that Arthur Baker mix with it's rattling polyrhythms and Shannon-derived whipcrack."
Charts: POL #1, GER #2, SWI #4, UK #21

4. Alphabeat, "DJ"

D'luv says: "A Danish pop act making an album of songs inspired by late '80s/early '90s Italo house act Black Box (a staple on the stereo D'luv during the teen years)—why, how could it fail? Don't answer that. I effing love this album, and 'DJ' never ceases to make me grin from ear to ear."
Moogaboo says: "Martha Wash is waggin' a sassy finger at Alphabeat from her perch up in heaven! (I know she's still alive, but I bet she has an all-access pass to universes both real and mythological.)"
Charts: DEN #6, UK #116

3. Cee Lo Green, "Fuck You!"

D'luv says: "I liked this song. Then I loved this song. Then I was over this song. Now I kinda love it again. It could have been higher here on our Best list were it not for the sheer novelty factor. Like, can you picture Cee Lo having another solo hit this big (without an expletive in the title) ever again?"
Moogaboo says: "Well, no, I can't. But who can say for sure? Maybe he's the next Kylie! And even though he seems to have scammed this idea from the inimitable Lily Allen, I'll give him points for upping the bile and attaching it to an even funkier faux-Motown beat."
Charts: UK #1, AUS #5, SWE #6, US #9

2. Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream"

D'luv says: "And now we get to the song that both perplexes me and fills me with whimsical butterflies to no end. I absolutely, hands-down love 'Teenage Dream' and think it's one of the best pop songs in recent memory. That said, when I think of Katy Perry and her Jesus tits, I wanna wrap both hands around her neck and spare the universe from ever having to hear her low-rent, bottom-of-the-barrel live vocals again. But look—I'm just chalking the quality of this jam up to maestros Dr. Luke and Max Martin. If a real singer (say, Kelly Clarkson) had belted this out, it would have been #1 here."
Moogaboo says: "I agree, Kelly could more convincingly portray the protagonist of 'Teenage Dream'—a forty-something, out-of-shape suburbanite yearning to recreate the exploits of youth with the lanky new paperboy. What a missed opportunity. However, Katy's bubbly personality and bouncy boobsiness still manage to put this one over the top. Pop heaven."
Charts: US #1, POL #1, UK #2, GER #6

*POP SINGLE OF THE YEAR*

1. Robyn, "Dancing On My Own"
D'luv says: "No one does stunning, addictive dancefloor heartbreak as deftly as Robyn. And while the broad made us wait nearly half a decade for new material, 'Dancing On My Own' made me realize that patience is indeed a virtue, and that crying under a strobe light is the most bittersweet kind of joy."
Moogaboo says: "Oh, Robyn—you glittering disco sad-sack. I love your highly effective heartbreak tunes. Truth be told, I never thought you'd top 'With Every Heartbeat', 'Be Mine!' or 'Show Me Love'. Then you go and do it again with this, the perfect soundtrack for shedding tears beneath said strobe light while that hunk you just met in the men's room makes out with some ho across the dancefloor. Go on breaking my heart."
Charts: SWE #1, US Dance #3, UK #8



ALSO SEE:
* The 10 Worst Singles Of 2010
* The Top 40 Pop Singles Of The '00s
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2009
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2008
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2007
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2006
* The Best Pop Singles Of 2005

Robyn Won A Nobel Peace Prize! (Well, Okay, She Just Performed At The Nobel Concert)

For putting out several spectacular releases this year and not making over-hyped music that sucks like Kanye West, Robyn truly deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. Alas, she simply performed at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway the other day.

Here she is doing Body Talk Pt. 1 jam "Jag Vet En Dejlig Rosa" and her singles "Dancing On My Own" (which is Grammy nominated) and "Indestructible."

The 2011 Grammy Nominations—Well, The Good Ones At Least

Below are just some of the nominations for the 2011 Grammys, which will be aired live on CBS on February 13. Raise your hand if you didn't think "Love The Way You Lie" and "Need You Now" (which, okay—I actually like that one) were going to get Song and Record Of The Year notices.

As usual, the Dance categories are the most exciting, as Goldfrapp and La Roux are each up for Best Dance Recording and Best Electronic/Dance Album. Robyn got a sparing nod in the former for "Dancing On My Own."

I'm also happy Florence + The Machine got a nod in the Best New Artist category, though shocked "Dog Days Are Over" was overlooked in all other categories. Another surprise: Sade, who's Soldier Of Love was one of the year's best-selling albums, only got two nominations (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals and Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals).

And don't even get me started on Katy Perry getting an effing Album Of The Year nomination. Album Of The Year! She had maybe one-and-a-half good songs on Teenage Dream, max—and of those, she can't sing a damn one of them live with out sounding like someone's grandma gargling with Clorox.

Perhaps the biggest joke is that Cee Lo Green's excellent hit single—which rightfully got noticed in the Song and Record Of The Year categories—had to be labeled as "The song otherwise known as 'Forget You'" on last night's live Grammy nominations concert.

It's easy to say, Grammy. Fuck you.

THE 2011 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Beg Steal Or Borrow” – Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
“Forget You” (aka "Fuck You") – Cee Lo Green
“The House That Built Me”- Miranda Lambert
"Love The Way You Lie" – Eminem feat. Rihanna
“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum

RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Nothin’ On You” – B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars
“Love The Way You Lie” – Eminem feat. Rihanna
“Forget You” (aka “Fuck You”) – Cee Lo Green
“Empire State Of Mind” – Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys
“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
Recovery, Eminem
Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

BEST NEW ARTIST
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence + The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“King of Anything” – Sara Bareilles
“Halo (Live)” – Beyoncé
“Chasing Pirates” – Norah Jones
“Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga
“Teenage Dream” – Katy Perry

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“Haven’t Met You Yet” – Michael Bublé
“This Is It” – Michael Jackson
“Whataya Want From Me” – Adam Lambert
“Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars
“Half Of My Heart” – John Mayer

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
“Airplanes II” – B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
“Imagine” – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
“If It Wasn’t For Bad” – Elton John & Leon Russell
“Telephone” – Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
“California Gurls” – Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP
“Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals Version)” – “Glee” Cast
“Misery” – Maroon 5
“The Only Exception” – Paramore
“Babyfather” – Sade
“Hey, Soul Sister (Live)” – Train

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber
I Dreamed A Dream – Susan Boyle
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Battles Studies – John Mayer
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

BEST DANCE RECORDING
“Rocket” – Goldfrapp
“In For The Kill” – La Roux
“Dance In The Dark” – Lady Gaga
“Only Girl (In The World)” – Rihanna
“Dancing On My Own” – Robyn

BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
These Hopeful Machines – BT
Further – The Chemical Brothers
Head First – Goldfrapp
Black Light – Groove Armada
La Roux – La Roux

BEST ROCK SONG
“Angry World” – Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
“Little Lion Man” – Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
“Radioactive” – Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
“Resistance” – Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
“Tighten Up” – Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriter (The Black Keys)

BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“Gone Already” – Faith Evans
“Bittersweet” – Fantasia
“Everything To Me” – Monica
“Tired” – Kelly Price
“Holding You Down (Going In Circles)” – Jazmine Sullivan

BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
“Second Chance” – El DeBarge
“Finding My Way Back” – Jaheim
“Why Would You Stay” – Kem
“We’re Still Friends” – (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild
“There Goes My Baby” – Usher

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
“Take My Time” – Chris Brown & Tank
“Love” — Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
“You’ve Got A Friend” – Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
“Shine” – John Legend & The Roots
“Soldier Of Love” – Sade

BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
“Over” – Drake
“Not Afraid” – Eminem
“How Low” – Ludacris
“I’m Back” – T.I.
“Power” – Kanye West

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
“Nothin’ On You” – B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
“Deuces” – Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
“Love The Way You Lie” – Eminem & Rihanna
“Empire State Of Mind” – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
“Wake Up! Everybody” – John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

BEST RAP SONG
“Empire State Of Mind” – Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane’t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Sylvia Robinson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
“Love The Way You Lie” – Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem & Rihanna)
“Not Afraid” – M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels, songwriters (Eminem)
“Nothin’ On You” – Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars)
“On To The Next One” – Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean, songwriters (G. Auge & X. De Rosnay, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)

BEST RAP ALBUM
The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, B.o.B
Thank Me Later, Drake
Recovery, Eminem
The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
How I Got Over, The Roots

Buy Robyn's Full 'Body Talk' LP For Four Bucks (Today Only)

As we all know, there are about 200 new releases out today, including Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Justin Bieber's My Worlds Acoustic, Ke$ha's Cannibal, Ne-Yo's Libra Scale and Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday.

But Robyn's Body Talk is also out, and it's available for $3.99 at the Amazon MP3 store today only. Seriously, that's probably the best money you'll spend all month.

Robyn also announced yet another round of North American tour dates today, for the months of January and February 2011. Konichiwa, bitches.

Wed, Jan 26 — The Sound Academy, Toronto
Thu, Jan 27 — Metropolis, Montreal, QC
Fri, Jan 28 — Imperial Theatre, Quebec, QC
Sat, Jan 29 — STATE THEATRE, Portland, ME
Tue, Feb 01 — Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore, MD
Thu, Feb 03 — Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
Fri, Feb 04 — House of Blues Boston, Boston
Sat, Feb 05 — Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
Mon, Feb 07 — House Of Blues Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Tue, Feb 08 — LC Pavillion, Columbus, OH
Wed, Feb 09 — Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
Fri, Feb 11 — Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
Sat, Feb 12 — Rave Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
Sun, Feb 13 — First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Thu, Feb 17 — ACL Live at the Moody Theatre, Austin, TX
Fri, Feb 18 — South Side Music Hall, Dallas, TX
Sat, Feb 19 — Wharehouse Live, Houston, TX

Robyn + Max Martin = "Time Machine" (x Pop Heaven)

The fact that Robyn announced she was teaming back up with her original "Do You Know (What It Takes" and "Show Me Love" producer Max Martin after 14 years for upcoming Body Talk track "Time Machine" seemed like the best idea floated through the cosmos since the invention of the pogo stick, but let's face it—sometimes these things can go horribly, woefully wrong.

And then sometimes they can effing rock.



Here's what Robyn told the Miami New Times blog about working with Martin again:

"Me and Martin stayed friends of the years. I've been thinking about working with him again. We've been talking about it for the last five years. We hadn't really found the right song. But now it just clicked and it felt like a really good time to do something with Martin again. The success we had together in the mid-'90s was not only my first success but one of Martin's first bigger hits in America. I love the fact that I'm getting to work with one of the biggest producers in the world. Also, it's maybe showing people I'm not afraid of my past. For me, making a beautiful song is what I'm obsessed with. And 'Time Machine,' which is the song I recorded with Martin, is amazing and I'm really happy that we were able to put it on the album."

This has simply got to become an American hit. I'm willing to go to drastic measures. I have a crossbow.

The full Body Talk LP is out November 22.

Here's Robyn On 'Gossip Girl' (Wait—'Gossip Girl' Is Still On?)

Let's get one thing clear—Gossip Girl's first season was just plain brilliant television. The series was enthralling, addictive and so much more than just a guilty pleasure. But like most programs that begin getting rave reviews and critical acclaim (we're looking at you, Glee), its second season found the entire shebang inserting its head up its own ass and becoming completely derailed from everything that made it good in the first place. Quite simply, the producers bought their own hype and didn't know what to do with it.

Anyway, Robyn graced the Upper East Side last night by "singing" (the boring version of) her Body Talk Pt. 2 single "Hang With Me" during a scene where Blair, Chuck and Serena decide to—yeah, I have no idea what the eff these characters do anymore. I haven't watched since the season 3 opener.

Your Sex Drive Will Go Down The Tubes After Watching Robyn's "Indestructible" Video

Robyn's video for new single "Indestructible" starts off kind of sexy as we see a couple getting hot and heavy in bed. Then Robyn herself appears, with a bunch of tubes wrapped around her.

As multiple partners begin to enter the picture, a bunch of different colors shoot through the water jacket until the liquid is all running black in the end. All I really know this clip makes me want to never have sex again.

Thanks, Robyn!



Robyn's final Body Talk album, which contains 15 songs, is out November 29.

It's Robyn's Final 'Body Talk' Album Cover

Oh, Robyn—you crazy broad. Here's the cover for the "full" Body Talk album, the third in the series that will contain new single "Indestructible." It looks like she's getting manhandled by Post It notes.

Robyn wrote the following on her official site today, regarding the three-part Body Talk series:

"Even though it was never a conceptual idea, but a practical solution to the problem of getting bored with just doing one thing at a time, it has influenced not only the music, but all the visual content for the album as well. And the way I’ve communicated with press and listeners. It’s been amazing to share the process with you. As soon as I have had an idea of what I’m doing so have the fans and that interaction has been super interesting and fun to me. As I’m writing this, I am still mixing the third album."

This third one will contain five jams from part one, five from the second and five new ones.

1. Fembot
2. Don´t Fucking Tell Me What To Do
3. Dancing On My Own
4. Indestructible
5. Time Machine
6. Love Kills
7. Hang With Me
8. Call Your Girlfriend
9. None of Dem
10. We Dance To The Beat
11. U Should Know Better
12. Dance Hall Queen
13. Get Myself Together
14. In My Eyes
15. Stars 4-Ever

She also seemed to indicate on her site that new music will be coming in 2011, as well: “I’m going to keep mixing up my tours with studio time and am hoping to stick to this new way of releasing music next year."

Last month Body Talk Pt. 2 became Robyn's highest-charting album in the U.S. when it reached #41 on the Billboard Top 200.

It's Robyn's Single Version Of "Indestructible"

As we know, Robyn's new version of acoustic Body Talk Pt. 2 track "Indestructible" will serve as the lead single off Body Talk Pt. 3 (out November 29).

The dancey, swizzed-up version of the jam was put online today, and my first thought is that it's just not as immediate and addictive as previous singles "Dancing On My Own" and "Hang With Me." Maybe if those two hadn't preceded this one...?



All that said, I'd still rather listen to "Indestructible" over the bulk of what's currently on the Billboard Hot 100.

Robyn Will Be Indestructible With 'Body Talk Pt. 3'

Robyn plans to swizz up her Body Talk Pt. 2 acoustic track "Indestructible" as the single issued off her upcoming Body Talk Pt. 3 (due out November 29). She pulled the same hat trick to great effect with Pt. 1 jam "Hang With Me."

Digital Spy reported this morning that Body Talk Pt. 3 will contain five tracks from the first volume, five from the second and five new tracks. As far as music-related stocking stuffers go this year, this is looking like an pretty rad one.

Bruno Mars And Far*East Movement Get The Charts Completely Wasted

So we have a new #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week in the form of "Just The Way You Are," the first official single by Bruno Mars. Of course, Bruno's celebrating will be dampened by the fact that he got busted for carrying cocaine around last weekend in Las Vegas. (Did he learn nothing from wise sage/music legend Paris Hilton?)

And then at #10 we have the sizzurp-slurping Far*East Movement, whose "Like A G6" makes me feel like drowning myself in a tub full of grain alcohol. Hey, kids—getting fucked up is fun! And so is getting arrested! Paaaaaaaarty!

Moving on to classier trash, two singles jump 72 positions this week—Rihanna's "Only Girl (In The World)" (up from #75 to #3) and Florence + The Machine's "Dog Days Are Over" (#93 to #21). RiRi's jam benefits from being added to iTunes last week, while Flo performed on the MTV VMAs two Sundays ago.

FATM's LP Lungs also makes an impressive leap, from #44 to #14, on the Top 200 album chart. Not faring as well is Robyn's Body Talk Pt. 2, which drops from last week's debut position of #41 to #200. Ouch. At least Brandon Flowers managed a #8 debut with solo album Flamingo. (Two weeks ago he landed the album at #1 in the UK.)

And in slightly Sophie Ellis-Bextor-related news, Armin Van Buuren's Mirage, which contains their collaboration "Not Giving Up On Love," debuts at #148. I'm playing their jam this very moment in celebration of this momentous triumph.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Just The Way You Are" - Bruno Mars" *1 week*
2. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
3. "Only Girl (In The World)" - Rihanna
4. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry
5. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" - Usher feat. Pitbull
6. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz
7. "I Like It" - Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull
8. "Just A Dream" - Nelly
9. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
10. "Like A G6" - Far*East Movement

The Brits Weren't Feeling Robyn's "Hang With Me"

Robyn's Body Talk Pt. 2 charts better in the UK (#38) than the first part did in June (#47), but her new single "Hang With Me" has a disastrous debut at #54 this week. Only three months ago "Dancing On My Own" made it to #8 on the Brit singles chart.

The rest of it is pretty dull this week. Hurts drop eight positions to #12 on the album chart with Happiness, while their single "Wonderful Life" is still hanging in there in the lower reaches of the Top 40, this week at #38.

Meanwhile, Shontelle (just barely) lands her second UK Top 10 single with "Impossible", which goes in at #10. Here in the States that trash went to #13 and hung around forever until it eventually went platinum.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Start Without You" - Alexandra Burke *2 weeks*
2. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz
3. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry
4. "For The First Time" - The Script
5. "Please Don't Let Me Go" - Olly Murs
6. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
7. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" - Usher feat. Pitbull
8. "Katy On A Mission" - Katy B
9. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
10. "Impossible" - Shontelle *new*

Robyn's 'Body Talk Pt. 2' Becomes Her Highest-Charting Album In The U.S.

Robyn's Body Talk Pt. 2 had a much better debut (#41) on this week's Billboard Top 200 album chart than Pt. 1 did (#97) back in June. Chalk it up to her recent tour here with Kelis—and it's probably a good thing for the upcoming Pt. 3 that she's touring here in the States again in November.

Body Talk Pt. 2 has now become Robyn's highest-charting album in the States, a title that previously belonged to her 1997 debut Robyn Is Here (which peaked at #57, but ultimately went Platinum).

Sadly, Robyn's excellent jam "Hang With Me" was released this week in England and isn't performing as well as "Dancing On My Own" did there (the latter charted at #8 on the UK chart in June). Currently, "Hang With Me" is #92 on UK iTunes.

Over on the Hot 100 singles chart, Katy Perry is #1 for a second week with "Teenage Dream," while Adam Lambert climbs to a new high of #31 with "If I Had You."

Meanwhile, it's a big week for debuts: Selena Gomez & The Scene go in at #35 with "A Year Without Rain," Rihanna cracks the chart at #75 with "Only Girl (In The World)"—but expect it to make a huge leap next week since it went on sale this week at iTunes, where it's currently #1—and Florence + The Machine's "Dog Days Are Over" debuts at #93 (that one will jump up, too, as it's at #6 on iTunes after Flo's MTV VMAs performance).

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry *2 weeks*
2. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
3. "Just The Way You Are" - Bruno Mars
4. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz
5. "I Like It" - Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull
6. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" - Usher feat. Pitbull
7. "Just A Dream" - Nelly
8. "Take It Off" - Ke$ha
9. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
10. "Mine" - Tayler Swift

MTV VMAs 2010: The Highlights—Including Lady Gaga Announcing New Album 'Born This Way'

I literally just finished live-blogging the MTV Video Music Awards over on Idolator, and really three things stuck out tonight (aside from the fact that Robyn's performance with Deadmau5 was cut off after 30 seconds):

1. Florence + The Machine's performance of "Dog Days Are Over" (which won for Best Art Direction In A Video) was unmatched. Yes, last year at some point I said here on Chart Rigger something along the lines of "Hey, Florence—Tori Amos wants her pussy back." But that was then! I was young an naive!



2. Upon winning Video Of The Year for "Bad Romance"—just one of her eight wins in the 13 categories she was nominated for—Lady Gaga announced the name of her third album. It's called Born This Way. By the way, fucking Cher presented Gaga her award, while wearing her "If I Could Turn Back Time" thong!



3. Chelsea Handler = Best VMA host ever. After her opening monologue, she straddled Rick Ross atop a motorcart and rode off into the audience. Just one of her classy lines from the evening: “Get your tongues ready because I want one shoved where it’s not supposed to be.”

2010 MTV VMAs

Video Of The Year: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Male Video: Eminem, "Not Afraid"
Best Female Video: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best New Artist: Justin Bieber, "Baby"
Best Pop Video: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Rock Video: 30 Seconds To Mars, "Kings And Queens"
Best Hip Hop Video: Eminem, "Not Afraid"
Best Dance Video: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Collaboration: Lady Gaga/Beyonce, "Telephone"
Breakthrough Video: The Black Keys, "Tighten Up"
Best Direction: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Choreography: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Special Effects: Muse, "Uprising"
Best Art Direction: Florence + The Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
Best Editing: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Cinematography: Jay-Z/Alicia Keys, "Empire State Of Mind"
Tr3s Latino Artist Of The Year: Aventura