Adele Scores Her First Hot 100 Number One Single

An enormous congratulations is in order for Britain's soul diva as Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" ascends from the runner-up spot to take the number one space on the Billboard Hot 100. This marks the first time a solo female artist from the UK holds the number one spots on both the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 since Leona Lewis achieved it in April 2008, and only the second solo female artist from the UK in British history.

The song has racked up massive airplay increases this week and outsold the juggernaut that is Katy Perry's "E.T." by nearly 60,000 more digital downloads with 294,000. The singer will also likely get a boost this week as the hit show Glee covered the song this past week. Interestingly enough, "Rolling In The Deep"'s ascent to the top spot makes the song more successful in the US charts as opposed to the UK, where the song stalled at number two.

Enjoy the video below of the number one song in America:

Jennifer Lopez Pays Ellen A Visit

Jennifer Lopez was guest on The Ellen Degeneres Show today, continuing the promotional tour for her new album Love? The two talk about her title as People's Most Beautiful Person, her role as American Idol judge, and her new album including a brief clip of the "I'm Into You" music video.

In other J.Lo news, the new album exceeded early week predictions of 60-65k copies for first-week sales as the album pulled in 80,305 copies, according to Hits Daily Double. Check out the interview.

Common's White House Invitation Criticized By The Right

Fox News has never had a longstanding rapport with the hip-hop community. From criticisms about Snoop Dogg to a direct verbal confrontation between Bill O'Reilly and Ludacris on television, Fox and rap go together like oil and water. So it is no surprise that another rapper has the right-leaning network up in arms. The surprise is who and why this particular rapper is drawing scathing criticisms.

The victim of Fox's wrath is Common. One of the most socially-conscious and least contentious rappers, Common has been invited to a poetry event held at the White House by Michelle Obama. Right-wingers have criticized both the rapper and the White House for what they believe is a poor choice. Pajamas Media, a conservative blog, has identified the lyrics of the rapper as "racially-tinged" and "misogynist."

"I Wanna Go" To Be Britney Spears' Next Single

Britney Spears earned herself chart toppers on the albums and singles chart this year and with the top three success of "Till The World Ends," Jive Records has lined up the official third single from Femme Fatale. The dance-pop record "I Wanna Go" has been chosen, a song very similar to the previous electrodance tracks that have received the single treatment thus far.

Although I enjoy the track, it would be nice to see a bit more variation with the single choices. Every preceding album of Britney's had substantial variation with the song choices (e.g. "Circus" and "Womanizer" from Circus and "Me Against the Music" and "Toxic" from In The Zone were all sonically and thematically different songs). This song just seems like an extention of all the other party songs released from the album. I think "He About To Lose Me" would have been the best choice considering the song is very current and not as overproduced as some of her songs on her new album. The downside is that the song was included on the deluxe version of the album only (a decision I have yet to understand).

Listen to the "I Wanna Go" and "He About To Lose Me" below. Which one is better?

Is Britney Spears A "Broken-Down Shell of a Human Being?"

According to Moby, she is. At least that is what the singer-songwriter told British online music magazine The Quietus. When speaking about musicians, Moby said, "The worst case scenario is you really like someone's work, the you meet them and they're self-involved, entitled douchebag."

When asked if he meant Britney Spears, who he has written music for, Moby quickly shot that down by saying, "Britney's actually kind of like a broken-down shell of a human being, that's what makes her so endearing and compelling. She was lovely, but really broken. Like, Blanche Dubois-style broken." He further elaborates by saying, "Britney is like this Tennessee Williams tragic figure. The fatter she gets, the weirder she gets, the more I love her."

The Game's "Red Nation" Music Video Banned

It appears the music video for The Game's "Red Nation" has been banned on MTV and BET. Tweeting the drama today, the LA-based emcee said, "Thank you BET & MTV for banning my #Rednation video. Sincerely, @thegame." This comes after the rapper told Billboard last week that his video for the Lil Wayne assisted that the video is "pandemonium" and described it "like 'Mad Max' mixed with Nas' 'One Mic' video, where there's riots going on in the background."

The reasoning behind the video ban is unknown at this point, but his "One Blood" video was originally banned before being permitted for television plays after its popularity over the internet. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and exactly what the video looks like. Check out the tweets below:

Rip Off Alert: Cascada's "San Francisco" vs. Katy Perry's "California Gurls"

In what may be the most criminal rip-off the year, Cascada's "San Francisco" deserves a big fat copyright infringement lawsuit as the song is almost thematically and melodically identical to Katy Perry's "California Gurls." If Cascada is thinking this song will not face scathing criticism for not only mimicking a song but one of the biggest global hits of 2010, then they've lost it.

This is not the first time the group has been accused of unintentionally recreating a big hit. Their 2009 hit single "Evacuate the Dance Floor" has drawn distinct comparisons to Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" and it seemed to have worked successfully. Fortunately for that song, the similarities were not too overwhelming to make it sound desperate - remember all songs in 2009 (much like now) seemed to revolve around dancing. However, a song about California from a German dance group that sounds exactly like another California song from a Golden Coast native seems outrageously desperate.

Listen to the track below and you decide: