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Earlier today we learned that Madonna was on hand last night for the NYC premiere of her directorial debut film W.E. and today we learn that the official motion picture soundtrack for the film is due for release next Tuesday January 31. Along with the press release announcement, we get to check out the official album cover for the W.E. soundtrack. It should be reiterated that the soundtrack to W.E. will include the new Madonna song Masterpiece, which recently won the Golden Globe award for Best Original Song. Click below to see the album cover and read all the deets about the W.E. soundtrack.

Our dinner/hang plans with Gillian got axed last night so my Friday turned out to be a nice and quiet one. Since I had some free time, I decided to head over to Amoeba Records to pick up some replacement inner paper sleeves for some of my records … and naturally, I ended up spending quite a bit of time among the stacks and stacks of vinyl records there. I picked up a few great new records, many of which were less than $3 each. The rest of my night was spent listening to records, both new and old. It was a quiet yet very pleasant night in.

Today is a very special day for music fans as it is the 20th anniversary of the releas of Tori Amos‘s solo debut album Little Earthquakes. Altho the album was released here in the US in February of 1992, it was released first on January 13, 1992 — 20 (!!!) years (!!!) ago today! Fans of Amos hold Little Earthquakes in such high regard that I simply couldn’t let the day pass without paying a bit of homage to the 20th anniversary of its release … and as I type these words right now, I am listening to the Little Earthquakes album in full. Click below to read what the amazing Tori Amos fansite Undented has to say about the 20th anniversary of Little Earthquakes.

Popstar Rihanna, who doesn’t know the meaning of the phrase slow your roll, has announced that her song Talk That Talk (Featuring Jay-Z) will be the third single from her album of the same name. After the release of We Found Love and You Da One, Ri Ri is ready to drop the album titled song as her newest single. Click below to get your first look at the cover art for Talk That Talk (Featuring Jay-Z).

It is that time of the year when I announce my Top Albums of the previous year and altho every single one of us has an opinion and even tho every single one of us ingests music differently, I still think it’s fun to find out what other people think was the best music of the year. It is with that fun attitude that I publish annually my list of fave albums. Some of the albums below may be on your top lists as well … maybe not. Some of them may be liked more than others … maybe not. But these are the albums that I loved most in 2011. Altho they are ranked from 10 – 1, I loved each of these albums immensely all year long. Check out my list below.

Yesterday was a pretty sweet day for me. I managed to get a lot of relaxing done while still staying relatively productive. After I spent most of the day watching movies on the couch, I finally got around to cataloging my growing pile of new vinyl records and then last night I got out of the house and did a bit of dancing. All in all, it was a really fun Xmas Eve.

Altho we are still a few months away from the release of The Hunger Games in theaters, the promo machine for the film is already in HIGH gear. We’ve already seen posters for the film and we’ve learned of the forthcoming release of a cosmetics line themed on the film … and today we get to hear the first single from the film soundtrack. Country/Pop star Taylor Swift teamed up with The Civil Wars for the song Safe & Sound, which is the first single to come from the official movie soundtrack … and you can hear it in full below.

Ladies and gentlemen … I have THE BEST NEWS that you will hear all day, possibly all week … or ALL YEAR. The beyond fabulous Shereé Whitfield, one of the stars of the Bravo TV reality TV series The Real Housewives of Atlanta, has FINALLY released her debut single. A couple of seasons ago, Shereé uttered the phrase Who gon’ check me, boo? on RHOA and finally decided to turn that phrase into a song … a HIT song. Click below to check out the official single artwork for the track and get your FIRST LISTEN of Shereé‘s jam Who Gon’ Check Me, Boo?

UK popstar Leona Lewis is releasing an EP titled Hurt and on it she includes her own rendition of the Nine Inch Nails ballad of the same name. Hurt has been covered by other artists, most notably the late Johnny Cash, so hearing another version of the NIN classic is nothing new. Leona‘s version of Hurt starts out slow, almost acapella … and it builds to a swelling conclusion. Wanna hear? Check it out in full below.

Rolling Stone magazine has released it’s list of the 50 Best Albums of 2011 and while I do not agree with the entire list (not by a LONG shot), I do give the magazine props for making the right choice in regards to their #1 album of the year. Adele‘s fantastic album 21 was chosen by RS magazine as the Best of the Year and while I don’t know if I will be putting Adele at the top of my personal Best Of list for 2011, I think Rolling Stone got it very right by putting Adele at the top of their list.