Unless you were introduced to this baby popstar in your middle school French class like I was, you might not know of Jordy Lemoine — the world's youngest singer ever to have a #1 single. At four, his song 'Dur Dur D'etre un Bébé' ('It's Hard Being a Baby') hit the charts, leading not only to charges child exploitation, but some of the most incredible live performances of all time.

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1. “When Jordy’s parents divorced in 1996, he was freed from the millstone of child-stardom and has reappeared for a second act only recently: on the reality TV show Celebrity Farm 2 (which he won); and as the frontman of the so-called “indie” band (read: Eurotrash) Jordi and the Dixies. Has Jordi really grown up? In 2006, he published his memoir Je Ne Suis Plus Un Bébé written, incidentally, with the help of his mother.”
2. After Jordy’s parents creepily opened a Jordy farm — a sort of French gloss on the Neverland Ranch that was forced to shutdown amid further accusations of child exploitation, the French government banned six-year-old Jordy from television and radio, out of concern that he was being exploited by his parents.”
3. “To date, Dur dur d’être bébé is the 224th best-selling single of all time in France.”
4. Jordy grows up: Jordy & the Dixies

Lady GaGa's got competition in the cute department (although, let's be honest, a slug covered in feces would give GaGa a run for her money in any cute department). Ever thought you'd see an adorable little British kid sing about “bluffin' with her muffin?” These are how culture wars are started!!!!1!!!!!!1!

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1. More Lil’ Lady GaGas On YouTube
2. “Lady GaGa is a Frightening Prospect Indeed”
3. What’s Okay? - Kids and Dirty Lyrics

CELEBRITY BUZZ: The British bopper has encountered a whirlwind of controversy regarding an interview in which she commented on the media's sensationalism of drug use, claiming that she knows “lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem at all.” In response, cokeheads everywhere rejoiced, giving two trembling thumbs up before furiously searching for the drum 'n bass remix to “Smile.”

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1. The Interview In Question
2. Hey, Lily Allen Wrote a Song About Anti-depressants

Link: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/11/6ha...

McSweeney's shortens 50 years of popular songs into single sentences. My favorite is Carly Simon's “You're So Vain”: “We used to do it, but then you did it with someone else, and now I'm not going to do it with you, although I wish we were still doing it.”

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MUSIC BUZZ: The Indiana-bred crooner’s star is on the rise, and not just because of his Abercrombie-good looks (although that can’t hurt, either). Has pop found its next John Mayer, but not a douche?

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1. Jon Answers Girly Questions
2. Jon McLaughlin - Beating My Heart
3. Jon McLaughin: The Next Billy Joel?
4. Jon Mclaughlin’s Cameo in “Enchanted”
5. Jon McLaughlin - For You From Me (A Visual Ode To Indianapolis)
6. He’s Already A Soundtrack Staple

MUSIC BUZZ: Britney Spears’s new single (currently #1 on iTunes) is getting the remix treatment all over the place. First she swept the VMA’s, and now her new single is feeling the love. Do we smell a comeback or is that just Cheetos residue?

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1. So Many Remixes!
2. Another Remixdump
3. “Womanier” Remixed With Andre 3000
4. Stream “Womanizer”
5. This Is The Remix (Of Choice)
6. “Womanizer” Remixed With Busta Bust and T.I.
7. “Womanizer” (Mikey Bo Remix)

TV BUZZ: The MTV show — which has suffered increasingly sagging ratings — will end its 10-year-run in November, when it will air a two-hour special on a Saturday afternoon. Now where will screaming teenage girls catch a glimpse of The Jonas Brothers? Oh, right — everywhere.

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1. MTV Cancels Its Last Show
2. TRL Ends (“But Will Be Back,” Assure Producers)
3. FNMTV The New TRL?
4. WTF is FNMTV, and Why is It Pretty Awesome?
5. The History Behind 10-Year-Old TRL
6. Remember Jesse Camp???

Director David LaChappelle has given Rihanna’s pop ditty a dark, macabre treatment in the new video. Impressive, yes, but even a Rihanna without eyeballs is a pretty Rihanna.

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MUSIC BUZZ: Daryl Hall (the half of Hall & Oates without the mustache) has a web series on which he invites contemporary pop artists like Gym Class Heroes and KT Tunstall to jam at his in-home studio. Leave your sense of ironic appreciation at the door. This guy proves that rock gods not only exist, but that they can come with a gorgeous head of hair.

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1. Live From Daryl’s House! [The Show]
2. Hall & Oates Rappers of Any Sort = Undisputable Awesomeness
3. How Can You Not Love The Guy?
4. Live From Whose House?
5. Get Your Hair and Shoulder Pad Jokes Out of the Way
6. Live From Daryl’s House is “The Gift That Keeps On Giving”
7. “Daryl Hall is One of the Coolest People On the Planet”

MUSIC BUZZ: Auto-tune is the reason why the vocals on pop songs sound so fake. This list of top 10 songs that exemplify auto-tune abuse has been circulating on the web. Do you believe in life after love? We have a harder time believing that the vocal effect that makes us think of Cher in a slutty unitard has made its way into gangsta rap.

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1. YouTube - Ron Paul Auto-Tune on CNN
2. When Auto-Tune Goes Wrong
3. 10 Examples of Gratuitous Auto-Tune Abuse in Pop Music
4. An In-Depth Analysis of the Vocal Effects in Snoop’s “Sensual Seduction” video
5. T-Pain Ruins Kanye Song - He’s Worse than Cher
6. YouTube - T-Pain can’t sing