Curren$y kicks off the New Year with New Mixape Return to the Winners Circle.  11 tracks released on 1.1.11

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spotted:  Forbes

4 out of 10 top grossing films this year were animated movies.  Check below for full list of 2010 top earning films along with the estimated budget invested in order to make the film.

1.  Toy Story 3 $1.06 billion   budget: $200 million

2.  Alice & Wonderland $1.02 billion  budget: $150-200 million

3.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows $831 million budget: $250 million

4.  Inception $825 million  budget: $160 million

5.  Shrek Forever After $737 million  budget: $135-165 million

6.  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $693 million  budget: $70 million

7.  Iron Man 2 $622 million  budget: $170-200 million

8.  Despicable Me $539 million  budget: $70 million

9.  Clash of Titans $493 million  budget: $125 million

10.  How to Train Your Dragon $493 million  budget: $165 million

spotted at VIBE

Selling a total of 5.8 million copies worldwide, Gaga  beat out Detroit native Eminem’s Recovery ($5.7 million) as well as Justin Bieber’s  My Worlds ($5.6 million).

Checkout Full List Below of this year’s top 20 albums:

1. Lady Gaga – The Fame (Monster) – 5.8 million copies
2. Eminem – Recovery – 5.7 million copies
3. Justin Bieber – My Worlds – 5.6 million copies
4. Lady Antebellum – Need You Now – 3.6 million copies
5. Taylor Swift – Speak Now – 3.5 million copies
6. Susan Boyle – The Gift – 3.0 million copies
7. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D. – 3.0 million copies
8. Michael Bublé – Crazy Love – 3.0 million copies
9. Sadé – Soldier Of Love – 2.3 million copies
10. Alicia Keys – The Element Of Freedom – 2.3 million copies
11. Katy Perry – Teenage Dream – 2.2 million copies
12. Take That – Progress – 2.2 million copies
13. Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream – 2.1 million copies
14. Ke$ha – Animal – 2.1 million copies
15. Rihanna – Loud – 2.0 million copies
16. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More – 1.8 million copies
17. Kings Of Leon – Come Around Sundown – 1.7 million copies
18. Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits – 1.7 million copies
19. Usher – Raymond V Raymond – 1.7 million copies
20. Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns – 1.7 million copies

American Grammy Award-nominated singer–songwriter–producer, Teena Marie, nicknamed Lady Tee, (sometimes spelled Lady T), a protegée of late funk legend Rick James passed today at the young age of 54,  according to her manager Mike Gardner.  #MusicLives4ever

R.I.P. Lady Tee

New Years 2k11 will start off gettin’ to the #GWOP as soon as the ball drops for todays top Hip Hop/ R&B artist. Check the stats after the jump.

spottted at MTO

Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce will earn $1 million EACH to perform for 2,500 invited guests at the new Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas.

Rihanna: $250,000 to host at Pure at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Nicki Minaj: $75,000 to perform at Miami’s Mansion.

Drake: $250,000 to perform at Wall at the W Hotel South Beach.