#1 CRUSH

February 15, 2012 – Diplo unveiled his collaboration with Usher yesterday, which, in case you'd already forgotten, was Valentine's Day. For those too bitter about the high-pressure holiday to enjoy a silky digital slow jam, well, there's a playlist for that.

February 13, 2012 – Katy Perry could be the next pop star to take her broken heart all the way to the top of the charts. Last night, as Adele won six Grammy Awards, Perry was on hand to debut new single "Part of Me," a brassy dance-pop kiss-off to a lover who can never take away her soul.

February 5, 2012 – On 2008's Hard Candy Madonna sang about having "four minutes to save the world." At Super Bowl XLVI she had 12 to do the near impossible: entertain an audience of skeptical football fans, media critics, and bathroom-breakers during the country's most-watched television event while also promoting herself and her upcoming album, M.D.N.A.

January 23, 2012 – Most 21st century pop stars work overtime demonstrating how different they are from the general populace: dressing up as mermaids, executing military-precise choreography, flying above crowds on cotton-candy clouds.