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How do you follow-up a chart-topping single with the eye-popping title of "F-ck You?"

For Cee Lo Green, the answer was easy: bring Steve Urkel back into the pop culture conversation!

The singer's official music video for "Cry Baby" features Jaleel White, forever known for playing the aforementioned iconic nerd on the sitcom Family Matters, as Green himself, as he lip syncs and dances along to the artist's latest. Unfamiliar with this actor/role? Or anxious to re-familiarize yourself with him? Enjoy!

Cee Lo Green - Cry Baby (Music Video)

Yesterday, Lauren Alaina introduced her debut music video to the world.

Now, the young man who beat her out for the title of American Idol has done the same.

Below, Scotty McCreery makes at least one girl's dream come true by telling her "I Love You This Big." The singer has gotten off to a historic start to his career. Will it continue with this release? Watch now and react:

Scotty McCreery - I Love You This Big (Official Video)

Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, has reached out to some of the biggest stars in music in hopes that they will perform at a tribute show for her son.

Jay-Z, Kanye West, Cee Lo, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Bruno Mars and others have received invites (below) from Katherine.

Katherine Jackson is asking them to perform 1-2 of their favorite MJ songs in Cardiff, Wales on October 8, promising "first class travel accommodations."

So far, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars have respectfully declined due to scheduling conflicts, while Christina and Kanye are leaning towards going.

Cee Lo Green, meanwhile, has already committed.

Tickets to the event have not gone on sale yet, but it's still very early. Promoters say they will become available once a complete line-up is booked.

It should be a memorable night, to say the least.

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor sang at a music festival in her native country recently, looking nothing like the last time she was in the public eye.

Performing as a backup singer at a summer music festival in Bray, Ireland, over the weekend, Sinead turned heads with a remarkably different look.

To those familiar with her, the contrast is striking:

The "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer, 44, appeared at the Bray Seaside Festival, where she was photographed supporting reggae artist Natty Wailer.

She donned glasses, at times, and a short, choppy hairstyle, with no sign of the signature shaved head she sported at the height of her '90s popularity.

O'Connor is currently on tour in Europe, so expect more sightings like this one in the future. She released her latest album, Throw Down Your Arms, in 2005.

Lauren Alaina is ready to take the music world by storm. Or at least by sweet, sentimental melody.

The American Idol runner-up has released her first-ever music video, honoring the parent who helped guide her along a path to success with "Like My Mother Does." It's the same single she unleashed on the world near the end of her season 10 run.

Watch now, sound off with your thoughts and return tomorrow for the premiere of Scotty McCreery's music video.

Lauren Alaina - Like My Mother Does (Official Video)

It was a night of fashion - Justin vs. Taylor! Kim vs. Khloe vs. Kourtney! - and a night of big wins for Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.

But the 2011 Teen Choice Awards also featured a few strong singing performances.

Gomez took to the stage to belt out a version of "Love You Like a Love Song" (watch her boyfriend dance and sing along to it HERE), while Jason Derulo also rocked out to "Don't Wanna Go Home." Sit back and enjoy the latter rendition now:

Jason Derulo - Don't Wanna Go Home (Live)

Former Pussycat Doll and X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger is always sexy, but the singer takes it to new heights as she strips down in her new video.

Hiding from the cops, evading capture, throwing punches and being monitored by a security camera (obviously), Nicole shows us how she can move.

Scherzinger gets wet, of course, on more than one occasion. In a song called "Wet," staying dry would just seem wrong. Even in that tank top. Wow.

Anyway, watch the music video below and towel off:

Nicole Scherzinger - Wet

According to a singer named Rebecca Francescatti, Lady Gaga's hit song "Judas" is a total rip-off of her 1999 song called ... wait for it ... "Juda".

Rebecca is suing Gaga in federal court, and claims the similarities between the two songs are not a coincidence. Her theory behind that claim?

Her former bass player, Brian Gaynor, is now employed by the music company that authored 17 songs for Gaga's most recent album, Born This Way.

Rebecca Francescatti - Juda

"Though the songs are different styles, the composition is the same and the chorus is the same melody," said an attorney for Rebecca Francescatti.

"[Rebecca] is seeking recognition for what she created." Francescatti, who sings under the name Rebecca F., is suing Gaga for unspecified damages.

No comment from Lady Gaga's camp as of yet.

Seems a bit frivolous to us, but you decide. Listen to a snippet of "Juda" (above) and compare it to the Lady's video (below) and see what you think:

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Justin Bieber and Chris Brown have teamed up once again. This time, though, the duo has left the cheesy world of "Next 2 You" behind and focused on what's really important:

Girls, money and fast cars!

“My bad, I’m sorry, I’m double-parked, Yeah, that’s my Bugatti," Brown raps in "Ladies Love Me," sampled below, to which Bieber responds: “Baby, I’m not crazy, I got swag like Patrick Swayze."

The track will be included on Brown’s new, rap-based album "Boy in Detention." Give it a listen now:

Justin Bieber and Chris Brown - Ladies Love Me

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

So You Think You Can Dance named its final four last night, and it was a tad ironic. How so?

Because Pia Toscano, a singer many believed should have advanced at least that far on season 10 of American Idol, took to the stage and belted out a version of "This Time." The track is the first off Pia's upcoming album, which is expected to hit stores some time this fall.

Based on talent alone, it's hard to imagine this CD not selling well. Check out Pia's SYTYCD performance below and then go back and relive her appearance on another reality competition, Dancing with the Stars.

Pia Toscano - This Time (Live)