Kobalt Music Group has added another marquee name to its roster with the signing of smoking-hot Australian artist Gotye to a worldwide music publishing deal. The new pact, inked by Kobalt Music Publishing Australia, does not cover Australia and New Zealand, where independent music firm Alberts represents the artist’s catalog.

TastemakerX is a new music discovery app that allows users to develop an influence score, building a follower base based on music tastes, social graphs and finding the right bands at the right times; CEO Marc Ruxin called it "fantasy sports for music lovers." Elsewhere, CDs remain a valuable commodity, while consumer confidence rose but still lags far behind.

Adele's 21 is set to duke it out with Van Halen's brand new album with David Lee Roth, A Different Kind of Truth, for No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. It would be Van Halen's sixth No. 1 album, while Adele is gunning for her 20th nonconsecutive week at the summit.

The surviving members of the Beach Boys announced in December they were reuniting for a new album and tour beginning April 27, but the Grammys performance alongside Foster the People and Maroon 5 is an exception.

The short films and Midnighters sections of SXSW Film were announced today, with short films on TV on the Radio and a Chopin piano competition will screen, as will music videos from Battles, OK Go, Cults and Gotye.

See what else is trending in music including Ricky Martin's 'GLEE' takeover, updates on Don Cornelius' death, and more Grammy talk including the recent Beach Boys reunion annoucement.

The Concord Music Group/Hear Music catalog of Paul McCartney was ordered removed from subscription services, affecting some of his recent solo albums, as well as a slew of older releases by McCartney and Wings that were reissued in 2010.

iLike, an online service for sharing and discovering music that was one of digital music’s most exciting startups, is officially dead. Visits to the iLike.com URL are being redirected to a MySpace page with a notice about iLike’s demise.

Lady Gaga unveiled dates for her "Born This Way Ball" tour in Asia and Australia today, and those shows will be followed by dates in the rest of the world, Billboard.biz has learned. Gaga will tour Europe and Latin American later this year, and North America early in 2013.

Grammy Glam, presented by CoverGirl, Olay, and Venus and featuring guest DJs Erykah Badu and DJ Spinderella, last night kicked off the week of festivities leading up to the Grammy awards. The event also provided an opportunity for Recording Academy President Neil Portnow to comment on the planned protests against the Grammys' decision to cut 31 categories from this year's awards.

Afo Verde, who since 2009 has been serving as president, Latin Region, for Sony Music Entertainment, has been promoted to the post of Chairman and CEO for the Latin Region, Spain and Portugal.

Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" bumps Adele off the top of the Hot 100 songs chart, while Adele's 21 stays atop the Billboard 200 and Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin'" roars into the top 15 of the Hot 100.

Colombian star Juanes played MTV Unplugged alongside stars Paula Fernandes and Joaquín Sabina in a taping attended by Universal Music Latin America/Iberian Peninsula Chairman/CEO Jesús López, UML Entertainment President Victor González, and the managers of Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin.

Veteran executive Cristina Schwarz has returned to Univision after being named VP of programming and production for Univision Cable Networks. Schwarz will be supervising programming and production for the Galavision cable network plus a suite of six cable offerings.

Much talked-about singer/songwriter Lana Del Rey makes her expected arrival at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with "Born to Die." It's the highest entry for a female artist's full-length major-label debut since Jackie Evancho's "Dream With Me" bowed at No. 2 on July 2, 2011. Adele's "21" sits tight at No. 1 for a 19th nonconsecutive week.

AT&T and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) has inked a sponsorship pact with hot fashion brand rag & bone for the U.S. launch of Samsung’s new device, the Samsung Galaxy Note. Band Of Horses will perform the launch party on Feb. 14 in New York during fashion week.

While Bruno Mars has six nominations for this Sunday's Grammy Awards -- including one for album of the year for the worldwide best-seller "Doo-Wops and Hooligans -- it's also the Smeezingtons time to shine. The trio is nominated in the producer of the year category for their hits with Mars, but also Lil Wayne and the Far East Movement.

The first ever live stream of the Super Bowl drew 2.1 million unique viewers, which according to NBC made it the most-watched single-game sports event online.

Backstage at Diane Birch's first show in six months at NYC's Joe's Pub, New York S-Curve Records CEO/President Steve Greenberg congratulated the young singer on her evolution as a performer who happened to be dreaming about Michael McDonald.

Vevo made headlines last week when the video service announced it had generated $150 million in revenue in 2011. A week later some independent music publishers are saying it’s time they got their share. Also, Flingo plans to use the $7 million it has raised in Series A funding from August Capital to build out the infrastructure for its automatic content recognition technology. And comedian Louis CK proves that young People will pay for content through his recent video offering.