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.

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 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.

Last night, after the first of two charity concerts at Carnegie Hall, Jay-Z celebrated at his NYC nightclub, The 40/40 club, with wife and new mom Beyoncé, who made her first public appearance since giving birth, as well as rapper Nas, BET's Stephen Hill, Roc Nation's Rich Kleiman, Def Jam's Shawn "Pecas" Costner of Def Jam and many more.

Today marks the release of "We Are The Works In Progress," an album to benefit Japanese disaster relief featuring such artists as Terry Riley, Four Tet, Fever Ray, Deerhunter, Interpol and David Sylvain and Ryuchi Sakamototo performing alternate and demo versions of songs. The album was compiled and organized by Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead. 

Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.

Music-tagging app Shazam said that its experiment in audio tagging led to "record engagement" during the Super Bowl, when it encouraged fans to tag songs heard during advertisements and the halftime show

According to BrandBowl, the marketers with the top scores in volume and favorability were Doritos, H&M and Chrysler, with Pepsi and Chevrolet finishing close behind, while music recognition app Shazam saw record engagement during the game.

The Windish Agency, in partnership with Ticketfly, hosted a party for music execs to celebrate the company new office in Echo Park, Angeles, with Windish prez Tom Windish, Goldenvoice VP Elliot Lefko, Live Nation's Shane Shuhart and more. in addition to its new L.A. digs, the firmhad 17 new hires over the past 12 months and expanded it event production and sponsorship initiatives for its roster of more than 550 acts.

The new track, boosted by Clear Channel promotion and her Super Bowl halftime performance, debuted at No. 24 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart after less than three days of availability.

With MIDEM out of the way, it's time to look forward to the next big conference on the docket: SXSW. Here's a look at some of the music and technology apps that will come up at SXSW's Accelerator program.

The NFL and NBC are apologizing for British singer/rapper M.I.A.'s extended middle finger during Sunday night's Super Bowl halftime performance of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin.'"

With six nominations, Dave Grohl's Foos Fighters tied Adele and Mars for the second-most nominations (behind Kanye West). Here Grohl discusses his competition, previews what viewers can expect on Sunday from the band's Grammy performance and mused about being the rock band with the most nominations.

Music was back in a big way at the Super Bowl Sunday night. Artists like Elton John, Melanie Amaro, Motley Crue and The Darkness made on-camera appearances, while Echo & The Bunnymen, The Cult and James Brown had some of the most talked-about synchs.

With music synchs on the rise for this year's crop of Super Bowl advertisements, Chevy's new Super Sunday ad features tricks, stunts, and a whole lot of fun.

The top four publishing companies – EMI Music, Universal Music, Warner/Chappell and Sony/ATV — are reporting a healthy marketplace for synchs and placements at the Super Bowl, with each having at least six placements in ads.

Concessions at the 2012 Super Bowl, for the first time, will serve organic food, sourced through Farm Aid, the music-industry-backed group supporting  American farmers. Co-founded in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, with Dave Matthew later joining its board, Farm Aid has raised more than $39 million for U.S. farmers

Flo Rida feels a lot like Tom Brady or Eli Manning right about now. The rapper's No. 3-peaking single "Good Feeling" is about to become even more ubiquitous after it's featured in a Super Bowl commercial for Budweiser, titled "Eternal Optimism." The song is juxtaposed against The Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary" and apparently has made Flo Rida one happy rapper.

Chino y Nacho, the Venezuelan urban and tropical act, are partnering with McDonald’s in a campaign that will have the entertainers tied to the popular Happy Meal with their images and a chance to hang with the duo. The campaign began Feb. 2 and ends March 21.