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.

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.

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.  

The Guild Of Music Supervisors will hand out awards in nine different categories at a brunch prior to the Grammy Awards, honoring music supervisors for film, television and games.

The subscription service's Android app has finally caught up with its iPhone one, adding a new home screen and the ability to view new releases and top charts with just one touch.

File-sharing site BTJunkie shut down of its own accord, following in the footsteps of FileSonic and FileServe in willingly removing itself from the fray in the wake of the highly-publicized Megaupload and Pitate Bay legal actions. Elsewhere, the death of SOPA leads to even more questions about Internet law, and Google+ keeps growing but still lags behind.

After only three days in release, "Luvin'" has sold over 100,000 downloads in the U.S., while her "Celebration" greatest hits album sold between 13,000-14,000 download copies (up from a couple hundred units the week previous).

Madonna’s performance during halftime of the Super Bowl produced 10,245 tweets per second, one of the busiest moments in Twitter history. The halftime performance topped recent events regarded for their online reaction.

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.

Lana Del Rey’s meteoric worldwide success of her debut album “Born To Die” extended to the U.K. where it debuted at No. 1 with sales of 117,000, more than the rest of the top five combined. DJ David Guetta celebrated his two Grammy and one BRIT Award nominations by climbing 2-1 on the singles chart with “Titanium”  featuring Sia. 

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.

Lana Del Rey's major label full-length debut album, "Born to Die," is off to a fast start. Industry sources say that the set may sell between 60,000 to 70,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Feb. 5. That should easily give the album at No. 2 debut on the Billboard 200 chart next week.

Live Nation's stock jumped 3.4% Friday following reports that tickets for Madonna's 2012 tour would go on sale after Sunday's Super Bowl, where the singer is performing at the halftime show. Elsewhere, Amazon's Kindle Fire is helping get music to Android users but is still far behind the iPad, and Kickstarter's platform just keeps growing.

With his 11th No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Songs chart in "Make Me Proud" featuring Nicki Minaj, Drake rewrites the mark for most leaders in the list's 23-year history, breaking a tie with Diddy to become the sole owner of the record.

Universal Music Publishing Group executive VP of international Andrew Jenkins has been elected as chair of the International Confederation of Music Publishers at the organization’s general assembly annual meeting, held at MIDEM on Jan. 29, serving a two-year term. Elsewhere, Imagem signed two global publishing deals, and Reel Muzik Werks signed up La Toya Jackson and others.

Beyond Adele's continued supremacy on the charts, both Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and The Wanted's "Glad You Came" roar up the Hot 100; while The Doors, Wilco, Tony Bennett and Blake Shelton make impressive gains on the Top 200 album survey.