You voted, tweeted, and supported, and now there is one more way for you to be a part of MTV Iggy's Best New Band adventure. The Best New Band Concert featuring 2NE1, La Vida Boheme and Gyptian goes...

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The 21st century begins on 12.12.11 when MTV Iggy crowns 2NE1 Best Band in the World at a concert in Times Square. But until then, let's take a look back at the wigs, tattoos, Legos, and silver lame that took the CL, Bom, Minzy and Dara from goth to biker to space....

Yes, it's the language that I'm writing in. But I'm over it. Music lovers around the world must be agreeing with me, because from our view at MTV Iggy, 2011 marked a clear move beyond the English-language domination of pop music. As our 2011 Best New Band in the World, K-pop superstars 2NE1 said,...

  You voted, tweeted, and supported, and now there is one more way for you to be a part of MTV Iggy's Best New Band adventure. The Best New Band Concert featuring 2NE1, La Vida Boheme and Gyptian goes down at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square on Monday, 12/12/11, 4 pm to...

In the world of music, the word “cover” invokes thoughts of bad singing and a fuzzy webcam. Yuna, a folk popper from Malaysia, changed our minds with her smooth,...

We’re bringing you to Iceland to meet some not-so-sheepish indie rockers, we’ll swing past the UK to visit the queen of the grime and then wind up in China for a Kung-fu punk paddle-ball session. Be sure to check out more on this week’s artists: Reykjavik’s groovy Who Knew, London’s hard-spitting

Join MTV K behind the scenes of "United Cube Live in NYC" and hear what BEAST, 4Minute, and G.NA had to say about performing for their fans in the Big Apple for the very first time!...

They call their sound “psychedelic cumbia,” and we called them a “freight train at full speed” at SXSW...and it’s all...

What was it like for the artists at the MTV Iggy concert? Go backstage and find out. Walk into their dressing room and bathrooms to see 2NE1 sharing a laugh and watching TV, La Vida Boheme getting painted, Yuna checking her makeup, and Gyptian chilling with friends.

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The debonaire J-rock megastar spent a recent afternoon with MTV Iggy, performing an exclusive acoustic set in New York's elegant Hudson Hotel. Whether bathed in the glow of sunlight or neon light, he never breaks a sweat. He told us he likes seeing people faint at his concerts, which is probably

They call their sound “psychedelic cumbia,” and we called them a “freight train at full speed” at SXSW...and it’s all...

Damu has only been putting out his crystalline dance music for a year-and-a-half, but Sam Schorb's glistening take on UKG, electro, and house has already been touted by Mike Skinner as the future of UK bass. His summer single "Ridin'" took liberal arpeggios, laser bleeps, and r&b vocals and

Apartheid may be officially over, but South Africa is far from seamless unity. In the space created by the Black/White divide, however, in the frisson of classes and cultures grating against each other, young Zulu and Afrikaaner (and Sotho and Xhosa) kids are making music.

2011 was a year of momentous musical debuts. Some of them (Hack, cough, Odd Future) we're all a little sick of hearing about. But there were even more that flew under the radar yet while still making an impact. We made this list of the most exciting first albums we heard this year to...

Meet the fiercest ladies of K-pop. Korean girl group 2NE1 (pronounced “to anyone” or “twenty-one”) is something much more substantial than just pretty faces and well-toned bodies: from their edgy style and fashion to their confidence-oozing stage presence and charisma, these girls are a force in

The penthouse of the Mondrian Hotel crackled with electricity when 2NE1 walked in. The tallest building in NYC's stylish SoHo neighborhood, the Mondrian offers sweeping views of New York in every direction...all the way to the Empire State building. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the

Yuna is conquering Malaysia with her acoustic guitar and winning folk pop tunes – enchanting listeners with the gentle warble in her voice, a flair for old-timey pop songcraft, a bit of Feist’s soul and subtlety, and Mirah’s warmth. Her rapidly evolving sound can be incredibly stripped-down and

Trying to pin point the exact source of 2NE1's massive appeal is near impossible -- between Minzy's liquid dances moves, CL's spitfire rapping, Dara's grace, and Bom's strong vocals the girls have every angle covered. And that's if we HAD to arbitrarily highlight a strength. All four are

Kanye West has long been lauded for his sense of style and his love of high end fashion trends. The producer and rapper is also known to indulge in nearly any pursuit that crosses his mind so it is fitting the superstar will be adding his creativity and vision to a fashion line very soon.

Check out MTV Movie Awards red carpet fashion, beauty, hair styles, make-up trends and more exclusively at MTV.com.

Unless you threw out your TV along with the carcass of Thanksgiving's turkey, you're probably well aware (and have been for months) as to what's happening on NBC tonight. Namely, the premiere of the network's much-hyped musical series "Smash."