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This story has flown under the radar for three months.  Back in October Sam Smith was ordered to pay royalties from his debut hit single 'Stay With Me' to rocker Tom Petty because it shared chord progression with a Petty tune.  Listen to 'Stay With Me' and 'I Won't Back Down' and be the judge. Do you think they sound similar?

As has been done in the past with ballads like 'God Must've Spent (A Little More Time on You)' and 'I Can Love You Like That', another country crooner has put his own spin on a classic pop song.  Tell us what you think of Thomas Rhett's cover of Bruno Mars' 'When I Was Your Man'.  Does it measure up to the original?

Kelly Clarkson's gotten married, released a Christmas album, and had her first child since she last gave fans new music.  Now, the original American Idol delivers a bubbly new single called 'Heartbeat Song'.  Take a first listen!

The highly anticipated film adaptation of the best-selling novel series Fifty Shades of Grey is gearing up to be the first really big release of 2015 when it hits theaters next month. Equally as sexy is a new song by Ellie Goulding called 'Love Me Like You Do' from the movie's soundtrack.  Take a first listen!

On March 10, 2015, Madonna will release her 13th studio album Rebel Heart.  The EP will contain six brand new songs, including 'Living for Love'.  Take a first listen now and let us know what you think!

What a mashup!  Three minutes is all it will take you to listen to all 13 songs on Taylor Swift's platinum-selling new album 1989.  Just check out this cool new video!

We've filled holiday stockings full of everything from $25 gift cards to shop Terry Ivory Jewelry to concert tickets to see Grammy nominee Sam Smith! Beginning Monday on SoJO, you can win a stocking filled with fun prizes just in time for the holiday!

Not since Mariah's 'All I Want for Christmas' has there been such a model Christmas carol. It's 2014 people, of course we need a Christmas song called 'Text Me Merry Christmas'!  And when it's sung by a popular Hollywood actress like Kristen Bell and an insanely entertaining acapella group like Straight No Chaser, it becomes a modern but instant classic.  Listen and start memorizing the words, lol

From Nicole Sherzinger finally ditching her Pussycat Dolls past (and tapping into that incredible voice of hers) to Meghan Trainor moving from 'Bass' to 'Lips', here are three songs you need to hear right now.  Psst...it all starts with Miss Mary J.

I have to know what you think of the brand new song by Imagine Dragons.  The Grammy winners were the rock/crossover Cinderella story of 2013, taking the music world by storm with their breakthrough album Night Visions.  I'm such a fan.  Take a listen to 'I Bet My Life' and let us know what you think of it!

Celebrities are real people, too.  And not just when it comes to shopping at Target or taking out their own trash.  Unfortunately being real for stars also means committing crimes.  Actor Stephen Collins, TV's likeable dad from '7th Heaven', was allegedly caught on tape admitting to sexual abusing a young girl.

I have the utmost R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Aretha Franklin.  She is undeniably the Queen of Soul.  However, I don't know how I feel about what she's done to Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep'.  Listen to Aretha's rendition of this song and give us your opinion on the cover.