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Cher Lloyd must have been mad she wasn't invited to the Met Gala, how else can she explain what she wore to the NARM Music Biz Awards on Thursday night?

With her hair tightly wound in a bun, the Swagger Jagger singer picked up her RIAA Gold award in El Lay wearing an all black ensem, pairing a sleeveless tunic with leather pants, and a gold belt.

Punk touches, including gold spiked earrings, black and gold platform heels and blood red lips completed her look.

Rock on, Cher!

[Image via Daniel Tanner/WENN.]

Tags: cher lloyd, leather pants, met gala, narm music biz awards, riaa, swagger jagger

WOOOOOO! We don't know about you, but we're sure Taylor Swift is feeling f*cking AWESOME!

True, the 23-year-old country crooner has experienced backlash recently over some not-so-nice comments she made in Vanity Fair…

But WHATEVER, cause she has just been named RIAA's TOP SELLING Digital Singles Artist!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

BUT that is just the icing on this SCRUMPTIOUS Swifty cake! The crimson-lipped cutie has also divulged the release date of 22's music video!

Lady Tay tweeted:

Tags: 22, music video, riaa, taylor swift, top selling artist, twitter, wednesday

While we do not condone the piracy of music, everyone knows the RIAA's bully tactics and lawsuits are shady.

They try and make examples of people, and claim outlandish damages, when in reality they're not solving the problem what-so-ever.

Joel Tenenbaum, a 28-year-old student who just graduated from a Boston University grad program, knows all about this.

He was ordered by courts to pay a ridiculous $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet.

His appeal for a reduced amount has just been denied, but

Tags: denied, internet, judge, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, lost, music, new album, riaa, ridiculous, serious, seriously, support, wtf

You get it, ladiez!

Taylor Swift is the RIAA's princess right now as she has been crowned as the Top Digital Single Artist of 2011.

Making history with 22.5 million career digital song certifications and going Gold AND Platinum, she's clearly unstoppable right now.

Meanwhile, Adele is not only making waves across the pond, but she's also making music news here in the States as she has sold more than one million copies of her sophomore album, 21. Not only has the album gone platinum, but her popular first single, Rolling in the Deep, went gold with 500,000 digital downloads.

Having two platinum albums in both the U.S. AND the U.K. is HUGE!!

We are SO, SO proud of Swifty and Adele! This is just the beginning, ladiez!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: 21, digital downloads, digital single artist, gold, platinum, riaa

This is HUGE!

After only five weeks on the shelves, Nicki Minaj's debut album, Pink Friday, has officially shipped one million units in the United States, which means it is now certified platinum by the RIAA!

Holy shiz!

Congratulations, bb! A well-deserved honor!

Keep up the good work!

Tags: certifiable, congratulations, debut album, going platinum, one million, pink friday, riaa