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TRL's Total Finale Live: Performances

Beyonc� performs 'If I Were a Boy', 'Single Ladies', and 'Crazy in Love' at TRL's Total Finale Live.
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Billboard Underground: Lisa Hannigan

It took her a month, but Lisa Hannigan hand-stitched all of the lyrics to her album "Sea Sew" for its liner notes. The cover features felt dice arranged on navy knitted wool. "I feed your words through my buttonholes," she sings on swaying opener "An Ocean and a Rock." "Pin them to my fingerless gloves/Green and prone to fraying."

The patience required for the sewing and the folksiness of the lyrics help define the 27-year-old singer/songwriter, who is best-known to American audiences as the former backing singer for Irish star Damien Rice. A professional singer since age 20, Hannigan spent seven years accumulating material for "Sea Sew."

"I've always been writing, but I never performed those songs for people. I spent si

Subterranean - 11.14.08 Okkervil River

Austin band Okkervil River host Subterranean and answer questions with songs written exclusively for the show.
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Christina Aguilera: Better And 'Better'

From exposing her erotic side on her 2002 "Stripped" album to emulating pinup dolls in videos like "Candy Man" and "Ain't No Other Man" on "Back to Basics" in 2006, Christina Aguilera is all about reinventing herself.

Now, with the Nov. 11 release of "Keeps Getting Better: A Decade of Hits," which will be sold exclusively in Target, the 27-year-old singer is reinventing some old hits.

The album includes new versions of "Genie in a Bottle" and "Beautiful," titled "Genie 2.0" and "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)," respectively, plus the new songs "Keeps Getting Better" and "Dynamite." Staples such as "Dirty," "Come on Over" and "Hurt" also appear.

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