2010 Nothing

N.E.R.D. (No One Ever Really Dies) is Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo (The Neptunes) and Shay Hayley. They released their fourth and latest album Nothing in late 2010. Their first single, "Hot N' Fun" features Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado. The production tables turned for "Hypnotize U"... it was produced by electronic duo Daft Punk.

Make sure to check out N.E.R.D.'s Best Of album, just recently released on January 11th!

2008 Seeing Sounds

N.E.R.D. ended their contract in 2005 with Virgin Records over a dispute. Reaching into their own pockets, Williams and Hugo worked together again as production duo The Neptunes teaming up with band Spymob for another reinventive album. The name for the album, Seeing Sounds, refers to the phenomenon of synthesthia, during which individuals are able to experience seeing sounds, hearing color, et cetera. 

2004 Fly Or Die

Released in 2004, Fly Or Die captured both the voices and musical talents of Pharrell, Chad and Shay. The

2005 "Hollaback Girl" - the first digital download to sell one million copies

There's been a lot of hype about a new "novel"called Stage 46: The Reality Of RealityTelevision. And understandably so. Anonymously penned by someone who goes by the generic monker "R. Smith,"and reportedly based on interviews with actual disgruntled American Idol employees, the book aims to be the AmIdol equivalent of, say, The Devil Wears Prada or Swimming With Sharks.

2002 "Hollaback Girl" - the first digital download to sell one million copies

Stage 46 is basically afictionalized-but-not-really-all-that-fictional account of astarry-eyed aspiring film-maker, Ben, who naively believes that aproduction assistant job on a TV talent show called The Next Singing Starwill be his big Hollywood break. He's mistaken. Instead he spends hisdays getting his head chewed off, almost literally, by his clinicallyobese and ethically unsound boss, Jill, a mean-tempered harpie whoexpects him to fetch her donuts and

2010 Telephantasm

Chris Cornell and Soundgarden have reunited after 14 years and have released a career spanning compilation, Telephantasm. The album includes the previously unreleased track "Black Rain" remixed from 1991's Badmotorfinger sessions with new vocals from Cornell. The album is bundled with 1 million copies of the new Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock video game and released as two different deluxe combinations on September 28. Check out their new video for "Black Rain" (directed by Metalocalypse creator Brendan Small) and the rest of their career-spanning videos.

2001 Audioslave

Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against The Machine in 2000 and Chris Cornell joined the group in 2001 under the new name Audioslave by 2002. The band released three very successful albums before dissolving due to irreconcilable differences in 2007 as Rage Against The Machine reunited for that year's Coachella music festival.

1999 Chris Cornell's Solo Career

After Soundgarden broke up in 1997, Cornell slowly

2010 Winner: Lady Gaga "Bad Romance"

The MTV Video Music Awards were on September 12 and we're celebrating the show's 16th year by taking a look at each year's winner for Video of the Year. See this year's winning video, "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga (which won 6 additional awards: Best Pop Video, Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Choreography, Best Direction and Best Editing), as well as the rest of the year's nominees--most of which also took home a Moonman in other categories.

Nominees for Video of the Year: Eminem "Not Afraid" (Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Male Video), Lady Gaga f/ Beyonce "Bad Romance" (Best Collaboration), 30 Seconds to Mars "Kings and Queens" (Best Rock Video), Florence and the Machine "Dog Days Are Over" (Best Art Direction), and B.o.B. f/ Hayley Williams "Airplanes." 

2009 Winner: Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"

In 2009, Beyonce won Video of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," beating out Eminem's "We Made You," Lady GaGa's "Poker