This Week's Top 10

Here are the top 10 stories from this week's Day in Pop and the top Day in Pop digest stories

Taylor Swift Beats Justin Bieber

Apparently bowlers are slightly more discerning as Taylor Swift has proven to be more popular than Justin Bieber. Here is the announcement

The public has spoken and country music sensation Taylor Swift is the fan's choice as the 2010 celebrity inductee into the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame. With nearly 1.3 million votes cast online at www.gobowling.com, Swift topped pop star Justin Bieber in a hotly contested race to forever secure her place in bowling history.

Swift and Bieber were among nine celebrity nominees selected by the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA) for their public support of the sport of bowling. Placing at a distant third to Swift and Bieber was comic legend and former "King Pin" star Bill Murray who went on a late run to amass nearly 20,000 online votes during National Bowling Week (July 31 to August 7), an impressive total, but not nearly enough to catch Swift or Bieber who each garnered more than 600,000 votes. Rounding out the bottom of the competition was late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon who netted just 623 votes. The results of the Celebrity Hall of Fame vote were first reported in the August 23rd issue of OK! Magazine - more on this story

Fat Joe Offered 100k to Counter 50 Cent Diss

After being lyrically called out by 50 Cent for his dismal album sales, Fat Joe just got cast a lifeline in the form of a $100k paycheck from XUMANII, a social networking / media site that allows artists to live stream their concerts and sell digital tickets for fans around the world to watch it online.

The company is offering to shoot and stream his next performance live on the XUMANII site, guaranteeing Joe an audience of at least 10,000 with proceeds from the sale of each $10 ticket going directly to the star (which makes for a guaranteed minimum royalty of $100,000.)

Furthermore, XUMANII will build out his personal profile page and populate it with his fans, ensuring a much broader reach for The Darkside, Volume 1. -

Kanye and Drake Lead 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Performers List

The rumors are true; Kanye West will indeed be returning to the VMA's this year. West along with Drake and Florence + The Machine performing at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 9PM (ET/PT). Here is the official announcement:

Get your twitter fingers ready for more unforgettable moments as MTV announces the first round of artists who will perform LIVE at the "2010 MTV Video Music Awards." Kanye, Drake and Florence + The Machine will take creative leaps and bring fans an evening filled with groundbreaking performances that will be discussed for years to come.

With the [overused cliché removed] release of Kanye West's new album this fall, music lovers and fans alike will be glued to the screen to see what the rapper has in store for the audience when he hits the VMA stage. - more on this story

Semi Precious Weapons Banned

Why was Semi Precious Weapons "Magnetic Baby" video too hot for Youtube? Watch it and find out.

Youtube pulled the video shortly after it premiered on VEVO Tuesday, but it's back and just as dangerously dirty as ever!

Watch the "terms of service" violating video at it's new VEVO link and see for yourself what the fuss was about - here

50 Cent To Host Bone Marrow Drive for 11-Year-Old Lion King Star

Sadly 11-year-old leukemia patient, and Lion King star Shannon Tavarez still hasn't found a bone marrow match & time is running short. 50 Cent is stepping up to the plate to offer more help.

As a direct result of 50 Cent's efforts last week DKMS registered over 3,600 potentially life-saving donors for Shannon or other leukemia patients like her.

But he still wanted to do more so this Sunday 50 Cent, the G-Unity Foundation & DKMS will host a bone marrow drive at the Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Community Garden in Queens. - more on this story

Little Big Town Set New Album Release, TV Appearances

Little Big Town's fourth studio album The Reason Why is set to hit stores on August 24, 2010 on Capitol Records Nashville. T

he platinum-selling band, which consists of Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook, co-produced the album alongside Wayne Kirkpatrick and co-wrote eight of the 12 tracks.

In celebration of the highly anticipated release, Little Big Town is scheduled to perform on ABC's Good Morning America on Wed., August 25 and on Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends the #1 cable news morning program's "All American Concert Series" on Fri., August 27 with both performances airing during the 8 a.m. EST hour. - more on this story

Mike Posner Tops The Charts

Mike Posner is currently sitting on top of the iTunes Album Charts with the release of his debut album 31 Minutes to Takeoff (J Records.)

With Takeoff having been released yesterday -- it looks likely that Posner will continue to dominate the #1 for the foreseeable future.

Posner will be hitting the road this fall on his first headlining club tour, The Up In The Air Tour - more on this story

Bell X1 Go Acoustic

Bell X1 will be offering up a series of tracks from a recently curated Acoustic digital EP to celebrate their upcoming U.S. acoustic tour.

The first offering is this take on The Great Defector off of Blue Lights on the Runway. Get it here. Make sure to catch Bell X1 in a rare and beautiful acoustic mode this fall.

The sets will span the band's catalog as well as feature new songs that will grace a new album set for release on Yep Roc in 2011. - more on this story

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster Expecting

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster are expecting their second child. Here is the announcement from RCA: Rod and Penny were lucky enough to be celebrating more than just their 3rd wedding anniversary in June.

The couple said" "We were thrilled and delighted to be able to tell Alastair that he was going to be the big brother to a little baby, expected just before Mummy's 40th Birthday."

Stewart is the Grammy-Award winning Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and his wife is model/photographer Penny Lancaster - more on this story

3OH!3 and Hellogoodbye Tour

3OH!3 will have announced a North American headline tour this fall which will feature support from Hellogoodbye.

The dates will kick off on October 14th at Sunset Station in San Antonio, Texas, and then traverse the continent through late November (see attached itinerary).

In the meantime, 3OH!3 has just embarked on a international excursion, including headline tours of Australia and Germany as well as high-profile festival appearances at the annual Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan on August 7th and 8th; Belgium's Pukkelpop on August 20th; and the UK's Reading/Leeds Festival on August 27th and 28th. A full-scale UK headline tour is also currently slated for mid-September. - dates