10. Alicia Keys ” Like You’ll Never See Me Again”

9. Alicia Keys “If I Ain’t Got You”

8. Fantasia “When I See U”

7. Keyshia Cole “Heaven Sent”

6. Mario “Let Me Love You”

5. Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain “Blame It”

4. Robin Thicke “Lost Without U”

3. Maxwell “Pretty Wings”

2. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together”

1. Mary J. Blige “Be Without You”                    

10. Showstopper… Kanye West upstaging Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards after she won a moon man for the Best Female Video over Beyonce. Kanye later apologized to Taylor.

9. Oprah says, “Good-bye”… Oprah made the stunning announcement to all of her faithful fans that she will end her show in 2011. She plans to focus on her OWN cable channel.

8. Making Moves… Comedian and syndicated radio personality Steve Harvey added author to his list of accomplishments this year after he released the book, “Act Like a Lady,Think Like a Man.” Harvey’s book has sold more than a million copies and a movie project is on the horizon.

7. Crack is Wack… Whitney Houston came back strong with her album “I Look To You,” which sold more than 300,000 copies in the first week. Whitney also sat down with Oprah and discussed everything that happened in her past from drug abuse and her marriage to her ex-husband, Bobby Brown.

6. Weezy Baby… Lil Wayne had a busy year from being arrested and preparing to serve jail time to becoming the father of two more babies. Former R&B singer Nivea gave birth to their son, Neal and actress Lauren London gave birth to a son as well. Lil’ Wayne also released the first album of his Young Money crew, which features Drake and Nicki Minaj.

5. Breakups without makeups… Shaquille O’Neal and his wife, Shaunie are calling it quits again. After pictures and emails of Shaq’s alleged affair with the fiance’ of  Washington Wizards Gilbert Arenas hit the internet. Shaunie and the kids packed up their things and went back home to L.A. she has since filed for a legal separation. Nas and Kelis’ divorce became final in December, which resulted in Kelis getting $51,000 a month in support payments. Usher also signed them “Papers” ending his marriage with Tameka Raymond, who is the mother of his two sons. Even Beyonce’s parents are ending their 20 plus year marriage. Matthew and Tina Knowles say there won’t be any drama surrounding their pending divorce they both plan to play nice and go their separate ways.

4. Cheetah Woods… Tiger Woods lost his player’s card after he left a voicemail to one of his jump-offs, which set off a domestic dispute at his Windermere home with his wife, Elin. This resulted in him being rushed to the hospital, jump-offs coming out spilling all the juicy details of their relations with Tiger. As a result his wife asked for a rewrite of their prenup, but now she is rumored to be moving forward with the big D…divorce. All of this drama has cost Tiger some of his endorsement deals and he has decided to take a hiatus from playing golf while he works on getting his personal life in order.

3. Shocking… Chris Brown laying hands on R&B songstress Rihanna right before they both were set to perform at the Grammy’s. After news of the altercation broke TMZ published photos of Rihanna’s battered face, which shocked all of Chris Brown’s fans. In an interview Rihanna said the beating started over a text Chris had received and he lied about it. Chris later admitted to beating Rihanna and received five years of probation, community service, and he was ordered to stay away from her. Since then both artist have released albums and are focused on moving forward with their careers separately.

2. Notable Celebrity Deaths… Actress Farrah Fawcett, Actor Patrick Swayze, DJ AM, Author E. Lynn Harris, Actress Brittany Murphy, Pitchman Billy Mays, NFL player Chris Henry & Steve McNair, Former NBA player Wayman Tisdale, Senator Ted Kennedy.

1. FAREWELL TO THE KING OF POP… Michael Jackson’s death was by far the top story of 2009. His live-in doctor, Conrad Murray, found Michael unconscious in his California home. He was then taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Michael was in the process of preparing for his “This Is It” overseas concert. Once word spread of his death speculation into how he died did as well. Michael’s family grieved publicly and privately, during the public memorial his daughter; Paris spoke so lovingly about her father. Since, Michael’s death the investigation continues as to who should be held responsible. Nevertheless, Michael Jackson will be remembered for his dance moves, music, and his charity work. Farewell Michael!!!

According to the blog, The Young, Black, and Fabulous, NBA baller Shaquille O’Neal is allegedly sleeping with Oklahoma Thunder’s Damien Wilkens baby mama.  YBF says, they have obtained e-mails between Latosha Lee and Shaq.  The dates shown on the e-mails indicated they were written in the past two months.  In the emails Latosha and Shaq talk about meeting up in Orlando and she even begs Shaq for a “purse.” *rolling my eyes*

If you want to see the emails then click the link below: exlcuisve-the-emails-between-shaq-his-new-mistress-latosha

Chris Brown sat down with ABC’s Robin Roberts on 20/20 to respond to Rihanna’s interview.  Of course, it was more of the same stuff we’ve already heard, but check-out the slick smile on his face when asked if Rihanna had heard his song, “Changed Man.”

At some point can Chris just stop talking about it and move on. He is still receiving counseling and is continuing to complete his community service hours.  Chris is set to release his brand new album “Graffiti” on December 8th.

Rihanna has been promoting her brand new album, “Rated R” heavily over that last couple of weeks, but sources say the first weeks numbers are not looking so good.  So Amazon.com is selling her album as a MP3 download for 99 cents for “Black Friday”.  Reportedly label executives were scrambling trying to save face in the event her first weeks sales were low.  I guess we’ll have to see how this plan works out for Rihanna.

According to Pagesix, Jay-Z told all Victoria Secret models to keep their distance at last Thursday’s fashion show and after party.  Insiders say Jay was begged by VS to take a picture with the models, but he said, “NO WAY!”  Jay said out of respect for his wife, Beyonce’ he wouldn’t not walk the red carpet or take a picture with any of the models.  Hmmm…I wonder what that is REALLY about?

If you thought you were going to get your hands on the new Usher album, “Raymond vs. Raymond”, then think again.  Its being reported that his new album probably won’t be released until next year.  A representative for Usher says, “We believe that the album is so strong that we want to give it the opportunity to have the proper set-up before coming out.”  Can you say sad face? Usher’s new album will surely give us some insight to the ups and downs during his brief marriage to Tameka Raymond.  So true Usher fans will have to wait until 2010 for that new album.

Bobby was recently spotted out and about with his brand new youngin’ Cassisus taking a stroll in Beverly Hills.