This Sunday, March 21st marks the 10-year anniversary of the release of the album that made music history

'N SYNC's No Strings Attached. It didn't make history because of its groundbreaking sound, or because it spun off a record number of singles, it made history because of how many copies it sold. In its first week, No Strings Attached sold an astounding 2.4 million copies. No album had ever sold that many copies in one week, and no album since then has come close to matching it. These days, thanks to the ongoing demise of the traditional music industry and the CD as a format, an artist is lucky if they sell that many copies over an entire year.

No Strings Attached has sold 11.1 million copies to date making it the second most selling album of this decade. The only other album to beat it was The Beatles Greatest Hits collection.

Lady Gaga has quickly become an international superstar, and we all know with that stardom comes the hate and the lawsuits and Gaga is no exception. She's being sued by an ex boyfriend who claims he helped launch her career. The man's name is Rob Fusari and he claims in his suit filed Wednesday that he co wrote some of Gaga's songs, came up with her stage name and helped her get her record deal. He says he met Gaga when she was Stefani Germanotta in 2006 and realized she had talent and then started working with her to reshape her sound from rock to dance. He co wrote Paparazzi and another track on The Fame titled "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich," not to mention he came up with the name Lady Gaga after the Queen song "Radio Gaga." Fusari also says he introduced Gaga to a record executive who later brought her to Interscope Records which signed her and released The Fame. He says he's owed 20 percent of Gaga's song royalties, plus 15 percent of merchandising revenue, and from that the figure he came up with is 35 million dollars. Gaga's people have refused to comment on the suit.

Lacey Brown went home last night. It was first announced that she, Paige Miles and Tim Urban were in the bottom three. But in the end, Lacey got the boot.

Before the announcement, Kesha took the Idol stage:

Tune into Idol on Tuesday when the remaining 11 contestants perform on a "teen idol" themed show.

Congrats to Ludacris whose album "Battle of the Sexes" will land at #1 on next week's Billboard albums chart. For other sales news and to see who else scored big, watch the video below:

Music of The Rolling Stones took center stage on Idol last night. I think it was pretty awkward watching these 16 and 17 year olds sing rock songs from over 20 years ago, but whatever. There were some highlights...including Cape Cod's own Siobhan Magnus. Click on the video below to watch a recap of all of last night's performances.

MTV has denied reports that they've banned Lady Gaga and Beyonce's 'Telephone' video

The rumor that the network had banned it, started from this CNN clip:

Pebbles and I are giving you a chance to check out Alicia Keys from a luxury box at BU's Agganis Arena. AND...you'll also go BACKSTAGE to meet Alicia!

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Today is the first of many monthly features I'm calling my "Local Artist Spotlight." I'm starting this feature because there is a lot of talent here in Boston that goes unrecognized. I'm giving you guys an opportunity to learn more about these artists so you can see for yourselves how especially talented our city is.

My first "Local Artist Spotlight" is on Sam Adams.

You may not have heard of him yet, but you will. His name is Sam Adams. Born and raised in Cambridge, MA before moving out to Wayland as a teen, Sam notes, "Cambridge and Boston are very much a part of my life." Sam dropped his first EP on iTunes a couple of weeks ago called "Boston's Boy." It immediately shot to the top of the iTunes rap chart. And when it did, it got people asking: "Who the hell is Sam Adams?"

The blogging sites were buzzing over this kid. I remember checking out Twitter and DJ's like Clinton Sparks and Statik Selektah were all asking "Who is this kid?" Everybody wanted to know how this kid from Boston could be at #1 on the iTunes rap chart and yet, no one knew who he was.

And then came the controversy. A certain Boston based hip hop website printed a story accusing Sam of purchasing 75,000 downloads of his own song with his dad's credit card. "That website jumped the gun. They f**ked themselves over" says Sam. "I'm a middle class kid from Boston. Where the f**k am I gonna get 75,000 dollars?" Sam got with a legal team and immediately served the writer of that story with a cease and desist. The next day the story was taken down, and a retraction along with an apology was posted. "How are you gonna post a four page article that you didn't even come close to approving? It was almost like they were offended that we took legal action against them," adds Sam But there's no such thing as bad publicity and Sam agrees. "Me and my manager were laughing the whole time. Inn the end, it's free press."

So let's get this straight. A middle class kid from Boston, out of nowhere, got his EP to the top of the iTunes rap chart ON HIS OWN? How does this happen? Is this changing the music industry as we know it? Sam answers, "The industry is rethinking now how they have a lock on the game. There's that industry standard that everything needs to be done a certain way, but we said f**k that. We did everything in reverse. I dropped the EP first, and now I'm droppin' a mixtape. Usually it's the other way around." Sam plans on having his mixtape, "Party Records," available for FREE on iTunes in the next month or two. And with the love, you know comes the hate. And he's getting plenty of it. Sam says despite what many people think, the underground Boston rap artists are actually supporting him. He's received tons of calls from people including Smoke Bulga praising him on his accomplishments. "Hate on me all you want, but I did what I needed to do, and that's all that matters to me."

In the next couple of weeks, look for Sam's recently shot video for "Drivin? Me Crazy" to hit all the major media outlets. His indie label will also be signed to a major label, although he wouldn't say which ones are interested. You can still purchase "Boston's Boy" on iTunes and his free mixtape, "Party Records," will be available on iTunes by the summer. Sam is currently a senior at Trinity College and plans on graduating, although he has left school to go out on the road. He is trying to work things out with the Dean to finish his academic requirements while living his dream as a rapper at the same time.

You can hit up Sam on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bostonsboy and on his Facebook page www.facebook.com/samadamslive.

"Thanks to Jam'n for supporting me?Jam'n's been my favorite station forever. I grew up on it. It's always been my dream to get my record played there and to talk to you guys." Well, Sam, your dreams are just beginning to come true.

**I am not taking submissions for this feature. I have artists lined up for the entire year. Thank you for your interest**

Everyone has heard the stupid song "Pants on the Ground" which was performed by 'General' Larry Platt on American Idol. Well Mr. Platt has been sued by a distribution company for expenses related to a recording studio. Apparently he was using a certain studio to record his song and the expenses for that session were paid by American King Music. Execs at American King Music funded the session and in return were expecting funds from the sales of the single...which they never got. No word on how much money they're suing for.