The Brit nominations were announced on Monday night to reveal that several acts are up to win hat tricks of awards at the ceremony happening in February. Among the acts nominated for three awards were Florence and the Machine, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, JLS and Pixie Lott.

Florence and The Machine's debut album "Lungs" is currently at the top of the U.K. album chart and has been nominated for best British breakthrough, female and album. Lady GaGa has sold the most singles in the U.K. during 2009 and up for best international female, breakthrough artist and album.

This year's outstanding contribution award will go to Robbie Williams, who is also nominated for best British male, an award he has won four times. He will be up against Calvin Harris, Dizzee Rascal, Mika and Paolo Nutini for best British male.

The 30th Brit Award ceremony will take place at London's Earls Court Arena on Tuesday February 16th. To mark the event's 30th anniversary two new categories have been added for the best performance of 30 years in which the contenders include Michael Jackson's performance of Earth Song in 1996, during which Jarvis Cocker invaded the stage, Kanye West's Gold Digger in 2006 and Tom Jones and Robbie Williams' medley from the film soundtrack of The Full Monty in 1998. The Brits album of 30 years nomination include past winners such as Coldplay, Dido, Dire Straits and Oasis.

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Boyzone have announced that they will be releasing a new song that will feature vocals from Stephen Gately. The single entitled "Give It All Away" and will be released on March 1st followed by their new album "Brothers" on March 8th.

Gately sings the opening lines of the song which are "I will learn to live before I die." The video that will accompany the single is said to be "incredibly raw" and features archive footage of the five band members with newer scenes interworked.

Band member Ronan Keating explained; "It's us reminiscing about the good times and the laughter. There's a nice scene of us four brothers sat around a table... with Stephen's favorite picture hanging up behind us."He added "We wanted the footage to be as truthful and honest as possible based on how we were feeling and were reacting during the making of the video on that day."

The lyrics to "Give It All Away" were written by Mika and were recorded during the summer of their 2009 sell out tour. The Irish band has had four number one albums and 16 consecutive top five singles in the U.K.

Gately died at his Majorcan holiday home in October lasted year. Post mortem results revealed that the 33-year-old singer died of natural causes.

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There weren't too many movers and shakers among the top songs in the country this week as Ke$ha remains at #1 for a fifth week with "Tik Tok" on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is on track to surpass the 3 million mark in digital sales next week. Following at #2 for another week is Lady Gaga with "Bad Romance" from her "Fame Monster" EP, while Jay-Z and Alicia Keys continue at #3 with "Empire State of Mind."

Jumping up to #4 from #8 last week is Young Money with their single "BedRock," which hits a new peak this week. Dropping down a spot to #5 is Iyaz with "Replay." David Guetta and Akon continue at #6 with "Sexy B----."

Train move all the way up to #7 from #23 this week with "Hey, Soul Sister," the lead single from their fifth album, "Save Me San Francisco." The song also reached #3 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, their highest peak on that chart. "Hey, Soul Sister" is also their highest charting single since "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" hit #5 in 2001.

Rihanna is up one to #8 this week with "Hard" featuring Young Jeezy. Owl City drops down to #9 from #5 last week with "Fireflies," which also crosses the 3 million digital sales mark this week.

Closing out the top 10 is "How Low," the latest single from Ludacris and the first from his upcoming "Battles of the Sexes." The track contains a sample of "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy.

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 For the Week Ending January 30th, 2010:

1. "Tik Tok," Ke$ha

2. "Bad Romance," Lady GaGa

3. "Empire State of Mind," Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys

4. "BedRock," Young Money feat. Lloyd

5. "Replay," Iyaz

6. "Sexy B****," David Guetta feat. Akon

7. "Hey, Soul Sister," Train

8. "Hard," Rihanna feat. Young Jeezy

9. "Fireflies," Owl City

10. "How Low," Ludacris

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Simon Cowell, U2, Jay-Z, and Lionel Richie are all set to record songs to benefit the victims of the Haitian earthquake. In separate projects, the music mogul, and the rock, rap, and R&B legends will be releasing charity tracks for the relief efforts in Haiti.

Cowell was quoted by the Telegraph as saying at the National Television Awards on Wednesday, "We are going to do a single. I've got to get it together in 48 hours. I wanted to do something for Haiti and we had a request from the Prime Minister to put a record together."

He added that fellow "The X Factor" judge Cheryl Cole is on board as a performer.

Irish rockers U2 and hip-hop tycoon Jay-Z already recorded their own track. They will perform their unnamed song at the George Clooney-hosted MTV telethon "Hope for Haiti" on Friday.

Also, Lionel Richie is teaming up with music producer Quincy Jones to re-record the massive hit "We Are the World" for Haiti.

The song was co-written by Richie and Michael Jackson and was originally recorded in 1985 by the supergroup USA for Africa. Richie and Jones are now calling on today's artists to sing the song. Usher, Natalie Cole, and John Legend are said to be on board, with many names to be announced soon.

Proceeds from the track will go to Haiti relief.

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The Spice Girls announced last year that they were planning a musical based on their life and music, with member Geri Halliwell serving as producer. Now with the help of "Mamma Mia!" creator Judy Cramer, the musical is moving further into development.

Cramer spoke with the UK's Daily Mail about her plans turn the "girl power" story to the stage, saying Halliwell had approached her twice but she had said she was too busy. "But it just hit me that it could be  a great idea. It's not  just  what they  were,  but  what  they've  become. It's about the impact they've had on social popular culture," Cramer said.

The show, tentatively titled "Viva Forever" after one of the group's hits, could debut on the London stage within a few years, but has yet to be written. "Viva Forever" will feature the Girls' songs but won't be a tribute show. "And it would all be their music, like 'Who Do You Think You Are,' 'Wannabe,' 'The Lady Is A Vamp,' and 'Mama.' But the show has to be written first, before the songs can be incorporated," Cramer said.

The other group members Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, and Victoria Beckham are said to collaborating on the idea in some degree as well. The group last reunited for their "Return of the Spice Girls" tour in 2008.

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