Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' Helped Convince RCA To Sign Her

One week after Miley Cyrus' salacious music video for "Wrecking Ball" smashed the 24-hour record for views across the Vevo platform, the accumulation of those streams helped propel the ballad to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. "Wrecking Ball" leapt 22-1 on last week's chart, giving the 20-year-old Cyrus her first chart-topper less than a month before "Bangerz," her fourth studio album and RCA Records debut, arrives Oct. 8.

After "Wrecking Ball" dipped from a prior peak of No. 14 to No. 22 on last issue's Hot 100, the Sept. 9 Vevo premiere of the song's music video helped increase its U.S. streaming numbers by 1,565% in its fourth week on the chart. Directed by Terry Richardson, the clip depicts Cyrus straddling a swinging wrecking ball and licking a sledgehammer in slow motion.

A collaboration between Taylor Swift and J Lo

Taylor Swift created a sensation at the close of her RED Tour in Los Angeles last month by inviting special guest Jennifer Lopez on stage to sing J. Lo's 2002 hit "Jenny From The Block." The collab was hot; the web got even hotter this week when rumors swirled that Swift and Lopez were actually going to join forces for a track on Lopez's new album, due out early 2014.

Alas, fun as it sounds, the two ladies apparently aren't meeting in the recording studio anytime soon. Swift told omg! Insider Monday night in Toronto that it's all news to her.

"I've heard those rumors," she noted, adding, "I just read them on the Internet, and that's the first I've heard of them."

But, for those fans who are disappointed at the idea of Swift and Lopez never ever getting back together (like, ever), Swift didn't completely dismiss the notion of working with the "On The Floor" hitmaker. She said that the two haven't discussed it; however, "She has my number, and I never say never."

Both stars will be hard-pressed to find time to call and chat anytime soon. Lopez will be returning to "American Idol" at the top of the year to judge the 13th season of the series, along with Keith Urbanand the newly hired Harry Connick, Jr. She judged the competition in its 10th and 11th seasons, taking a break in Season 12. Meanwhile, Swift is reportedly gearing up to start work on new music; a process she describes as all-encompassing: "I drive myself crazy."