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Yesterday, the (almost) unthinkable happened, as Lady Sovereign's video for "Love Me or Hate Me" vaulted to number one on MTV's "Total Request Live" countdown. Yes, more people voted for Lady Sovereign being chased by a ghost hamster than Justin Timberlake and T.I. in "My Love".

What a country!

In other shocking news, "TRL" is apparently still on the air.

It's good to be Lady Sovereign right now. In addition to the "TRL" triumph, the "Love Me or Hate Me" clip was shown 20 times in five days on MTV and MTV2, the song is featured in some sort of Verizon Wireless promotion for their new phone, "9 to 5" and "A Little Bit of Shhh (Adrock remix)" are on video game soundtracks, and her cover of the Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" is going to be on the next "O.C." comp. She's scheduled to appear on "Letterman" on November 2 and "Jimmy Kimmel" on November 9, as well as "MADtv" sometime in the near future.

(See what happens when you sign with Jay-Z? Dude knows how to market that shit.)

All of this is in anticipation of the release of Sov's debut album Public Warning, due out October 31 on Def Jam. Next week, she kicks off a North American tour with Young Love supporting.

Still an obsession:

10-23 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda
10-24 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
10-26 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10-28 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11-01 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
11-03 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
11-04 Chicago, IL - Metro
11-05 Minneapolis, MN - The Varsity Theater
11-07 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre & Café
11-10 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
11-11 Seattle, WA - Neumos
11-12 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
11-14 San Francisco, CA - Club Mezzanine
11-15 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
11-18 Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar
11-19 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
11-22 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
11-23 Austin, TX - The Parish
11-24 Houston, TX - Meridian Red Room
11-26 New Orleans, LA - The Parish
11-27 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar
11-28 Miami, FL - Studio A
11-30 St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre
12-01 Atlanta - The Loft