Diva supreme Mariah Carey is hot on the promo trail for her upcoming new album.

The set, which serves as the singer’s 14th studio effort, will – as reported – be released in a unique “all at once” capacity, with its title, artwork, and music all rolled out digitally first, with a physical edition arriving a week later.

To plug the release, which comes on the heels of a slew of unsuccessful singles, the star beams a-front of  The Observer – a subsidiary of UK newspaper The Guardian.

During the insightful piece (which you can read by clicking here), it’s confirmed that Carey (who turned up 3 hours late for the interview) is indeed eyeing a “late May” release date for the “surprise” project. Although, we here at TGJ, wouldn’t be shocked if this was a ruse of sorts to throw folk off.

Why? Find out below…

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Adult Contemporary crooners John Legend and Adele kick chart dust in the faces of their singles-driven competitors this week, winning big on the UK’s ‘Official Charts.’

Good news for the love song penning pair below…

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Sailing to Pop mountains on R&B seas this year are the JAZMIN Sisters, packing voices that have already seen them find a fan in the likes of Keri Hilson, and serving a world class sound and style showcased in abundance in their latest single ‘You.’

Pulled from the ‘SWV‘ classic ‘Weak’, this month saw the ladies team with HBK‘s Iamsu! to forge a remix of the budding smash, and rock the world’s of their growing fan base with its release this week!

Why some are billing them the second coming of ‘Destiny’s Child’?

Hop in and give it a spin below!

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After struggling to find credible or relevant footing on Pop’s stage, Disney princess Selena Gomez has enlisted Katy Perry‘s manager to take full control of her career, as to reach levels attained by fellow actress turned singer Ariana Grande.

Details on her bold new move below…

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It’ll be lights, camera, action for Pop force Lady GaGa!

Mother Monster is gearing up to launch her world tour ‘artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball’ on May 4th and is giving fans a sneak peek at her production rehearsals.

Taking to Twitter, the 28-year-old shared the shot above with the caption: “Welcome to the #artRAVE”.

The trek, which is set to touch many major territories across the globe, has been mounted in support of the singer’s fourth studio album ‘ARTPOP’ – which has enjoyed a rocky run by most counts.

Still, in a business that sees touring remain both lucrative and a key to longevity, GaGa is smart to be hitting the road. Indeed, in reminding the masses of her live prowess, she’ll be setting a sound foundation for her next effort. Right?

Your thoughts?

Beyonce‘s ‘Pretty Hurts’ video has been garnering buzz aplenty since arriving on VEVO this past week.

The visual for the Sia-penned cut has been served up as the latest to be lifted from the superstar’s surprise visual album, which continues to sell by the bucketload four months after release.

Directed by Melina, fans can now watch a behind the scenes feature on how the powerful clip was pieced together.

Check it out below…

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After a lengthy break on the bench, ‘TGJ Replay’ is back!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest retrospective segment – a written quest, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.  As today marks the 44th birthday of TLC’s lead singer T-BOZ, our latest ‘Replay’ will revisits the group’s 1999 comeback ‘Fanmail.‘

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Mariah Carey sent the music industry into quite the frenzy this week when she confirmed that she’s planning to serve up her 14th studio album as a “surprise”. Borrowing a page from Beyonce’s book, the singer’s team revealed that the LP’s title, artwork, and music will all be released digitally on the same day, at the same time – in an “all at once” capacity.

However, unsurprisingly, it has now been announced that the project will not be impacting on May 6th – as previously announced.

Details below…

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One day to go!

Ariana Grande is gearing up to unleash her new single ‘Problem’ in less than 24 hours.

With the 20-year-old’s millions of fans waiting with bated breath following a slew snippets, iHeartRadio whet appetites even more with an extended preview.

Listen to what Ariana and guest Iggy Azalea have cooked up below…

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Super talents Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar teamed up last night to to perform “It”s On Again” on “The Tonight Show Starring mobile casino Jimmy Fallon”.

The high-octane cut is lifted from the soundtrack for superhero flick “The Amazing Spiderman 2” – which has been dominating at the box office since its release last week.

Watch the duo in action after the jump…

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In the mood for a little fiction?

If so, peep Jermaine Dupri‘s recent interview with ‘Hit Fix‘, which saw him spew just that in support of Mariah Carey, the living legend he is currently managing.

Unfortunately, while his career has joined many a high, his time as Carey’s manager has seem him struggle to use her successes of yesteryear to support her endeavours of today, resulting in era laced with push backs, backtracking and excuses just as convincing as the icon’s performance in the ‘haha’-inducing ‘Glitter.’

However, we’d say not even the acting in ‘Glitter’ could match the performance put on by Dupri this week, when he fixed his lips to claim that Carey’s ‘You’re Mine’ (you know, the one with two videos, numerous remixes, its own press tour and a ‘BET Honors‘ performance) was never a single.

 

His interview with ‘Hit Fix’ below…

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Jennifer Lopez is wasting approximately no time with the campaign for her 10th studio album.

For, having warmed up the masses with string of buzz tracks (the most recent being ‘I Luh Ya Papi’), the American Idol judge is rolling on to her official next single ‘First Love’.

Word has it the track was produced by Pop maestro Max Martin.

Pending its arrival, peep its cover above…

Your thoughts?