As fans await news on Beyonce‘s new single, those salivating at her collaboration with H&M have cause to smile. For, the first component of the singer’s all-out multimedia campaign for the high-street chain has been unveiled.

The shot above is lifted from the ad section in the latest issue of Elle magazine and sees the superstar flaunt her sexy in the brand’s Summer 2013 line (which she helped design).

Roll-out of the exciting campaign (which is christened “Beyonce as Mrs. Carter For H&M”) is set to crank up a notch next month when an accompanying TV commercial is unwrapped. Shot  in the style of a music video by ‘Telephone’ director Jonus Akerlund, the hotly anticipated spot will feature new song ‘Standing On The Sun’.

As exciting as this is, we can only hope the first single from King B’s hotly anticipated fifth album arrives before anymore endorsement flavoured material is rolled out. Given the immense length and breadth of her talent, it’s great to see her cashing all these brand checks. However, this doesn’t dilute the fact that fans are growing impatient to the point of frustration with the drip-drop release of information and most importantly new songs. Here’s hoping the days and weeks ahead see all of that change.

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One’s a Rap Queen taking the world of Pop by storm just as easily as she did Hip Hop. The other, her Mercury fuelled counterpart well on her way to British superstardom well before the release of her ‘Classic’ debut album.

This week, in what Female Rap champions will no doubt bill a victory, Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea have made a number of wins on the UK’s Official Charts, thanks to new releases launched in the last month.

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Much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.  So in a quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday we introduced a new retrospective segment – ‘TGJ Replay’.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase albums (and eras) from a library of pop music hits.  Today, we look back at the best of Ivory Queen of Soul Teena Marie‘s hits…  (more…)

Check out the teaser for John Legend’s new video for the song ‘Who Do We Think We Are‘, featuring Maybach frontman Rick Ross.

Pulled from new album ‘Love In The Future’, the official clip will touch down on April 17th, and if this preview is anything to go by…we’re all in for a treat.

Check it out below!

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For some strange reason, Nicki Minaj seems to believe that releasing music videos en masse serves as compensation for a lack of live performances. 

Tonight, in continuing that unfortunate trend, she releases a music video for ‘The Re-Up’ spawned single ‘Up In Flames’, no more than two weeks after releasing (and abandoning) the video for her Lil Wayne assisted single ‘High School‘.

Is this video any good?

You decide below…

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As to lay the right foundations for the release of her forthcoming album, R&B veteran Brandy made her way to ‘Google’ hours ago for an in depth chat pertaining her layered career.

The latest star to grace their ‘Musicians At Google‘ series, the ‘Full Moon’ singer spoke openly on her journey thus far in a chat which lasted a total of 54 minutes.

However, if you consider yourself a fan of the icon, you’ll know what we mean when say it’s definitely worth the watch.

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Fantasia‘s new album ‘Side Effects Of You’ may have only spurned one single thus far, yet that hasn’t stopped the project from serving as one of the most anticipated R&B releases of the year.

And while the American Idol alum has already previewed morsels of the album, she has unveiled lengthier snippets of the LP ahead of its April 23rd release.

Check them out below…

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Stop whatever you’re doing and watch J.Cole‘s brand new video for the single ‘Power Trip’.

Packing a storyline that falls into the ‘unpredictable’ category and an execution that us thinking ‘VMA’ nod, the clip stands as one of favorite to hit the scene this year.

Think we’re exaggerating?

Peep the dark video before its supporting album – ‘Born Sinner’- drops June 25th below…

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Guess which Pop Princess was caught out and about last night?

Hint: She recently inked a deal with  Schwarzkopf to represent their brand of hair care products.

Find out who it below!

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Christina Aguilera showed a little love to Rihanna‘s ‘Diamonds World Tour’ last night, heading to the Staples Center to catch the show.

Sporting a slimmer frame, the ‘Loving Me 4 Me’ singer arrived with boyfriend Mathew Rutler where she enjoyed all the concert had to offer, including live showings of her #1 singles ‘Diamonds’, ‘Only Girl In The World’, ‘Umbrella’ and her budding hit ‘Pour It Up’.

Christina’s sighting comes after her Pitbull led ‘Feel This Moment’ entered the UK Top Ten at #8, as the push for her latest album ‘Lotus’ seems to have come to an untimely end.

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After whipping up quite the buzz last year, Luke James cranks things up a notch with new single ‘I.O.U’. The Soulful groove, which we’ve had on heavy rotation here at That Grape Juice, saw its accompanying video unwrapped today.

Story-driven and super sensual, the clip makes for an engaging watch. Check it out after the jump.

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