Despite entering the 2023 BET Awards as the night’s most-nominated female act, GloRilla left the event empty-handed Sunday (June 25).

But while the shut out may have been a bummer, the Memphis-bred beauty is still juggling wins elsewhere.

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Lady Gaga and Rihanna may have gone home empty-handed from the 95th annual Academy Awards Sunday night (March 12), but the Pop divas are definitely winning on real-time sales charts.

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30 years after landing her first Academy Award nomination for bringing the life story of Rock Queen Tina Turner to the big screen in ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?,’ legendary film and television actress Angela Bassett was expected to finally capture her first OSCAR at the event’s 95th annual ceremony Sunday (March 12).

Much to the surprise of viewers at home, she went home empty-handed.

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Welcome to the latest
TGJ Roundtable!

Over the years, That Grape Juice has established a distinguished voice that – whether loved or loathed – sparks discussion, debate, and on occasion drama!

Though comprised of seasoned writers who share a similar outlook on Urban Pop culture, the idiosyncrasies of the TGJ team members often lend for quite heated debates “behind the scenes” about the hottest topics.

Now, we give you a front-row seat to the show. In a format similar to ‘The View’ and your favorite panel shows, TGJ editors – Sam, Rashad, Joe, and Ryan – get real in a very candid way.

Today’s roundtable topic asks each anchor their thoughts on the…

GRAMMYs 2023

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As far as legendary careers go, few can rival that of Diana Ross.

Beyond breaking down color and cultural barriers in the music industry during the height of her career in the 60’s and 70’s, the legendary diva has sold over 100 million records worldwide thanks to 25 studio albums and the countless hits from them.

Yet, even with six decades of reverence from fans, peers, and major tastemakers alike under her belt, Diana has never secured her industry’s top honor: a competitive GRAMMY.  This despite having collected 13 nominations over the last 50+ years.

And while that seemed poised to change at the award show’s 2023 ceremony, fans of ‘The Boss’ Miss Ross clocked before the show even began that she would go home empty-handed once again.

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Be it for the good, bad, ugly, or downright shocking, 2022 was full of memorable moments!

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on the occasions that rocked – and to some degree – maybe even reshaped the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Next, we’ll reminisce on how our R&B girls Jazmine Sullivan and SZA finally collected GRAMMY gold after years of being criminally overlooked.

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Welcome to the latest
TGJ Roundtable!

Over the years, That Grape Juice has established a distinguished voice that – whether loved or loathed – sparks discussion, debate, and on occasion drama!

Though comprised of seasoned writers who share a similar outlook on Urban Pop culture, the idiosyncrasies of the TGJ team members often lend for quite heated debates “behind the scenes” about the hottest topics.

Now, we give you a front-row seat to the show. In a format similar to ‘The View’ or ‘The Real’, TGJ editors – Sam, Rashad, Joe, and Ryan – get real in a very candid way.

Today’s roundtable topic asks each anchor their thoughts on the…

GRAMMYs 2022

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By many-a-critic’s standard, ‘Industry Baby’ performer Lil Nas X and Justin Bieber were considered frontrunners for GRAMMY wins at the 2022 ceremony based on the commercial and critical reception of their respective 2021 albums – ‘Montero’ and ‘Justice.’

Yet, despite delivering two of the night’s most talked about performances (as we reported here), the showings would later prove to be the only time they graced the stage as both left the event empty-handed.

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Barely a week after making headlines for announcing her intent to quit music all together, Doja Cat collects the first GRAMMY of her short but storied career.

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Over the weekend, comedy veteran Anthony Anderson took to press to say he was ready for his longtime losing streak with the Television Academy to come to an end.

I was ready for the nomination streak to end a long time ago. This is the 7th nomination. 11 total, but yeah I’m done with the nomination part,” Anderson said Friday (September 17). “I’ll be honest. It’s time for a win.”

He may have later added he would ‘lose his mind’ if he finally nabbed a golden statuette, Sunday night’s EMMY Awards did indeed bring Anthony a loss – but it wasn’t his mind.  Much to the chagrin of fans of his hit ABC series, ‘Black-ish’ (which recently announced it will end with its next season), the 51-year-old is going home empty-handed yet again.

See how Twitter responded to the news.

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At the 2021 MTV VMAs, ‘Positions’ star Ariana Grande found herself in an unfamiliar position: empty-handed.

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The 2020 Billboard charts saw no shortage of Pop hitmakers Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber, and Ariana Grande as the trio of acts respectively dominated the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 with their slew of hits.

Yet despite their individual accomplishments, all three left the 2021 Billboard Music Awards empty-handed.

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