‘Oh Santa!’ – originally released in 2010 and found aboard Mariah Carey‘s second holiday album ‘Merry Christmas II You’ – peaked at #100 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its prime.

Its revamp, which features fellow GRAMMY-winning songstresses Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande, came as the most highly touted portion of Carey’s top-rated Apple TV+ showing, “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special,” as it ultimately put to rest rumors of feuding between the Pop icon and Grande.

The star-studded holiday event quickly proved itself a hit for its streaming network, topping its viewership tallies in over 100 countries (as we reported here).  ‘Santa,’ on the other hand, seemed poised to deliver similar results at first, but – as the refreshed Hot 100 reveals – didn’t quite hit the mark.

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Mulatto could soon be going by a different name.

The ‘Muwop’ rapper has received criticism for her name in the past and is now in the process of changing it. She recently sat down with The Shade Room, where she talked about the change and that she is not colorist and wants to make that clear.

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Pop icon Christina Aguilera celebrated her 40th birthday yesterday and has been toasted by family, fans and famous friends alike.

One of the latter is famed Fresh designer Jean Paul Gaultier.

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Soul-filled singers Mike Posner and Jessie J unite on new song ‘Weaponry’ – the video for which premiered moments ago.

The emotional anthem is lifted from ‘Operation: Wake Up’ – Posner’s freshly released fictional concept album about being a depressed songwriter for hire.

To set the scene, the preceding track on the LP is titled ‘Once In A While (Mike Meets Jessie J’ and sees Posner head into the studio to present music to the British performer.

After sharing a bare bones version of the track, he convinces himself that it’ll sound better with the songbird taking vocal flight with him.

The resulting effort is ‘Weaponry,’ the visual for which you can check out below…

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Cop a gander of Rihanna!

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Eminem is backtracking on some of his words.

For, the rapper is now apologizing to Rihanna on his new song ‘Zeus’ about lyrics that leaked online last year.

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Christina Aguilera could have many surprises in the future.

For, the GRAMMY-winner celebrated her 40th birthday on December 18 and teased the release of something epic to come in a post to her Instagram account.

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Shawn Mendes is getting candid.

The ‘Wonder’ singer recently sat down for a Q&A with GQ where he discussed his relationship with fellow Pop star Justin Bieber and addressed rumors that they were feeding early in their careers.

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Cardi B has teamed up with Facebook for a new show named ‘Cardi Tries _____.’

The series (which is executive produced by the star alongside Jesse Collins) sees her trying her hand at new skills outside of her Hip-Hop rooting. From lacing up to become a ballerina, firefighter, car racer, teacher, and more.

She won’t be alone, as notable names and faces pop up to help her achieve her goals.

Episode 1 is here and sees Cardi learn ballet under the tutelage the legendary Debbie Allen.

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Jhené Aiko took to ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’ Friday (December 18) to serve reminder of why her 2020 album, ‘Chilombo,’ is nominated for Album of the Year at 63rd annual GRAMMY Awards.

Already the year’s top-performing female R&B album (among LPs released in 2020), Aiko has aggressively promoted the project by gifting at least half of its tunes an accompanying visual.

The latest to get such treatment was the Nas-assisted ’10k Hours,’ which also received its live television debut aboard ‘The Tonight Show’ appearance.

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‘Touch Me’ maestra Victoria Monét has retouched songs from her critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Jaguar’ (click here to stream), just in time for the holidays.

Via a new EP titled ‘A Jaguar Christmas: The Orchestral Arrangements,’ the five-song classical instrumental set features yuletide-inspired revamps of tunes found aboard her inaugural studio effort.

Orchestrated by celebrated composer Maurice “Piranha Head” Heard, look inside to hear the project in full via Apple Music and Spotify:

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Dua Lipa is bringing the holiday cheer with her latest performance.

The ‘Levitating’ singer made an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,’ where she performed the song ‘Christmas Is All Around’ from the movie ‘Love Actually.’ 

Lipa appeared a safe distance from Fallon as she sang and rocked a white and powder blue checkered coat with gold buttons.

Her performance comes right before she is set to appear as the musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live’ on December 19.

In the meantime, watch her light up the stage with holiday cheer below…

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