Before Wednesday (May 20), Rihanna, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift were the only music divas who could boast having 40 or more Platinum singles in the 73-year history of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

That changed recently, however, after the exclusive female hitmaker club saw an addition in the form of GRAMMY-winning songstress Ariana Grande.

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Before Sunday (May 17), Chris Brown reigned in Hot 100 history books as the most-decorated male R&B vocalist in the chart’s 67-year history.

In fact, with 123 entries to his credit at the time, he even tied longtime industry pal Justin Bieber for the highest placement count among all male singers regardless of genre.

Thanks to the arrival of songs from his latest top 10 album, ‘BROWN,’ however, Chris can now claim the overall title by his lonesome.

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Drake and Kevin Durant are proving their chemistry extends far beyond courtside hangs.

The longtime friends teamed up for a hilarious new campaign promoting Durant’s upcoming Nike KD19 sneaker.

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Owen Wilson loses his son in a mosh pit. Travis Scott offers fatherly advice. And the internet has questions.

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Brent Faiyaz is back in his signature introspective bag with the freshly released visual for ‘butterflies.’

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Wiz Khalifa is facing unexpected legal trouble overseas after Romanian authorities reportedly issued a warrant for his arrest.

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Mya is back, and she’s doing things her own way with the release of ‘Retrospect’ – her first LP in nearly a decade.

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Beyoncé‘s rarely seen director’s cut of Lemonade is heading to Australia.

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Ryan Murphy may have created some of modern history’s most celebrated shows (see: ‘Nip/Tuck,’ ‘American Horror Story,’ ‘Monster,’ ‘Feud,’ etc.), but the EMMY, TONY, and GRAMMY-Award winning writer, director, and TV producer has reignited a feud between some of the entertainment industry’s biggest fan bases for his belief that Queen of Pop Madonna‘s reign extends across all genres of music.

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Lizzo is taking the boots-on-the-ground initiative to make sure her new album ‘B*tch‘ sells.

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Durand Bernarr and Tank have officially squashed their beef, and it only took a FaceTime call and Joe Budden to help them do it.

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As a few comment sections on Instagram evidence, Lil Mama‘s lip gloss ain’t the only thing poppin!

Five years after being accused of perpetuating transphobic rhetoric when she likened transitioning to “changing from a cat to a dog,” the award-winning rapper-actress has come under fire yet again for offering a controversial opinion on LGBTQ-related matters.

Hop inside to see what she said over the weekend that’s landed her in hot water.

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