Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy’ is on its way to reclaiming a spot on the iTunes Albums Chart’s Top 20.

Good news for fans who feared the album would struggle to make waves via pure sales below…

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Jessie J may have just released new album ‘R.O.S.E,’ but the British belter already has new music a-cooking.

And she’s not hiding it either.

See what we mean below…

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Azealia Banks believes someone she worked with stole some of her concepts and handed them to Beyonce.

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As we reported here just last week, on-and-off again boos Drake and Rihanna were tied for most overall weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 this decade, boasting 41 weeks each.

However, just days before unveiling the accompanying music video for his 2018 megahit ‘In My Feelings,’ Drizzy learned his viral smash had earned yet another week atop the tally.  The extension granted him just what he needed to edge Rih out of the top spot and claim the title for ‘most weeks at #1 in the 2010s’ by his lonesome.  As if that wasn’t enough, the rapper boasts the most weeks at #1 this century by a solo male artist (and secondmost of all time only behind Usher‘s whopping 47 weeks at #1).

With congratz certainly due, look below to see who joins him in the top 25 this week on TGJ’s weekly ‘Chart Check: Hot 100’ edition:

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As one of Urban music’s most critically acclaimed new acts, there are certainly a number of eyes and ears singer/songwriter H.E.R. (born Gabi Wilson) as excitement grows for her sophomore set, the follow-up to her 2016 debut LP.

Until her next studio album finishes baking, Wilson’s teasing and tiding fans over with the six-song EP, ‘I Used to Know Her: the Prelude.’  Announced with little warning earlier this week (click here to read more on that), the project features the likes of chart-topping rapper Bryson Tiller and DJ Scratch and will undoubtedly only amp anticipation for her next full length offering.

While we await its arrival, listen inside to ‘The Prelude’:

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R&B veteran Tamia continues to ignite interest in her new project, ‘Passion Like Fire,’ by dropping hot numbers from the September 7th-due set.

Following the kick off single, ‘Leave It Smokin,’ and her wedding anniversary-inspired ‘Today I Do,’ the 43-year-old’s slowing things down with the sensual ballad, ‘Deeper.’

Calling the cut “….an intimate message of love, loss and growth,” Tamia shows off her oft-envied pipes on the Julio Reyes Copello-produced tune like never before. Look inside to hear what we mean:

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Christina Aguilera serves demure divadom a-front of Harper’s Bazaar UK‘s September issue.

The British cover, which follows her US spread alongside other celebs and their children, is the latest promotion lined up in support of Xtina’s critically acclaimed new album ‘Liberation.’

While the LP can’t be found on the charts (see: no promo), excitement still surrounds its accompanying tour which kicks off in September.

Ahead of its launch, peep the video for ‘Fall In Line’ after the jump…

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Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston and Rihanna‘s success on the Billboard Hot 100 has seen them soar above and beyond their rivals on the Hot 100s Top Artists of all Time.

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Iggy Azalea‘s ‘Survive the Summer’ has surfaced much to the delight of the ‘Fancy’ performer’s fans!

Armed with six tracks, the set stands as her first full body of her work since her debut album ‘The New Classic’ (a modest seller led by the aforementioned ‘Fancy’) and features collaborations with Tyga & Wiz Khalifa!

Interested in Iggy’s material?

Listen below…

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Ella Mai‘s ‘Boo’d Up‘ stands tall as a contemporary R&B classic, powered by the general public’s desire for fresh soulful and rhythmic sounds.

Today, she thanks her supporters for pushing the track to Billboard glory by dropping a new track named ‘Trip.’

Her new album is yet to bag a due date but will drop this Fall!

Listen below…

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Demi Lovato‘s assistant feared the worst when she found her seemingly lifeless body last week.

A distressing report below…

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Beyond shutting down body shamers who’d begun spreading rumors she was pregnant with her third child (click here to read more), Christina Aguilera took to Twitter to ease fan fears surrounding the status of her current era (tour, new singles, etc.).

As has been widely reported, June 2018’s ‘Liberation’ – Aguilera’s first album in six years – was greeted with critical acclaim only to disappear from the Billboard 200 just 3 weeks after its debut.  However, in a recent Twitter Q&A with her fans (whom she’s affectionately christened #Fighters), the Grammy-winner reasserts her decision to avoid “chart chasing” (click here to read more) and reminds she’s already hard at work on the album’s follow-up.

Look inside to read her thoughts on ‘Liberation’s next singles, its follow-up album, and if material from her ‘Bionic’ album will surface on her forthcoming tour:

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