Moves made their respective labels may see Nicki Minaj and Cardi B clash and compete in the same categories at next year’s Grammy Awards ceremony.

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Camila Cabello and Rita Ora have been dominating the UK charts of late, so it’s little surprise that the pair were both tapped to perform at the BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards 2017.

Former Fifth Harmony star Cabello currently reigns a atop of the British tally with ‘Havana.’ Hence, it was the natural choice to thrill the audience with at the Wembley Arena.

Elsewhere,  Ora rocked the house with a medley of her recent hits ‘Your Song,’ ‘Lonely Together,’ and ‘Anywhere.’

Watch the ladies in action below…

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Sam Smith, the Brit-Pop superstar behind a number of the last decade’s greatest hits, has revealed that he does not identify as a cisgender man.

His major announcement below…

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From The Vault is back this week with a modern R&B classic; today’s pick is LeToya Luckett’s ‘Regret.’

The third single from the Destiny’s Child star’s sophomore set ‘Lady Love’ in 2009, the gem was helmed by Tank with additional writing by the songbird and guest feature Ludacris.

Lyrically, the cut sees Luckett explaining to her ex the many ways in which he will miss her.

An instant fan favorite, it was a Hot Hip-Hop/R&B Top 10 hit for the singer, peaking at #8 but only reaching #78 on the Hot 100.

Thanks to an online petition powered by the singer’s supporters, a video was released for the song. Directed by Parris, it starred LeToya, Luda, Tank, as well as male model (and Left Eye’s longtime boyfriend) Sean Newman as “the” ex-lover. He also featured in preceding visual ‘She Ain’t Got.’

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Almost a decade after ‘Regret’ and its parent album, LeToya finally came ‘Back 2 Life’ musically this year. And continues to boast an engaging vision.

Indeed, it’s exciting seeing her push as an independent act and coming up with great quality music as well as innovative concepts like the ‘Back 2 Life’ video trilogy.

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Lady Gaga has always used her platform for positivity and yesterday lived up to that billing by making a surprise appearance at the “Deep From the Heart: The One America Appeal” concert.

The show took place to raise money for the hurricane recovery efforts following the recent devastation caused by the disasters in the US, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Attended by five former US presidents (including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush), the event saw Gaga deliver dynamite showings of ‘Million Reasons,’ ‘You And I,’ and ‘The Edge of Glory.’ And at the end, she received a standing ovation from all. Clinton even shed a tear.

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Fifth Harmony star Normani Kordei is ready for her close-up.

Praised in earnest for her dynamite performance ability as part of the Pop ensemble, the 21-year-old looks poised  to showcase her skillset solo.

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Rita Ora is wasting no time strutting the promotional pavement in support of new single ‘Anywhere.’

The singer stopped by the Jonathan Ross Show to perform the track, which serves as the latest taste of her long-awaited new album.

Released on Friday, the cut follows smash ‘Your Song’ (which has amassed over 200 million global streams). It also arrives after Avicii collaboration ‘Lonely Together’ – which has become a UK top 5.

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Less than six months after birthing daughter Sienna (her first with football husband Russell Wilson), ‘1, 2 Step’ singer Ciara stepped out in style to flaunt her post-baby body at Bvlgari’s 5th avenue flagship store re-opening in New York City on Friday.

Donning a form-fitting, skin-tight, long-sleeved latex dress, Cici turned heads with her retro French roll updo, Christian Louboutin red bottoms, clutch, and snapback in tow.

All in all, to give the 31-year-old singer a bit of her own advice:  b**** you better work!  See more from the fashionista at the event inside:

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Keyshia Cole‘s seventh album, ’11:11 Reset’ (released October 20), saw her press the “reset” button on a number of fronts in relation to it.  Resetting business relationships, the Grammy-nominated songbird migrated from her longtime nest at Interscope to soar with Epic Records.

’11:11,’ her first outing on the new label, also sees her press the “reset” button sonically.  Opting to ditch the trap & heavy Hip Hop-influenced sounds that decorated her critically and commercially panned sixth album, ‘Point of No Return,’ the new album is baked with ballads, traditional R&B, and more slow tempo ingredients – much like that of her platinum-selling debut outing, ‘The Way It Is.’

Was the move “back to basics” exactly what the doctor ordered for the singer at the juncture of her career?  Find out predicted sales below and tell us:

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Just days after hitting headlines for denying (via a spokesperson) rumors of marriage to hip hop mogul Birdman, R&B icon Toni Braxton is putting the spotlight back on her own ventures with updates on her highly anticipated new album.

Kicked off by the critically acclaimed ‘Deadwood,’ the project, titled ‘Sex & Cigarettes,’ comes as her first solo outing since 2010’s ‘Pulse’ and first overall since 2014’s ‘Love, Marriage, and Divorce’ – the Grammy-winning duet album with longtime collaborator Babyface.

Taking to CNN to discuss the project and her career at large, Braxton weighed in on how her bankruptcy changed the scope of music contracts forever as well as gave fans a timeline on when to expect her next opus:

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October 20th invited fans to their first listen to a new Keyshia Cole album since 2014’s ‘Point of No Return.’

Fatefully titled, that project almost made fans believe Cole had indeed reached such point as it not only debuted to her worst first week sales to date (26,000 copies sold), it went on – with less than 100,000 units shifted as of time reported – to become her worst-selling effort ever.

The years that followed may have seen the Grammy-nominated songstress hitting headlines more for personal dramas than professional endeavors, but that all changed at the top of 2017 when she announced the release of ‘You’ (featuring Remy Ma and French Montana).  The song and its accompanying visual – a critically well-received return to form for Cole – did not see that fanfare reflected commercially.

Said response undoubtedly planted seeds of worry in her faithful fans…

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Taylor Swift may be currently sitting at #1 on iTunes with her latest single, ‘Gorgeous,’ but there’s at least one beautiful person who can say she’s not a fan of the soon-to-be-hit…the mother of toddler Jayde Robinson…

Find out why inside:

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