The year’s fourth quarter is being greeted with dismal news:  not one single album released this year has been certified platinum.

Indeed, despite at least 60 songs shifting over 1 million copies, their parent albums cannot proclaim such.  We thought things were bad last year when only five albums went platinum, led by Justin Timberlake‘s ’20/20 Experience’ (which had sold over 2 million copies by last year’s closing).  But, this year’s looking to be much worse.

To add insult to injury, 2014’s best selling album by a solo act is Beyonce‘s self titled fifth album…which was released in December 2013.

We’re waiting on Rihanna, Eminem, Nicki Minaj, and Taylor Swift to save the day.

Full report below:

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Is there any stopping the force that is Sam Smith? Guess no? Well done, because that’d be right.

For, after wooing US audiences with his debut album ‘In the Lonely Hour’, Smith has announced the launch of a supporting tour of the same, set to kick off in Atlanta, Georgia and end in the city of Vancouver.

Dates below…

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Cop a gander of Beyonce and Jay Z!

Music’s first Mr And Mrs were snapped styling and profiling in London town today.

The pair posed it up at the Frieze Art Fair in the British capital after spending several weeks in Paris.

Are we the only one’s wondering what The Carter’s have been cooking up of late? They’ve interestingly been away from “home” ever since the wrap of their ‘On The Run Tour’ in Paris a whole month ago. Remember the talk of a potential collaboration album…?

Your thoughts?

After a lengthy break on the bench, ‘TGJ Replay’ is back!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest retrospective segment – a written quest, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.  As this week brought with it the 36th birthday of R&B veteran Usher, our latest ‘Replay’ will “fast backward” to his tertiary hit album ‘8701.’

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The R&B divas that are K. Michelle & Keyshia Cole are joining forces to launch a joint tour next year, teased by the ‘Love ‘Em All’ chanteuse yesterday.

How she announced the venture?

Find out after the jump…

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Despite helping to introduce the likes of M.I.A, Nicki Minaj and Natalia Kills to new audiences, ‘Material Girl‘ Madonna has been accused of not doing enough to help younger artists…by ‘Fashion‘ designer Lady GaGa.

How this relates to the suggestion that the ‘Papa Don’t Preach‘ performer is soulless?

Find out below…

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Two of the year’s most highly anticipated R&B offerings found themselves available on record shelves on the same day.

Indeed, October 7th brought with it the latest releases of R&B fan favorite Keyshia Cole and high octane newcomer Tinashe.  Between them, they left few promotional stones unturned as they popped up everywhere from ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ & ‘The Queen Latifah Show’ to ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live‘ and ‘106 & Park.’

But, was it enough?

With Cole reporting the lowest first week numbers of her career and Tinashe’s modest numbers slightly behind that, did each songstress’s additional releases (i.e. songs and/or videos) and promotional appearances act as just the tricks to hoist reported numbers upward?

Find out below:

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Finally, friends, we’ve reached a resolution.

Thanks to an intervention from ‘King of the South’ T.I., the royal beef between rappers Iggy Azalea and Snoop Dogg has been laid to rest. Despite the morning being greeted with news of the Doggfather wielding a number of heinous verbal attacks against the ‘Fancy’ hitmaker, it appears that Tip believes enough is enough.

But, before the two could bring their Twitter tussle to a finale, an old Grand Hustle foe – Azealia Banks – lent her two cents.

What did she say?  See it all below:

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In news that has seen his squeaky clean brand flung into filthy water, the rapper Drake has been accused of putting a hit out on a stripper he is reported to have dated, supposed to have had a member of his camp issue a dangerous threat following a dispute between the pair hours before.

Why the ‘Trust Issues‘ rapper’s supposed threats now have the authorities keeping a close eye on his accuser.

Jhonni Blaze‘s story, via ‘Vlad TV’ below…

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Can’t we all just get along?

‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ hitmaker Snoop Dogg continues to drop profanity-laden attacks against Aussie rapstress Iggy Azalea after she responded to his Instagram diss.

The back-and-forth Twitter tussle (which is on its third day now) is now seeing Azalea’s NBA boyfriend, Nick Young, jump in to defend his lady love. This, of course, after the Doggfather uploaded an offensive video to Instagram labeling the ‘Fancy’ rapper a ‘c*nt.’

That’s not all he said.  Brace your ears below:

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Christina Aguilera is gearing up to don her stilettos to strut the comeback trail.

The dynamite diva, who gave birth to daughter Summer Rain in August, saw her return to the spotlight announced yesterday when it was confirmed that she’s heading back to The Voice for its eighth season.

It appears the vocal powerhouse will be bringing more than her expertise to the table too. See what we mean below…

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In 2001, ‘Sell Your Dope’ rapper Afroman topped the UK Singles Chart with the comedic number ‘Because I Got High.‘

In 2014, he returns to Pop’s scene with the number, remixing it to raise support for the legalisation of marijuana, doing so in partnership with in partnership with the weed-friendly organisation Norml and the “Yelp of weed dispensaries,” Weedmaps.

How this version differs from the original?

Get ‘High’ below…

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