September 20th 2014.

For British fans of WME‘s Lauryn Hill, that day now stands as one of the more important dates in their calendar, as it will see her return to their shores to perform a one-off gig at London’s Brixton Academy!

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While a number of her contemporaries suffer slow but sure declines with every passing album, Beyonce continues to break new ground in her career this year, almost twenty years into it.

Why the icon now stands as the highest paid musician of African descent in Pop history?

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Pop girls, you have a ‘Problem’ and her name is Ariana Grande.

The 20-year-old belter has bulldozed the competition with new single just hours its release.

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Already #2 on Itunes charts (as of time reporting), pint-sized powerhouse Ariana Grande’s newest tune ‘Problem’ is proving itself just that for her competitors.

Enlisting Aussie rapstress Iggy Azalea to play co-star on the track, ‘Problem’ – the lead single from the songstress’s forthcoming sophomore album – saw its world premiere tonight via a live performance at the Radio Disney Music Awards.

Now that we have the HQ song on board in full, does it live up to the hype?  You tell us below:

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Ariana Grande is onto a hit! At least at appears as such.

The petite powerhouse has seen new single ‘Problem’ rocket into the top 10 on iTunes US — based on pre-orders alone.

Due tomorrow, the Iggy Azalea assisted cut has already become a favourite among fans – who’ve been teased with titillating snippets over the last two weeks.

Tonight sees the airing of the track’s first live performance at the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards. Can’t wait? Peep the footage after the jump…

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Diva supreme Mariah Carey is hot on the promo trail for her upcoming new album.

The set, which serves as the singer’s 14th studio effort, will – as reported – be released in a unique “all at once” capacity, with its title, artwork, and music all rolled out digitally first, with a physical edition arriving a week later.

To plug the release, which comes on the heels of a slew of unsuccessful singles, the star beams a-front of  The Observer – a subsidiary of UK newspaper The Guardian.

During the insightful piece (which you can read by clicking here), it’s confirmed that Carey (who turned up 3 hours late for the interview) is indeed eyeing a “late May” release date for the “surprise” project. Although, we here at TGJ, wouldn’t be shocked if this was a ruse of sorts to throw folk off.

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Adult Contemporary crooners John Legend and Adele kick chart dust in the faces of their singles-driven competitors this week, winning big on the UK’s ‘Official Charts.’

Good news for the love song penning pair below…

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Sailing to Pop mountains on R&B seas this year are the JAZMIN Sisters, packing voices that have already seen them find a fan in the likes of Keri Hilson, and serving a world class sound and style showcased in abundance in their latest single ‘You.’

Pulled from the ‘SWV‘ classic ‘Weak’, this month saw the ladies team with HBK‘s Iamsu! to forge a remix of the budding smash, and rock the world’s of their growing fan base with its release this week!

Why some are billing them the second coming of ‘Destiny’s Child’?

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After struggling to find credible or relevant footing on Pop’s stage, Disney princess Selena Gomez has enlisted Katy Perry‘s manager to take full control of her career, as to reach levels attained by fellow actress turned singer Ariana Grande.

Details on her bold new move below…

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It’ll be lights, camera, action for Pop force Lady GaGa!

Mother Monster is gearing up to launch her world tour ‘artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball’ on May 4th and is giving fans a sneak peek at her production rehearsals.

Taking to Twitter, the 28-year-old shared the shot above with the caption: “Welcome to the #artRAVE”.

The trek, which is set to touch many major territories across the globe, has been mounted in support of the singer’s fourth studio album ‘ARTPOP’ – which has enjoyed a rocky run by most counts.

Still, in a business that sees touring remain both lucrative and a key to longevity, GaGa is smart to be hitting the road. Indeed, in reminding the masses of her live prowess, she’ll be setting a sound foundation for her next effort. Right?

Your thoughts?

Beyonce‘s ‘Pretty Hurts’ video has been garnering buzz aplenty since arriving on VEVO this past week.

The visual for the Sia-penned cut has been served up as the latest to be lifted from the superstar’s surprise visual album, which continues to sell by the bucketload four months after release.

Directed by Melina, fans can now watch a behind the scenes feature on how the powerful clip was pieced together.

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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 today marks the 44th birthday of TLC’s lead singer T-BOZ, our latest ‘Replay’ will revisits the group’s 1999 comeback ‘Fanmail.‘

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