Let’s face it…as far as fan support and branding is concerned, Rihanna and her fan base are on a proverbial high right now.

While that doesn’t excuse the myth that is her allegedly sold out dates at Twickenham Stadium, it’s safe to say that the absence of Katy Perry and Lady GaGa has seen Rihanna soar on a popularity front yet again.

Only right then, that she thanked the very people who afforded her that popularity today, meeting and greeting her the ‘Rihanna Navi’ outside her London Hotel, days after she touched down in the city.

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For all her success, Rita Ora seems well-versed in today’s need for new artists to consistently be “seen”. Indeed, though the Roc Nation favourite has been working hard on her sophomore album (which will dub as her US debut), her promo game hasn’t missed a beat. Concerts, festivals, photoshoots, the 22-year-old is working.

Her latest stop? The cover of Germany’s Interview magazine.

Fierce, right?

Your thoughts?

He’s the Hip Hop heart throb on course to dominate the thriving scene. Now, in pushing his cause to the masses even further, B.Smyth blasts off with his new song ‘Win Win’, featuring Future.

Is it any good?

We’d say so- void of the dated cheese that often plagues R&B hopefuls his age…packing a candy coated edge that should see him win over a number of different audiences.

Press play below…

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Stop whatever you’re doing and meet ‘Made To Love‘, the brand new single by ‘Ordinary People‘ singer John Legend.

Haunting, romantic and easily one of our favorite numbers from the Grammy winner, ‘Made’ may remind some fans of the Alicia Keys gem ‘Love Is Blind’– packing a reggae tinged echo and production that screams ‘Last Shadow Puppets‘.

By no means are we exaggerating when we say that this song is the primary reason we’re picking up his new album ‘Love In The Future‘ once it drops.

Fall in love below….

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Much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.  So in a quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday we introduced a new retrospective segment – ‘TGJ Replay’.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase albums (and eras) from a library of pop music hits.  Today, we go back to Missy Elliott’s best selling album to date – 2002’s ‘Under Construction’.  It all awaits under the hood…

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Guess which singer/actress was snapped rocking out at 2013 Northside Festival in Brooklyn’s McCarren Park yesterday.

Hint: Her sophomore album featured production from Jack Splash, Pharrell Williams and Cee-Lo Green.

Lost?

Meet us below and we’ll fill you in…

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With American Idol wrapped, it’s back to business for Nicki Minaj.

The Young Money madam joins R&B crooner Mario as a guest on his comeback single ‘Somebody Else’ – which hit the net last month.

As the old age adage goes, time waits for no one. Hence, in a bid to give the track an added push, the pair came together to shoot its accompanying video.

Peep the freshly released behind the scenes video after the jump…

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Britney Spears has been relatively quiet as of late, but oh is she keeping busy.

The Pop force has been diligently cooking up her eighth studio album, which has already been ordained one of music’s most anticipated releases. Indeed, the follow-up to 2011’s ‘Femme Fatale’ has been the subject of much speculation – from who’s working on it (beyond will.i.am) to when it’ll be arriving.

It comes as little surprise then that the singer’s fans are rejoicing following the star’s phone interview with Ryan Seacrest this morning.

Calling in to plug her new Smurfs song ‘Ooh La La’, the 31-year-old was refreshingly responsive when quizzed about what folk really want to know about – the album.

Flip the hood to hear what she had to say…

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Get all the way into ‘Ooh La La’, the fun filled new cut by Britney Spears.

Launched as part of the latest Smurfs movie soundtrack, the jam premiered online via iHeartRadio minutes ago and is now available to enjoy below…months before she hits the world with her own material!

Check it out…

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After ample teasing (and a touch of controversy), the video for Chris Brown‘s Aaliyah collaboration ‘Don’t Think They Know’ has been unwrapped.

The clip for the cut, which is the latest to be lifted from C. Breezy’s new album ‘X’, features the singer dancing “with” the late R&B diva by way of visual projection. As many know, Aaliyah died in a tragic plane crash in 2001 aged just 22.

Watch Brown honor her legacy in this self-directed video after the jump…

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As album sellers, they serve as the life forces behind the force that is RCA…and as touring acts- their stats are nothing short of groundbreaking.

Now, in extending their supremacy over their fresher contemporaries, Beyonce & Pink have made respective wins on Billboard’s Hot Tours Chart- grossing a combined $38 million….in the last week.

Details below…

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Drake fans may still be awaiting a release date of the Rap titan’s third album ‘Nothing Was The Same’, but the Canadian star is  gifting them a tour to tide them over.

Interestingly christened the ‘Would You Like A Tour?’ tour, the 41-stop US trek kicks off in September and will feature “special guests” Miguel and Future.

As both a chart and touring force, Aubrey continues to make the right power plays to ensure he remains a major entity. We can only hope the album will be rolled out prior to him hitting the road.

Peep official tour dates after the jump…

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