‘Bottom’s Up’ beau Trey Songz recently earned his first reign atop Billboard 200 with his latest effort ‘Chapter V’.  To ensure the continued success of the project, Songz continues his promenade of the promo trail – most recently jetting across the pond to Europe to build steam for the effort.

Now, shifting focus to his ever faithful followers, the ‘Heart Attack’ hitmaker is tugging at the heart strings of fans with the newly unveiled ‘Fanatic Five Interview’ series.

There, five lucky fans get the opportunity to ask Trigga anything (in Atlanta) while five international fans interview him via Google+!

Get your first glimpse at the outcome below:

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 ‘Criminal’ lip syncher Britney Spears joined media mogul Simon Cowell on the couch of ‘Ellen’ earlier today to discuss the highly anticipated second season of X Factor USA (September 12).

Spears, whose involvement in the show banked her a cool $15 million, kept it cool most of the interview letting the controversial Cowell do most of the talk – including lend comments on his frustration with ‘The Voice’ (which premiered last night).

When chatting about her kids however, the former stageblazer did light up (even if just a bit).  See what we mean below:

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In celebration of ‘Bad‘s 25th birthday, Camp Michael Jackson ready the release of ‘Bad 25’, a reworked version of the classic LP due out September 18th.

Ahead of its release comes a preview from the deluxe edition of the dvd set, which sees MJ deliver a rare rendition of his well loved ‘Human Nature’ during the ‘Bad’ Tour in 1988.

Prepare to be inspired below…

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“I love it- I love it- I love it when you eat it.“

“Stop at the light Imma jump out my Barbie dream car/Imma jump on it- Imma ride him like a theme park.“

It’s lyrics like these Cyndi Lauper may have been addressing, when she billed modern music ‘too sexual’ during an interview with ‘The Metro‘ recently.

Revealing that she shares her fans sentiment that much of today’s music is aggressive ‘Rape music’, the ‘She Bop’ belle had this to say on the matter:

“One young woman walked up to me recently at a concert and thanked me for my work ‘in the midst of all this rape music. I never thought of it like that, but so much music nowadays is about sex, sex, sex and is quite aggressive.

She called it rape music.I thought, ‘Oh my God, I guess she’s right’.

I just try to write music that connects with people’s conscience and make music for awake people rather than sleepwalkers”

So, considering ‘imagery’ endorsed by the likes of Marky Mark, Madonna and Adinah Howard in the 90s compared to outings by the likes of Chris Brown, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj today, we ask this:

Has Pop Music Become ‘Oversexualized’?

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Take a look at these positively smoking snaps of Ciara, taken from her forthcoming video for the single ‘Sorry‘.

Courtesy of our friends over at Necole Bitchie, the pics hit the two days before the final video hits screens worldwide, and three months before the release of her new LP ‘One Woman Army’.

Can’t get enough of Cici’s latest work, tuck into some more below…

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Cee Lo‘s feeling festive!

Yes, in what will have many fans counting down the days to the Holidays, today saw the announcement of Cee Lo Green‘s Christmas album, set for an October 30th release.

Details below…

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Cop a gander at the cover for ‘The ReIntroduction To Willie Taylor’, the long awaited mix tape by Willie Taylor.

Released online this afternoon, the cover comes in aid of the free project which hits the net on September 18th.

All this, after the R&B mastermind sat down with That Grape Juice for a tell all interview which saw him address his former group Day 26, reports of corruption by their boss Diddy and ‘Swim Good’ vocalist Frank Ocean.

Read here!

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As two of the only black female artists to have two or more #1 albums, Beyonce & Nicki Minaj are no stranger to breaking records.

Today, the ladies now find themselves sharing yet another impressive feat, by way of a list complied by web traffic generator MGID billed ‘Most Clickable Celebrities‘.

Gathering data from across the web, the generator counted everything from the number of online articles published on a celeb to how many clicks they accumulated from internet users.

Find out where your favorite act came in below…

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Seriously though, could Roc Nation‘s Rita Ora get any hotter?

Snapped on the set of her new video ‘Shine Ya Light’, the Calvin Klein model turned up the heat in a number of scorching scenes- one of which sees her perform stunts at a skateboarding park.

More from the chart topping vocalist below…

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Today marked the online launch of ‘Dear Jesus‘, the 5 part web series spawned by ‘WonderLondon‘ creative Danielle Scott- Haughton.

Following the story of  fashion journalist  Mercedes and her turbulent life, viewers can now tune into Episode 1 of her story above…

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Hours after performing at the 2012 Paralympics Closing Ceremony with Not Rita Ora and joining ‘Telephone’ belle Lady GaGa for drinks at Mayfair’s Arts Club, Jay Z took to Heathrow Airport to catch a flight back to the US.

However, as the above will attest to, the icon’s hectic schedule did nothing to dampen his humor when he was literally carried to his flight by flight staff.

More from the light hearted mogul below…

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After lending her voice to World Humanitarian Day on August 19th, Beyonce took to ‘Anderson Live‘ for her most revealing interview since giving birth to the now 9 month old Blue Ivy Carter.

Speaking on her adjustment to parenthood, her attraction to WHD and Jay Z‘s hands on approach to fatherhood, get into her conversation with Mr.Cooper below…

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