Frank Ocean celebrated his BRIT Award 2013 win with Taylor Swift last night, snapped partying with the ‘I Knew You Were A Trouble’ singer in London.

The life and soul of at Universal Music’s after party, the Grammy winning R&B King was caught on the dance floor reaping the rewards of his #1 album, ‘Channel Orange’ which rose by 34 spots on the UK Albums Chart in the space of a single week, this week.

Impressive, considering this was achieved before his appearance as last night’s show.

More from the thorn in many an R&B divos side below…

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R&B forces collided recently, when ‘Torn‘ singer Letoya Luckett caught up with ‘Lose Control’ stunner Keri Hilson in Texas.

Snapped posing it up at the former’s high end boutique, Lady Elle, the R&B divas were pictured months before fans can expect new music from Keri, whose last album, ‘No Boys Allowed’ debuted on the Billboard 200 with 102,000 units.

Their sighting also comes two weeks after Luckett watched her Destiny’s Child sisters rock the Super Bowl 2013 Halftime Show as part of Beyonce‘s commitment to the event, now available to watch here!

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Much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, readers of That Grape Juice what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.  So in a quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday we introduce 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.  Our inaugural post comes from none other than ‘Jenny From the Block’ herself – Jennifer Lopez.

Before she was dominating media and affectionately christened J.Lo by her adoring fans, she was ‘that girl that played Selena‘.  Her debut album ‘On the 6’, however, changed all of that…

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Cop a gander at what is believed to be the album cover for ‘Bittersweet’ belle Fantasia‘s fourth album ‘Side Effects Of You’.

Led by single ‘Lose To Win’, the cover surfaces just days after disappointing news that the album – originally due in stores March 2013 – has been pushed to an undisclosed date.

An album described by the North Carolinian herself as a ‘rock soul’ collection reminiscent of rock icon Tina Turner‘s offerings, here’s hoping #teamFantasia are making all the right moves to ensure this album gets the promo push it truly deserves (source).

What do you think of the cover?

All hail King B!

Tour de force Beyonce is living up to her billing with her new world tour ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’. In the absence of a new single to promote the jaunt, the trek has been selling out globally on the strength of the star’s name alone. Indeed, cities across North America and Europe have amassed so much demand that a bevy of new dates are being added on an almost daily basis.

The latest is London, which today saw its initial four dates beefed up to six following the swift snapping up of pre-sale tickets this morning.

Details on new dates await below, as does an extended version of the tour’s Jonas Akerlund directed commercial.

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Singer. Songwriter. Model. Actress.

For Rita Ora, the last year has seen her long running efforts to dominate the UK charts come to fruition with the release of her debut album, ‘ORA‘.

However, what isn’t so well known is just how lucrative her run in the market has been both she and her camp thus far, and how sales generated by the project will no doubt see no shortage of support from the US arm of her record label, Columbia.

Details below…

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‘Birthday Cake’ co-stars Chris Brown & Rihanna posed it up during her Hawaiian get away this week to celebrate her 25th birthday.

Sharing snaps like the one seen here, the ‘Turn Up the Music’ twosome were spotted all over the state’s beach side in a number of intimate photos.  Indeed, love is in the air.

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BFF Katy Perry also shared:

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‘Think Like A Man’ maestra Jennifer Hudson clearly likes the very spotlight she shunned in her 2008 hit as she is proving more and more why she may be the hardest working woman in Hollywood.

With multiple movies in the works, a best-selling book, endorsement deals, and weekly showing on NBC’s ‘Smash’ to her credit, reports have now surfaced that Hudson will be returning to perform on the Oscar stage this week.

The announcement comes just a day after she revealed she was hard at work on her third album with producer RedOne and others…

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As fans may remember, video streaming giant Youtube cracked down on the likes of Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Rihanna for reporting millions of fake views to their high performing Youtube channels…

Well, now we know why.

For, today saw music industry Bible ‘Billboard’ announce that it will factor in Youtube views (with digital downloads and radio airplay) to determine song’s chart rankings…

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After claiming the ‘Best Of Album Of The Year’ award for her debut LP ‘Our Version Of Events’, Emeli Sande took to the BRIT Award stage to perform her smash hit singles, ‘Clown’ and our personal favorite, ‘Next To Me‘.

Now, days before she continues the US run of the project’s promo run, peep the Brit Pop icon in action below…

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After a three hour extravaganza, which saw performances from the likes of Justin Timberlake, the credits have rolled on the BRIT Awards 2013.

Hailed as the UK’s answer to the Grammy’s, you can find out who snagged what awards at the ceremony (which was held at London’s O2 Arena) after the jump…

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Embracing his global superstar status, Justin Timberlake dished up a taste of ‘The 20/20 Experience’ at the BRIT Awards 2013 in London tonight.

Resting lead single ‘Suit & Tie’ on the bench for a night, the former NSync’er instead performed ‘Mirrors’.

How did JT fare? Answer awaits after the jump…

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