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Black Hollywood’s brightest stars came out to play at the Beverly Hills hotel last night, partying at ESSENCE’s ‘Black Women In Hollywood’ Luncheon.

In attendance and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Naomi Campbell, Oprah Winfrey, Laila Ali and Diahann Carroll were ‘Haven’t Told You’ singer Kelly Rowland and ‘Spotlight’ stunner Jennifer Hudson.

Arriving as they continue work on new albums, the beautiful pair looked on as Oprah and Gabrielle Union were honoured at the high profile event, which also drew in ‘XOX’ Rapper Common.

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With the newest Youtube-influenced Billboard charts in effect, the records of pop history’s premieres are in jeopardy.

Indeed, the likes of Michael and Janet Jackson, Prince, and Madonna may have had to rely on talent, single sales, and radio play to put them atop charts, but this stream-heavy generation will see its chart-toppers nab the Hot 100’s top spot through Internet play in conjunction with the aforementioned.

The refreshing of next week’s tally will see the first effects of yesterday’s announcement and, as previously reported, will land Baauer‘s viral hit ‘Harlem Shake’ at the #1 spot. Sure enough, pop princess Rihanna‘s name will pop up just a few spots behind him…

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As fans of Beyonce are anxiously awaiting even the slightest snippet of news concerning her forthcoming 5th album, the pop megastar is making major moves on the back end that precede its release.

The latest comes in the form of a major global publishing deal with publishing giants Warner/Chappell Publishing – a company that saw husband Jay-Z and his Roc Nation imprint make a similar move just a week before…

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‘S&M’ singer Rihanna sends a reminder of how much the mentions in that song excite her in this steamy ‘V’ magazine shoot with model Kate Moss.

Two talented two-some, who have both made careers out of showing off their respective Vs (*cough cough*), joined forces for what looks to be a ‘Te Amo’ lover’s dream come true.

Cop a gander below at more snaps at Ri & co. showing off their best talents – silence and stripping:

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Hate Justin Timberlake? You’ll just have to get over it.

For, in the weeks leading up to the release of his new album, ‘The 20/20 Experience‘, the ‘Mirrors’ singer is readying a media assault seemingly spawned in the mind of Kris ‘Cash Cow’ Jenner herself.

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…and Frank Ocean‘s UK chart reign just won’t let up!

In what can only extend his reign as the world’s leading R&B male, the ‘Pink Matter’ vocalist has seen sales of his music rise by 136% in the UK…in the space of two hours.

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Rihanna may sing like a castrated cat, yet it’s hard to deny her hit-spotting ability. Indeed, it’s one of the few talents she has beyond patting her particulars off-beat. 

And while many of the star’s chart rivals are infinitely more gifted, it’s this one talent that the vast majority of them would give their right rib for. Case, point, Nicole Scherzinger.

In a surprising move, the former Pussycat Doll has revealed that she passed on one of RiRi’s biggest hits ‘We Found Love’. This, after previously turning down Lady GaGa’s ‘Just Dance’ and Gnarls Barkley’s ‘Crazy’.

The X Factor star’s rationale after the jump…

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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.

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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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