It appears Ciara is cranking her promotional push for ‘Basic Instinct’ up a notch ahead of its release next month. The 25 year old beauty features in the December issue of VMAN magazine, a taster of which surfaced today. Classy shot. I like.

All I need now is a televised performance of ‘Gimmie Dat’ and we’ll be firmly on the right track. Truth be told, things finally seem to be accelerating with the project as of late. Indeed, ‘Gimmie Dat’ went for adds on radio this week, while Ms. Harris is currently hosting BET’s 106 & Park this whole week (premièring a new snippet from the album everyday).

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Burgeoning star Jessie J made her television debut last night on the Later With Jools Holland show, taking centre-stage to perform an acoustic version of ‘Price Tag’.

Wonder what all the hype is about? Check out J’s showing after the jump…

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Pop pretender Rihanna remains hard at work plugging current single ‘Only Girl (In The World)’, last night stopping by X Factor Italy to rock the stage like only she can.

Peep her performance after the jump…

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As earlier reported, R&B  singer Omarion celebrated his 26th birthday in Hollywood over the weekend, where he was joined by his former B2K band-mates Lil Fizz and J-Boog.

Peep the pint-sized performer posing it up with Boog above and below. Happy days.

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Soulful crooner John Legend hit the Dancing With The Stars stage last night to perform a medley of current single ‘Wake Up’, and old favourite ‘Ordinary People’.

Check out his rousing showing below…

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As previously reported, R&B pin-up Chris Brown is prepping his fourth studio album ‘F.A.M.E’ for release next year. Prior to then, the 21 year old is dropping his second mixtape ‘In My Zone 2’, with a new song from the set having surfaced today in the form of ‘Boing’.

Take a listen to the steamy cut below…

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Mariah Carey has another reason to celebrate other than her pregnancy. The diva’s new Christmas album, ‘Merry Christmas II You’, is set to debut at #4 on the Billboard 200 with 56 537 units sold, giving her her 16th top 10 debut on the tally.

Only Barbra Streisand and Madonna have more top 10 premieres with 30 and 19 entries respectively. Carey’s first Holiday album, ‘Merry Christmas’, was released in 1994 and entered the chart #30 with 45k copies in sales. ‘Merry Christmas II You’ has the distinction of having one of the highest debut rankings of any seasonal album of the last 10 years.

Another notable entry this week is N.E.R.D’s ‘Nothing’ LP which comes in at #24 with 18,559 units sold. However, there is no stopping Taylor Swift’s ‘Speak Now’ which managed to remain in the #1 spot with an impressive 327,493 copies sold in its second week on the charts.

Sidebar: These numbers and placements may change when the official Billboard 200 chart is tallied later this week.

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Faith Evans is featured on the cover of the November issue of JET magazine. The songstresses latest album, ‘Something About Faith’, is in stores now.

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Former Destiny’s Child member LaTavia appeared on Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ recently. The struggling artist spoke in detail about how she was ousted from the top-selling group and the problems with alcohol that she developed as a result. Look below for all the action:

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Another new song from T.I has surfaced. ‘Dying In Your Arms’ featured Jazmine Sullivan and will reportedly appear on his upcoming ‘No Mercy’ LP (in stores on December 14th). Listen to it below:

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Get ready to get drunk because Ke$ha is going on her first headline tour. Starting on February 19th in Denver, the venture will feature the Pop start playing shows on 14 dates (confirmed thus far). Tickets for the tour will be available on November 10th via LiveNation. Check out the full lists of dates below:

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A new song from Kanye West surfaced just moments ago. The record, entitled ‘Blame Game‘, features John Legend and will appear on the visionary’s new album, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’. Give it a listen below via YAF:

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