With two of 2024’s biggest hits to their credit (‘Lose Control’ and ‘A Bar Song’), Teddy Swims and Shaboozey were expected shoo-ins for nominations and performances at this year’s Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs).

Ahead of the highly anticipated show’s arrival to screens on December 12, the new-school hitmakers were confirmed to be two of a slew of big names slated to rock the ceremony’s stage.

Look inside to see who else will join them on the roster.

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Easily one of the season’s most anticipated TV specials, NBC’s ‘A Motown Christmas’ rocked the small screen on Wednesday night (December 11) after ample teasing.

Hosted by R&B legend Smokey Robinson and superstar singer-actress Halle Bailey, the star-studded showing featured a megawatt list of talent including the likes of Ashanti, Andra Day, BeBe Winans, Gladys Knight, Jamie Foxx, JoJo, Jordin Sparks, MGK, October London, The Temptations, and Pentatonix putting their spins on Motown and holiday classics.

From favorites like ‘Stop (In the Name of Love,’ ‘ABC,’ ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ to ‘My Girl,’ ‘Dancing in the Streets,’ ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine,’ and more, look inside to see clips and highlights of how the performers fared under the direction of  Emmy Award-winning musical director Rickey Minor.

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Halle Bailey has made no secret of her admiration of Janet Jackson over the years.

From performing ‘Together Again‘ live in tribute to the Pop royal to donning costumes in homage during Halloween, Bailey has toasted Jackson on several occasions in the past – a salute she hopes will eventually reach its grandest scale yet: the big screen.

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Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, and Taylor Swift got an A+ for consistency from the good folks at Forbes.

Just a year after the trio of Pop culture titans were crowned the top 3 most powerful women in entertainment by the finance and business magazine, they’ve recaptured the titles for 2024.

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Beyonce‘s hotly anticipated NFL Christmas Day Halftime Show in Houston will see the megastar once again break the mold.

Because it’s being reported that Queen Bey will hold court for an extended spell at the Houston spectacle.

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The NFL is doubling down on its relationship with Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation amid the rapper’s sexual assault lawsuit.

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Cop a gander of Kelly Rowland!

The ‘Motivation’ singer styled and profiled at the 7th Annual Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema & TV in Los Angeles.

Ms. Kelly’s sighting comes on the heels of a busy year on screen – which included a role in the chart-topping Netflix film ‘Mea Culpa.’

It also lands ahead of the multihyphenate gears up to judge the streamer’s new talent search, ‘Building The Band.’

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Giddy up because Beyonce is bringing her blockbuster ‘Cowboy Carter’ album to the NFL Christmas Day Game. 

In a first of its kind, the Pop cultural innovator will light up the inaugural Halftime Show which will stream live from her hometown of Houston on Netflix worldwide.

Already appointment viewing for millions across the globe, Queen Bey whets appetites the more with the unveiling of a titillating teaser trailer.

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This week the iconic Apollo Theater in New York City was buzzing with Black excellence as the 2024 Root 100 Gala honored this year’s most influential Black Americans.

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2024 has already been great to Tyla thanks to a historic GRAMMY Award win and unprecedented triumphs on Billboard, but the wins show no signs of slowing for the 22-year-old songstress (born Tyla Laura Seethal) before the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2025!

The latest victory comes courtesy of a prestigious crowning in her native South Africa.

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As her latest album, ‘Quantum Baby,’ continues to score high marks on the year-end lists of some of entertainment’s top publications, Tinashe is giving music lovers yet another reason to spin the project by lifting the lid on visual for fan favorite ‘Cross That Line.’
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Another day, another Taylor Swift record!

The Pop megadiva may have been shocked to see she wasn’t #1 on Billboard’s ‘Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century‘ list last week, but this week she finds herself looking down on the competition on a number of other tallies to historic measure.

See what we mean inside.

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