Beyonce‘s foray into Country is being met by praise from many. Case in point the blazing success of her latest single ‘Texas Hold ‘Em.’

However, everyone isn’t happy. Namely actor John Schneider.

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Kylie Minogue has barely had time to let her shiny new GRAMMY rest on her mantel before she already began prepping for her next award show – the People’s Choice Awards (PCAs).

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Beyonce and Dua Lipa are two names unquestionably leading the Pop pack in the contemporary music climate.

Yet, with both of their new releases out within the same frame, the ladies are in the midst of a showdown for pole position on the Official UK Singles Chart.

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Kanye West and Ty Dolla‘s new album ‘Vultures 1’ may be encased in all kinds of controversy, but that hasn’t stopped the set from blasting in at #1 on the Billboard 200. 

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Usher continues to score touchdowns after his seismic Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Because the superstar’s long-awaited new album ‘Coming Home’ has nabbed a championship of its own.

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Usher may still be riding high off the success of a new critically acclaimed album, ‘Coming Home,’ and a record-breaking Super Bowl Halftime Show, but the 45-year-old crooner already has his sights on what’s next.

Beyond prepping the North American ‘Past, Present, Future Tour,‘ the ‘My Way‘ singer’s future – if he has his way – could also include a long-sought after duet with fellow GRAMMY-winning megastar Justin Timberlake.

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Jennifer Lopez is drumming up ample buzz with her newly released visual album ‘This Is Me…Now.’

The unique release fuses the superstar’s latest LP with a musical movie housed on Amazon’s Prime Video,

And the ambitious venture appears to be paying off for J.Lo.

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Beyonce is firing from all cylinders with her scorching new single ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ – one of two new tracks released from ‘Act II’ of her three-album project (due March 29).

And its performance is proving especially potent on Spotify.

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Before the West and East lock horns at the year’s biggest night in basketball at the NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis on Sunday (February 18), Coco Jones – fresh from winning her first golden gramophone at the 2024 GRAMMYs – has landed the weekend’s first slam dunk with a critically acclaimed live performance of the U.S national anthem as well as the Black national anthem (‘Lift Every Voice and Sing‘).

Accompanied by Winston Salem State University Red Sea of Sound and Virginia Union University Ambassadors of Sound at the HBCU Classic on Saturday (February 17), Jones dropped jaws with her soaring arrangement of the historic tunes.

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Beyonce is set to make a major splash in the haircare space with her very own line, CÉCRED.

And ahead of its launch on February 20, the ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ hitmaker styles and profiles in the March/April issue of ESSENCE Magazine. 

The cover arrived earlier this week and now the diva’s feature spread has landed.

Posing alongside her mom and partner in the venture, Tina Knowles, Queen Bey is also joined by her daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi. 

Opening up in earnest about CÉCRED, Beyonce – whose new ‘Act II’ album drops on March 29 – passionately expanded on her motivations for starting the brand, the mission for the company, and haircare tips of her own.

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The hotly anticipated new collaboration between Yeat and Drake has arrived.

Christened ‘As We Speak,’ the track has been unleashed as part of a surprise expansion to the rising star’s freshly released album, ‘2093.’

Indeed, just a day after releasing his third studio LP, Yeat dropped the Drizzy team-up as part of a two-track bolt-on to the project.

The song follows their previous collab, ‘IDGAF,’ which was housed on Drake’s ‘For All The Dogs’ album.

With ‘2093’ already on track to top the Billboard 200, ‘As We Speak’ looks set to enhance its chances the more.

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Rihanna and ASAP Rocky have been spotted out and about in Paris, France.

With anticipation sky high for the Bajan belle’s long-awaited ninth studio album, her boo was quizzed about its whereabouts by fans he bumped into while in the City of Love.

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