With new song ‘Airplane Tickets,’ producer extraordinaire Pharrell Williams is undoubtedly looking to fly back to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and is bringing Swae Lee and Puerto Rican hitmaker Rauw Alejandro along for the journey.

“Eye contact, she stare me down, wanna wear me out / She said that without sayin’ it (Sayin’ it) / We link up, proper plannin’ (Plannin’) / We take trips and she tellin’ you / Feeling East Coast air / I got airplane tickets with your name on them,” Lee croons on the new bop.

Believed to be the latest taste of new music aboard Williams’ 2024-due project, ‘Phriends Vol. 1,’ hop inside to hear ‘Tickets.’

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After ample teasing and delays, Nicki Minaj has finally lifted the lid on her fifth album ‘Pink Friday 2.’

The conceptual successor to her debut album, 2010’s ‘Pink Friday,’ the new project comes as her first body of new music to land on digital shelves since she conquered charts with 2018’s ‘Queen‘ (marking her longest time between studio efforts to date).

Bolstered by ‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze,’ ‘Last Time I Saw You,’ and the history-making chart-topper ‘Super Freaky Girl,’ ‘PF2’ – which feature guest appearances from her longtime Young Money collaborators Lil Wayne and Drake as well as J. Cole, Lil Uzi Vert, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, and others – arrives as the GRAMMY nominee’s birthday and is her first LP since announcing her retirement in 2019.

Ahead of the recently announced world tour designed to support the highly anticipated effort, stream ‘Pink’ inside via Spotify and Apple Music.

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With the clock racing toward the January 5 release of the fifth installment of French Montana‘s ‘Mac & Cheese’ musical series (that dates back to 2009’s ‘Mac Wit Da Cheese‘), the GRAMMY nominee (born Karim Kharbouch) is whetting fan appetites with a new single: ‘Okay’ featuring GRAMMY-winning rapper Lil Baby.

Surprisingly their first collaboration, the tune’s December 8 delivery comes after weeks of ample teasing.

“She wanna ride with the star (Star) / Ended up droppin’ my top, okay / My ex told me she needed space (Space) / I guess we both goin’ to Mars, okay,” French raps on the ATL Jacobs-produced cut.

Arriving alongside its official music video (directed by Kid Art), get acquainted with ‘Okay’ inside.

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As Michaela Jae‘s growing fanbase anxiously awaits news about her yet-titled debut album, the ‘Something to Say‘ songstress has something to say for the Christmas season and is tiding them over with her latest single ‘Snow Globe.’

A 2000’s-inspired R&B jam, ‘Snow’ sees the Golden Globe winning singer-actress call out to a former flame that’s grown cold over the holidays.

“Underneath the mistletoe/You are the that let me go/Hoping, dreaming, wishing, and thinking/Santa’s gift from you to me / Make my Christmas wish complete,” she croons on the sizzling number.

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Frank Ocean looks set to make a splash back onto the music scene. And it may be sooner than folk think.

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Some billed it as a “chart showdown,” but it’s all love between Brenda Lee and Mariah Carey.

As reported, Lee’s holiday classic ‘Rockin Around the Christmas Tree’ pipped Mimi’s annual chart-topper ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ to secure its first-ever stint at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100…65 years after its debut.

And while some may have wondered if there was any ill-feeling, the ladies are making clear that there is not. Quite the contrary.

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Doja Cat is taking ‘The Scarlet Tour’ global.

Presently playing to arenas across North America, the Billboard chart-topper has lifted the lid on dates for the UK and Europe leg of the electrifying trek.

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With ‘The Color Purple’ drawing nearer its release on Christmas Day (December 25), more material from the film’s star-studded soundtrack has been unlocked.

The latest is the Usher and H.E.R.-led anthem ‘Risk It All.’

A stirring piano-driven hymn, the soulful track sees the potent pair trade verses about risking it all for love, which, by design, mirrors the themes explored in the Blitz Bazawule-directed movie: risk, love, and liberation.

As reported, ‘The Color Purple’ soundtrack (due December 15) will feature the film’s stars Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Halle Bailey, and Ciara. Additional names in the mix (beyond Usher and H.E.R.) also include Ciara, Megan Thee Stallion, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, and more.

In the here and now, take a listen to Usher and H.E.R.’s ‘Risk It All’ below…

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Ariana Grande whipped up quite a frenzy amongst her fans moments ago when she took to social media to share snaps of herself in the recording studio.

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Adele serves regal in red on the cover The Hollywood Reporter‘s Women in Entertainment issue.

Currently thrilling audiences with her blockbuster Las Vegas residency, ‘Weekends with Adele,’ the British-born belter is also riding high on the wave of her mega-selling ’30’ album and the 2024 extension of her current live series.

Beyond posing it up for a stunning shoot lensed by Ruven Afanador, Adele seizes the feature to open up about a variety of insightful topics.

Indeed, she waxes candid about new music, turning down collaborations, venturing into acting, being nervous when Lady Gaga attended her show, advice for newcomers, and more.

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Afrobeats titan Davido continues to make waves on a global scale.

Armed with the momentum of his latest album ‘Timeless,’ the Nigeran star stopped by The Jennifer Hudson Show to deliver a double dose of flavor-filled material.

Backed by dynamic dancers, Davido got the audience moving with a medley of ‘Feel’ and the viral smash ‘Unavailable.’

The showing follows the North American leg of the performer’s ‘Timeless Tour.’

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Madonna once famously declared “The most controversial thing I’ve ever done is to stick around.”

And as her ‘Celebration Tour’ danced into London again this week and that soundbite blared through the speakers, those words proved more resonant than ever.

As widely reported, the legendary diva was forced to postpone the hotly anticipated global trek when she was hospitalized with a bacterial infection in the summer. The news cast a cloud of doubt over both the tour and her health more broadly.

Yet, as she has done countless times throughout her 41-year career, the Queen of Pop defied the odds to rise like the phoenix she is and take flight on what is unquestionably one of her most liberated live offerings to date.

That Grape Juice was on hand at London’s O2 Arena for the trek’s latest show.

Join us after the jump for our exclusive review of ‘The Celebration Tour’…

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