Ariana Grande is taking her new music to the top positions of Spotify.

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Ciara continues her Halloween tribute to rap’s leading ladies. And next up is Nicki Minaj.

The singer recreated Onika’s outlandish look from the 2011 GRAMMYs and, much like her transformations into Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, CiCi nailed it!

Over the years, the stage blazer and femcee have joined force for several bops – including ‘I’m Out,’ ‘Livin’ It Up,’ and ‘I’m Legit.’

Pending their next creative pair-up, peep more from Ciara’s Halloween dress-up below…

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Renowned heartbreak royal, Sam Smith first took the world by storm in 2014 with their smash-hit ‘Stay With Me.’ Their sorrowful lyrics and longing voice paired together to form a successful team for the singer, as they went on to sweep the GRAMMY Awards the following year.

While Smith has not seen the heights they attained as far as commercial success goes, the singer has nonetheless continued to put out quality albums.

Their latest release, ‘Love Goes,’ is no different in terms of quality material.

Just us below where we drive into Smith’s latest offering…

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One of Gospel music’s most charismatic forces, Bishop Rance Allen, has died at 71.

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Femcees appear to be Ciara‘s theme for 2020 Halloween.

For, the singer follows up her epic showing as Cardi B by remaking Megan Thee Stallion‘s single cover for ‘Girls In The Hood.’

Matching the Hot Girl Coach like-for-like, CiCi nailed it!

Recent years have seen the singer go all-out for Halloween. Case in point her recreation of Beyonce and JAY-Z’s ‘Apesh*t’ with her husband Russell Wilson. 

In here and now, though, get all the way into Ciara as the ‘Savage’ rapper below…

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Lil Nas X has honored his idol Nicki Minaj for Halloween!

Taking to social media, the ‘Old Town Road’ performer made jaws drop when he unveiled his Onika-flavored costume and accompanying photoshoot.

The 21-year-old has made no secret of his love for the femcee and tips his wig to the new mom with the spread – which he simply captioned “Nas Maraj.”

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In news just in, it has been confirmed that legendary actor Sean Connery has died aged 90.

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With production credits attached to work from Mary J. Blige, John Legend, Keyshia Cole, NIcki Minaj, Ne-Yo, H.E.R., and many more, Darhyl Camper – known by his stage name DJ Camper – is no stranger to working with some of Urban music’s big names.

As his fans ready themselves or his elusive debut album, they continue to get acquainted with his critically acclaimed work on Brandy‘s latest effort, ‘B7’ (on which he served as executive producer).

Now, the GRAMMY winning diva is returning the favor by being featured on his song – ‘Sleep.’

“Press lovely memories / Summer Breeze, Barbados, Tequila / We made love so gently / Hazy moons and starlit scenes, miss you girl,” he sings on the romantic track.

Accented by Bran’s signature layered harmonic stacks in the background, look inside to be fall in love with ‘Sleep.’

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, as our retrospective segments, ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay,’  allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our latest feature –  Chart Rewind – serves as a variation of our Retro Rewind assay to salute an entire era of music history.

This week, we’d love to take it back to ‘Sweet Love’ – the breakthrough and inaugural top 10 hit of Queen of Quiet Storm Anita Baker.

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13 songs comprise powerhouse vocalist JoJo‘s inaugural holiday offering, ‘December Baby’ (released October 30).

Fittingly titled as the GRAMMY winner celebrates her birthday only five days before Christmas, ‘December’ – announced just two weeks ago – was inspired by one of the singer’s favorite music icons.

“In the spirit of Mariah Carey. She has certainly inspired me in many ways and one of the ways is that I wanted to write some original Christmas music,” Jo said about her yuletide-themed effort.

Featuring PJ Morton, Jacob Collier, and more, the tracklist sees the 29-year-old put her twist on Christmas classics like ‘O Come All Ye Faithful,’ ‘Have Yourself a Merry Christmas,’ ‘The Christmas Song,’ and more while also introducing listeners to original cuts like ‘Wrap Me Up,’ ‘North Pole,’ and the set’s title track.

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At writing, Queen Naija‘s long-awaited debut album – ‘missunderstood’ (released October 30) – sits at #1 on the real-time sales chart of R&B iTunes.

An expected response to the project given the growing buzz around the 25-year-old over the last two years, the 18-track LP has also been winning thumbs up from critics across a number of high profile publications.

In an effort to increase the number of eyes on the set, Naija’s gifted yet another of the its gems the visual treatment.  Her third this month alone (following the Teyana Taylor-directed ‘Love Language’ and ‘Lie to Me’), look inside for ‘Pretend.’

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Sam Smith fans finally have their hands on the singer’s third studio album, ‘Love Goes’ (click here to stream).

Lined with hits ‘Dancing with a Stranger’ (featuring Normani), ‘I’m Ready’ (featuring Demi Lovato), ‘How Do You Sleep?,’ ‘Diamonds,’ and more, the long-awaited set – like ‘In the Lonely Hour’ (2014) and ‘The Thrill of It All’ (2017) before it – has been showered with praise by critics and fans alike since its arrival.

To appeal to record buyers on the fence, Smith – despite having previously released 8 of the LP’s 17 tracks – has unveiled a listen to yet another of its gems; ‘Kids Again.’

Taking to the fairground in the song’s Alasdair McLellan-directed accompanying visual, the setting acts as an ironic placement given the tune’s somber lyrics.

“…every time I hear our song it kind of hurts me still / ooh, even after all this time I kind of miss you still I’m wondering… / Do you even think about it / The way that we changed the world and don’t it make you sad / That we’ll never be kids again,” the GRAMMY winner croons on the Ryan Tedder-penned cut.

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