Despite lifting official and/or animated music videos for every song on the album, slashing its first-week price twice (as we reported here), and embarking on an aggressive promotional tour in its support, music buyers are apparently still scowling at ‘Smile’ – the latest LP from Katy Perry.

The follow-up to her critically and commercially panned ‘Witness’ (2017), ‘Smile’ – released August 28 – is Perry’s first major label effort to charge into chart battle without a Hot 100 top 10 single preceding it.  Garnering modest first-week sales that landed it at #5 on the Billboard 200, its placement made it her first major label effort since her debut (2010’s ‘One of the Boys’) to miss the chart’s top spot.

Its performance in week 2 spelled even worse.  See what we mean inside:

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Kanye West is in the mist of yet another meltdown.

And his actions may just be his most shocking yet.

For, amidst an impassioned tirade against the music industry, the rapper urinated – yes, urinated – on one of his GRAMMY Awards.

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‘One Too Many’ serves as the surprisingly delectable duet of music superstars Keith Urban and P!nk.

No stranger to the genre as she’s shared tune time with the likes of Kenny Chesney and Chris Stapleton in the past, P!nk’s latest foray into Country sees her effort with Urban land on his long-awaited 11th studio album, ‘The Speed of Now (Part 1).’

Ahead of the inaugural live showing of the song at The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards (which airs tonight at 8/7c), look inside for your first listen.

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Teyana Taylor has used the music videos of her third official era, ‘The Album,’ to not only demonstrate her prowess as a director but also make some conversation-worthy statements.

Most recently dropping jaws with her sociopolitical clip for song ‘Still’ (which featured her dressed as different victims of police brutality like Breonna Taylor and George Floyd), the R&B sexpot’s now dropping draws in the new music video for the steamy ‘1800-One-Night.’

The self-directed affair sees Taylor providing late night service as a sex operator and seducing her customers to a private room of their call center.

A revamped throwback to the infomercials of yesteryear, look inside to see the action:

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Late last year, news of a reboot of ‘The Game’ excited fans in earnest.

As reported, the popular dramedy was set to be revived at The CW.

Retooled as an hour-long weekly series, the refreshed show reunited originals such as Wendy Raquel Robinson, Tia Mowry, Hosea Chanchez, and Pooch Hall with new names for a new story.

Those plans didn’t pan out. However, there’s no need to fret because it looks like it’s been green-lit elsewhere.

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Cardi B broke the internet last night when news of her shock divorce filing hit the wire.

As reported, the femcee petitioned to end her two year marriage to Migos rapper Offset.

The tone and terms of the document’s particulars fuelled speculation that the split was sudden, seismic, and set to be contentious.

Now, it appears that isn’t the case.

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In what has become standard fare since the #VERZUZ platform skyrocketed into popularity, its creators – Timbaland and Swizz Beatz – follow each battle with a reflection on the previous duel and discuss who would be great prospective match-ups for future showdowns.

Such was no different Sunday, September 13 as the culture collectively celebrated revisiting the prized discographies of the latest combatants Gladys Knight and Patti Labelle.

Yet, while the two producers were on the “wind down,” they discussed and later disagreed that longtime friends/collaborators Janet Jackson and Missy Elliott would be a good pairing – with Beatz even insinuating Jackson did not have enough hits to compete.

Needless to say, the suggestion sent the Pop Queen’s fans on the attack – a string of events that led Swizz to social media Tuesday (September 15) to clarify yet double down on his original statement.

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As reports rang across the net that Cardi B had filed for divorce from Offset after three years of marriage, the rumor mill immediately assumed it was due to the Migos star having an extramarital affair.

If sources close to the couple are to be believed, the whispers were right.

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‘Any rumor about me, let me dead it’ – a line from Megan Thee Stallion‘s hit ‘Girls in the Hood’ – are words she’s continuing to live by as evidenced by her recent Instagram live posts.

The most recent chat with followers saw her address rumors she physically abused her ex-boyfriend Karim York.  During her talk on the social media platform (which drew in over 60,000 viewers at its height), the award-winning rapstress stated:

“I don’t like when people flat out tell lies,” she barked. “They antagonize me every day online, they pick with me every godd*mn day. They’re always making up stories about me and now I really feel like I’m gonna have to start doing something about it. ‘Cause you b*tches are really crazy.”

The incident in question stems from a mugshot of the femcee that resurfaced online alongside blog reports she had been arrested for beating her then boyfriend after discovering he was having an affair.

Look inside to hear her sound off on this matter and more:

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Amid an ongoing firestorm of negative press (as we have reported here), Tamar Braxton‘s new reality series – ‘Get Ya Life’ – debuted on WEtv Thursday (September 10).

First scheduled for a July 30 launch, the show’s premiere was postponed after the GRAMMY-nominee’s highly publicized suicide attempt stemming from drama allegedly related to her presentation in it.

Without its star hitting the promo trail in its support, the program made a less-than-stellar debut last week.

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The roll out for Sam Smith‘s yet-titled third album has been murky to say the least.

Launched in 2019 on the back of one of the year’s biggest hits, the Normani-assisted ‘Dancing with a Stranger,’ the pending project saw its subsequent singles perform progressively worse leading up to the most recent release, ‘My Oasis’ (which missed the Hot 100 all together).

The latest bid to rescue the era comes in the form of the newly announced, ‘Diamonds.’

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Little Mix lit up BBC Radio 1‘s Live Lounge today.

Perrie, Jade, Jesy, and Leigh-Anne took center-stage, wowing with a harmonious rendition current single ‘Holiday.’

The Pop quad also performed a cover of Harry Styles‘ ‘Falling.’

Today’s showing arrives as the ladies gear up for the release of their sixth studio album and new BBC talent show ‘Little Mix’: The Search.’

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