Before R&B counterpart Ciara watched her new LP ‘Ciara’ soar to #2 on this week’s Billboard 200, Rihanna arrived in the UK to perform a set at this year’s ‘T in The Park‘ Festival.

During her ‘Unapologetic’ delivery, the ROC star whipped up a fresh serving of her emotive number ‘What Now‘, now available to watch- and perhaps enjoy- below!

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And the accolades continue to pour in.

Justin Timberlake‘s blockbuster success with ‘The 20/20 Experience’ has been rewarded with a whopping six nominations at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards it was announced moments ago.

The Pop maestro’s comeback effort, which hit stores in March (and sees a sequel unleashed this September), has nabbed the singer the most number of nominations at the 30th anniversary of the iconic show, which airs live from New York’s Barclays Center on August 25th. It’s an honor the 32-year-old shares with Hip-Pop stars Macklemore & Ryan Lewis whose success with hits such as ‘Thrift Shop’ and ‘Same Love’ have propelled them from little known hopefuls to global chart-toppers.

What categories are each up for? Who else has been nominated? Fret not, the answers await after the jump!

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Van Toffler‘s MTV have announced they are to announce the nominees for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards via the social networking video sharing formats Instagram and Vine today.

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As one of the most active online destinations for Urban Pop, things move at a rapid pace here at That Grape Juice. However, each week, there’s always select stories that resonate most amongst our millions of monthly readers. Happen to miss one of them? Fret not, you now have…The Refill!

No frills or trills, The Refill simply recaps the hottest topics on the lips of the TGJ faithful over the last seven days. The metrics used to compile the list weekly are comments, social media shares, and page views.  So without further adieu…

That Grape Juice’s Top 5 Stories Of The Week!

1) She’s Back: Lady GaGa Announces ‘ARTPOP’ Release Details

2) Pollstar Reveal Top Tours 2013 List 

3) Beyonce Blazes ‘Flaunt’ Magazine

4) Album Sales Predictions: Jay-Z & Ciara To Storm Charts

5) Rihanna Turns Up 3 Hours Late To Concert: Fans Enraged

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Your thoughts?

Much to the dismay of his tightly knit family, last night saw a jury of six women find George Zimmerman ‘not guilty’ for the second degree murder and manslaughter of their son Trayvon Martin.

Now, in response to the startling decision not to find him guilty of what appeared to be an obvious crime, celebrities have taken to Jack Dorsey‘s social media platform Twitter to share their thoughts on the tragic matter.

Some of their comments below….

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Following the well celebrated success of J.Cole’s new LP ‘Born Sinner’, today has brought news that will no doubt see his ROC boss Jay Z celebrate just as much!

Why, you ask?

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J.Cole has much cause to celebrate today!

Well, at least if he’s been keeping on eye on the sales of his brand new album ‘Born Sinner’ and that of its closest competition ‘Yeezus‘, by Kanye West.

Find out why below…

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1) Ciara – Super Turnt Up

2) Jay-Z & Beyonce – On The Run (Part II)

3) Kelly Rowland – Put Your Name On It

4) Ariana Grande – The Way

5) J.Cole & TLC – Crooked Smile

What are Your Top 5 Songs of The Moment?

Samsung may have purchased 1 million copies of his new LP for their mobile phone users, but it seems Jay Z won’t be needing these sales to top the Billboard 200 next week.

Indeed, thanks to a short but potent digital campaign launched for the ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’, pre-orders for the release have sky rocketed in the last week, giving it no choice but to soar to the top of the charts next week!

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Much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.  So in a quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday we introduced a new retrospective segment – ‘TGJ Replay’.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase albums (and eras) from a library of pop music hits.  Finally, we go back to Next Selection/Bad Boy beauty Cassie‘s eponymous debut…

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….and Rihanna‘s just scored herself another hit.

As her critically panned ‘Diamonds World Tour’ continues to rock many a stadium/arena across the globe, the performer has seen her Urban single ‘Pour It Up’ extend her lead as one of the fastest selling singles from the genre in the last year.

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As it gears up to take on Ciara’s new album ‘Ciara’ next week, Jay Z‘s ‘Magna Carta’ adds fresh oil to its promo engine with the release of ‘BBC‘, the epic new song featuring a collection of Pop’s brightest stars.

Sans his strongest creation Rihanna, the cut sees Jay share the mic with Pop Queen Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, and Hip Hop staples Nas, Pharrell (above) Swizz Beatz and the legend that is Timbaland.

Enjoy after the jump…

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