When Ariana Grande‘s fans cried foul at reports her latest single, ‘Thank U, Next,’ was not topping the iTunes charts (despite being #1 on every other real time chart), Apple listened.

The result?  An investigation was launched that deemed Kris Wu – a rising Chinese-Canadian actor and pop star – acquired his iTunes-dominating sales fraudulently.

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Hurricane Gaga is sweeping through the music scape with fervent ferocity.

As widely reported, today brings with it the global theatrical release of ‘A Star Is Born’ as well as its companion soundtrack.

A number of songs from the movie are making a splash straight out of the gate.

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Mother Monster is fast on her way to birthing her latest hit thanks to the ‘A Star Is Born’ soundtrack single, ‘Shallow.’

Described as a “slow burning power ballad,” the acoustic number sees Lady Gaga show off her sonic and vocal range behind heart-tugging lyrics and co-star Bradley Cooper rugged baritone to assist.

The first taste of the film’s official movie soundtrack ahead of its October 5th debut (the same day the movie arrives in theaters), look inside to hear the cut and see the fanfare it’s already receiving…

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Something very interesting happened on iTunes last week.

What it was? Well, after watching all of the releases Lil’ Kim launched following her departure from Atlantic Records sink commercially, last week saw a number of the brilliant performer’s older material make a miraculous return and soar into the iTunes Albums Chart.

Interesting, as all of this happened in the same week her nemesis Nicki Minaj dropped her latest album ‘Queen.’

Only right then, with her digital gains in mind, that Kim fans expect the LPs to move enough units to make major waves on the Billboard 200.

Alas, they haven’t…and it’s left many of them confused.

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Not even 24 hours after releasing her long-awaited new single ‘Made For Now,’ the first lift from her yet-titled follow-up album to 2015’s ‘Unbreakable,’ pop icon Janet Jackson’s returned to familiar territory on the charts:  the top spot.

Having just unveiled its Dave Meyers-directed music video at 12a EST, the song’s skipped over the day’s top hits (i.e. Cardi B’s ‘I Like It,’ Drake’s ‘In My Feelings,’ and more) to capture the iTunes Pop charts perch.

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The Queen reigns again.

Following this morning’s announcement of the passing of Aretha Franklin (click here to read), the outpouring of grief has seen fans open their hearts and wallets – a move that sees the music monarch’s biggest hits dominate the current iTunes sales charts.

Pushing the likes of Drake‘s megahit ‘In My Feelings,’ Cardi B‘s ‘I Like It,’ and more of the day’s top hits aside, Franklin’s most memorable numbers – ‘Respect,’ ‘(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman,’ and ‘Chain of Fools’ are just a few of the titles that are topping the tally (as of time reported).

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Is it fate or just coincidence that the week Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Queen’ album hits digital shelves music lovers find their interest reawakened in the work of her archnemesis, Lil Kim (namely her game-changing debut album, ‘Hardcore’)?

Sales and streams of her latest effort – ‘Nasty One’ – may not exactly be on the up side as of time reported, but her 1996 inaugural set (featuring the hits ‘No Time,’ ‘Not Tonight,’ and ‘Crush On You’) is currently crushing competition 22 years its junior.

The sudden spike in sales even caught Kim’s attention and she took to Twitter to offer her thanks to her beloved fan base, affectionately called #KillerBees.  Details inside:

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Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Queen’ has reigned over the iTunes charts since its unexpected release on Friday (August 10).

Storming the digital charts shortly after its release (unseating Jason Mraz‘s ‘Know’ in the process), the album has held a tight grip atop the U.S. sales tally well over the weekend – a feat that shows no signs of slowing over the course of its inaugural tracking week (as of time reported).  Even the rap diva herself took to Instagram to report the project had become the first female rap album to simultaneously hit #1 on the sales tallies of 81 different countries (click here to see that).

And, as if that’s not enough to celebrate, Minaj recently learned ‘Fefe’ –  her controversial collaboration with rapper 6ix9ine – has crossed the platinum threshold just less than two weeks after it hit Gold.

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Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy’ is on its way to reclaiming a spot on the iTunes Albums Chart’s Top 20.

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Ciara is off to a scorching start with new single ‘Level Up.’

Turbo-powered by a dance-heavy music video, the track has found favor among the singer’s fanbase and beyond.

Case in point, it’s charting on US iTunes.

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June’s Diary are showing and proving with their new EP ‘All Of Us.’

Released yesterday, the six song set serves as the quintet’s first body of work since being formed by Kelly Rowland and Frank Gatson on BET’s ‘Chasing Destiny.’

Fans have clearly been anticipating because they’re snapping up the set at a feverish rate.

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Beyonce and Jay-Z shocked the masses when they dropped their surprise-but-much-rumored joint album ‘Everything Is Love’ over the weekend.

The 9-track set was turbo-powered by the video for ‘APES**T,’ which featured the couple flexing inside and outside the Louvre in Paris.

And it seems folk are reacting exactly how the song’s title asks.

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