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Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd & Drake have picked up nominations at this year’s iHeartRadio Awards!

Good news for the Universally renown artists below…

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This year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards have already given Nicki Minaj good reason to celebrate.

Why?

She’s only gone and dominated its nominations list!

News that’ll make her rap rivals sick with envy below…

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Ciara 'Fantasy Ride' Cover & Tracklisting
Peep the alternate cover for Ciara’s forthcoming ‘Fantasy Ride’ LP. Put simply, this is A LOT better than the original (which will still be used). 
The tracklisting for the LP, which Amazon have revealed, has kinda caused outrage among Ms. Harris’ fans – who were promised a 3 disc ‘musical journey’. Instead, a collection of 13 tracks, many of which have been heared already, form the final tracklisting.  Check it out below:

1. “Ciara to the Stage”
2. “Love Sex Magic” featuring Justin Timberlake
3. “High Price” featuring Ludacris
4. “Turntables” featuring Chris Brown
5. “Like a Surgeon”
6. “Never Ever” featuring Young Jeezy
7. “Lover’s Thing” featuring The-Dream
8. “Work” featuring Missy Elliott
9. “Pucker Up”
10. “G is for Girl (A-Z)”
11. “Keep Dancin’ on Me”
12. “What’s Your Name”
13. “I Don’t Remember”

Hmmm. Here’s hoping the tracks we’ve yet to hear deliver…they are really going to need to. 
Tidbit: With ‘High Price’ making the final tracklist, I still say it should have been the first single.
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Soulja Lines Up New Album & More Despite being ridiculed as a ‘one hit wonder’, teen star Soulja Boy is currently readying his sophomore LP as well as several other ventures. Check out the report via MTV.com:

“My new album is called Back to School,” he revealed last week in Atlanta. “Basically, it is really me taking it back to the basics. It’s time to start studying again. Make it happen, man. … The time I drop the album, everybody is gonna be going back to school. My fans are 21 and under. That’s what I’m focusing on.”

Soulja may have rapped about getting F’s in school, but since he’s become a celeb, the young’un has obviously garnered knowledge in economics. He has a full blitz tied into the album. Besides the record, he’s dropping the Soulja Boy sunglasses, his own signature shoes called Yums, as well as a cartoon titled “Bad Little Homies” about him and his friends. Not to be left out is the ever-essential clothing, S.O.D.s. It’s named after his record label, Stacks on Deck. On deck are his protégés the All-Stars. Topping it all off will be the Soulja Boy and Friends Tour, featuring himself and other young acts.

Soulja said that since he’s making all that money now, he’ll be willing to open his album up for collaborations this time. He produced 90 percent of his debut and had no big-name features.

“I’m on Interscope [Records]. I could have went to 50 [Cent], Polow [Da Don], Timbaland,” he said about his first effort. “I feel as though I had to prove myself. [This time,] I’mma look around [for tracks], whether it’s a producer like Polow or a producer nobody ever heard of. For my fanbase, people who tune in to Soulja Boy, I think a good feature would be me and Chris Brown. Soulja Boy featuring Chris Brown — my audience would be like, ‘Oh my God!’ ”

Didn’t his first album (which was garbage IMO) just come out?! I guess he knows his ’15’ could be up at anytime (they arguably they are already), so he’s keeping it moving. I can’t knock his hustle. Saying that, I find it a little hard to believe any of the artists he name-dropped would ever think of doing a collabo with him. Imagine 50 and Soulja Boy on the same track LMAO.


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It’s a little-known fact that Ciara is one of only a handful of female acts who can boast lifting at least one Platinum-certified single from each of her first seven studio albums.

For context, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) christens an effort “Platinum” when it crosses the sales equivalence threshold of 1 million in the United States.

Thanks to her latest certification, however, it appears the R&B diva is well on her way to extending that record for her overall discography.

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It’s GRAMMY nomination time!

Music’s biggest calendar night, the 67th annual GRAMMY Awards, are set to air on February 2, 2025 live on CBS.

The industry’s brightest stars will align to shine at the event, which takes place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and will boast performances from the creme de la creme.

Today, excitement for the ceremony soared to new heights as its committee revealed which artists have been nominated in which categories.

What are you waiting for? The full nominations for the 2025 GRAMMYs await below…

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GloRilla is leaving few stones unturned in promotion of her debut album, the October 11-released ‘Glorious.’

Having already rocked top award shows with live performances of songs from the set in the months leading up to its rollout (see: BET Awards, MTV VMAs), the 25-year-old has spent the last week on a whirlwind promo tour that’s taken her to ‘ET,’ ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show,’ and beyond – most recently popping up on Charlamagne Tha God‘s ‘Out of Context.’

While there, Big Glo hinted at big news that she may be set to drop an entire collaboration album with one of the year’s other big female rappers.

Details inside.

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Nearly a decade separated Jordin Sparks fans from her last traditional studio album, 2015’s ‘Right Here Right Now,’ but now they can enjoy access to a new LP from the ‘American Idol‘ alum courtesy of the September 13-released ‘No Restrictions.’

A 15-track set featuring the critically acclaimed lead singles ‘Rememberand Call My Name,’ ‘Restrictions’ boasts guest appearances from big names like Stonebwoy, Shawn Stockman (of Boyz II Men), T-Pain, and more.

Stream the project inside courtesy of Apple Music and Spotify.

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The credits have rolled on the action-packed 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, which boasted many-a-memorable moment from blazing stage performances to technical hiccups, shocking on-stage antics, and more.

But, with all eyes on who took home which honor, did your favorite win any of the coveted Moonperson?

Look inside to recap the full winner’s list.

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Quavo shows no signs of slowing down the music releases to amp up excitement for his forthcoming third studio album, the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Rocket Power.’

Beyond the diss tracks dropped during his unexpected beef with Chris Brown, the former Migos frontman also dropped ‘Real One,’ ‘Clear the Smoke,’ ‘Potato Loaded,’ and more over the last four months.

Adding to the growing stack of 2024 releases is the June 14-unveiled ‘Mink.’

“Lil’ bit’ p—y pink, so I went and bought a mink (Pink) / I was workin’ a trap, never worked a plan B / Don’t forget your strap, boy, playin’ in these streets (Bao) / I just put two hundred bands sin the kitchen sink (Kitchen),” he raps on the Atake-produced cut.

Hear it inside courtesy of its accompanying KeeMotion and Huncho Films-directed music video.

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Aya Nakamura adds a fresh flare to her new single ‘Hypé’ by way of a remix featuring Ayra Starr.

And the pair set things off in earnest by delivering the dynamite collaboration with its accompanying music video.

Directed by YC, the slick visual sees the duo dance up a storm while trading verses about leaving a wrongdoing lover in rearview.

The international link-up comes as both ladies continue to blaze a trail on a global scale. Indeed, Nakamura has been confirmed to perform at the Olympics 2024 and Starr has on-boarded Chris Brown’s North American ’11:11 Tour.’

Watch the ladies in action after the jump…

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