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The Billboard Music Awards 2015 will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17, from 8-11 p.m. ET on ABC, set to celebrate the best of what Pop music had to offer in the last year.

Today brings with it the ceremony’s nominations list.

Who was celebrated and who was snubbed?

Find out below…

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Rita Ora isn’t the only new act getting major play here at TGJ HQ.

For, storming onto the scene in spectacular style is Gabi Wilson, the R&B songstress some may recognise from the movie ‘School Gyrls‘, starring Angie Stone.

Now, she’s taken on Drake‘s jam ‘Jungle‘, reworking it for the world after the release of his new LP ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.’

Check her out below…

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While Kendrick Lamar‘s talent is unquestionable, the Compton bred rapper left many scratching their heads when the pre-order link for his sophomore album hit the net.

Sporting a 17-song tracklist, the LP – the follow-up to 2013’s ‘good kid, M.A.A.D City’ – was billed as ‘Untitled.’ A fact which had many wondering if the rap titan has christened the project as such.

Fast forward a week and the mystery has been solved.

Taking to Instagram today, the MC shared the project’s official cover and revealed its confirmed name.

Peep the artwork above and the title below…

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Grammy-nominated singer Kid Rock has seen his social media handles rocked by Beyonce‘s faithful #Beyhive after he lent some very stinging comments about her in a recent Rolling Stone interview.  Asserting the ‘Crazy In Love’ songstress has no iconic hits listed aboard her nearly two decade old discography, Rock fired shots heard around the world and, in the process, incited a bevy of #Beyhive stings for his infraction.

The fan group swarmed his Instagram page with several emojis and photos of bees, totaling in the thousands as of today.  This, in conjunction with a slew of death wishes, have seen the ‘Only God Knows Why’ singer’s social media handles locked in a frenzy

See what we mean below:

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Recent years have not been kind to Kid Rock‘s once rousing career. Sadly, it seems, the rocker is channelling his frustrations into controversial comments aimed at some of today’s biggest stars.

His words, in a new interview, about 20-time Grammy winner Beyonce have raised the most eyebrows.

Find out why below…

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Madonna is igniting the promotional trail in support of her new album ‘Rebel Heart’, due globally on March 10th.

Her latest stop? Rolling Stone magazine.

Quotes from the Pop queen’s interview feature have begun to surface and one in particular has set tongues a’wagging.

The 56-year-old reflects on her “feud” with Lady GaGa, which became headline news after she famously deemed the ‘Bad Romance’ singer “reductive” in 2012.

Her words below…

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‘Rolling in the Deep‘ singer Adele has enlisted the help of Lana Del Rey producer’s Emile Haynie this year, calling on the musician to create songs for her forthcoming album.

Full story below…

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What started as a dream come true for ‘Loser’ singer Beck is turning into a Twitter nightmare as the multi-Grammy award winning rocker – who has over 2 decades of hits included two albums listed aboard Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ list – has found himself on the receiving end of a bevy of #Beystings as imparted by the ever-faithful fanbase of songstress Beyonce.

After his most 2014 release ‘Morning Phase’ trumped the 20-time winning diva’s self-titled effort for ‘Album of the Year’ at this Sunday’s ceremony,  the #Beyhive went into attack mode on Twitter…even updating the singer’s Wikipedia page with insults.

Find out more below:

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“She deserves it way more than I do. I’d be embarrassed if I got it over her. If I got it, I’d give it to her.”

Sam Smith had that to say on Beyonce recently, revealing that he intends to hand her a Grammy award if he beats her to win one at next month’s ceremony.

He announced his plans during a tell-all interview with ‘Rolling Stone’ which hits stands this Friday, also sharing details on bullying he faced during his teen years and why he is bored of being compared to ‘Cold Shoulder‘ chanteuse Adele.

His words below…

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‘TGJ Replay’ is back!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest retrospective segment to act as a written quest, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.  Next up?  Unsung R&B beau Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, better known as Ginuwine.

Get into his 1999 sophomore album ‘100% Ginuwine’ below:

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Is Lana Del Rey unhappy with her latest album ‘Ultraviolence‘?

If her recent conversation with ‘Grazia’ is anything to go by, she is, blaming herself not listening to “hunches” she had when writing a number of its songs?

Her words below…

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After learning hackers had gotten their hands on three jams from his latest album ‘Views from the 6′, Hip Hop titan Drake beat them to the chase and released them himself yesterday.

Doing so before he announces the album’s release date, his decision to “leak” the songs ‘6 God‘, ‘How About Now‘ and ‘Heat of the Moment‘ went a long way to reignite interest in the album, set to feature lyrics inspired his on/off relationship with ‘Diamonds’ singer Rihanna.

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