The fortune The Weeknd has amassed as a musician makes him one of Pop’s wealthiest men.

How the ‘Starboy‘ celebrated the work he has put in over the last decade?

By treating himself to a $21 million gift.

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Pepa of Salt-n-Pepa believes jealousy lies at the heart of her feud with Spinderella.

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The 25th anniversary festivities continue for Mariah Carey and her classic album ‘Merry Christmas’ and its ever-giving hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You.’

Moments ago, Mimi unwrapped her Amazon mini-documentary about the 1994 smash – delving deep into her motivations for crafting the music and its enduring legacy.

As reported, ‘All I Want’ this week leaped to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (its highest peak to date) and has many analysts predicting a possible #1 before the holidays are over. Especially with all the activations Team Mariah have in-place to celebrate the landmark milestone.

For now, though, watch the doc in full after the jump…

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There may be but a few weeks left of 2019, but it looks as though Ariana Grande will be crowning the year with the release of yet another project.

For, the songbird has revealed she will be hatching her much discussed live album before the year’s end.

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Chris Brown is officially a father of two.

After much speculation, the hitmaker has announced the birth of a bouncing baby boy.

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2019 saw Lizzo lit up the charts in a way few could have forecast. And TIME Magazine have honored her accordingly.

On a grind for almost a decade, the Houston native saw her career boom – uniquely with bops from years prior. Case in point chart-topper ‘Truth Hurts’ (2017) and ‘Good As Hell’ (2016).

Her unorthodox story has seen her take the industry by storm and nab a whopping 8 nominations at the upcoming GRAMMYs.

Prior to the big night, TIME have bestowed on her of of their most coveted salutes.

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Katy Perry is feeling all sorts of liberated these days.

Because, despite amassing 1.4 billion streams this year, the Pop starlet has shared that she’s not principally driven by commercial success anymore.

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Harry Styles is pressing on full steam with the push for sophomore album ‘Fine Line.’

Ahead of its arrival on Friday (December 13th), the former One Direction lead staged a takeover of The Late Late Show With James Corden. 

As well as stepping in as guest host, Styles took to the stage to perform latest single ‘Adore You.’ 

Check out his stirring showing below, where his Carpool Karaoke segment also awaits…

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Whether good, bad, ugly, or somewhere in between, 2019 brought with it some of modern Pop culture’s most memorable moments.

Now, as the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on 31 moments that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop musical landscape as we know it.

Next, we’ll look back on how the monstrous success of Mother Monster’s ‘Shallow’ not only penciled her name in history books, but reaffirmed her position as one of Pop culture’s leading forces.

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This time last year relative newcomer Jacquees ruffled the feathers of some of R&B’s most devoted listeners when he crowned himself the genre’s king (click here to read more).  Inciting ridicule and backlash – even from some of the format’s most prized male vocalists (see:  Usher, R. Kelly, Trey Songz, and more) – the announcement garnered all the wrong types of attention for the 25-year-old.

Despite the push back, ‘Quees doubled down on his proclamation by titling his sophomore effort ‘King of R&B’ (in stores now).  Now hot on the promo trail in its support, he’s hitting back at detractors who mistake his ‘confidence for arrogance.’  Most recently spotted at SiriusXM cranking out live renditions of some of the album’s prized gems, look inside to hear him sound off on ‘haters’ and more:

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Ally Brooke dazzled viewers of the ‘Miss Universe 2019’ pageant on Sunday (December 8) when she delivered a medley of ‘Low Key,’ ‘Higher,’ and other songs set to line her long-awaited solo debut effort.

Yet, while praise rang out on social media for the 26-year-old’s improved stage presence and confidence, that acclaim was later outpaced by a swarm of detractors who slammed the former Fifth Harmony darling for her second performance. Following her uptempo opener with a slowed salute to Queen of Tejano Selena, Brooke – a Texas native – tackled the Grammy winner’s 1995 hit, ‘Dreaming of You,’ with a stirring cover.

Unfortunately, it stirred some to anger and disappointment.  See what we mean inside:

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While promoting his new book, ‘Destiny’s Child:  The Untold Story,’ their former manager Mathew Knowles told a story to our friends at VLADTV that started a firestorm.

As we reported here, the music mogul dished on the early days of the best-selling girl group by also discussing some of their early hardships.  One such “bump in the road” was an incident where, according to Knowles, a teenage Kelly Rowland reported members of R&B group Jagged Edge were harassing her and Beyoncé.  And, while Mathew never specifically stated the harassment was of a sexual nature (even though it was strongly implied), J.E.’s alleged misconduct led him to permanently dissolve his business relationship with them at the time.

Just moments after the explosive accusation hit the net Tuesday (December 10), the #Beyhive – Bey’s beloved fan group – sprung to action and began swarming the ‘Let’s Get Married’ maestros’ respective social media handles with bee emojis and insults.  The response led some of the members to clap back.

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