It’s definitely an exciting time for music lovers this year, especially for fans of their beloved female performers.  Not in a long while have so many high profile ladies released their musical offerings in tandem, causing both competition and scrutiny to be immense.  It almost harkens back to a time when icons such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and Madonna all competed for that top spot.

While the past year has been an active period for female stars such as Ke$ha, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and Katy Perry, the eyes of many glared longingly towards 2011. A year which would see Pop’s heavy-hitters Britney Spears, Lady GaGa, and Beyoncé vie -in tandem- for the pole position.  It goes without saying that ‘singers’ in the vein of the Rihanna’s and co seem to pop up every year on the Pop music spectrum; yet, no three ladies have amounted the success or of a following as these ladies.

With the release of Britney’s ‘Femme Fatale’ this March, along with the impending releases of GaGa’s ‘Born This Way’ and Beyoncé’s new album, it definitely leaves the question:  Thusfar, who has brought it?!

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It’s been a rocky 12 months for R&B diva Fantasia. Characterised by impressive high’s and almost tragic low’s. Now back and better than ever, the 26 year old is set to make a triumphant return to the UK stage this May.

In this candid interview, the Grammy Award winner talks about pending changes in her career, sales of her ‘Back to Me’, her next studio project, whether there’ll be another season of ‘Fantasia For Real’, and much more.

Check out the full discussion below:

Fantasia Shouts Out That Grape Juice

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Beyonce and Jay-Z were once again snapped out and about in Paris today. As earlier reported, the Carter’s are in the French city on an Easter vacation.

Meanwhile, Beyonce’s latest single ‘Run The World (Girls)’ currently sits at #17 on iTunes. Needless to say, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Although it must be said: never count Ms. Knowles out.

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Britney Spears just revealed on Twitter the official single cover for the much talked about remix to ‘Till The World Ends’ (ft. Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha).

The remix was released a day early today to digital outlets and is available for purchase here.

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Beyonce was mere millimeters away from a major wardrobe malfunction after exiting Coste restaurant in France recently. The singer’s new single, ‘Run The World (Girls)’, has thus far peaked at #5 on iTunes, getting off to a much slower start than expected.

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Beyonce isn’t usually camera shy but while spending time with her nephew and his father at Disneyland in France today the singer remained under the radar. Meanwhile, back in the US, her new single ‘Run The World (Girls)’, has already climbed to #30 on the iTunes chart without any promotion.

See if you can spot Beyonce in the image above and see more shots below thanks to Sandra Rose:

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Beyonce has been a staple feature of music headlines this week, after her eagerly awaited new single surfaced online. And while fans continue to petition for official word on the single, it appears the singer and her new management team at Roc Nation are working at their own pace.

For, amidst calls for the single -now officially dubbed ‘Run The World (Girls)’– to be made available on iTunes, the superstar has today released the record’s cover – accompanied by no further information.

That said, surely it’s only a matter of days before we’re clued up on what Bouncy will be offering this go round. Goodness knows it couldn’t come soon enough.

Randomness: Did you know, Solange is no longer signed to Music World too? Like Big Sis, the youngest of the Knowles clan has made the move to Roc Nation. And has been there for some time now. Remember where you read it first.

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In a rare occurrence, Lady GaGa toned things down while visiting Walt Disney World last night. The ‘Judas’ singer, who was in town for a sell-out show at Orlando’s Amway Center, looked noticeably demure while posing it up with the Evil Queen from Disney classic Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.

The superstar and her team are said to have had a ‘ball’ at the resort. {Source}

In other GaGa news, ‘Judas’ currently sits at #1 on the iTunes charts of a whopping 12 countries. 12!

With the US being one of those countries, the RedOne produced song is on course to stage a major chart upset – denying Rihanna‘s ‘S&M’ the top spot. Boosted by digital sales and radio play of its Britney Spears-assisted remix, ‘S&M’ was almost a shoo-in for the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 next week – yet looks set to have to settle for 2nd place.

Keep it locked to see who prevails come next week. In the meanwhile… Paws up!

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As if Rihanna and Britney Spears‘ ‘S&M’ remix wasn’t comical enough, the red-haired star has hit out at suggestion that Spears sounded “nasally” on the track. How ironic.

While calling in to 92.3 NOW FM to promote the collabo, Not Beyonce was bluntly informed by host DJ Lil Cee that masses aren’t feeling Spears’s contribution to the record – regardless of its iTunes standing.

Check out her hilarious response after the jump…

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As earlier reported, Kelly Rowland stopped by Power 105.1’s Breakfast Club this morning to promote her new single ‘Motivation (ft. Lil Wayne)’. Check out the R&B diva posing it up with the show’s hosts Charlamagne, Angela Yee, and DJ Envy above.

In other Rowland news, after its release yesterday ‘Motivation’ currently sits at #31 and rising on the iTunes Top 100. Meanwhile on the retailer’ R&B chart, the  song occupies the #4 position. Go Ms. Kelly!

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Jennifer Lopez keeps the momentum of her Dance-flavoured ‘On The Floor (Ft. Pitbull)’ going with yet another RedOne-produced track entitled ‘Papi’. Set to be released as the next promotional single from her upcoming ‘Love?’ LP, the record with make its iTunes debut on April 19th.

Listen to a preview of ‘Papi’ below:

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Jessie J’s ‘Who You Are’ album hit stores in the US today and in her usual fashion she kicked off the celebration of the album’s release with an energetic performances, this time on ‘The Today Show’. The LP has already climbed to #2 on the main iTunes chart with little promotion.

Peep Jessie’s renditions of the album’s 1st single, ‘Price Tag’, and ‘L.O.V.E’ below:

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