Ciara is making a beeline for the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.

Because, it’s just been announced that Super Ci will be taking to the stage at the extravaganza next month.

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Normani and Sam Smith have done it.

Proving that slow and steady can indeed win the race, the pair’s single ‘Dancing With A Stranger’ (which was unleashed in January) has grinded its way into the coveted top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. 

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The 2019 Billboard Music Awards just added a mega-watt star to its performer line-up.

For, it’s just been announced that Madonna will be taking to the stage at the May 1st ceremony.

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With a Staples Center-hosted homegoing affair followed by a procession through the streets of Los Angeles, slain rapper Nipsey Hussle took his final victory lap today as documented by a live streamed memorial service broadcast on BET, ET, CBS, and more respectively.

As the outpour of grief continued among his longtime supporters, fellow celebrities (in attendance at the ceremony and beyond), and more, some fans opted to honor his memory by supporting his latest effort – ‘Victory Lap.’  Just days ago Billboard reported the sales of the project (in the wake of initial reports of his death) were so strong they hoisted the set to a #2 position on this week’s Billboard 200.

Now, refreshed sales figures increased by coverage of his memorial service could see him grasp the top spot from current tenant, Billie Eilish, on next week’s tally.

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Mariah Carey is an icon of a lifetime. It’s fitting, then, that the diva supreme has been unveiled as the recipient of the Icon honor at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.

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Not even a year after first laying claim to the record of ‘most concurrent charting singles on the Hot 100’ with her blockbuster debut album, ‘Invasion of Privacy’ (as we reported here), Grammy-winning rapstress Cardi B saw the title snatched from her thanks to the out-of-the-box success of relative newcomer Billie Eilish.

The 17-year-old singer-songwriter soared to the top of the Billboard 200 this week with her debut studio album, ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,’ thanks to some jaw-dropping streaming numbers (194 million to be exact).  The collective figures of the project’s songs helped her earn a whopping 14 simultaneous placements on the singles chart.  Billboard reports:

Of the album’s 13 songs, 12 make the Hot 100 (the set’s final track, “Goodbye,” falls just shy), and are joined by additional tracks “Lovely,” with Khalid, and “Ocean Eyes.”

As we raise a glass to the Los Angeles-native, look inside to see who join her and Cardi in the top 25 this week on the Hot 100:

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It’s that time of year!

The Billboard Music Awards are back for its 2019 instalment and today the much anticipated nominees were revealed.

This year’s BBMAs host Kelly Clarkson as well as Dan + Shay were on-hand for the partial announcement this morning on the TODAY Show.

In the time since, the full list of finalists for the May 1st ceremony (which airs live on new network NBC from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas) has surfaced.

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P!nk fans in need of a new music fix from the Pop diva will get their fill in less than a month as her highly anticipated new LP, ‘Hurts 2B Human,’ will hit digital shelves April 26.

Kicked off by the anthemic tune, ‘Walk Me Home,‘ which has already collected over 35 million Spotify streams since its late February 2019 debut (click here to listen), the album is now available for pre-order and, as such, has seen its official tracklist revealed in full.  Beyond ‘Home’ and its follow-up, ‘Hustle’ (which can be heard by clicking here), the 39-year-old songstress tapped the likes of Urban music star Khalid, country star Chris Stapleton, and more to assist with filling out gems for her 8th studio album.

Could she be well on her way to her next chart-topper?

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Despite having shared the stage with the likes of former band Fifth Harmony, Urban hitmaker Khalid, and more, Normani – albeit no stranger to setting stages alight by her lonesome – hasn’t had many televised performances as the show leader.  Last night’s appearance on the “Tonight Show” (March 13) was one of many strides to change that.

A month after premiering the long-awaited visual to her debut solo single, ‘Waves’ (click here to watch), the burgeoning diva called on the song’s collaborator, 6LACK, to assist for the tune’s inaugural televised outing. Undoubtedly a bid to push the song into a Hot 100 placement (which has eluded it as of time reported), look inside to see how ‘Mani fared:

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Normani is on quite the roll!

Since flying from the nest of Fifth Harmony, the rising solo star has been a soaring force on the charts.

First, she nabbed a top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with omnipresent Khalid collaboration ‘Love Lies’ and now Sam Smith duet ‘Dancing With A Stranger’ has helped her cross a major milestone.

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Are we the only ones who love when awards’ season is in full swing?

With the Grammys and Golden Globes in our rearview, next up is the NAACP Image Awards.

Unveiling its full list of nods today, the prestigious award honors actors, actresses, singers, authors, and activists of color, in and out of the entertainment industry, via its 50th annual presentation this year live on TV One.

Music royals such as Beyonce, JAY-Z, and Janet Jackson all landed noms in the recording categories, as did  Grammy-winning newcomers such as H.E.R and Ella Mai.

Elsewhere Netflix and HBO lead in the TV categories.

Ahead of finding out who will walk away with the coveted trophies on March 30th, head below to see the full nominations list:

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