Performers lined up to rock this year’s ceremony are yet to be announced, but fans of a number of chart staples can expect them to use the platform to launch and support their new LPs and movie projects.
Last year’s ceremony offered performances from Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Jidenna and Nick Jonas.
Friday April 14th will deliver DNCE’s latest single ‘Kissing Strangers‘, lifted from their forthcoming album.
Fortunately, fans of the Pop force and their collaborator Nicki Minaj won’t have to wait until then before learning about what the upbeat cut has to offer.
Fans may have thought Grammy-nominated songstress Keyshia Cole had literally reached the ‘point of no return’ when her 2014 album of the same name not only delivered the lowest first week sales of her career to date (read more about that by clicking here), but went on to clock the lowest overall sales of any of her previous efforts. A harsh blow for an otherwise consistent seller, especially amongst her Urban counterparts, the nonperformance of the LP – in addition to a host of personal dramas – acted as catalysts for the R&B chanteuse to go back to the drawing board and regroup.
After the two years that followed ‘Return’ rendered rumored singles and reported few false starts, the late 2016 announcement of the singer’s relocation to Epic Records signaled the surest sign of a full on return. Lo and behold, by February 2017, Cole put the rumors to rest by officially lifting the lid on her long-awaited new single – ‘You’ (featuring rappers Remy Ma & French Montana)…
Two of Pop’s brightest stars are to thank for this week’s From The Vault pick. Today we take you back to 2008 with Madonna and Justin Timberlake‘s ‘4 Minutes.’
After dabbling in Disco with 2005’s ‘Confessions On A Dancefloor,’ the Pop queen decided – yet again – to steer her sound down Urban avenue.
Rather than re-treading old terrain, she enlisted the super-producer Timbaland alongside Timberlake and Pharrell Williams to craft her eleventh album ‘Hard Candy.’
‘4 Minutes,’ which was Grammy nominated, was served up as its lead single.
The bass-heavy effort peaked at #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Canada’s Hot 100. It also claimed the top spot of charts in many European countries such as the UK, France, Germany and Italy.
Christened “conceptualistic” by M herself, the video – directed by Jonas & François – sees the stars trying to escape a dark force that was bent on destroying everything around them. As is expected under such circumstances, the pair dance up a storm along the way and showcase a copious amount of chemistry.
Nominated for “Best Dancing In A Video” at the 2008 VMAs, the clip lost to the Pussycat Dolls’ ‘When I Grow Up.’ Understandable.
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Reactions to the song and video were mixed back in 08 and remain so now.
It didn’t mature into the classic all parties likely thought it would be, but its production is still intact and truly effective to this day.
Still we’d like to know, almost a decade later, what do YOU make of this collaboration?
Fresh from debuting new single ‘Until The Pain Is Gone,’ Daley has wasted no time delivering the video for the Jill Scott collaboration.
Directed by Julian Schratter, the visually arresting clip is the first to be serviced from the singer’s sophomore album ‘The Spectrum’ – due via BMG later this year.
Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the Manchester bred talent will be taking to the road on a US tour with Leela James.
After thrilling fans with her appearance on blue-eyed-soulster Daley‘s latest release, ‘Until the Pain is Gone,’ fans craving more of soulstress Jill Scott can find their fix in news the Grammy winner is hitting the road this summer.
Furthering rumors that she’s soon to drop the long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s chart-topping, ‘Woman,’ the 25-city tour will kick off on June 23rd in Hampton, VA and see Scott sing her hits across the country before wrapping up in mid-August in California.
Curious to know where you can find Jilly from Philly outside of the ‘City of Brotherly Love’? The answers await inside:
With his “must-see” ‘King & Queen’ World Tour with Mary J. Blige wrapped, Maxwell is continuing support of the second installment of his album trilogy, ‘blackSUMMERS’night,’ by unleashing the Tidal exclusive music video for fan favorite, ‘Gods.’
The follow-up to the set’s other tunes given the visual treatment, ‘Lake by the Ocean’ and ‘1990x,’ the trio of R&B gems are just a few of the many fans can expect to see Max perform live when he goes back on the road in support of the project with a recently announced Stateside tour.
Touching every corner of the country, fans in Nashville will be the first to get their eyes and ears on the crooner before he heads off to Atlantic City, Grand Rapids, and Virginia Beach (to name a few) before wrapping things up in San Diego.
Tuck in below to catch the Grammy winner’s newest visual and see the tour dates in full:
Karrueche Tran isn’t letting her legal battle with her former flame Chris Brown stand in the way of her quest to become an actress.
For, after stepping forward to claim Brown subjected her to physical abuse, she has announced that she is to star in the Niecy Nash-fronted project ‘Claws.’
Billboard Hot 100 is becoming a man’s world once again.
Barring entries from serial hitmakers Rihanna and Taylor Swift, the chart’s upper dectet is completely made up of men – with the day’s biggest male hitmakers – The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, and Ed Sheeran – all seeing their name among the top ten’s tenants.
The latter, whose mega hit ‘Shape of You’ lodged its eighth non-consecutive week atop charts this week, still rings as the clear leader of all the data arenas that make up chart placements: digital sales, streaming, and radio airplay. However, with impressive gains from the likes of Weeknd’s Daft Punk-assisted ‘I Feel It Coming’ and Mars’ out of this world hit, ‘That’s What I Like,’ Sheeran’s eighth week at the top just may be his last.
Until we find out for sure, tuck in below to read this week’s refreshed TGJ Chart Check:
Xscape made headlines earlier this month when they announced that they are reuniting.
The R&B quad, comprised of Kandi Burruss, Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle, and La Tocha and Tamika Scott, are as notable for their hits as they are for their dramatic fall-out.
Now, not only are the problems being pushed into the past, it appears there could be a reality show component to the reunion too.
