Three years have separated fans of Katy Perry from her last studio album, ‘Witness.’

A critically panned affair, the 2017-born effort was not only plagued with thumbs down from critics for seeing the GRAMMY nominee try her hand at ‘purposeful Pop’ but also from fans who were disappointed the era’s accompanying aesthetic veered too far left from the visuals that escorted its predecessors ‘Teenage Dream’ and ‘Prism.’

Going on to be her only major label LP to lack an RIAA certification, the stakes were high for its follow-up (later christened ‘Smile’).  Despite hoisting a number of its housed cuts for public consumption (see:  its title track, ‘Never Really Over,’ ‘Daisies,’ ‘Harleys in Hawaii’ and deluxe edition cuts ‘Small Talk’ and ‘Never Worn White’), ‘Smile’ – released August 28 – comes as her first major label project to go to chart battle without a Hot 100 top 10 single preceding it.

Will that play against it?  Listen inside and give us your two cents:

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In April, Pop superstar Dua Lipa debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 with the highest first week sales of her career thanks to her sophomore album, ‘Future Nostalgia’ (as we reported here).

Led to chart battle by hits ‘Physical,’ ‘Break My Heart,’ and ‘Don’t Start Now’ (her highest charting single ever), the project remains a mainstay in the tally’s top 40 over four months after its release.

In a bid to boost it to even higher heights than its previous peak, Lipa announced a deluxe edition – ‘Club Future Nostalgia’ – and recruited a royal deck of players to assist including Queen of Pop Madonna, Rap Queen Missy Elliott, Queen of Ska-Pop Gwen Stefani, and more.

Now, after abundant teasing, fans can listen to the remixed set in full.  It awaits inside:

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True to her word, four months ago Toni Braxton announced music lovers would see her name spelled on the Billboard charts courtesy of a new album, her ninth solo studio effort ‘Spell My Name.’

Landing on digital shelves Friday (August 28), the LP – kicked off by R&B chart-topping hit, ‘Do It,’ and the funky, mid-tempo groove ‘Dance’ – follows the GRAMMY winner’s ill-fated ‘Sex & Cigarettes’ (which quickly burned out on charts in early 2018).

Calling on H.E.R., Missy Elliott, and more familiar names to act as guests on the album (while Antonio Dixon and longtime collaborator Babyface serve among contributing producers and songwriters), the opus serves as Braxton’s debut aboard new label home, Island Records.

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August 28 marks the end of a noted silence for songbird Jazmine Sullivan.

Sure, she’s released tunes tied to special projects since the release of her 2015 studio album, ‘Reality Show,’ but by and large the GRAMMY nominated powerhouse has steered away from the delivery and promotion of her own material over the past 5 years.

Stunning fans Thursday (August 27) with the announcement of new single ‘Lost One’ (as we reported here), its arrival comes just 8 months after Sullvan took to social media to confirm her long-awaited new efforts would arrive in 2020 (click here to read more on that).

True to her word, look inside to hear the latest from Jazzy:

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After making history with their first set of back-to-back Hot 100 top 40 hits, ‘How You Like That’ and Lady Gaga collaboration ‘Sour Candy,’ K-Pop quartet BLACKPINK is looking to break into the tally’s top 10 with their newest soon-to-be-hit: ‘Ice Cream.’

Tapping Selena Gomez to assist, the amply-teased tune sees the chart-topping songstress join forces with group members Lisa, Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé to serve up a delectable Pop track their respective fans are sure to eat up.

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Given their history of cranking out top 40 hits (see: Jason Derulo‘s ‘Swalla’ and Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘Hot Girl Summer’), Ty Dolla $ign and Nicki Minaj have already proven they have the Midas touch.

Now, with new song ‘Expensive,’ they’re looking to prove it again.

“She’s so expensive, okay / Beemers or the Benzes, okay,” Ty sings on the track. “Lambo or the double R truck, yeah yeah / She gon’ let a superstar f**k.”

The song is assumed to be one of many gems set to line $ign’s forthcoming studio album, ‘Dream House’ (the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Beach House 3’).

Hear his latest with Nicki inside:

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After much teasing, ‘Over Now’ – the new joint single from Calvin Harris and The Weeknd – has arrived.

Confirmed earlier this week after both acts took to their respective social media handles to hush rumors they’d been cooking up a collaboration, the tune follows Harris’ July-released single, ‘Live Without Your Love’ (which was released under his Love Regenerator).

Having already released four EPs this year alone, it’s unclear as of time reported if Calvin plans to tie ‘Over Now’ to a larger body of work.

Until we find out for sure look inside to hear the laidback, retro R&B-inspired in full.

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Katy Perry has another surprise in store for fans.

The Pop star announced that she will be releasing the video game that appears in her ‘Smile’ music video.

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Jazmine Sullivan is back!

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Kanye West has found himself in some hot water.

MyChannel, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the rapper, claiming that he brought them on in the spring of 2018 to assist in the development of video and e-commerce for his Yeezy brand, including livestreaming technology for his Sunday Service series.

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JoJo is keeping the new music coming.

Ahead of the release of the deluxe version of her ‘Good To Know’ album on August 28, the vocal powerhouse talked with That Grape Juice where she discussed the project, working with Demi Lovato and Tinashe, removing Tory Lanez from the project, the possibility of new music, and more.

Join us below for her word on these topics and so much more…

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R. Kelly has reportedly been attacked behind bars.

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