With the music industry adapting to changing tides, so too are the award shows which reward the year’s top releases.

And at the forefront of this shapeshifting is the Grammy Awards.

Heavily critiqued in recent years after seismic snubs, questionable wins, and a still raging gender debate, organisers for music’s biggest calendar night have announced changes – which amount to being some of the most profound in Grammy history.

Find out what they are below…

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Ariana Grande is creating even more anticipation for her new album ‘Sweetener.’
The songbird has been running the most ambitious of campaigns for the August 17th release; churning out intriguing visuals and singles which dramatically differ to the content of past eras.
Following the recent roll-out of ‘The Light Is Coming’ – a song which has many fans saying “try again” – the 25-year-old returns with a sneak peek of what may be her next single. Ariana sings in the snippet:
“When raindrops fell down from the sky, the day you left me, and angel cried.”
The elevated acapella clip is believed to be a song titled ‘Raindrops,’ which Ariana previously revealed to be a track title.
Check it out below…

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History has shown that Tiffany Haddish is not the one to keep her lips sealed regarding tea in Hollywood. Unlike last time, when she lit the fuse on the Beyonce cheek biting scandal; the funny-gal is spilling her own cup as pertains to Toronto’s own Drake.

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Eyeing a 2019 album release date? Maybe not the best idea if you hope to dominate the charts.

Why? Adele…and the unveiling of her fourth studio set.

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Bebe Rexha wants Rihanna fans to know that she meant no harm when she seemed to imply that the star struggled to sing her own notes on her own song.

The brilliantly talented Bebe penned Rihanna’s lyrics in the Eminem track ‘Monster’ and, for reasons yet to be disclosed, performed some of the song’s highest notes even though the ‘Fenty Beauty‘ purveyor is credited as its only singer.

What Rexha has to say about the backlash she faced for pointing this out?

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The reboot to ‘TRL’ may not have exactly proven itself to be the most lucrative decision during MTV’s revamp (click here to read more), but that certainly served as no deterrent for the network’s execs to continue rebirthing some of its classics from yesteryear.

Shortly after announcing they’d be digging ‘Real World’ from the vault (click here to read more on that), news surfaced it would just be one of many shows the network is set to reboot from its glory days.

Click inside to see what names accompany the likes of ‘Daria’ and more:

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Promises of ‘it’s coming’ burned the ears of loyal Christina Aguilera fans for almost 6 years after the release of her 2012 album, ‘Lotus.’  

Now, over a week after they continue to celebrate the unveiling of her latest set, ‘Liberation,’ the fear of when its follow-up will be delivered has undoubtedly crept across the mind of a few.  To ease that worry Aguilera, 37, has offered assurance the wait won’t be nearly as long for the yet-titled project.

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Beyonce and Jay Z got quite the applause from rapper Ja Rule upon the unveiling of their joint album, ‘Everything is Love.’

Telling his followers on Facebook he was inspired to follow suit, the rapper tagged his longtime collaborator Ashanti to say:

 

What fans didn’t know is that apparently the  had long been on the 37-year-old Grammy winner was already on the same page.  Taking to Entertainment Tonight during last night’s BET Awards, Ashanti confirmed the album is soon to be in the works.  See it inside:

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The Hollywood Walk Of Fame has exciting new additions heading its way in 2019.

In an announcement made moments ago, it was revealed that the likes of Pink, Lupita Nyong’o, Terrence Howard, and Tyler Perry are amongst the latest list of names to receive coveted stars.

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Six years have separated fans from 2012’s ‘Lotus’ to the latest album of powerhouse vocalist Christina Aguilera.  

Delivered after years of false starts and reroutes, the set – kicked off by the Ty Dolla $ign-assisted buzz single ‘Accelerate’ – saw promotion for its follow-up singles and parent album do just that with appearances on Carpool Karaoke, Billboard Music Awards, ‘TRL,’ and more to support.

Released June 15, the set’s chances at #1 were dashed by opposing releases from 5 Seconds of Summer and a surprise drop from Beyonce & Jay Z, but that certainly didn’t stop it from moving a respectable figure.  Curious to see how close her final figure was to the predicted 70-75,000k units it was projected to move?  Look inside to see:

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Remy Ma and Papoose are to learn that they were secretly recorded during last night’s BET Awards and snapped as they responded to the first of Nicki Minaj‘s performances on the night.

The culprit? None other than the Jamaican icon Spice!

That’s right…Spice.

Amused by their attitude towards Minaj’s delivery of ‘Chun Li‘, the ‘So Mi Like It’ superstar whipped out her camera and zoomed in on Remy.

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Cardi B named her debut album ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ because of the intense spotlight on her private life post blowing up. Now, it’s emerged that the candid star has been keeping certain developments to herself – namely her marriage to Offset. 

And the details are definitely odd.

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