Atlantic Records, the major label behind the careers of Lil Kim, T.I, Bruno Mars and Trey Songz, are determined to turn their latest signing Cardi B into a megastar.

How they intend to do so? By backing her bid to pick up a Best New Artist gong at the forthcoming Grammy Awards ceremony.

Fantastic news below…

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Liam Payne‘s quest for solo stardom presses on with the release of new single ‘Bedroom Floor.’

Co-penned by Charlie Puth and Steve Mac, the track finds the former One Direction star once again on Urban-Pop terrain.

He’ll no doubt be looking to best the success of preceding single ‘Strip That Down’ – which went on to come the biggest-selling solo single from a current member of 1D – selling over 5 million units worldwide.

Speaking on ‘Bedroom,’ Payne says

“I’m so excited to finally release this song. I’ve been working on it for a while and am really happy with how it sounds. It’s a bit different from what you’ve heard from me before, but helps to show where I’m going with my album. It’s very important to me to keep challenging myself, to keep pushing into new areas.”

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Outspoken Pop star Pink has long possessed a phD in telling it as it is. As such, it’s little surprise she kept it all the way real during a visit to Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live.

There to promote new album ‘Beautiful Trauma,’ the singer also waxed honest about a variety of topics including her support of Black Lives Matter, Paris Hilton being annoyed by ‘Stupid Girls,’ and whether she stands by comments she made about Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. 

Perhaps most interesting were her words on her former feud with Christina Aguilera.

Their early 00’s issues are well documented, but few (if any) knew that the pair almost came to blows in a club.

Spilling during the ‘Plead The Fifth’ segment, Pink was sure to assure that they are on good terms now (and may be duetting). But it still made for her titillating tale.

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Hazel-E, one of the driving forces behind the hit show ‘Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’ has apologised for saying that “gays will burn in hell” in response to allegations that her lover Rose Burgundy was partial to a little sausage.

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Rita Ora‘s new single ‘Anywhere’ is here!

Armed with the momentum of ‘Your Song’ (the star’s biggest release in Europe yet) and ‘Lonely Together,’ the 26-year-old will no doubt be looking to secure another hit with this song.

Penned by Ora along with ‘Havana’ writer Andrew Watt, the rousing track is already being tipped for big things.

Watch its video, which was lensed in New York, after the jump…

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Next year will see the actress Lupita Nyong’o soar on the big screen in the Marvel release ‘Black Panther.’

This year she has revealed that her journey towards cinematic glory wasn’t always so glorious…as it involves a disgusting encounter with the disgraced Hollywood power player Harvey Weinstein.

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After warming up the masses with ‘Up In Here’ this summer, X Factor graduates 5 After Midnight are back.

The trio, comprised of Kieran, Jordan, and Nathan, are bridging the gap between their album with the release of new EP titled ‘Taste.’

Due later this Fall, the 5-track collection is designed to whet appetites and satiate ahead of the eventual serving of a full plate.

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As we are less than a month away from ‘Reputation’ – the sixth studio album from country-turned-pop darling Taylor Swift, we can expect to hear more and more of the album’s highly anticipated content before its November 10th release.

Now, after rocking charts with the top 5 hit, ‘Ready for It,’ and the #1 single, ‘Look What You Made Me Do,’ fans have been invited to hear the new teaser track, ‘Gorgeous.’

Is it as beautiful as its name implies?  Listen inside and find out:

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It’s been nearly three years since Keyshia Cole fans could boast ownership of a new LP from the Grammy-nominated songstress, but that changed today with the release of her seventh album, ’11:11 Reset.’

Kicked off by the singles ‘You’ (featuring French Montana and Remy Ma), ‘Incapable,’ ‘Best Friend,’ and the recently unveiled ‘Vault,’ the project is lined with a number of gems and guest stars like Young Thug, Too $hort, DJ Mustard, Danja, DJ Khaled, and many more.

Are you ready for Cole’s inaugural Epic Records release?  It awaits inside:

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Fifth Harmony have called on label-mate French Montana to put a fresh twist on new single ‘He Like That.’  The dance-floor jam is lifted from the quad’s self titled third album, which arrived in August.

With a fire video and revitalised sound, can 5H score a hit with this?

Listen below and let us know…

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With the European, Latin American, and North American legs of ‘The Divide Tour’ wrapped, Grammy-winning singer Ed Sheeran is easily laying claim to the title of one of the year’s top grossing live acts.  With over $100M generated to date (from the dates with box office scores counted), the 4th leg of the trek wrapped in Nashville on October 7 shortly after the singer-songwriter he’d be going on a stadium tour in 2018.

But, just as Asian #Sheerios began gearing up for their chance to see the ‘Thinking Out Loud’ singer in action, they were greeted with news their shows would be cancelled due to him sustaining major injuries after being hit by a car.

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The last few years have seen a heightened lens placed on music streaming, on-demand services, and how they represent consumer interests.  With that, Billboard – the industry leader in ranking music consumption and song popularity – has been faced with the task of continuously updating its means of data calculation to ensure fair and accurate reporting for chart placements.

Positions on the Hot 100 (singles charts) were at one time solely comprised of radio airplay and sales (physical and digital), while the Billboard 200 (album charts) were comprised solely of sales of the whole album (physical and digital).  In 2014 (as we reported here), after stunning fans with the incorporation of certain platform streaming figures in Hot 100 placements (read more here), the Billboard 200’s placement calculation formula was updated to include album and individual track streams and individual track downloads.  As time went on, the Hot 100’s data went on to include Pandora (read more here), Soundcloud (read more here), and more.  The moves – though controversial at the onset – were reflective of streaming becoming the industry’s biggest moneymaker (read more on that here).

Now, with controversy around ticket bundling, paid streaming (i.e. Spotify, Apple Music) versus free streaming (Youtube), and more considered, the Music Bible has revealed yet another shake-up in how it will formulate what data goes into placing songs and albums on their respective charts:

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