Kendrick Lamar has given the competition yet another reason to say ‘Damn.’

As if already setting the Billboard 200 alight by boasting the year’s best first week sales with his tertiary release wasn’t enough, now – as it reigns atop the tally for yet another week – the set has been certified platinum.

Taking to Twitter earlier today, his label announced:

Congratz are undoubtedly in order for Lamar.  Tuck in to see who joins him in the top 25 on this week’s refreshed TGJ Chart Check:

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Whoopi Goldberg is on course to bag a salary of $3.5 million should she hold onto her role as a moderator on the successful TV series ‘The View‘.

$1.5 million higher than the $2 million she received last season, the amount- if coughed up by ABC– would see her retain her position after she announced that she was to part ways with the show at the end of its current season.

Seems straight forward? Well…it isn’t. For, Goldberg’s request also comes with a number of conditions.

Sources close to the show reveal:

She wants this one ABC executive off the show. She blames this person for trying to turn The View into Good Morning America with the rotating hosts and contributors and doesn’t want that exec involved in the show any more.

She is tired of having to answer to people that she doesn’t feel like are worthy of their positions.

So she wants to be an executive producer of the show so that she has a seat at the decision-making table and can have more control over the things going on. 

She’s asking for no less than $3.5 million a year to return. She feels that she helped this show turn the corner again in the ratings and knows she plays a huge factor in its success.

She wants them to pay her what she thinks she’s worth, despite the fact the network is crying budget concerns.

Goldberg is credited with retaining the show’s viewership following a confusing casting period which saw her forced to watch nine different co-hosts come and go since Barbara Walters‘ departure in 2014.

The source adds:

Now that the core five have good chemistry and the ratings are going back up, Whoopi has been less grumpy.

‘She keeps telling the producers behind the scene: “See, this could work if they don’t start f***ing with us again!

Your thoughts?

When Floetry returned in 2015, fans were elated. Especially when the soulful duo embarked on not one but two reunion tours.

However, behind the scenes, turmoil was brewing and old wounds lay bare.

In a new interview with The Breakfast Club today, Marsha Ambrosius lifted the lid on the drama few actually knew about.

And believe us, it runs deep.

Beyond her fall-out with the Floacist (Natalie Stewart), Ambrosius opened up about becoming a mother and a fiance, as well new music, and a whole lot more.

 Your thoughts?

Adele‘s discography continues to see her roll in the cash.

That’s right, much to the delight of her bank account, she pocketed £40 million extending her lead as the highest-earning female British singer of all time.

With this, her earnings rise to the $125 million mark.

Robert Watts, compiler of The Sunday Times Rich List:

What a year for Adele. Such strong record sales and a busy touring schedule propel her into our main list for the first time.

Still in her 20s, if Adele’s career lasts as long as many of the other entries in our list, she has the potential to be the highest-earning British musician of all time.

Sunday Times Music Millionaires List:

1. Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell, £780m

2. Lord Lloyd-Webber, £740m

3. U2, £548m

4. Sir Elton John, £290m

5. Sir Mick Jagger, £250m

6. Keith Richards, £235m

7. Olivia and Dhani Harrison, £210m

8. Michael Flatley, £200m

9. Ringo Starr, £200m

10. Sting, £185m

11. Eric Clapton, £170m

12. Sir Rod Stewart, £170m

13. Roger Waters, £165m

14. Sir Tom Jones, £160m

15. Sir Tim Rice, £152m

16. Robbie Williams, £150m

17. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, £140m

18. Charlie Watts, £130m

19. Adele, £125m

20. Brian May, £125m

Her new set ’25’ has sold over 20 million to date.

Track list:

1. Hello
2. Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
3. I Miss You
4. When We Were Young
5. Remedy
6. Water Under The Bridge
7. River Lea
8. Love In The Dark
9. Million Years Ago
10. All I Ask
11. Sweetest Devotion

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12. Can’t Let Go
13. Lay Me Down
14. Why Do You Love Me

Did you buy the album?

Former ‘Real Housewife of Atlanta‘ Kim Zolciak shocked, stunned and disgusted social media hours ago when she made a joke related to John Legend, oral sex…and her own daughter.

Peep the nastiness below…

Teigen responded with…

Nauseated, members of the social media community chimed in with…

@Kimzolciak @chrissyteigen This broad is straight tripping ? WTF ??#pimping out daughter #oral #blowjob my any means necessary #classy NOTTTT!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/vW5BmnoTie

— Mz. Chitown ⚾️ (@UBigMadLilMad) May 4, 2017

@Kimzolciak @chrissyteigen Yikes. If this is your “sense of humor” on Twitter, I don’t want to know what kind of family jokes you keep private! ?

— HARIVANDI (@sharivandi) May 4, 2017

@Kimzolciak @chrissyteigen How horrible! What parent does this?

— Jewel Henry (@jlh48047) May 4, 2017

@jaxsoldnose @Kimzolciak @chrissyteigen Omg I just thinking the same idc if she’s joking or not to speak of your child that way is disgusting.. nvr thought she wld sink that low

— linds (@Lkan77) May 4, 2017

@Kimzolciak @chrissyteigen I Love you Kim & always defend you, But Seriously??? Who in their right mind can think this is funny?

— Sandra (@sansi82) May 4, 2017

Your thoughts?

Drake has denied that he is with child after a former adult entertainer stepped out to claim that he placed a Canadian bun in her oven.

A woman named Sophie Brussaux claims she and Drizzy slept with each other around January 20th and that she is expecting his child.

Keen to prove that he is her baby daddy she unleashed an exchange they shared via text when she “broke the news”.

Sophie:

I can’t kill my baby simply to indulge you sorry.

Drake:

Indulge me? F*** you. You do know what you’re doing you think you’re going to get money.

His team issued the following statement after learning that she has hired two high profile lawyers to take him on.

This woman has a very questionable background. She has admitted to having multiple relationships. We understand she may have problems getting into the United States. She’s one of many women claiming he got them pregnant. If it is in fact Drake’s child, which he does not believe, he would do the right thing by the child.

Drake believes that another rapper is the real father.

Could Maury be answer?

Your thoughts?

Beyonce may be on a chart hiatus, but she isn’t letting pregnancy dim her limelight.

She’s standing in it and werking it!

The megastar is due to give birth to twins within the coming months and has spent the time since her January announcement showing that she can still look fly.

Her latest showcase saw her poke fun at herself on Instagram.

Sharing the clip below, Queen Bey added The Commodore‘s classic ‘Brick House’ in the background – no doubt poking fun at her current state.

Check it out below…

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A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on May 3, 2017 at 5:29pm PDT

The twins will be Beyonce and Jay Z‘s second and third child together. Their 5 year old  daughter Blue Ivy was born in 2012.

Your thoughts?

Miley Cyrus earned praise and critque in equal measure when she traded her traditional pop rooting for a faux-edgy take on Urban.

Indeed, out went the girl next door and in came the grills, Mike-Will collaborations, and cringey attempts at twerking. Case in point…

Well, after a period of reflection (brought on perhaps by the lukewarm response to her 2015 “mixtape” ‘Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz’), Cyrus is re-branding.

She poses it up in a number of demure shots for Billboard Magazine, who she opened up to about her new direction.

Stripping things back, she appears to have ditched the plethora of Urban super-producers found on ‘Bangerz’ and ‘Petz.’ Instead, she’s written most of her as yet untitled new album herself, with producer-writer Oren Yoel.

Billboard describes the sound as acoustic, folky, and rootsy with occasional lean towards epic Pop.

The masses will get a taste of new Miley when her single ‘Malibu’ lands next week (May 11th).

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We’re all for the change. It was necessary.

Her antics were becoming a farce and the level of cultural appropriation was unavoidably offensive.

She has an interesting voice, so hopefully this go round she pairs it with content that doesn’t feel like it was ripped from ‘Hip-Hop 101 For Beginners.’

Your thoughts?

That Ed Sheeran reign just won’t let up.

After dominating the charts and airwaves with current album ‘divide’ and its launching singles, the British superstar looks to elongate his dominance this summer with ‘Galway Girl.’

Issued as the official follow-up to the dual release of smashes ‘Shape Of You’ and ‘Castle On The Hill,’ the video for the infectious cut was unwrapped moments ago.

Staying true to the song’s lyrics, the visual is set in a pub in the Irish town of Galway.

That said, given Sheeran’s popularity, this easily looks set to be his next global smash.

Check it out below…

Blah to the video, but the song is a bop.

Get ready to hear this everywhere.

Your thoughts?

For two seasons, fans of NBC’s ‘The Voice’ have enjoyed seeing ‘A Woman’s Worth’ singer Alicia Keys lend her expert 2-cents as judge to the show’s talented hopefuls.  Now, the singer/songwriter says it’s time to bid the show adieu.

Taking to Entertainment Tonight, Keys revealed she will not be returning for next season’s run alongside resident judges Miley Cyrus or Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, and Adam Levine as she is directing her full attention to the completion of her yet-titled 7th studio effort.

Telling viewers she is ‘halfway done’ with the process, tuck in to hear the Grammy-winner dish on the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Here’:

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Have Sevyn Streeter and Chris Brown landed on yet another hit with their tune, ‘Parachute’?  If you asked us, the answer is a resounding “yes”!

The ‘Don’t Stop the Fun’ duo are back at it with a dynamic dance number, which interestingly was first unveiled a few years ago. Now, with a retouch here and a revamp there, the song is being reintroduced to the masses.

Granted, the song is not one of the 40 slated to appear on Brown’s forthcoming ‘Heartbreak on a Full Moon’ album, but we’re hoping the track will be found on Streeter’s forthcoming offering.  Until we find out for sure, what is for sure is that this banging bop awaits your appraisal below:

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It’s a great time to be Bruno Mars.

In addition to seeing his name penciled at the top of the Hot 100 thanks to his latest hit single, ‘That’s What I Like’ (as we reported here), the singer/songwriter – courtesy of ‘Like’s ongoing success – is also seeing his moniker etched in history books (again).  As if selling over 100 million singles in just 7 years wasn’t enough, as of this week Mars:

• …is the first male solo artist this century to nab a Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit from his first three studio albums
• …has more #1 singles than any other male act this decade (7) and trails behind Rihanna‘s (9) and Katy Perry‘s (8) in the overall count.
• …has the second-most #1 singles of any male act this century, trailing Usher‘s (8)

The feats above only scratch the surface of the Hawaiian hitmaker’s Hot 100 success.  But, while we’re sure Team Mars is busy celebrating, he shouldn’t get too comfortable as threats from the position’s two previous tenants – Kendrick Lamar (‘Humble’) and Ed Sheeran (‘Shape of You’) – are still very much real.  Until we find out how ‘Like’ held up against the competition next week, we invite you to see who else joins the trio of male acts on this week’s refreshed TGJ Chart Check:  Hot 100.

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