Rita Ora‘s ascend has been a non-stop stream of promotion and today’s current led her to the Ellen show.

Currently gearing up for the long-awaited release of her new album, the Brit-bred belter seized the moment to perform single ‘Your Song.’

Penned by Ed Sheeran, the track has amassed over 200 million streams and become a top 10 hit for Ora in many regions including the UK.

Continuing her quest for Stateside success musically, she turned in a solid showing.

Watch her in action below…

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The holidays come early courtesy of Fantasia. 

This Friday, the soul-filled songbird will hatch her first festive album ‘Christmas After Midnight.’

Released via Concord Music, the project will see Xmas gems reimagined and reinterpreted by the Grammy winning star.

To whet appetites, she has previewed her take on Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ and classic ‘This Christmas.’

Get a flavour and feel for new Fantasia after the jump…

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Confusion may encase the status of Christina Aguilera‘s new album, but the diva isn’t letting that halt her entrepreneurial hustle.

Because, while her musical well has been drier than the Sahara of late, her fragrance game has been enjoying sweet success.

The latest is named Definition and Xtina has debuted a sassy commercial to plug it.

Check it out below…

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‘Girls Trip’ writer Tracy Oliver has revealed that she has received the green light to reboot the iconic movie ‘First Wives Club’ with a racially diverse cast.

Good news below…

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After a peek at the video for Jazmine Sullivan & Bryson Tiller‘s new tune, ‘Insecure’ (found on the official season 2 soundtrack of the HBO series of the same name), fans of the breakout series will experience a hint of deja  vu.

That’s right, Sullivan and Tiller have teamed to recreate a scene from the show’s dramatic storyline – quite well we might add.  And, as the song has already made quite the impression on Adult R&B Songs chart, can the visual help hoist it into the Hot 100?

Take a listen below and let us know:

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With the day’s top news story – the horrific terrorist attack that took place in Las Vegas killing 58 and injuring over 500 – dominating headlines left and right, many forgot the reboot of MTV’s daily video countdown show, ‘TRL,’ premiered today.

Originally running from 1998 to 2008, the show’s long-awaited comeback was kicked off in grand fashion on the former music channel with a host of performances by today’s top acts including chart-toppers Migos, Ed Sheeran, and more.

Did you miss any of the action? See it inside:
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Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry have earned a new Top 20 hit with their collaborative cut ‘Swish Swish.’

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‘Men in Black’ is making its way back to the world.

Alas, it is to do so without its original star Will Smith.

Good and bad news below…

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As we reported here, Mariah Carey went from being in the Christmas spirit to having her spirits dampened when she learned on live television of the horrific Las Vegas terrorist attack that happened early this morning (October 2).

On hand at ‘Good Morning Britain’ to discuss her Christmas tour and other holiday-themed outings she’s readying for the coming weeks, her interview was abruptly interrupted by host interview Piers Morgan upon learning of the massacre in ‘Sin City.’

While Carey may have graciously accepted the interruption, her fans were not so forgiving.  Taking to Twitter, the singer’s followers (affectionately called #Lambs) were far from meek or mild as they took bites out of Morgan and the show for their ‘tasteless’ and ‘shocking’ means of informing the songstress of the tragedy.

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Busta Rhymes, Vybez Kartel and Tory Lanez on the same track?

Yes, it’s happened.

Named ‘Girlfriend’, the song slides into action to back Busta’s latest creative chapter and comes packed with a visual which sees Kartel perform from his scenes from within the jail he has been imprisoned in.

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The celebrity Ruby Rose has rocked the worlds of Jessie J fans this week by spilling details on her brand new album and the era she’s erecting to carry it to chart glory.

Rose’s estimation of the soul-stung set below…

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Kendrick Lamar is Europe bound!

The Hip-Hop titan is officially bringing his ‘DAMN Tour’ to international shores from next February.

Kicking off in Dublin, the leg with boast 15 dates across 11 countries.

It’s being mounted in Support of K. Dot’s critically acclaimed ‘DAMN’ album, which has shifted 2.3 million album units to date and racked up over 400 million streams. The project has been praised for its riveting reflection of the complexities in today’s culture.

Want to know where the TDE wonder is heading and when? The answers await below…

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