The promo trail is officially heating up for Sam Smith and his new album, ‘The Thrill of it All.’

Seeing his sophomore era kicked off by the top 5 single, ‘Too Good At Goodbyes,’ the singer-songwriter is working hard to say ‘hello’ to another multiplatinum selling album – a charge that’s seen him not only announce a North American tour for the project, but also already lift its second single, ‘Pray.’

Taking both to last night’s ‘SNL,’ look inside to see the first U.S. televised performances of both tunes:

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Nelly made headlines earlier today when it was reported that he was arrested after a woman accused him of rape.

At the time the news broke, the rapper was believed to still be incarcerated.

However, he’s taken to social media to response to the very serious situation.

His words below…

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Alexandra Burke is amazing on the mic and is proving equally as arresting on the dance-floor.

The Brit-belter, who rose to fame as the winner of The X Factor after performing with Beyonce, is currently competing on the current series of the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing.’

Much like the US’ ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ the series sees celebrities battle it out each week in a quest for the coveted ballroom trophy.

Oft commanding an audience of 10 million + each week, the show is renown for being a potent promotional platform and the real “win” tends to be for competitors careers.

With Alex readying new material, it’s smart timing. Especially as she’s slaying!

Watch her week 3 movie-themed performance of the American Smooth with partner Gorka Marquez. Their song is ‘Wouldn’t It Be Loverly.’

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In a developing story, it’s being reported rapper Nelly has been arrested after being accused of rape.

Full story below…

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Fantasia kicks off the festive season with the release her first ever holiday album ‘Christmas After Midnight.’

Executive produced by Ron Fair, the set is a specially curated collection of the American Idol‘s favorite Xmas classics.

Unwrapped this week, the LP features a spirited rendition of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah.’

Listen to Ms. Barrino soar after the jump…

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature designed to celebrate TV and Film’s glorious past.

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Janet Jackson‘s ‘Velvet Rope.’

Recognised for the impact it made on the star’s career and those of the artists who would follow in her footsteps years later, the album’s content gave Jackson many an opportunity to bare all on love, life and growth through conversations with some of her favourite platforms.

One of these, of course, was MTV.

Today, we make our way back to ’97 to revisit her time with MTV Ultrasound.

Are you coming with us? Sweet, hop in.

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Amazon‘s answer to ‘Black Mirror‘ has called on Janelle Monae to lead it to glory.

Named ‘Electric Dreams‘, the anthology series sees some of the industry’s brightest creatives build stand-alone stories inspired by Philip K. Dick tales with help from some of music, film and TV’s familiar faces.

Of course, the triple threat Monae is one of them.

Despite society and the world as we know it having collapsed, a massive, automatic product-manufacturing factory continues to operate according to the principles of consumerism – humans consume products to be happy, and in order to consume continuously, they must be denied freedom of choice and free will. When a small band of rebels decide to shut down the factory, they discover they may actually be the perfect consumers after all.

Trailer below…

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Gliding towards the hearts and ears of music lovers this evening is Louis York‘s latest body of work ‘Masterpiece Theatre Act III.’ 

A bold and unashamed love letter to classical music, the R&B-leaning effort comes packaged with five original tracks including the Jazz treasure ‘I Enjoy You.’

Listen below…

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Sam Smith is pounding the promotional pavement in support of new album ‘The Thrill Of It All’ (due November 3rd).

The crooner’s latest stop was Beats 1 radio, where he sat down with Zane Lowe to chat about a whole host of topics.

During their insightful interview, the 25-year-old Brit opened up about the hurdles he faced writing ‘Thrill,’ reconciling his new found fame, coming out as gay “twice,” Beyonce, and much more.

Check it out below…

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Tamar Braxton will fly the flag for R&B on this week’s Billboard 200. At least as far as new releases go.

The final numbers have been tallied. Find out what the singer’s new album ‘Blue Bird Of Happiness’ sold first week below…

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Tommie, the charismatic driving force behind ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta‘, has sought professional help from ‘The Doctors.’

Scarred by a troubled childhood and wounds given to her by an allegedly abusive mother, the Reality TV star now hopes to put the past behind her by joining forces with the show’s professionals with hopes they can equip her with the life skills she needs to move forward.

Watch below…

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Things may be coming to an end for Kenya Moore‘s relationship with ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta.’

Bad news below…

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