Super power.

That’s exactly what Beyonce is being hailed as following her show-stopping performance at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.

The superstar diva delivered a dynamite showing of her entire self-titled album. And it appears it wasn’t just the audience in attendance that she delighted. Because, the set – released as a surprise last December – has rocketed back into the top ten of the iTunes US tally.

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Is Beyonce plotting another surprise for her ever loyal ‘BeyHive’?

The above is a question members of the fan base will pose to each other today, after the digital music outlet iTunes placed her self-titled album in their ‘New Releases’ section…nine months after its release.

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As Country radio appears to have turned its back on Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake it Off’, rapper Nicki Minaj has earned herself a smash hit with her brand new single ‘Anaconda‘, just one of the cuts ‘Shake‘ is likely to outperform once it impacts the ‘Hot 100.’

However, thanks to sales and streams generated by the general public, the opinion-splitting Minaj jam is now on its way to becoming one of the rapper’s highest selling numbers and-should she play her cards right- ensure chart scorching success for its parent album ‘The Pink Print.’

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I appreciate iTunes because before, when an album wasn’t on the shelves anymore, you just can’t get the album any more. Or you gotta dig it up or go find it in the used bin. Now you can always get “Love” by myself or “I Changed My Mind” or “I Should’ve Cheated” or all these songs that I came out with ten years ago. I think that’s the upside to iTunes.

 Keyshia Cole showers love on Apple’s iTunes music outlet recently, weighing in on the company and its importance in the music industry during her guest spot on ‘HuffPost Live.’

Not surprising when one remembers just how well 2012’s ‘Enough of no Love‘ did on the outlet, her comments where shared as part of her conversation whipped up to promote her new LP ‘Point of No Return’, a body of work featuring songs written and produced by Elijah Blake and DJ Mustard and visuals starring ‘America’s Next Top Model’s Don Benjamin.

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If ever there was any doubt that Ariana Grande has “arrived”, it’s being dispelled with each new release.

Case in point the Pop star’s latest song ‘Best Mistake’.

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Hiss!

Can you decipher the sound? It’s Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Anaconda’ stinging the competition. For, less than 24 hours after its release, the track (which serves as the second official single from her third album, ‘The Pink Print’) has slithered its way into the top ten of the iTunes tally.

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Pop belter Jessie J has blasted her way to the top of the iTunes tally with new single ‘Bang Bang’.

The blazing track, which unites her with Universal Republic label-mates Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, has has the industry in a frenzy and with good reason — it’s a banger!

Hoping to extend its lead atop of the digital tally,  J stopped by The Elvis Duran Show on Z100 today to perform the song acoustically.

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Thus far, Trey Songz is yet to turn his R&B water into global wine to enjoy the international acclaim scored by the likes of Chris Brown and “Burn” star Usher.

Jarring when one realises he stands just one “Fine China“-sized hit away from doing so, those who doubt the star”s potential as a world renown act need look no further than iTunes R&B”s UK tally, which the entertainer now dominates with his new LP “Trigga.”

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Now, while the ladies may have been guaranteed love in their domestic market upon its release, we doubt they could have anticipated the number would make quite the Urban splash in the United Kingdom today.

How their British fans declared their love for the single?

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Hours before the world learns how many units it’s set to sell in its opening week, Mariah Carey‘s ‘The Elusive Chanteuse’ finds itself in a digital chart battle with releases launched by Pop prince Austin Mahone and the ‘Young & Beautiful’ Lana Del Rey!

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They may share little in common as far as career paths go, but R&B purveyor Ashanti and ‘Body Electric’ star Lana Del Rey  both have their fans to thank for new commercial highs reached this week, with one rocking iTunes USA and the other seeing a timeless classic make fresh gains in a foreign market.

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