It’s been nearly a week since the 59th annual Grammy Awards aired and people are still very much up-in-arms over a number of infamous moments from the telecast.

After Adele‘s historic sweep of the Album, Song, and Record of the Year categories, conversation erupted about how few times people of color have won the ceremony’s top honor over its 59 year history.  This added to the fact this year’s most nominated acts – Beyonce, Rihanna, Drake, Kanye West, and Chance the Rapper – mostly walked away with minor awards (if any awards at all).

As if that wasn’t enough, there were a number of sound snafus and technical mixups over the show including Metallica lead singer’s, James Hetfield, mic being completely off during a portion of the group’s performance with Lady Gaga and a picture of gospel singer Cece Winans being displayed behind a caption that read “Shirley Caesar.“

Tuck in below to read the Recording Academy’s response to all the hoopla:

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Start your day off the right way with a packed plate of TGJ!

As earlier announced, That Grape Juice will be serving up a new feature named ‘TGJ For Breakfast.’

Ever-dedicated to bringing you the latest Urban music and entertainment news, we’ll be cooking up a nutritious mix of both.

Dished select mornings across the week, the round-up keeps you in the loop of the new-new and will run alongside our finger-on-the-pulse content.

Tuck in to the latest helping of TGJ For Breakfast below…

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If you thought Lady Gaga‘s Super Bowl-fueled resurgence was limited to the Billboard Hot 100, you thought wrong.

Yes, as we reported here, the singer/songwriter gave fans about a million reasons to fall in love again with her hit-filled catalog when she took to the Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show.  And, fall in love they did. Boosting her set ‘Joanne’ and its second single, ‘Million Reasons,’ to the top of album and digital sales charts respectively, newly unveiled stats reveal the streaming response was equally as potent.

The result?  Gaga’s ‘Reasons’ hopped to a Hot 100 peak of #4 and its parent album to #2 on the Billboard 200.  Look inside to see where other prized offerings from her discography landed on this week’s refreshed “Chart Check”:

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It’s been nearly three years since R&B heartthrob Trey Songz graced charts with his album, ‘Trigga,’ but any fans growing impatient for its follow-up are about to get their wishes granted.

Sending his followers into a frenzy with the release of ‘Nobody Else But You,’ the first single from the long-awaited album ‘Tremaine,’ Songz uses the tune’s visual to incorporate scenes from his parodic  reality dating show ‘Tremaine the Playboy’ (read more about that here).

Using the series as a promotional vehicle for his new album, tuck in below to see it’s been worth the wait:

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The Weeknd celebrates his 27th birthday by gifting fans with a new video for ‘Reminder,’ the latest single from his hotly selling LP ‘Starboy.’

A star-studded affair, featuring appearances from Drake, NAV, YG, A$AP Rocky, Bryson Tiller, Travis Scott, French Montana, and more, the visual’s debut comes just days after The Weeknd gave fans a reminder of his talents via live performance of ‘I Feel It Coming’ at the Grammys last Sunday with a little help from Daft Punk.

Now, you’re invited to get acquainted with his newest release inside:

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As fans continue to cry foul for the lack of full on promotion afforded Mary J. Blige‘s late 2016 bop of a single, ‘Thick of It,’ the Queen of Hip Hop Soul has seemingly left the Jazmine Sullivan-penned number in her rearview in favor of its follow-up, ‘U+Me (Love Lesson).’

‘Lesson’ leans on a number of themes found in ‘Thick,’ including what appears to be peeks into the end of her nearly 13-year marriage to ex-husband Kendu Isaacs.  Listed on the singer’s forthcoming album, ‘Strength of a Woman,’ rescheduled from its December 2016 release to a yet-revealed date, get into the new tune below and weigh in:

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’  allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.

This week in 1999 Monica soared to the top of the Hot 100 with her hit ‘Angel of Mine.’  Lifted from ‘The Boy Is Mine‘ LP (read our ode to the album by clicking here), the angelic remake of British girl group Eternal‘s song of the same name dethroned pop princess Britney Spears’ ‘Baby One More Time’ from the tally’s perch.

Becoming Mo’s third consecutive chart-topper (as the follow-up to ‘The Boy is Mine‘ the song and ‘The First Night’), the trio of chart triumphs came as the last time Mo saw her name atop the Hot 100.  Join us below as we salute the impressive run and see who else joined her in the top 25 this week 18 years ago:

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A new study carried out by the marketing research firm Nielsen has silenced the claim that mainstream America isn’t interested in TV shows fronted by African-American actors.

Why the likes of ABC, NBC and Fox can be expected to develop new content of colour in the coming years?

Find out below…

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The heat Dr. Luke faces from the world over his alleged abusing of the Pop vocalist Kesha has intensified following the unearthing of emails he is said to have sent to her.

Read below…

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Mariah Carey is hitting the promo trail in support of her latest single, ‘I Don’t.’

Taking to ‘Kimmel’ last night (Feb. 15), the singer/songwriter brought along the song’s co-star, YG, to assist with bringing the tune to its first live showing.

Will the outing give the “breakup anthem” a much needed boost to push it north on charts?  Look inside and tell us:

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Mariah Carey is off to a slow start with her latest single, ‘I Don’t.’  

Branded a “breakup anthem,” the YG-assisted tune’s February 3rd premiere may have been greeted with fanfare after snippets built anticipation, but a full tracking week later it appears that interest waned.  Add to this, getting swamped in the fray of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Super Bowl’ extravaganza and promotional efforts pushing the chart titans ‘Bad & Boujee’ (Migos) and ‘Shape of You’ (Ed Sheeran), it appears Mimi’s comeback tune was forgotten.

And, while we hope next week’s charts see a boost after promotional appearances like her stint on ‘Kimmel,’ it’s not looking promising from where we stand.

See what we mean inside:

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Have you been in serious need of a Joseline Hernandez, Mimi Faust, Karlie Redd, or Rasheeda fix?

Well, if you’re like us, you answered that question with a very loud “yes.”

Thankfully, VH1 is revving up the ‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ promo for its highly anticipated season 6 premiere.

Blasting onto televisions in March, tuck in below to get your ratchet reality appetite its wettest and find out the latest happenings of the Atlanta gang of #LHHATL…

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