With anticipation building for Disney’s live action remake of their classic animated film ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (in theaters March 17), a lens is being placed on its title track revamped by Ariana Grande and John Legend.

Big shoes to fill for Legend and Grande as the tune’s original version sung by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson not only made a huge splash on the Hot 100, but also earned an Academy Award.

Fans keen to find out if they did the soaring number justice are invited to their first full listen inside.  Be our guest…

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New video alert!

This time it’s from the dynamic act Louis York who have unlocked the visual treat that is ‘Don’t Play.’

It’s kinda crazy at times it’s perfect, I’m in between love
So long, I wondered what happened to us
As I recall, we had magic, why did we ever break up?
It’s blowing my mind, you’re calling tonight

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As she demonstrated with her 2011 ‘Love On Top’ performance at that year’s MTV Video Music Awards, a little pregnancy has never gotten in the way of her delivering a killer show.

The consummate performer, Beyonce is forging ahead in a similar vein and is reportedly set to take the 2017 Grammy stage in a big way despite recently announcing to the world she was pregnant with twins!

Great news inside:

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‘Rebel’ wailer Lauryn Hill has long proven herself a rebel against promptness, punctuality, and timeliness.  Yet, for Pittsburgh fans who opted to ignore the complaints of countless cities before them, they found out firsthand on January 31st when the songstress was so late to her own show in the ‘Steel City’ many assumed she was a “no-show.”

Appearing on stage over 3 hours after her scheduled time, angry Pittsburgh fans took to Twitter to voice their frustration and, in the process, ignited an onslaught of memes and mockery across the social media platform.  Apparently some of the negative attention reached the desk of Ms. Hill who, in response, lifted an apology to her official Twitter account recently.

Did you miss it? Get into it inside:

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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 we’ll press play again on ‘Together Again’ – the second single from Janet Jackson‘s #1 album, ‘Velvet Rope.’  Holding down the top spot on the Hot 100 this week 19 years ago, the house-inspired tune was birthed after the death of Jackson’s dear friend who succumbed to AIDS.  Becoming her 8th overall #1 single on the tally, ‘Together’ went on to platinum status and has endured as a fan favorite from her prized discography.

Tuck in below to see who joined Jan in the top 25 this week in 1998:

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Rap trio Migos’ inaugural chart-topper, ‘Bad & Boujee,’ is proving itself no fly-by-night hit.

Flown to the top of charts (like its predecessor ‘Black Beatles’ by Rae Sremmurd) thanks to a viral response on social media, ‘Bad’ can also thank some serious streaming and fair digital sales for keeping it atop the charts for a 3rd non-consecutive week.

Billboard reports:

“The track tops the Streaming Songs chart for a fifth week with 47 million U.S. streams in the week ending Jan. 26, according to Nielsen Music. It also leads the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart for a fifth week (19.7 million on-demand clicks).

“Bad” rebounds 4-3 on Digital Song Sales (51,000 downloads sold, down 25 percent) and jumps 27-23 on Radio Songs, gaining by 20 percent to 49 million in airplay audience.”

Curious to see who joined Migos on this week’s refreshed Hot 100?  Tuck in below to find out:
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Beyonce wants to share the joys of motherhood with the world.

Undoubtedly elated by the two new additions to her family, the 35-year-old icon surprised fans minutes ago when she unlocked a photo shoot created to capture her at one of the earlier points of her pregnancy.

Ready to catch Bey in maternal mode?

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‘Single Ladies’ singer Beyonce single-handedly broke the Internet yesterday when she unexpectedly announced she was pregnant with twins.

Sending fans and detractors into a frenzy with the news, within an hour of its unveiling the photo that accompanied the story had over 3.5 million likes and 220,000 comments.  Fast forward to the next day, that figure not only increased handsomely, but also saw Bey’s named etched in Instagram’s history books for its massive response.

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Unfortunately, sales of Kehlani‘s critic-pleasing album ‘SSS’ are expected to steer towards the modest side of the spectrum by the time the new Billboard 200 chart is published.

That however has done very little to stop the vocalist from pushing on with its promotional run.

One of her latest stops? ‘Hot 97.’

There, she caught up with the multi-hyphenate starlet Cardi B (pictured above).

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As the traditional label system struggles to build superstars out of Pop’s current clan of newbies, innovative acts like FKA Twigs seek unions with global brands to push their art to the masses.

Her medium of choice? Bowerman and Knight‘s Nike.

Meet us below for details on her game-changing deal with the company…

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Janelle Monae & Grimes continue to push Pop’s envelope in their respective lanes and this time…they’re doing together.

Details on the grand collaboration below…

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A mere 24 hours remains until Mariah Carey unveils the video for new single ‘I Don’t.’

Rapper YG joins Mimi on the track, which arrives along with its video tomorrow.

All week long, the 46-year-old chanteuse has been teasing on social media.

Now, she aims to titillate too with a sensual new teaser of the visual.

Scantily dressed (as has become customary), Mariah is seen frocking around in a car for a reason we hope becomes apparent in due course.

For now, peep the preview below…

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