Drake‘s domination of 2016, thanks to his blockbuster album ‘Views,’ is looking to spill over into 2017 the awards season is any indication.

Indeed, after nabbing an impressive 8 nominations for the 2017 Grammys, now the rapper/singer can add 12 – that’s right – 12 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations to his growing awards resume.  In categories that include “male artist of the year,” “hip hop artist of the year,” and even “song of the year” for his #1 hit “One Dance,” Drizzy is set to dominate the showing once it’s held on March 5th at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Keen to see who he’ll face for the coveted trophies?  See the full list below:

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Viewers of Mariah Carey‘s E! show have been questioning the authenticity of the drama on the supposed “docu-series.” But it appears the drama off-camera is undeniable.

As widely reported, Mimi was left red-faced after an audio malfunction wreaked havoc on her performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. A performance many are alleging she attempted to lip-sync.

In the wake of the chaos, the 46-year-old’s manager and producers for the special have been trading blows in the ring of public opinion.

And while talk on both sides has turned to legal litigation, Carey is reportedly making colossal changes on her team.

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At the rate Azealia Banks is going, it’ll be little surprise if she’s banned from the internet by the year’s end.

For, fresh from her headline-grabbing axe from Twitter in 2016, the foul-mouthed femcee has been sensationally deleted from Facebook.

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Lady Gaga has already publisized plans for a large tour in support of chart-topping album ‘Joanne.’

Yet, with the singer presently having her hands in many a pie (see: film, single promo, and private shows), details have been scarce about her live plans.

Well, that seems to be changing.

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Vivica Fox has stuck a fork in her beef with former bae 50 Cent.

The actress made the revelation during an interview on the Wendy Williams Show this week, during a visit to promote her new Lifetime stripping show ‘Vivica’s Black Magic.’ 

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It seems that for every Kim Burrell critic calling for her to be blacklisted there is a supporter armed and ready to defend her.

Arguably the most-hated woman in America following the unearthing of a Biblical-based assault launched at openly gay men and women, Burrell learned that her remarks had cost her an appearance on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show.’

Ellen’s move was lauded by those who argued Burrell’s remarks were hateful, hurtful and divisive.

However, rising from the shadows are those who believe that Burrell is being unfairly punished.

Why?

Freedom of speech.

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Madonna‘s ‘Truth or Dare‘ is to be reborn.

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Following remarkable performances in ‘Luke Cage’ and ‘Moonlight‘, the A-list actor Mahershala Ali continues to see his star rise after ‘W’ magazine called on him to cover its latest issue.

By his side? The brilliant Nicole Kidman who joins him to celebrate the publication’s annual Best Performances issue before the release of ‘Hidden Figures’ in which he stars in alongside Janelle Monae, Octavia Spencer and Taraji P. Henson.

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Sean Kingston’s mother has been pulled into Chris Brown‘s feud with Soulja Boy.

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2016 was pretty good to pint-size powerhouse Ariana Grande, we must say.

She dominated radio with the Max Martin-produced ‘Into You,’ nabbed two top 10 singles on the Hot 100 (‘Side to Side’ featuring Nicki Minaj and ‘Dangerous Woman’), and saw the trio of tunes’ parent album – ‘Dangerous Woman’ – debut in the top 10 on the Billboard 200.  Now, it appears Ari has her sights set on similar domination for 2017.

Much to the delight of her faithful fan group, #Arianators, Grande took to Twitter today to end speculation on what song from ‘Woman’ would follow the colossal hit ‘Side to Side.’

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The back and forth/”he said, she said” continues between Dick Clark Productions and Mariah Carey after her abysmal ‘New Year’s Eve 2016’ live performance saw her experience a number a technical difficulties while on stage (see:  ear monitor malfunction, poor lip-syncing, etc.).

As Carey continues to be the brunt of jokes three days after the incident, her team are clapping at DCP for “intentionally setting her up to fail” – a claim the production company and its staff vehemently deny.  Now, after strong defense from her manager, Stella Bulochnikov (see more on that here), the legendary songstress is offering her own commentary on the experience she’s branded “mortifying.”

Her weigh in is followed by word from Jenny McCarthy, the NYE special’s co-host, who maintains that MC did NOT do a sound check despite claiming otherwise….

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Today is just not Kim Burrell‘s day.  Scratch that, so far 2017 isn’t Kim Burrell’s year.

The fiery gospel singer/pastor whose viral homophobic sermon landed her in hot water with former supporters, friends, activists, and even Ellen Degeneres (whose talk show Kim was due to visit in support of the ‘Hidden Figures’ soundtrack) now has a new enemy to add to the growing list:  Frank Ocean‘s mom Katonya Breaux Riley.

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