Commercial woes and vocal no-nos have marred Mariah Carey‘s career in recent years, threatening to undermine her status as one of Pop’s leading ladies in a Beyonce, Taylor Swift & Rihanna world.

For some the problem is her personality and for others it’s her music.

Now, we’re keen to discover what you would do if tasked with breathing life back into the star’s brand!

How? By listing ten existing songs you would feel would lift the icon’s career to higher ground if she had record them or recorded numbers like them.

Is she in need of a bop akin to Clean Bandit‘s ‘Rather Be‘ or is Tamar Braxton’s ‘The One‘ the kind of jam she’d need to find fresh success on a commercial and critical front?

It’s up to you!

Get creative below!

The U.K. box office has been dominated by a documentary created to celebrate the life of the late singer Amy Winehouse.

Find out how below…

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Meek Mill‘s ‘Dreams Worth More Than Money’ has made its way into the UK’s album chart this week.

The project debuted at number 13 on the Official Albums Chart with help from his appearance at last week’s BET Awards and a growing fan base inundated with content related to his relationship with his ‘Daddy’ collaborator Nicki Minaj.

Now, before he learned of his success in the UK, Mill caught up with MTV to bare all on the timeline of his coupling with the ‘Truffle Butter‘ spreader.

What he revealed?

‘Anaconda’-related prison fun below…

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Fleur & Manu are to thank for Drake‘s forthcoming video for the single ‘Energy.’

The clip will come in aid of the rapper’s new EP ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ and his next album ‘Views From the 6’ which he is still hard at work on.

Peep a teaser below…

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1)  Fifth Harmony – We Know

2) Jidenna – Classic Man

3) Ciara – Dance Like We’re Making Love

4)  Janet Jackson – No Sleeep

5) Jason Derulo & Jennifer Lopez – Try Me

What are Your Top 5 Songs of The Moment?

Music royalty was out in full force this weekend at the 2015 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.

Missy Elliott was one of the extravaganza’s main attractions this year and commanded a huge crowd on the merit of her name alone (new music is still pending).

Joining those in attendance were Beyonce, bandmate Kelly Rowland, and sister Solange.

The trio are believed to have caught up with Missy backstage, and paused to pose for the snap above.

We love talent here at TGJ and there’s a lot of it housed in the pic. Beautiful.

Your thoughts?

Ciara rocked this year’s Wireless Festival hours ago in support of her new album ‘Jackie.’

How she fared? Brilliantly, storming the stage with a set that impressed fans and critics alike before the release of her new video ‘Dance Like We’re Making Love.’

Watch her in action below…

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Peep this pic of R&B royal Usher!

The performer enjoyed all yesterday’s Essence Festival had to offer yesterday, sporting a t-shirt that sought to address America’s current race-related issues the country celebrated Independence Day.

The singer is currently hard at work on his new album following the release of its first two singles ‘Good Kisser’ and ‘She Came To Give It To You‘ to 2014.

He’s yet to set a release date for the LP.

More below…

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‘America Horror Story‘ fans have good reason to look forward to Lady GaGa‘s role in the hit series!

Why?

New details on her ‘Hotel’ stay below…

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DeJ Loaf is back with brand new material!

Keen to keep her name hot on everyone’s lip the singer releases the song ‘Fools Fall in Love’ just days after unlocking the song that is ‘Back Up‘ with help from its featured act Big Sean.

‘Fools’ sits pretty waiting for your first  listen below…

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Meet Daisha, the sizzling Urban Pop diva fronting the infectious new song ‘HIYAH.’

Produced by Dawn Richard collaborator Swaggrcelious the number comes baring the gift that is its music video in support of her forthcoming EP ‘Skin Out – A Tribe Called Daisha.’

Ready to press play?

Enjoy!

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Kelly Rowland has been hard at work building her empire in both music and TV.

The latter has been particularly noteworthy for the ‘Motivation’ maven, thanks largely to her new BET talent search – ‘Chasing Destiny.’

Now, it’s being reported that the singer is set to flex her acting muscles in FOX’s smash music drama ‘Empire’ this Fall.

Find out about Ms. Kelly’s alleged role below…

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