Where is Usher‘s new album?

It’s a question we’ve increasingly asked ourselves since he abruptly stopped promoting the “era” after the slew of singles he released last year. [See: ‘Good Kisser,’ ‘She Came To Give It To You,’ and ‘I Don’t Mind.’]

And granted we’re not sure he even knows what’s going on yet, it hasn’t stopped the R&B icon from keeping his visibility up.

Last month saw the 37-year-old team with TIDAL to roll-out the socially-conscious ‘Chains’ and today brings with it the arrival of another new track – ‘Miracles.’

Uniquely, the song premiered in full within a new PEPSI short film. Titled ‘Black Knight Decoded,’ the video project features footage shot from outer space with the UrtheCast camera on the International Space Station.

Get into new Usher below…

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Justin Bieber visited ‘The Tonight Show’ this week and had ample reason to smile.

The pin-up’s new album ‘Purpose’ is on-course for a definitive chart win over rival act One Direction and by a (relative) landslide.

Led by ‘What Do You Mean?,’ the comeback project is set to sell 470k-490k Stateside (to 1D’s 420k) – which, if achieved, will mark the largest first-week debut this year.[Editor’s note: Of course, until the Adele avalanche hits next week].

Not resting his laurels, Bieber took to the stage on the Jimmy Fallon hosted show to perform current single ‘Sorry’ – which has, thus far, peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Call it a comeback.!

Watch JB do his thing after the jump…

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Cop a gander of Rita Ora!

The Roc Nation star continues her media flood, this time on the cover of SELF magazine.

Looking lush, the 24-year-old’s appearance arrives as she earns rave reviews for her role as a judge on The X Factor UK and finalises work on her hotly anticipated new album.

Peep the video for its latest single ‘Body On Me’ below…

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New music alert!

Before it rocks retailers on Friday (November 20th) Adele‘s ’25‘ has found its way to the world via snippets now available to spin right here on TGJ!

The project marks her first since the release of 2011’s ’21’ which has sold over 25 million units worldwide fronted by the singles ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and ‘Someone Like You.‘

Press play to hear Ms. Adkins – as you’ve never heard her before- below…

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Photo courtesy:  People

Excitement is brimming for the holiday event of the season – NBC’s star-studded live rework of the legendary ‘The Wiz.’

Starring Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, rapper Common, Amber Riley, Uzo Aduba, and more, the 3 hour special is blasting onto televisions

But, before you can see if the reimagined, 2015 adaptation does justice to its Diana Ross/Michael Jackson-led 70’s counterparts, check out the trailer and hot photos from the forthcoming flick below:

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Though a week away from release, ‘Creed’ is already the focus of ample Oscar buzz.

The Michael B. Jordan boxing flick is the latest from the Rocky franchise and sees the rising star play Adonis Johnson, the son of the late Apollo Creed.

Sylvester Stallone reprises his role of the former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa, who – in this movie – serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis.

This Thursday (Nov. 19th) brings with it the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Creed’ and That Grape Juice are elated to give TWO readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to attend!

Want to be in with a chance of attending the star-studded event? Simply visit iFight4.com, create your custom ‘Creed’ graphic and send to:

competitions@thatgrapejuice.net

Submit your graphic, along with your full name, age, address, and telephone number to the email address above. Incomplete entries will not be considered.  Please be sure to insert ‘Creed – TGJ’ as the subject of your email:

All entries must be received by 11.59pm on Wednesday, November 18th 2015.

Tinashe was playing approximately no games as she set ‘The Tonight Show’ alight with a scorching performance of her Chris Brown-assisted new single ‘Player.’

The first single from her forthcoming sophomore project ‘Joyride,’ the tune is enjoying quite the warm welcome from radio and streaming alike.  Now, in a bid to shift that warm welcome to a boil, the burgeoning diva brought her stage-blazing antics to America’s living room in what comes as her ‘Fallon’ debut.

Wonder how she fared?  Find out below:

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Media maven Mariah Carey will make her return to the small screen this December on the Hallmark channel.

Multi-tasking Mimi both stars in and directs ‘A Christmas Melody’ – an original movie for the cable network.

The 45-year-old is starring as a teacher who helps a special student piece together the ultimate Holiday song – her own real-life classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You.’

Set to air December 19th, Hallmark have unveiled a first look trailer for the film – which also stars Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, Kathy Najimy and 10-year-old Broadway sensation Fina Strazza. Watch below…

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Stateside goat charmers were in for a treat this morning as actress/reality TV star Nene Leakes showed off her lamb chops singing chops for audience members of ‘The View.’

As fans know, the diva “ditched” her claim to fame as part of the saucy group of ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ to try her hand at Broadway in ‘Cinderella: The Musical’ and other forthcoming television ventures.

Taking to ABC this morning to give viewers a sample what they were missing, get into Miss Leakes demonstrating her vocal prowess – a bid sure to win the approval of Rihanna, Trey Songz, and Jussie Smollett fans everywhere:

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‘How To Get Away With Murder‘ actress Viola Davis teamed up with the Paley Center & McCann to present ‘New Audiences for a New America’, an insightful session which saw the entertainer weigh in on Hollywood’s relationship with diversity.

The conversation (which features a creative from ‘Empire’ and an executive from ABC) comes as Davis has been praised for her portrayal of the cruel and complex Annalise Keating in the aforementioned ‘Murder‘ which has been lauded for its jaw-dropping storylines and diverse group of characters.

An informative watch below…

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Music, fashion…drugs?

Is Rihanna‘s new business venture to set make many a marijuana-purveyor green with envy?

Answers below…

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All roads lead to November 20th for Adele Adkins.

The 27 year old Brit songbird who took the music world by song in the early noughties is back and appears poised for a redo.  As if the record shattering success of ‘Hello,’ her long-awaited comeback single, wasn’t enough, industry analysts indicate the tune’s parent album, ’25,’ is on track to set the record for the best first-week sales of any LP ever (current record held by N’SYNC‘s 2000 ‘No Strings Attached’ album at 2.4 million sold).  The strength of pre-orders alone show the album will sell no less than 1 million its first week and will unquestionably surpass the first week sales record set by fellow ‘it girl’ Taylor Swift last year.

But, while we anxiously await official news, we are set to offer TGJ readers their chance to get in on all the excitement.  You already know we’ve got our copies on deck, but now we want to give 2 lucky winners the opportunity to get their hands and ears on the album the whole world will be talking about.

Interested?  We thought you’d be.  To enter, all you have to do is answer the question below:

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