The battle of the bops continues! And this time, it was T-Pain and Lil Jon who squared off in a seismic showdown.

Taking to Instagram Live, the pair did battle with their biggest hits and were watched by more than 200,000 realtime.

Their duel is the newest instalment of a rapidly popular Verzuz series, which is being spearheaded by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland and has birthed spars between the likes of The-Dream & Sean Garrett, as well as Johnta Austin & Ne-Yo.

Check out clips and setlist below, and let us know who you thought won!

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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’re going to show a little love to ‘Love in This Club’ – the 2008 chart-topping hit from Usher.  Join us inside:

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2020 will bring with it a new music and a restored public image from the icon Usher following a difficult year in the press.

Only right then that he celebrates his creative rebirth with his fans.

Fans, who stepped out to see him perform live in Abu Dhabi nights ago!

Press play on the videos below to watch happened when the entertainer took his party of hits to the Middle East.

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Look at her now sounds about right.

It’s been nearly three years since Selena Gomez released new music from an official studio album and fans apparently couldn’t wait to get their eyes and ears on the latest from the Pop darling.  Dropping not one, but two new singles just a day apart, Gomez stunned fans with the haunting ballad, ‘Lose You To Love Me,’ before unveiling the uptempo ‘Look at Her Now.’  While the latter is looking to make its inaugural appearance on next week’s refreshed Hot 100, the former stormed digital sales, streaming, and radio tallies (as we reported here) to make a #15 premiere on this week’s singles chart.

Billboard also reports:

‘[‘Lose You to Love Me’ enters the Hot 100 with] 36,000 sold (digital sales), 15.3 million streams, and 14.1 million in radio audience impressions.’

Coming as the second-most impressive Hot 100 entrance of her career (following 2015’s #9 debut of ‘Good For You’), ‘Lose You’s first week performance is all the more impressive considering the song impacted charts based on just two days of sales counts due to its unconventional release date.

As we extend our congratulations to Selena, look inside to see who joins her in the top 25 of this week’s edition of TGJ Chart Check:
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With over 130,000 votes cast, the time has finally arrived for the winners of the That Grape Juice End of Year Awards 2018 to be announced!

While some acts maintained a major lead, upon the penultimate cut-off point, the final list brought with it many last minute surprises.

Check out the full list of winners below. Prepare yourselves for what awaits…and sound off!

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“My name is Keri, I’m so very
Fly, oh my, it’s a lil’ bit scary.”

Today’s From The Vault pick is Keri Hilson’s 2010 hit, ‘Pretty Girl Rock.’

Dive below….

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Xscape‘s comeback campaign is being gifted quite the boost. Because, the iconic R&B quad are set to be saluted in a major way at ASCAP‘s 31st annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.

Full story below…

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Rihanna‘s glorious discography has seen her secure a record that’s unlikely to be matched or outperformed anytime soon.

Brilliant news for the singer/songwriter below…

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Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, Jenna Dewan Tatum, and Derek Hough danced their way to the top of NBC’s ratings’ tallies with their surprise breakout hit, ‘World of Dance.’

The reality dance competition, akin to FOX’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ opened to nearly 10 million viewers last Spring [click here to read more on that] and was a ratings winner throughout its much talked about first season.

Renewed for a season 2 barely a month after its premiere, now fans of the series can find out exactly when they’ll next be able to see some of the world’s best dancers grace the stage to compete for a chance to walk away with a cool $1 million prize! See the teaser inside:

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Rihanna‘s discography has surpassed efforts made by each and every one of her peers on Apple Music this year.

Fantastic news awaits below…

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Adrienne Bailon is renown for her role as co-host on ‘The Real.’

However, many will recall that she rose to prominence as a member of groups 3Lw and The Cheetah Girls. The latter of which proved wildly successful.

A brief solo run under Ne-Yo’s imprint aside, recent years have seen her turn the volume down on her music ambitions. She’s even spoken about her artistic insecurities on ‘The Real.’

Well, it appears the days of worrying are behind her. Because the star has just announced her first solo album.

Details below…

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Cardi B fans are up in arms after learning that her smash hit ‘Bodak Yellow’ was knocked from #1 by a song which may have “cheated” its way to the position.

Details below…

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