Prince‘s estate has declined Jay-Z’s offer to buy the rights to the late star’s music.

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Bruno Mars served fireworks aplenty France last night.

The singer, along with his trusty troop (The Hooligans) rocked the NRJ Awards with his current single (and album title track) ’24k Magic.’

A high-profile gig, the spot is the latest in a long, long line of promotional slots in place for the 30-year-old’s return to the charts. And his album more specifically.

How did he do? Watch below and let us know…

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Is Ariana Grande taking the Rihanna route to relevance?

It appears so, because less than 6 months after releasing her third studio album ‘Dangerous Woman,’ the pint-sized powerhouse has revealed she’s almost wrapped its follow-up. 

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Omarion celebrates his 32nd birthday with the release of a brand new song named ‘It’s Whatever.’

On it, he addresses he and Apryl Jones’ conscious uncoupling and how he is adjusting to fatherhood months removed from the breakup.

Told my BM she can have that. Put that on my daughter and my son. Every night I’m having flashbacks.

Profound.

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A Tribe Called Quest have found a friend in Kendrick Lamar!

Currently working on the follow-up to his album ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Lamar joins forces with the band to release the song ‘Conrad Tokyo’ which appears on their latest album ‘We Got it from Here…Thank You 4 Your Service.’

Every nation abomination. Let the coroner in. Crooked faces, red and blue laces for the colour of men, just embrace it and die alone, song of revelation.

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The good people of Hollywood were graced with Rita Ora‘s presence hours ago when she stepped out to party with pals.

Days removed from the wrapping of her latest movie ‘Wonderwell’, the triple threat arrived in the city of angels before the launch of her ‘America’s Next Top Model’ reboot and the release of her debut U.S. album.

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Well that didn’t take long.

Adrienne Bailon only announced her engagement to Gospel star Israel Houghton in August, but it’s clear wasting time was not on their agenda.

Because the couple are officially married.

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Congratulations are in order for Pop rebel Pink.

For the ‘Try’ singer has revealed she’s expecting her second child.

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Break-ups to make-ups are routine in R&B. And Pretty Ricky are the latest to hop-aboard the comeback train.

Many will remember the quad for their raunchy mid-00’s hits such as ‘Grind With Me’ and ‘Your Body.’

Now, they say there’s more on the way.

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Bruno Mars is hitting stages across the globe in support of new single ’24k Magic’ and its like-titled album.

Skavlan in Norway was hit latest stop.

Backed by his ever-present Hooligans, Mr Mars marvelled with a spirited showing of the song – which has thus far peaked in the top 5 in countless countries including the US and UK.

Should the 30-year-old keep it up, the album – due Nov. 18th – will also be a fixture in the upper echelon of the charts.

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature launched to celebrate TV and Film’s glorious past.

Today, we honour the creative force that is Grace Jones. In recent years, the entertainment industry has often found its creativity stifled by tight budgets and the short attention spans of a Snapchat generation.

The price it’s paid for these problems?

The demise of the multi-hyphenate star.

Gliding through music, film, fashion and television, the multi-hyphenate acts of yesteryear came armed with the talent and skill the industry would employ to rake in cash at record stores, movie theatres and runways alike.

With this in mind, the Jamaican Jones undoubtedly stands as one of the best to do it.

So, in honour of her work, we revisit some of her career highlights via the clips waiting below…

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Despite having a hard-hitting history at retail, Alicia Keys‘ latest album ‘HERE’ launched softly last week.

Indeed, the songbird’s newly released 8th LP has yet to hatch a hit and delivered projected sales that reflected this.

With the final tally counted, what did the ‘In Common’ led record sell in its premiere week?

Find out below…

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