It’s the chart upset few would have foreseen.

After much adieu, the numbers are in and it’s official…Madonna has been beaten to the top spot by the season one soundtrack of FOX hit ‘Empire.’

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For as amazing a performer as Chris Brown is, charm is one trait that appears to allude him.

The singer has been a fixture in the headlines of late after news hit that he fathered a nine-month old baby named Royalty. Perhaps most stinging, though, was the fact that long-suffering girlfriend Karrueche Tran had no idea.

In the immediate aftermath, Tran (whose occupation remains a mystery) took to Twitter to announce her break-up from the star.

Yet, it seems C. Breezy can’t stop peeping her activity.

Taking to Instagram moments ago, he dropped quite the comment on a racy image she posted.

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After seeing singles from her first two albums secure a whole lotta love from Top 40 radio, Nicki Minaj has looked on as her latest offering, ‘The Pinkprint’, struggles to see similar success on the format.

We doubt she cares though.

For, the Hip-Hop flavoured set has seen its singles catch and collect numerous Gold and Platinum certifications without it and has now seen her surpass Urban heavy weights Beyonce & Rihanna on Urban radio.

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Jill Scott is back with a soulful new jam.

‘You Don’t Know’ blazed its way onto the net today with an accompanying video.

Directed by Nzingha Stewart and featuring appearances from musicians ?uestlove and Adam Blackstone, the song and clip are the first to be lifted from the songbird’s fifth studio album (due later this year).

Get all the way into Ms. Scott’s emotive ballad below…

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Madonna’s royal status is reinforced this week on the ‘Ellen’ show.

For, the diva will perform one song a day from her new album ‘Rebel Heart’ on the daytime talker.

Billed as a residency of sorts, the first performance was of the project’s lead single ‘Living For Love.’

How did Madge do? You be the judge after the jump…

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After the under-performance of 2013’s ‘Yeezus,’ Kanye West is taking no chances with new album ‘So Help Me God.’

Already supported by a slew of preceding singles as well a series of live shows, it has now been confirmed that the project will receive a platform at one of the most renown festivals in the world – Glastonbury.

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16,000 fans arrived at Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe to enjoy the first night of Nicki Minaj‘s ‘The Pinkprint Tour‘, launched to lift the European arm of the rapper’s latest album campaign.

There, Minaj flaunted all she and her creative camp have to offer on a live front, gliding through a set list filled to the brim with slightly reworked versions of her greatest hits.

Watch her perform her Platinum jam ‘Anaconda’ below….

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After ‘2 On’ singer Tinashe cut ties with her forthcoming arena tour to join Nicki Minaj‘s, Iggy Azalea is set to wake up to more bad news this morning following a remark made by ‘Crooked Smile’ lyricist J. Cole.

For he’s taken aim at her loss-ridden night at this year’s Grammy awards ceremony, mocking her failure to pick up an award in any of the nominations she was placed in during a show launched to support his latest studio album, ‘Forest Hills Drive 2014.’

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Despite the wealth of talent Azealia Banks posses, it’s increasingly looking like her career is heading for quite the crash landing.

New album ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’ is struggling to garner commercial traction, as such the femcee is showcasing her particulars for Playboy magazine’s April issue.

And while the clothes-free images are certain to set tongues a’wagging when they’re unveiled later this week, the New Yorker’s interview is already proving just as controversial.

Renown for saying entirely too much under the canopy of “free speech,” Banks cranks such practice up a notch with a series of jaw-dropping quotes.

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Nicki Minaj is heading out on a global trek in support of her third studio album, ‘The Pinkprint.’

Aptly christened ‘The Pinkprint Tour,’ the jaunt will first journey through Europe from next month before hitting home soil in the US.

While Trey Songz has been confirmed as the European “special guest,” Young Money maven Minaj revealed who Stateside fans can expect to see.

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As reported, R&B songbird Kelly Rowland takes centre-stage on the cover of Essence magazine’s April 2015 issue.

The Grammy winning solo star shares the honor with her family – husband Tim Witherspoon and their handsome son Titan Jewell.

Born in November last year, the beautiful shoot is the youngster’s first time on a public platform.

On newsstands now, peep pics from the feature below…

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It’s no secret. The campaign for Rihanna‘s eighth studio album has been a mega mess.

Defined by delays and so-so songs, the project has many scratching their heads as to whether the 27-year-old can deliver in the way her status calls for.

In a bid to reassure the growing group of doubters, the Bajan model opened about the rationale for the lack of release date. Per Ms. Fenty, she’s wants the record to be “timeless” going as far as to agree with That Grape Juice by inferring that her previous efforts weren’t.

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