A month has passed since D’Angelo sprung a surprise on the masses with the release of his first album in fifteen years, ‘Black Messiah’.

Following the set’s deviation from the traditional means of promotion, the soul-filled crooner has shunned TV appearances in favour of preparing for a series of lives dates across the US and UK this Spring.

However, this weekend saw singer debut a number of the LP’s song’s on ‘Saturday Night Live’.

Backed by his band, The Vanguard, the star turned in an impressive showing.

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BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ bolts back onto small screens February 3!

Led by Gabrielle Union, the show –  readying its second season – promises to intensify the drama for its latest outing.

Are you already buzzed or still need convincing?

Whichever way you sway, the newly released super trailer for season 2 has made its way online and rests below for your viewing pleasure.

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Justin Timberlake‘s 34th birthday today brought out an overflow of support from fellow stars.

Sharing a previously unseen photo from her own birthday bash, Taylor Swift posted the snap above of herself with The Carters, Beyonce and Jay Z, and JT:

Happy Birthday, @jtimberlake! Thank you for your music, comedy, daaaahncing, songwriting, and for taking this selfie: pic.twitter.com/nExSjreYRU

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) January 31, 2015

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On home soil, Mariah Carey has been a hot topic of late thanks to her new Las Vegas residency, rumoured Sony Music return, and tabloid chatter surrounding her divorce from Nick Cannon.

Still, in embracing her international status, the 45-year-old played to a sold-out crowd at the Jazz & Blues Festival in Jamaica last night.

How did she fare?

Watch her showing of ‘Always Be My Baby’ below…

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After she was discovered lying unconscious in a bathtub, Whitney Houston‘s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, has been revived and is now reported to be in a stable condition.

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Almost three years after her mother’s untimely death, Whitney Houston‘s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, has reportedly been found in a bathtub…unresponsive.

A worrying report below…

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Once the Buffy to Rihanna‘s Faith, the latest era of Beyonce‘s career has seen her swerve into the the ‘Pour It Up‘ singer’s “crazy, sexy, cool” lane and- if we’re being really honest- beat her at own game.

The result? A cooler and far more relatable Beyonce sat at the top of the brand arguably fresher today than it ever has been.

That might be one way to explain why her latest single ‘7/11‘ now sits atop Urban radio this week, becoming the fifth bop lifted from her ‘Beyonce‘ campaign to do so.

It success comes as the album’s Urban singles continue to outperform its Pop siblings, topping the Urban radio tally after the Hip Hop single ‘Drunk in Love’ outperformed the Ryan Tedder- penned ‘XO‘ on the Billboard Hot 100.

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It seems Nicki Minaj isn’t the only one set to rain on Taylor Swift’s PR parade.

For, after she was accused of having Swift’s pal Selena Gomez booted from her management company, Katy Perry has taken to Billboard magazine to spill the beans on her long-running feud with the ‘1989‘ singer, threatening to expose anyone who dares to defame her.

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Fact: Despite being greeted with mixed critical review, ‘Non-Fiction,’ the latest album from serial hitmaker Ne-yo, is bound to break into the Billboard 200’s top 10 upon the chart’s refreshing next week.  Coming as the only new title predicted to impact the chart’s currently reigning dectet, the album will give the singer-songwriter his sixth consecutive top 10 entry.

Fueled by the Jeezy-assisted ‘Money Can’t Buy’ and top 40 hit ‘She Knows’ ft. Juicy J, ‘Non-Fiction’ is set to be the crooner’s second release to hit charts without a top 10 single to support it.  A feat arguably to blame for its first week sales performance, as the project is on track to deliver his lowest numbers to date.

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Not even a two-month hiatus could quell the blazing success of Shonda Rhimes shows ‘Scandal’ and ‘How To Get Away With Murder’.

Both off screens since their Winter finales in November, the ABC hits made triumphant returns to the small screen this week and brought big numbers with them.

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This week’s Hot 100 and Billboard 200 saw little movement in their respective top 10s, but elsewhere on the charts, the shakeups are making history.

As her album ‘The PinkPrint’ continues to leave its mark on album charts’ upper ranking, Nicki Minaj is seeing her latest release – ‘Truffle Butter’ ft. Drake & Lil Wayne – edge her closer to surpassing chart titan Taylor Swift‘s status for entries on the Hot 100.

Becoming the rapstress’s 60th mention on the tally, only Swift (66) and Aretha Franklin (73) block her ability to claim the title of “most entries on the Hot 100 by a female.”  Her Young Money co-stars, Drake & Wayne, also have reason to rejoice as ‘Truffle’s trek up charts lands them in Hot 100 history books as well.

“Lil Wayne logs his 124th entry, second only to the cast of Fox’s Glee‘s record 207. Drake makes his 74th visit, tying late icon Ray Charles for sixth place…” (source)

The good tidings bring the trio a much needed distraction from their growing label drama, but tuck in below to see who else is celebrating for chart moves on the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 this week:

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With the fundraiser for TLC‘s final album now sitting at over $250,000 ($100k more than the set target), the legendary group are piecing together their dream-team to produce it.

Find out who they’ve recruited thus far below…

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