With award season in full swing, expect the year’s best and biggest in entertainment to be gearing up to grace the stages of annual award show staples to perform and accept coveted trophies.

The latest to unveil its highly anticipated list of nominees is the E! People’s Choice Awards.

Led by Justin Bieber (who scored a whopping 10 nominations across the music categories), Lil Nas X and Doja Cat – two of the year’s best-selling musical acts – also collected a bevy of nods with 6 and 5 respectively.  Olivia Rodrigo, easily the year’s breakout star, also garnered five nods for work found aboard her blockbuster debut album, ‘Sour.’

Ahead of the show’s December 7 air date, look inside for the full list of nominees across music, television, movies, and more.

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In just four years since officially bursting on to the scene with her chart-topping breakthrough hit ‘Bodak Yellow,’ rapstress Cardi B has colored her name in the history books of a number of award shows.

As if being the first female emcee to win ‘Best Rap Album’ at the GRAMMYs wasn’t enough, she’s also penciled in record books for nabbing the Billboard Music Award for Top Female Rap Act than any competitor, a slew of American Music Awards, and is listed as the first female rapper to win Album of the Year at the BET Awards.

Speaking of the latter, Tuesday’s BET Hip Hop Awards (October 5) saw Cardi capture yet another award show record thanks to the additions to her list of trophies garnered from the show.

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From ‘Moonlight Edition’ to ‘Moon Prism Power,’ Dua Lipa gives her enduring ‘Future Nostalgia’ hit ‘Levitating’ yet another facelift – this time courtesy of an animated music video.

Drawing inspiration from the classic anime cartoon Sailor Moon, the NOSTALOOK-animated clip comes the very week the DaBaby-assisted tune dropped from the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 after a history-making, 35-week run in the chart region.

Also using the animated clip as a vehicle to announce her forthcoming ‘Future Nostalgia’ tour alongside Megan Thee Stallion (click here to see the dates), hop inside to see Lipa transform into the Moon Princess/Champion of Justice!

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Yola is getting candid.

Hot on the promotional trail for her new album ‘Stand For Myself,’ the GRAMMY nominee talked with That Grape Juice about the project, working with Brandi Carlile, her role in the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic, and more.

Join us below for her words on these topics and so much more…

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With the rave reviews rolling in for Jennifer Hudson‘s performance as music royal Aretha Franklin in the forthcoming biographical film, ‘Respect,’ it’s no wonder the ‘American Idol’ alum has biopic fever.

While blazing the promo trail in support of the Franklin film (due in theaters August 13), Hudson shocked many by revealing she’d also like to tackle the life story of media mogul Oprah Winfrey – a revelation she claims the talk show queen/actress isn’t aware of…yet.

However, before she begins tasking her production company – JHud Productions – with pulling off that tall task, the Academy and GRAMMY Award winner has all eyes on ‘Respect.’

And if anyone needed a reminder that Jennifer was the absolute best pick for the Queen of Soul role, it was served Tuesday morning (August 10) when the 39-year-old took to ‘Good Morning America’ to belt out a medley of legendary Aretha hits ‘Think,’ ‘Dr. Feelgood,’ and more.

See it all inside:

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With just a week separating fans of Aretha Franklin from the August 13 premiere of her big screen biopic, ‘Respect’ (click here to watch the trailer), the film’s star – Academy & GRAMMY Award-winning songstress Jennifer Hudson – is pounding the promo pavement something serious in its support.

Tackling screen, print, Web, and radio, the ‘Spotlight’ singer is leaving few stones unturned as she shines a spotlight on the life and times of one of music history’s most celebrated figures.

And while the bulk of her interview topics have ranged from personal memories with the Queen of Soul to tackling Franklin’s legendary songs, Hudson’s also made headlines for her comments on unrelated, yet equally sizzling topics.

Case in point? ‘VERZUZ.’

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The MTV VMAs may have given Pop culture some of its most memorable televised moments on and off stage over its 37-year course, but the show’s biggest star remains the award itself.

Reminder of this comes courtesy of world renowned American artist Kehinde Wiley (who famously created the President Obama portrait that hangs in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery).

Look inside to see how:

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Justin Bieber‘s career is no stranger to “firsts.”

At just 27-years-young, the Pop pinup boasts being the first male vocalist to sell over 100 million digital records, first male artist to debut his first six studio albums atop the Billboard 200, first male vocalist to nab four Hot 100 #1 debuts, and more.

Now, thanks to The Kid LAROI‘s latest single – ‘Stay’ – Bieber’s made another beeline into Billboard history books.

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After delivering the U.S. television live performance debut of their latest single, ‘Permission to Dance,’ on ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’ Tuesday (July 13), BTS melted hearts with ‘Butter.’

The song – currently enjoying a historic reign atop the Hot 100 – has dominated the American musical landscape for nearly two months now, a measure certain to be sustained once viewers get a peek at the boys’ high octane showing on Wednesday’s ‘Fallon’ (July 14).

Look inside to see Jimin, Jungkook, V, Suga, Jin, RM and J-Hope rock like only they can as they bring their two-night ‘Tonight Show’ takeover to a close.

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Britney Spears‘ mom Lynne Spears is speaking out about her daughter’s conservatorship.

A week after her shocking testimony, the New Yorker published an exposé detailing how exactly the conservatorship came to be, which includes alleged words from Lynne.

Her words below…

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The BET Awards may have posted an impressive uptick in viewership last year with its first virtual incarnation (as we reported here), but new reports reveal “Culture’s Biggest Night” was unable to continue that trajectory with their latest edition.

Despite aligning the star power of megawatt talent of Cardi B, H.E.R, Lil Nas X, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, and more on its most packed performance roster to date, their combined shine – thank to steep competition from televised U.S. Olympics programming – wasn’t enough to illuminate ratings tallies.

Details inside:

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‘Kiss Me More’ (sans Doja Cat), ‘All the Stars,’ ‘Good Days,’ ‘Broken Clocks,’ ‘Love Galore,’ and ‘The Weekend’ were just a few of the SZA fan favorites to get the live treatment at the GRAMMY nominee’s stunning virtual concert as part of the American Express UNSTAGED music series Thursday (June 17).

Powered by LIVENow, SZA’s live-streamed showing (which followed similar specials from the likes of Alicia Keys, Sam Smith, and Dua Lipa), saw her bring a brigade of hits to the event; one which had special significance for the 30-year-old as it coincided with the celebration of the four-year anniversary of her debut album, ‘CTRL.’

Featuring special appearances from the likes of Travis Scott, Isaiah Rashad, and more, the hourlong event thrilled with its immersive action.

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