As reported here, Young Money hitmaker Drake keeps a tight hold on the Billboard 200 for yet another week with his latest album ‘Views.’

Fending off the highly anticipated new release from Gucci Mane, Drizzy’s project – fueled primarily by massive streaming figures – earned its 12th nonconsecutive week atop the tally this week.

Via Billboard:

[Drake’s Views] earns another 85,000 equivalent album units (down 5 percent) in the week ending July 28, according to Nielsen Music.

Trailing Drake on the latest Billboard 200 at No. 2 is Gucci Mane’s Everybody Looking, which debuts in the runner-up slot with 68,000 units (of which, 43,000 are in traditional album sales).

Find out where all of your other faves o’ the day landed on this week’s chart:

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Britney Spears sprung a surprise on fans moments ago with the debut of the video for new single ‘Make Me.’

The G-Eazy assisted cut is the lead release from the Pop superstar’s 9th studio album ‘Glory’ (due August 26th) via RCA Records.

Directed by Randee St. Nicholas, the clip was shot months ago; but word has it that extensive editing to the concept was the cause of the delay.

 Who knows. What is for sure, though, is that the full visual awaits after the jump…

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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’ve got the August 1990 Hot 100 in our view.  There, we find pop icon Mariah Carey reigning with her introductory hit ‘Vision of Love.’  Located on her self-titled debut album, ‘Vision’ not only helped hoist its eponymous parent project to #1 on the Billboard 200 (where it enjoyed 11 weeks, the longest run of her career to date), but also helped itself to a four week reign on the singles chart.  Unknown to many at the time, the soaring ballad would be the first of a record-setting 18 tenancies she’d have atop the Hot 100.

Kicking off a now-legendary career, ‘Vision’ continues to influence an army of pop and R&B singers while simultaneously remaining one of the hardest songs to sing (effectively) in pop music history.  An enduring fan favorite nearly three decades after its release, let us tell it the tune remains our favorite MC cut here at TGJ HQ as well.

Tuck in below to see Madonna, Janet Jackson, and all the others who joined Mimi in the top 25 this week 26 years ago:

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New Usher alert!

The R&B crooner has uncaged the video for ‘No Limit’ – the latest single to be lifted from his eighth studio album.

Featuring Young Thug, the cut follows mainstream effort ‘Crash.’

See Mr Raymond in action below…

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For all the perks, being an artist has its drawbacks; and as history will tell it, some especially difficult moments for members of groups. Just ask Fifth Harmony star Normani Kordei.

Parallel to the quintet’s growing success has been debate among fans as to the ladies unity.

20-year-old Kordei found herself at the centre of said scrutiny from a small but volumized pocket of the group’s supporters, who – after an interview she gave – tried to pit her against one of her bandmates.

No longer willing to be silent, the singer has responded and here’s what she had to say…

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Of today’s crop of new vocalists, Ariana Grande has established herself as head, shoulders, and ponytail above the pack.

It’s fitting, then, that she was tapped to salute The Voice Whitney Houston the finale of ABC’s ‘Greatest Hits.‘

Soaring to the skies, Grande thrilled with a scintillating medley of ‘How Will I Know’ and ‘Bodyguard’ classic ‘Queen of the Night.’

Watch Ms. Grande show up and show out after the jump…

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1) Mariah Carey – Faded

2) JoJo – F**k Apologies (ft. Wiz Khalifa)

3) Fantasia – Sleeping With The One I Love

4) Usher – No Limit

5) Tory Lanez – LUV

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Rae Sremmurd‘s ‘SremmLife 2’ was celebrated with a listening session in Georgia’s TreeSounds Studios.

There, the duo played the album for tastemakers alongside their producer Mike Will 

following their time on ‘The Breakfast Club.’

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Shonda Rhimes and Jesse Williams extended their creative union beyond the realm of ‘Grey’s Anatomy‘ to build ‘America Divided’, a moving Epix documentary series.

The docu-series, which Rhimes is producing, shines an uncomfortable yet necessary light on inequality within in education, housing, healthcare, labor, criminal justice and the political system via eight stories fronted by celebrity correspondents.

It premieres on September 30th.

Watch its teasers below…

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Usher is finally ready to fling the curtain back on the video for new Urban single ‘No Limit.’

New, of course, is a relative term as the Young Thug assisted track actually debuted back in June.

 Still, as the age old adage goes – better late than never.

The clip will receive its first play on TIDAL tomorrow (August 6th) and ahead of its arrival, Mr Raymond is giving a sneak peek of what folk can expect.

Check out stills above and below…

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It’s here!

Katy Perry is ready to ‘Rise’ with her new Olympic single.

After ample teasing, the video for the cut was unleashed on the eve of the opening ceremony in Rio, Brazil. Just hours after boyfriend Orlando Bloom was caught in a picture scandal.

Watch the Pop force’s first video in over two years after the jump…

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Lyrica Anderson & Safaree Samuels join the sun-kissed fray that is ‘Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood’ for its third season much to the delight of their swelling respective fan bases.

Leading this season is Ray J (above) who finds himself in troubled waters following remarks made by his former lover Moniece Slaughter and the feud it causes with his current girlfriend Princess Love.

That isn’t all.

What else is going down in the city of angels?

Peep ‘Hollywood’s insane trailer below…

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