‘Heaux Tales’ – the latest entry in the discographic story of prized R&B songstress Jazmine Sullivan – arrived January 8, coming as her first body of work released since 2015’s ‘Reality Show.’

Housing the critically acclaimed cuts ‘Pick Up Your Feelings,’ ‘Lost One,’ ‘Girl Like Me’ (featuring GRAMMY-winning singer H.E.R.), and more, the 14-track conceptual project pounced to the top of multiple real-time sales tallies despite minimal promotion (as we reported here).

Now at the midway point of its inaugural sales week, industry analysts have lifted the lid on their official prediction of how those sales (alongside streaming figures) will tally by the end of that tracking period. And, if the data is to be believed, fans apparently couldn’t wait to get their hands on new music from the diva!

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Lana Del Ray is not holding back.

The ‘Let Me Love You Like A Woman’ songstress appeared on BBC Radio 1 to promote her new album, ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club.’ While there she did not shy away from the recent capitol riots in the US and said that “the madness of Trump needed to happen” for America to change.

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Ciara kicks off her 2021 a’front of SELF Magazine.

Beyond styling, smizing, and stunning in the Travis Matthews lensed shoot, CiCi opened up in earnest about her current life within her accompanying feature.

Indeed, she dished on being pregnant with son Win during the pandemic and what giving birth was like under lockdown conditions.

She also spilled on how she keeps her relationship with Russell Wilson healthy and mutually fulfilling.

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Netflix‘s hit series ‘Bridgerton’ could be sticking around for some time.

Amid the massive success of the series, which follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Duke of Hastings, Simon Bassett (Regé-Jean Page), the show’s creator Chris Van Dusen teased that there could be many more seasons to come.

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Queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige sent her fans into a royal frenzy with snaps she uploaded to her official Instagram handle Monday (January 11) in celebration of her 50th birthday.

Striking sultry poses under the lens of famed photographer Robert Ector, the bikini-clad diva shined in a golden two-piece set a-front a beautiful beach backdrop.

Looking like a million bucks, the pics were uploaded alongside the apt caption, “where the money resides” (a nod to the popularized catchphrase of a recently gone-viral Honda car salesman Durell Smylie).

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Cop a gander of Zendaya!

The 24-year-old actress covers the February issue of GQ Magazine, which is paired with a striking photoshoot.

Aptly timed, the feature arrives ahead of ‘Malcolm & Marie’ – Zendaya’s new Netflix movie with John David Washington. 

Already tipped for Oscar glory, the film follows her Emmy win for her stunning performance in HBO’s ‘Euphoria.’

With the possibility of more success on the horizon, the shining star opened up about ‘Malcolm & Marie’ and more.

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Little Mix appears to be cooking up some new tunes.

For, the music trio teased to UK publication The Sun that new music is on the way.

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Ava Louise – who gained famed for licking a toilet seat as part of the “Coronavirus challenge” – has come clean about Jeffree Star and Kanye West.

For, she now admits that she “made this entire scandal up” in a new voice memo posted to TikTok.

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After a six-year wait, Jazmine Sullivan fans apparently couldn’t go another second without a new project from the GRAMMY-nominated songstress as evidenced by the overwhelming response to her new EP, ‘Heaux Tales’ (click here to stream).

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Despite having a documented history of dissing Rap Queen Nicki Minaj, DJ Akademiks made headlines recently for finally “bowing down to kiss the ring” – but not without doing so at the expense of other female rappers.

No stranger for earning negative reviews for his controversial opinions, the popular Urban culture commentator expressed disappointment for the “low bar” set for femcees over the last year.  An interesting position given that female Rap hit unprecedented highs in 2020.

“The popular female rappers in 2020, the bar was this low,” said Akademiks. “Truth be told, for all the male rappers, if it was on some Juwanna Man sh*t and could f*ckin’ trick the game and just have a big f*ckin’ fat ass and people think they’re a female and just wear like, a ton of lace fronts and f*ckin’ wigs and throw on a sh*t ton of lipgloss, yeah, the skill level is here.”

Later in his rant, he homed in on Minaj’s ‘Hot Girl Summer’ co-star Megan Thee Stallion by claiming the Hot Girl Coach had ‘lazy bars’ and was succesful because she was ‘a victim.’

That’s not all he said.  Look inside to see just what got Stallion’s fans, affectionately called Hotties, blazing keyboards in defense of the Houston-born rapstress.

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In breaking news, Twitter has announced that it has banned Donald Trump‘s account permanently.

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Jazmine Sullivan celebrated the release of new EP ‘Heaux Tales’ with a rousing performance on Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.

Backed by a full band, the R&B belter delivered roof raising renditions of tracks from the project – including ‘Girl Like Me,’ ‘Bodies,’ ‘Lost One’ and ‘The Other Side.’

She also peppered in much loved bops such as ‘Let It Burn’ and

The new project serves as Sullivan’s first in five years, for it follows 2015’s ‘Reality Show.’

With the set already receiving rapturous rounds of praise from fans and critics alike, watch her ignite the songs live in this must-see showing.

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