It’s finally here! Tamar Braxton‘s eagerly awaited album ‘Love And War’ strut its way stores today, following months of anticipation.

Kicking off an action packed week of promo, the new mother and youngest of the Braxton clan took over ABC’s Good Morning America today, thrilling with a titillating medley of the LP’s preceding singles ‘Love And War’, ‘The One’, and ‘All The Way Home’.

Watch Ms. Braxton soar after the jump…

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It’s finally here!

The Derek Blanks-directed visual for ‘If We Had Your Eyes’ – the latest gem from Destiny’s Child graduate Michelle Williams – dropped moments ago for your viewing pleasure.

Acting as the lead single from her forthcoming 4th album ‘Journey To Freedom’, the Harmony Samuels-produced release marks Michelle’s long awaited return to gospel (her first inspirational offering in almost a decade).

Was it worth the wait?  You tell us below:

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It’s that time again! That Grape Juice wants to see what you all are listening to. Which 5 tracks have you got on constant rotation at the moment?

Remember, it doesn’t have to be limited to Urban music; could be something new, Throwback, religious, even something you made yourself! Drop a comment in the comments section. Ours are below – in no particular order:

1) Lady GaGa – ‘Applause’

2) Cher Lloyd – I Wish (ft. T.I)

3) Toni Braxton & Babyface – Hurt You

4) Lady GaGa – Sex Dreams (Live At iTunes Festival)

5) Diana King – Shy Guy

What are Your Top 5 Songs of The Moment?

 

Cast your eyes on these snaps of TGJ favourite Rihanna, braving the rain in New York City yesterday as she begins work on her eighth studio album this month.

Spotted by fans as she made her way back to her hotel in the city, the ‘Winning Women‘ performer’s sighting marked the first since she touched down from LA this week, reportedly enlisting a plethora of hit makers to forge her new project- less than a year after the release of ‘Unapologetic‘.

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Label-mates Nelly and Daley have teamed up to deliver a taste of ‘Heaven’.

The guitar-heavy cut is the latest single to be lifted from the St Louis rapper’s long-awaited ‘M.O’ album – which arrives on September 30th and as well as the UK singer also features the Nicki Minaj and Pharrell Williams assisted ‘Get Like Me’. Does its follow-up pack as potent a punch? You decide after the jump, where its first live performance on the Today Show also awaits.

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Grammy’s, Oscars, and Golden Globes. It’s amazing how far Jennifer Hudson has come in just six years. Even more exciting, though, is the  ground the Dreamgirls star has yet to cover.

As she gears up to strut over it with her third studio album, the singer-actress flexed her vocal muscle at Megafest’s Women of Purpose concert over the weekend, thrilling the audience with the song that effectively started it all – Jennifer Holliday’s ‘And I Am Telling You’.

Watch J.Hud wow after the jump…

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Muzzle, much?

Once a promising chart prospect, these days sees Azealia Banks‘ mouth cause more buzz than her music.

Ever stationed on Twitter, the femcee’s latest target is Pop titan Lady Gaga.

The ‘ARTPOP’ purveyor reportedly axed the ‘212’ rapper from the project, which has provoked an onslaught of not-so-subtle jabs from the struggling New Yorker.

Details after the jump…

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Cop a gander at these snaps of ‘Cold Shoulder’ vocalist Adele, on her way home after enjoying all Lady GaGa had to offer at her sold out ‘iTunes Festival‘ outing last night.

Caught making her way out of the Camden Roundhouse once the show wrapped, the performer found herself met with onlooking fans and paparazzi who snapped the ’21’ belle, whose sighting at the show marked a rare public appearance for her since the birth of her son Angelo.

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The ‘Ciara’ plot thickens.

For, despite ‘Overdose’ and ‘Where You Go’ being  confirmed as the next singles to be lifted from the eponymous LP, it appears the renown stage blazer is heading in another direction.

See what we mean after the jump…

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With a career that now spans almost thirty years, Mariah Carey‘s influence on the music industry is no doubt immeasurable- birthing the vocal stylings of acts who have now risen to become her very own contemporaries.

Now, as word of drama surrounding the release of her new LP ‘The Art of Letting Go’ begin to part from industry lips, the icon may be pleased to learn that she’s found a fan in Urban Pop upstart, Ariana Grande.

Grande’s take on the ‘Honey’ beauty?

Watch below…

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The ‘X Factor UK’ have gifted Pop Queen Beyonce a fresh chart run of sorts this week, following the arrival of its 10th season over the weekend.

This, as Brit-Rap Royal Wretch soars to similar heights on the very same tally!

Good news below…

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‘I’d rather be poor and happy, than rich and alone’.

Now hours removed from her stellar ‘iTunes Festival’ performance, Lady GaGa finds her new album ‘ARTPOP’ weaving its way into public favour, after she performed 7 new cuts from the forthcoming release during her set.

One of them, being the moving ballad ‘I Wanna Be With You’, the jam that will no doubt do for ‘POP’ what ‘Brown Eyes‘, ‘Speechless‘ and ‘You & I’ did for ‘The Fame’, ‘The Fame Monster’ and ‘Born This Way’ respectively.

Honesty below…

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