Ciara‘s new self-titled album is packed to the brim with many a potential hit, with our personal pick ‘Super Turnt Up’ serving as the most obvious.

The swag-soaked number received the live treatment tonight as part of the singer’s residency on BET’s flagship show 106 & Park.

How did CiCi fare? Find out after the jump…

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Stunning….might be one word to describe the cover art for John Legend‘s new album ‘Love in the Future’, unveiled to the world today.

Just as breathtaking as the material on the project itself, the cover’s release comes two months before the album’s due date- armed with its 20 song long track list, featuring a duet from Brit Pop icon Seal.

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Poll Star have released their official Mid Year Top 100 Worldwide Tours tally today, listing the year’s highest generating tours according to how much capital they’ve pulled in since January 1st  to June 30th of this year.

Featuring appearances by Lady GaGa, Rihanna, Pink, Justin Bieber and Beyonce, the tally you’ll see below is all too telling of the fact that a ‘bigger venue’ is not always necessarily a ‘better venue’.

Facts and figures below…

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Justin Timberlake whips the world into a fresh frenzy today, releasing the first single from the second part of his new album ‘The 20/20 Experience’.

Named ‘Take Back The Night’, the jam was released minutes ago and is now available for your listening pleasure!

Is it a hit?

The answer to that question lies below….

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Ken Hicks’ ‘Footlocker’ teams up with Uli Becker‘s ‘Reebok’ to launch ‘Foot Locker X Reebok’,  joining forces to forge a commercial starring former Celtics‘ star Shaquille O’Neal and fashion forward Rap Prince Tyga.

Named ‘Conversation Lift‘, the ad is nothing short of hilarious and sees the performer flex his acting skills after the April 9th release of ‘Hotel California‘, which debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200.

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Let’s not sleep on this.

Seriously, it may have taken forever, but this week has an undeniably R&B cut makes its way to #1 on the Hot 100, fighting off competition some might say are impossible to beat.

That song, being Ciara‘s ‘Body Party’. Marking one of the biggest R&B jams to fare this well in the last decade, hours ago saw it hit #25 on the Hot 100, rising nine spots up its #34 last week. Epic, on all fronts.

Now watch as she chops it up with the guys over at Emmis‘ ‘Hot 97‘, addressing a number of issues some of her fans may bill ‘sensitive’…one of these, issues being Future‘s fidelity in their relationship.

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Her voice may leave much to be desired, but when it comes to shifting branded goods…very few do it better than Rihanna.

Now, after leveraging her star power against her relatable personality to dominate MAC cosmetics, the Hot 100 Royal is now gearing up for the launch of her brand new fragrance, ‘Rogue’.

Full story below…

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Following the well celebrated success of J.Cole’s new LP ‘Born Sinner’, today has brought news that will no doubt see his ROC boss Jay Z celebrate just as much!

Why, you ask?

Good news below…

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It’s quite literally been years in the making, yet Lady GaGa is finally ready to unwrap her fourth studio album ‘ARTPOP’.

The info-packed announcement came courtesy of the singer herself on her official website early this morning, and, much to the delight of her millions of Monsters, confirms that new material is due eminently.

So why wait? Flip the hood for the latest on Pop’s most anticipated project of the year.

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Ciara has taken over BET’s ‘106 & Park’ all week long with each day bringing with it a fresh performance and/or video from the Atlantan hitmaker.

All in support of her eponymous new album, the songstress keeps that promo train well on track by sharing a snippet of the new video short for the tune ‘Keep On Lookin’ just a day after performing the fan favorite on the show.

That’s not all, folks.  Immediately whipping fans into a frenzy, Cici stepped into a medley of her past hits including ‘Goodies’, ‘1, 2 Step’, and more.  See all the action below:

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As reported here, rap titans Nelly and Nicki Minaj joined forces for ‘Get Like Me’ – the blazing Pharrell-produced number set to kick off Nell’s forthcoming album ‘M.O.’.

With fans already buzzing over the number, Minaj takes teasing into overdrive by giving a behind-the-scenes look at the accompanying Colin Tilley-directed clip set to premiere before the month’s end.

While we anxiously await the finished product, get you first view of the new-new below:

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This coming Monday, Pop’s brightest newbie Ariana Grande will announce the name of her long awaited debut album!

Before that, in teasing the world with the project, the Harmony Samuels produced act has shared a little of what fans can expect from the release, by way of a snippet pulled from on its releases.

While she’s yet to announce this song as ‘The Way’s follow up, believe us when we say what you’ll see below really is a must see for any fans of the star.

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