After enlisting Calvin Harris to join her second album’s production team, Rita Ora hit Glastonbury 2013 last night with a performance at the annual festival.

Joined by a crew of dancers, a well rehearsed band and attention grabbing stage, the highlight of Rita’s set was none other than the performer herself, gliding through every cut with pitch perfect vocals and a charisma that’ll pour through your screen as you watch it below.

At this point, our stance that Rita’s one of Pop’s strongest performers goes unshaken, for reasons you’ll understand after the jump!

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The “event” status of Jay-Z‘s ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ continues to solidify.

Already christened one of the most anticipated releases of the year, the set (due July 4th) already boasts guests such as Beyonce and Justin Timberlake.

In an interesting new twist, the Roc Nation mogul has revealed that the previously announced track ‘BBC’ will unite King B and his ‘Suit & Tie’ collaborator Timberlake on the same song – which will also feature former rival Nas, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, and Swizz Beats. 

The revelation came courtesy of Jigga’s new ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ Google Play app, which he has been using to drip-feed details about the innovative project.

Peep the lyrics to ‘BBC’ after the jump…

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Knowles business is global business.

With big sister Beyonce rocking the US with her sell-out world tour, Solange took front stage center at the UK’s iconic Glastonbury festival.

Backed by a full band, the 26-year-old grooved and moved the thousands in attendance with fan-favourite ‘Losing You’.

Check out the eclectic star in action after the jump…

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Feast your eyes on ‘If We Had Your Eyes’ hitmaker Michelle Williams and the snaps lifted from her recent appearance in ‘Michigan Avenue’.

Upping the ante yet again on her fashion game, Williams hits another home run in the publication whose feature story sees her interviewed by ‘Nobody Supposed To Be Here’ singer Deborah Cox.  Inside, the powerhouse vocalists chat about Michelle’s solo rise to fame, her fourth solo LP, and so much more.

In addition to the tell all interview, Williams also reveals the title of the follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2008 album ‘Unexpected’.  You can expect this and more after you tuck in below for the behind the scenes footage of the shoot and its final products:

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The Lifetime network is heating up this Summer…thanks to ‘Devious Maids’. 

Created Marc Cherry (the brain behind Desperate Housewives), and executive produced by Eva Longoria, the show follows five Latina maids who work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Each lady has ambitions and dreams of her own, while one of them has a much darker reason for working the circuit.

Having debuted in June, the show’s first season boasts 13 episodes. Check out a preview for episode 2 of the first series below…

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He’s the Southern charmer poised for global stardom, and now- thanks to rave reviews afforded to him in Europe- Luke James has been asked to join Beyonce on the North American leg of her ‘Mrs.Carter Show‘.

Exciting news below…

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The week just gets worse and worse for embattled kitchen queen Paula Deen.  Many, presumably including Deen herself, thought they’d seen the end of her endorsement woes after Wal-mart and a host of others backed out of pushing her products earlier this week.

Hoping to do damage control by lending an emotional interview with Matt Lauer via ‘The Today Show’, it appears Deen’s tearful apology for reported racist remarks were not enough as even more top names are dropping her products from their inventory.

More below…

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As his debut EP ‘Bijoux 22′ continues to find room in many a Weeknd, Drake and Jhene Aiko led playlist, this week has Pepsi Co pour support for Elijah Blake!

Indeed, so impressed were the multinational company by his work, today saw them announce their first endorsement of the understated soloist.

Details below….

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Eve continues on in her bid to push her new LP ‘Lip Lock’ this week, rocking TBS’ ‘Conan’ with a scorching performance of her self titled jam ‘Eve‘.

Serving sass, packing energy and showcasing the best of her live voice, the Grammy winning MC most certainly proved her worth as an entertainer during the set, and has us hoping a tour of any scale is launched in the next year.

Check her out!

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‘I need to know! If the world says it’s time to go.’

Say hey to Janelle Monae‘s infectious new number, ‘Dance Apocalyptic‘, shimmying it ways to listeners via her new album ‘The Electric Lady‘.

Released in full before its video drops on July 2nd, the cut is nowhere near as good as ‘Q.U.E.E.N’ but boasts a far more experimental sound. Well, as far as today’s standards go.

Listen after the jump…

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The icon that is Mariah Carey stepped out in Jersey City last night, recording her performance for Macy’s annual 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular at Liberty State Park.

Joined by ‘Use Me‘ sensation Miguel, the star reportedly impressed her audience with a number of her strongest releases, including a rousing rendition of Katharine Lee Bates‘ ‘America The Beautiful’.

Peep fan footage from the show below…

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Set to debut with 25,000 units next week, India Arie‘s stunning new album ‘Songversation‘ welcomed the release of a new lyric video yesterday.

This time, for the last song on the album- ‘I Am Light’. Moving and inspirational without ever feeling cliche, make this the one song you listen to if you don’t decide to pick up the album.

However, if you’re anything like us, you may find that a little hard to do once you hear what’s waiting for you below.

Enjoy…

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