The handing out of honors at the Billboard Music Awards 2013 concluded moments ago.

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The Billboard Music Awards 2013 are currently underway at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. As ever, That Grape Juice will be providing you with performances as they occur!

Check out performances from Prince, Chris Brown, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, and more below. Keep refreshing, as we’ll be updating minute-by-minute!

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The stars shine bright for one of music’s biggest calendar night – the Billboard Music Awards 2013!  Live from MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, see the industry’s biggest stars just moments after they arrive to the scene. See and sound off on the fashion hits and misses below…

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Our From The Vault pick of the week comes courtesy of American Pop rebels No Doubt and their signature smash, ‘Don’t Speak’.

Written by lead vocalist Gwen Stefani about her breakup with the band’s bassist Tony Kanal after a seven-year relationship, ‘Speak’ served as the third single from the group’s classic LP ‘Tragic Kingdom’.

It’s interesting to point out that despite the continued acclaim the cut has been receiving ever since its release in 1996, the single NEVER charted on the Billboard Hot 100 as it wasn’t ever released physically which was an essential requirement at the time. It goes to show that the charts aren’t the only mean to evaluate how music resonates with an audience.

Still, the track held the top of the Airplay chart in the US and was a the first of many worldwide touchdowns for the colorful quad reaching the Top 5 in France and Germany and hitting the #1 spot in the UK, Ireland and Australia.

The track’s accompanying VMA-winning video was directed by frequent collaborator Sophie Muller and sees the band performing the song in a garage while footage of them killing it during a live show are shown as well. The clip  also sheds light on the press’ fascination with Stefani versus the band as a unit. (Side note: whatever Ms. Stefani is drinking, she needs to remember sharing is caring. She looks as youthful today, aged  43,  as she did in this vid!)

With No Doubt’s latest effort ‘Push And Shove’ failing to find chart success, we hear the Californian quartet is already hard at work on a new project as well as a worldwide tour. Hopefully they learn from the “mistakes” they made with said album and hit the world with a collection of records that will cater to a global audience without compromising their unique sound too much.

In the meantime, we’ll leave you with this timeless power ballad…

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As one of the most active online destinations for Urban Pop, things move at a rapid pace here at That Grape Juice. However, each week, there’s always select stories that resonate most amongst our millions of monthly readers. Happen to miss one of them? Fret not, you now have…The Refill!

No frills or trills, The Refill simply recaps the hottest topics on the lips of the TGJ faithful over the last seven days. The metrics used to compile the list weekly are comments, social media shares, and page views.  So without further adieu…

That Grape Juice’s Top 5 Stories Of The Week!

1) Kelly Rowland Debuts ‘Dirty Laundry’

2) Janet Jackson Confirms New Album

3) Mariah Carey’s Puzzling American Idol Performance

4) Jennifer Lopez Releases ‘Live It Up’ Video

5) Beyonce Teases ‘Rise Up’

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No stranger to being center of attention, Kanye West is the hottest of topics this week.

The controversy-courting rapping has sparked mass debate after announcing the title of his latest studio album — ‘Yeezus’. And it’s a conversation that looks set to continue following the unveiling of the LP’s official cover today.

Color us confused, but we’re not sure what we’re looking at. But we’d bet good money that it won’t matter when the ‘New Slaves’ led set hit stores on June 18th. For, between the hype and hoopla, ‘Yeezus’ is already one of the year’s most anticipated releases.

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It’s that time of the week again!

Half an hour after this week’s UK Charts were publicised, TGJ rounds up a number of the week’s highest rising releases in the nation- which now sees Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams top the overall tally with their Dance hit ‘Get Lucky’.

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Get acquainted with a snippet pulled from Chris Brown‘s forthcoming smash, ‘They Don’t Know’– featuring  vocals from none other than R&B icon Aaliyah.

Following the star’s success with ‘Fine China’, ‘Know’ touches down days after its video was shot here and weeks before its supporting album ‘X’ hits Pop shores via RCA.

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Ciara has showered the LGBT community in praises this month, sharing her stance a number of pressing hot topics surrounding them in an interview with The Advocate.

Find out what she had to say below…

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Controversial Kanye West kicked off the televised push for new album ‘Yeezus’ tonight on the finale of NBC’s Saturday Night Live!

Backed by a full band, the rapper brought new songs ‘Black Skinhead’ and ‘New Slaves’ to life live. The latter features critically acclaimed crooner Frank Ocean on its studio incarnation.

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There’s a lot of power in this picture.

Hip-Hop titans Jay-Z and Drake have re-teamed up to create new music. The pair’s latest studio outing is their first collaboration since  2010’s ‘Light Up’ – a cut from Drizzy’s debut album ‘Thank Me Later’.

Little is known about the motive of these fresh sessions (namely whether for Jay’s new album or Drake’s third LP ‘Nothing Was The Same’), however what is certain is that we can’t wait to hear what these two are cooking up.

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A flagrant courter of controversy, Kanye West is set to provoke all sorts of social debate; the rapper has named his new album ‘Yeezus’. Yes, you read right.

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