With only a few hours to go until its release, Ciara‘s self titled new album found a home in BET’s 106 & Park when she arrived there to kick off a lengthy stint on the hit series.

While there, she brought life to the Elijah Blake penned song ‘DUI’ with a rousing performance of it, showcasing the skill many hope to see rock the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards this Summer.

Think she’s got what it takes?

You decide below…

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‘My All‘ maestra Mariah Carey is reportedly in good health today, after dislocating her shoulder while on the set of a brand new music video.

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Samsung may have purchased 1 million copies of his new LP for their mobile phone users, but it seems Jay Z won’t be needing these sales to top the Billboard 200 next week.

Indeed, thanks to a short but potent digital campaign launched for the ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’, pre-orders for the release have sky rocketed in the last week, giving it no choice but to soar to the top of the charts next week!

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He doesn’t get enough credit for it, but Jay Z‘s hand in Pop reaches far further than the odd collaboration with his wife Beyonce.

From birthing the careers of Rihanna and Rita Ora, overseeing Christina Milian’s last album at Def Jam to pushing Ne-Yo to chart heights upon the release of ‘So Sick’, the Pop culture icon is no stranger to crafting or pushing Urban jams to the Pop heavens.

Only right then, that he shows a little love to the Pop icon that is Britney Spears, taking to Twitter to share his favorite release from the star, during an impromptu chit chat with fans!

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Yesterday, fans of ‘The Final Goodbye’ singer rejoiced in the news that Rihanna‘s ‘Stay’ had become the highest selling ballad by a black female artist, in the US.

Retweeting a fan who shared this information with fans, the performer came under heavy praise from her supporters for nabbing the record, and ultimately snatching it from Beyonce and her heartfelt jam, ‘Halo‘.

Unfortunately, much like the second #1 album she’s yet to score, it emerged that the so called record did not exist- with records by Whitney Houston, Beyonce and Tracy Chapman trumping sales scored by ‘Stay’.

Now peep what Rihanna’s peeps over at Roc Nation have to say on the matter, below!

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Behold the mess that is former Fefe Dobson impersonator Rihanna, caught on camera making a spectacle of herself in Poland over the weekend.

Arriving to support R&B royal Miguel at the Open’er Festival, the Pop star faced the ultimate shame when staff at the venue were forced to escort her out of the spot….thanks to the amount of alcohol she allegedly downed while there.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t alone in this.

For, seemingly just as drunk as she were her best friend Melissa Forde and assistant Jennifer Rosales, stumbling away like three blind mice- aided by security who tried their best to keep them on their feet.

Alas, this was to no avail.

Fan footage below…

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As the man responsible for Rihanna‘s classic ‘Stay‘, Mikky Ekko is no stranger to forging and subsequently celebrating hits.

Only right then, that he releases a hit of his very own with the single ‘Kids‘- the latest effort to be pulled from his forthcoming album, which also boasts the Indie Pop jam ‘Pull Me Down‘.

Unfamiliar with his work?

Meet your new favourite act below…

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It’s here.

Mario‘s official comeback single ‘Somebody Else’ saw its accompanying video premiere moments ago.

The Nicki Minaj assisted cut is the lead release from the R&B star’s first studio album since 2010’s ‘DNA’.

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In celebrating the 10 year anniversary for her debut album ‘Dangerously In Love‘, The Official Charts Company have released Beyonce’s highest selling British singles, listing them from the highest to smallest using sales generated by them since release.

With most of these cuts shifting what they sold via physical copies, even we were surprised to see what came out on top and which songs didn’t make the cut.

Find out why below…

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As far as comebacks go, very few have been handled as immaculately as that launched by SWV, returning in 2011 with their fourth studio album ‘I Missed Us’.

Now, as they continue to write the next chapter of their story, the ladies have announced the birth of their very own Reality TV show, brought to fans by We TV.

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Security staff at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena were forced to escort a Pink fan from her show at the venue last night, after he published a tweet which saw him ‘threaten’ to ‘blow up’ the spot before the star took to the stage.

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It’s on course to becoming one of R&B’s most well loved releases, and last night- in telling just how life ‘Use Me’ star Miguel has blown back into the genre, the star watched his smash hit single ‘Adorn’ score an appearance during last night’s episode of HBO’s ‘True Blood‘.

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