With an album campaign that’s been nothing short of epic thus far, Ciara continues to one up herself today…by announcing that she is to unveil the video for her new single ‘I’m Out‘ at this month’s BET Awards!

Good news below…

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J. Cole‘s ‘Born Sinner’ is officially blazing the charts, yet the Roc Nation star is not resting on his laurels.

The MC stopped by Power 105.1‘s The Breakfast Club today to plug the set – which has found favour both commercially and with critics.

Watch below as he talks with Charlamagne and co about deliberately going head-to-head with Kanye West‘s ‘Yeezus’, disappointing Nas, and much more. A great, candid piece.

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Kelly Rowland kept her promo game a’blazing today, stopping by Good Morning America to perform Summer sizzler ‘Street Life’.

The Pharrell Williams produced cut features on the singer’s fourth studio album, ‘Talk A Good Game’, which hits stores globally this week.

Backed by her troop of dancers, The X Factor USA judge rocked the house with her own X Factor. Watch her werk after the jump…

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This week brought with it the arrival of Kelly Rowland‘s hotly anticipated LP, ‘Talk A Good Game’. And, in news that will delight her millions of “Rowland Stones”, the week also ushers in the video premiere of the R&B siren’s latest single ‘Dirty Laundry’.

Previewed on Good Morning America moments ago, word has it the visual will arrive in full any moment now. Until it does, peep the teaser below, which is conjoined with an interview that sees Ms. Kelly wax honest about the meaning behind the song.
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With most of his UK contemporaries unable to dust off the air of ‘basic’ that keeps them tied down, Wretch 32 continues on in his bid for global notoriety with the brand new cut ‘Doing OK‘.

Following the chart success of his Knox Brown produced ‘Blackout’, this cut sees the Rapper tackle even deeper thematic territory alongside Jacob Banks.

Is it any good?

We’d say so…so check it out for yourselves and weigh in below!

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Eminem lights the flame for his new campaign with a new single today, named ‘Symphony In H‘.

Pulled from his forthcoming new album, the Slim Shady fuelled cut actually features on DJ Tony Touch’s “PieceMaker 3: Return of the 50 MCs“, but goes a long way to build the hype for what will be Em’s eighth studio album.

Check it out below…

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Over the course of her illustrious career, Madonna has teased and toyed with a number of looks. It’s little surprise, then, that the Pop Queen showed up and showed out at the New York screening of her ‘MDNA Tour’ special.

The 54-year-old donned a male suit for the star-studded event, which saw the recently wrapped trek previewed to media ahead of its EPIX debut on June 22d at 8pm ET.

One of the most spectacular and controversial extravaganzas of last year, ‘Madonna: the MDNA Tour’ was filmed primarily in Miami as well as other locations. Factually, the highest grossing tour of 2012, the spectacle was seen by over 2.2 million people across the world over the course of its 88 (sold-out) shows.

More power to her!

Your thoughts?

After footage of her smacking a fan with her microphone surfaced here, Rihanna has shed more light on the matter via her personal ‘badgalriri’ Instagram page.

Her response, as you’ll see below, was all too ‘Unapologetic‘.

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Enlisting Hip Hop’s best and brightest to aid him, it’s abundantly clear ‘Hot In Herre’ hitmaker Nelly is playing approximately no games when it comes to his comeback album ‘M.O.’.

Calling on the likes of Trey Songz, T.I., Wiz Khalifa, and Nelly Furtado to name a few, the album’s newest offering sees assistance from rapstress Nicki Minaj and superproducer Pharrell.

Titled ‘Get Like Me’, the track comes as co-star Nicki Minaj’s latest entry on an already extensive collabo resume (see:  Ciara, Mario, Wale).  Is this the best of the bunch?  You tell us below:

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Giving country superstar Blake Shelton his third win in a row, 16-year-old country singer Danielle Bradbery makes ‘Voice’ history as its youngest winner ever…

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Bruno Mars brought the house down tonight on ‘The Voice’ finale with a red-hot performance of his throwback tune “Treasure” – the latest from his top-selling sophomore album ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’.

Unwrapping a live rendition of the tune just days after its accompanying music video was released, it’s clear that if this is just a glimpse of what fans can expect on his Moonshine Jungle Tour (kicking off on June 22 in Washington DC), then they’re in for a treat they won’t soon forget.

See what we mean below:

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‘Cocoa Butter’ – the smooth lead single from guitar wielding soulstress India.Arie‘s forthcoming album ‘Songversation’ – has certainly been the topic of conversation for faithful #Soulbirds anxiously awaiting more tastes of the Georgia beauty’s newest offerings.

Much to their delight, Arie makes them wait no more with the unveiling of two new tunes ‘This Love’ and ‘Just Do You’.

The latter, said to soon serve as the singer’s official second single, is already winning listeners over with its acoustic decorations and lyrics of self-love.  Reminiscent of many of Arie’s gems of the past (see:  “I Am Not My Hair”, “Private Party”, etc.), get your first listen below and weigh in:

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