The final of ‘The X Factor UK’ may be a week away, but the British public are proving vocal with who they’re throwing their support behind.

Contestant Fleur East earned praise aplenty during last night’s semi-final episode, after rocking the house with a dynamite performance of Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson‘s newest number ‘Uptown Funk’.

Released to iTunes immediately following, the track has done what no song this season has managed to do.

Details below…

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Fifth Harmony brought their fire-filled brand of girl power to The X Factor UK stage tonight.

The group, who were formed on the US incarnation of the show in 2012, turned in a scorching hot performance of ‘Bo$$’ – the lead single from their debut album ‘Reflection’ (due January 26th).

With the music industry becoming more glo-calised by the day, we salute the ladies for embracing the international market so early in their narrative. And, as at writing, it’s paying off. Because ‘Bo$$’ has leaped into the top ten of the iTunes UK count, where it currently sits at #9.

Watch Normani, Camila, Dinah, Lauren and Ally in action below…

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The X Factor UK 2014 saw its 9th set of eliminations tonight. Find out who’s heading home this week and who has made it to next week’s final below…

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After a lengthy break on the bench, ‘TGJ Replay’ is back!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest retrospective segment – a written quest, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.

As this month brings with it the 19th anniversary of ‘You Put a Move on My Heart’ – the triumphant debut single of one of R&B’s brightest unsung starlets, Tamia, we are going to ode the official LP that birthed it. From Quincy Jones compilation album ‘Q’s Jook Joint’ to ‘Tamia’ the album…read all about its delivery below:

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Continuing on her in bid to be taken seriously as a “hip and happening” bad girl is Disney star Zendaya, the entertainer originally tapped to portray the late ‘Aaliyah’ in her ‘Lifetime‘ biopic.

Alas, while fellow children’s TV star Ariana Grande built her “cool” on stellar material and faultless vocals with relative ease, Ms. Coleman is still yet to find relevant footing on ground outside of Disney‘s front door.

The answer to her branding problem? Good music.

What she decided to do to score a few cool points?

A sorry scene below…

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Much like the iconic “Panic Attack” scene in the comedy ‘Airplane‘, it seems every one and their mom waits in line to lay one on Rap superstar Iggy Azalea.

For, after being called racist and self-absorbed by ‘Salon’s Sonia Saraiya, the ‘Beg For It’ lyricist has now seen her ethics thrown into disrepute by ‘Hollywood Stars’ rapper Gangsta Boo, who has accused the rapper of “paying for awards.”

This, after DeadMau5 mocked her ability as a rapper and after her ex ‘Interscope’ sister Azealia Banks slammed her for racially charged remarks she made before the release of her hit single ‘Fancy.’

Boo’s words below…

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When he isn’t building bops for other artists, Eric Bellinger can be found pushing his own material to his growing fan base, swelling in numbers after the release of the ‘Rhythmic’ radio smash ‘I Don’t Want Her.’

Now, with his short-lived “spat” with Nicki Minaj behind him, the chart-slaying hit maker made his way to ‘Club Avec’ to perform for fans recently, and then went on to celebrate the success of Usher‘s ‘The UR Experience‘ with the ‘Good Kisser’ himself and his touring buddy August Alsina.

Work and play below…

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After getting off to a shaky start performance wise, the Urban Pop force that is Tinashe continues to give her competition good reason a run for their money this year with a set some might agree is one of her best to date.

That’s right…best to date. Where it happened? Power 106‘s ‘Cali Christmas’, the event which saw a number of Hip Hop and R&B’s brightest stars arrive to rock music lovers with their material in celebration of Christmas.

However, few could say they rocked the stage quite as hard as Tinashe, who now moves more naturally than she did earlier this year.

Why it won’t be long before she’s billed the “new Beyonce.”

Performance perfection below…

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The good people of Canada were treated to Usher‘s ‘UR Experience‘ recently, taking to ‘Rexall Place’ to catch the entertainer rock the venue with his latest stage show.

There, after sales of his groundbreaking album ‘Confessions’ crossed the 25 million units sold mark, did he perform his hit single ‘U Remind Me‘, pulled from his third studio album ‘8701.‘

Check him out below!

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Just another reason why we love Nicki Minaj…her funny bone.

As if cranking out soon-to-be hits ‘Only’ and ‘Bed of Lies’ wasn’t enough from last night’s ‘SNL,’ the rap diva also threw out her best impressions of fellow bootylicious divas Beyonce and Kim Kardashian.

Did she render a flawless impersonation of the 17-time Grammy winner and the sextape specialist?  Peep her performance on the James Franco-hosted episode and tell us below:

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Ever keen to broaden our musical scope, recent months have seen That Grape Juice venture into a number of new musical landscapes including, most recently, gospel.

Spearheaded by well-received interviews with gospel singers Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker, Twinkie Clark, Fred Hammond, Kierra Sheard, Dorinda Clark Cole, Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, Micah Stampley, Joshua Rogers, J. Moss, and more, TGJ is now offering readers ‘The Overflow’ – a collection of the top gospel-themed news stories from the week.

Tuck in below for the latest news on Dorinda Clark Cole, John P. Kee, Anita Wilson, Jason Nelson, 2015 gospel Grammy nominees, Tasha Page-Lockhart, ‘Preachers of Detroit,’ and more:

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March 27th 2015 will bring with it the release of ‘Home‘, the feel-good animated movie starring the ‘Unapologetic‘ Rihanna.

So, as to ensure the project fares much better than the under-performing ‘Battleship’, the entertainer hit her promo button and joined forces with ‘Yahoo’ to generate attention for the movie.

Watch her in action below…

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