While sales of R&B music continue slide week on week, it’s safe to say Hip Hop shows no signs of following suit. In fact, thanks to releases by ‘Leggo‘ contributor 2 Chainz &  ‘The Recipe’ maestro Kendrick Lamar, the genre has made another of commercial leaps and bounds in recent months.

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After a number of false starts, R&B supergroup TGT have finally set the wheels in motion for their debut album. The trio, which consists of crooners Tyrese, Ginuwine, and Tank) today unwrapped the project’s latest single ‘Sex Ain’t Never Felt Better’.

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Chris may be in the midst of brewing controversy, but that didn’t stop him from catching up with ‘Sell Me Candy’ singer Rihanna in Beverly Hills this morning.

Leaving the studio in Brown’s Porsche, the Pop pair were snapped on the scene at 4.30 am as he continues work on his latest studio album, which is reported to hit shelves by the end of this year.

The sighting also comes five days before Rihanna arrives at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards to perform with ‘Englishman  In New York’ vocalist Sting & ‘Grenade’ sensation, Bruno Mars.

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Check out this snap of Grammy winning Rapper Lil Kim meeting a member of her fan base during a recent dinner party in LA.

Believed to have been snapped at the ‘BOA’ restaurant, the pic sees ‘The Price Of Loyalty’ author cosy up to the fan on the same night she introduced some of her closest friends to her new artist, Tiffany Foxx.

However, despite her continued efforts to reassure them that her own new music is fast approaching, she has come under fire from members of ‘Team Kim’ who question the validity of her claims, going as far as to praise her commercially potent rival Nicki Minaj for her recent successes.

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At just 23 years old, it’s safe to say Chris Brown‘s life has given him no shortage of game changing experiences.

However, following allegations that he and his friends threatened to shoot ‘Voodoo’ singer Frank Ocean  in LA last week, he has come under fresh fire this week.

This, after it emerged that investigators could not find credible proof that he completed the community labor sentence he was obliged to undertake after assaulting ‘No Love Allowed’ singer Rihanna back in 2009.

In short, he is accused of intentionally providing false information to the court, and may be forced to ‘repeat’ his assigned labor hours in LA if he is indeed found to be lying.

Now, after being dealt this shocking blow, he has taken to Instagram to share his feelings with his fans, ‘Team Breezy’.

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Soulful songbird Emeli Sande is presently nesting in the US where she hopes to replicate the success which saw her become a household name in the UK.

Her latest promotional stop? Jimmy Kimmel Live last night.

Watch below as Sande soars with ‘Next To Me’ from her Platinum selling debut ‘Our Version Of Events’…

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Looks like girls still run the world!

As expected, fans tuned into Superbowl XLVII in droves to see the televised return to stage of pop queen Beyonce.  For, reports have it the ‘Me, Myself, & I’ maestra drew in a jaw-dropping 104 million viewers for her 14-minute Halftime set.

Now, while news indicates that the reported 104 million is not the final tally (which will not be revealed until later this week), experts do assume once numbers are crunched that the figure will not be far from today’s listing.

The set gives the songstress another accolade to add to her already impressive count.  But, while besting the numbers of many of the historic stage’s previous showings, it is still Queen of Pop Madonna‘s 2012 showing that reigns supreme with its whopping 112 million viewers.  (source)

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Bruno Mars’ ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’ has been enjoying the sweet sound of success since hitting stores last December – thanks largely to its lead single ‘Locked Out Of Heaven’.

Eager cement his sophomore success narrative, the crooner unveiled the video for the project’s latest offering ‘When I Was Your Man’.

The timing for the clip’s release couldn’t be anymore apt given the buzz surrounding his performance with Rihanna and Sting at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

Get a taste of what the singer-songwriter will be serving up at music’s biggest calendar night after the jump…

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Pink has been glowing Platinum as of late thanks to her new album ‘The Truth About Love’ which has clocked in US sales of one million-plus since its release last September.

Keen to keeping her buzz a’buzzing, the singer unwrapped the video for the project’s latest single ‘Just Give Me A Reason (ft. Nate Ruess)’ moments ago.

The clip, which features the star’s husband Carey Hart, awaits below…

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With reported contributions from Darkchild, Will.I.Am and Elijah Blake, Britney Spears’ eighth studio album already stands as one of the year’s most hotly anticipated releases.

Now, following a statement made by her manager Larry Rudolph, the hype behind the LP is set to reach fever pitch.

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With the 55th Annual Grammy Awards approaching, one might assume Frank Ocean‘s biggest worry this week would be the stress of perfecting his performance on the night.

Unfortunately, following an ugly run in with chart topping Pop sensation Chris Brown last week, the last few days have seen his upcoming set at the night overshadowed by the fight’s aftermath.

An aftermath, that today saw unearth the official police documents on the attack, which reveal that the acclaimed singer- who admitted to have been romantically involved with a male friend last year- was not only the victim of a physical assault, but also on the receiving end of a homophobic slur.

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With 3.5 million albums sold worldwide since 2010, Nicki Minaj‘s meteoric rise to fame came as no surprise to any who’d followed her career since 2007.

Rising from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School to become the world’s most celebrated Female Rapper since Lauryn Hill, it’s safe to say that the Rapper’s talent and tenacity are to thank for her ever impressive success.

Unfortunately, as is often the case in music, the success of one act goes some way to highlight the inadequacies of those who came before them.

In this case, inadequacies held by one time pin-up Lil Kim, who despite never enjoying a solo hit in her life, is convinced she is to thank for Minaj’s run at the top.

Delusions of grandeur below…

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