She has done it again with hardly any reason to say oops! For, yet again, 2012 has proven ‘Toxic’ tinwoman Britney Spears seems to have the magic potion when it comes into raking in the big bucks.

With an estimated $58 million in earnings over the past year (due to album sales, tours, ‘X Factor US’, etc), Spears has new reason to ‘Scream & Shout’ as reports have surfaced indicating the stiff songstress beat out stiff competition to be named 2012’s highest paid female musician.

 Find out what top divas she beat to the top below:

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The weekend is nigh and so too is VH1 Divas 2012!

Now a live show, this year’s festivities take place from Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium on Sunday.

A Dance-themed extravaganza, the 2012 instalment of the popular franchise pays homage to late singers Whitney Houston and Donna Summer – the latter of whom is being honored by Kelly Rowland.

With many observing physical and musical similarities between Summer and the Destiny’s Child star, it was almost necessary that Rowland’s involvement center around the Disco queen. A stance the show’s producers seem to agree with, as the 31 year old has been tapped to tackle two of Summer’s biggest hits.

Find out what they are (as well as what other acts will be performing) below…

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Tamar Braxton may have hit #1 on iTunes with new single ‘Love & War’, but the talented singer is touching as many stages as possible to ensure the song is a bonafide hit.

The latest stop on her promo campaign? CBS’s The Couch.

Watch below as the youngest of the Braxton clan dishes on the track’s success and performs it too…

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Tiffany Pollard, known more famously as New York, was the recent recipient of an episode of TV One’s ‘Life After’.

The renown reality star recounts her “rise” – From starting out in the church to “stealing everyone’s men at school”, to her breakthrough on VH1’s ‘Flavor Of Love’, and life after her show.

A watch as crazy as it is intriguing, it’s New York…Life After. Check it out above…

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Alicia Keys is on a roll!

More eager than ever to keep new album ‘Girl On Fire‘ atop the Billboard 200, the gifted star shares a sneak peek of her new video today. The clip, for the inspirational cut ‘Brand New Me’.

Enjoy below…

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Usually when an album under-performs, the project is quickly sucked into a black hole never to be seen or spoken of again. In Usher‘s case, his latest LP ‘Looking 4 Myself’ may not have set the charts ablaze, yet the LP’s so-so sales haven’t deterred his hustle.

Like many a megastar, selling or not selling, Mr Raymond is clearly welcome on any and every stage. Case, point his performances at most of this year’s major award shows, as well as this afternoon’s showcase on ‘Ellen’.

Watch below as the 34 year old performs the project’s latest offering ‘Numb’ on the daytime show…

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Maybe by way of all the ‘noise’ that disturbed her brand this year, it’s become quite easy to forget that Nicki Minaj – whether you like it or not- is one of Pop’s highest selling contributors.

Sure, though the shoddy handling of her sophomore LP ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ has made it easy for her naysayers to deny this, the fact remains that with 1 million copies sold world wide since April, the project is the only Rap album released this year to peak at #1 is as many markets as it did.

Markets, which include the UK, US, Canada and Japan.

Now, despite its poorly managed promo campaign, her single ‘Pound The Alarm’ has now sold over 1 million copies in the US alone.

Details below…

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BET’s new current affairs show ‘Don’t Sleep’ has been gaining ample buzz since launching in October.

Anchored by former CNN journalist T.J. Holmes, the show tackles topics of politics, popular culture, among other issues pertinent to the Urban diaspora.

This week’s episode (27) features chats with Antoine Walker, John Salley, Damion Gregory and Sheree Whitfield about the problems athletes have with money. T.J. also talks to Gabby Douglass about Olympic fame.

Hit ‘PLAY’ to watch above…

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Rihanna may not have much a hand in writing her own songs, but that hasn’t stopped the 24 year old from flexing her literary skills in a letter to ever-loyal fan-base, The Navy.

Check out the heartfelt letter, which also dubs as promotion for her new album ‘Unapologetic’, below…

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T.I. joins forces with Pop chart-topper Pink on new cut ‘Guns and Roses’.

Featured on the Atlanta rapper’s eighth studio album ‘Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head’, the  gritty T-Minus produced track will no doubt go some way in whipping up heightened anticipation for the LP ahead of its arrival in stores next Tuesday (December 18th).

 A great collaboration on paper, does the song deliver in finished form? You be the judge after the jump…

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Mariah Carey was snapped looking all flavours of fierce as she arrived at American Idol auditions in Los Angeles yesterday.

The premium diva has been making headlines aplenty with her judging role on the show, ironic on many a front – not least because the season hasn’t even begun to air yet.

In any case, it’s clear Mimi will be a must-watch on the Fox hit, the exposure from which we’re hoping will bring her hits of the musical variety when her next album arrives next year.

For, beyond the catastrophic chart disaster that was ‘Triumphant’ (we’ll christen it a “buzz single” on her behalf), there’s also the fact that 2013 brings with it new releases from other major female acts (see: Beyonce, Lady GaGa). Like, which ever way it’s diced, the fact remains that there’s only a few spots at the top. It’ll be interesting to see if Mariah can reclaim hers.

Anyway, for now, peep more pics of the ‘We Belong Together’ singer below…

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Marsha Amrbrosius is the latest artist to gift their fans an early Christmas present.

The former Floetry singer is gearing up for the release of her sophomore album ‘Friends & Lovers’ (due early next year), and so as to whet appetites has released new mixtape ‘Hors D’Oeuvres…Prelude: Friends & Lovers’.

A free set, which is available to download now, the mixtape features five new tracks which will no doubt serve as a Winter warmer to compliment official new single ‘Cold War’.

Peep the tracklist below, and download (via our friends Dot Omen) after the jump…

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