Ever keen to ensure her name stays above water in foreign markets, Mary J.Blige has taken the unprecedented move in plotting a move to the United Kingdom, it has emerged today.

For, after collaborating with Brit superstar Sam Smith and watching producer Naughty Boy craft chart-topping magic with ‘Next to Me’ Emeli Sande, the ‘Be Happy’ singer has set her sights on UK writing muscle to create her new album…’The London Sessions.’

Exciting news below…

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Welcome to another edition of ‘The Stream Scene‘, the ‘That Grape Juice’ original feature shining a light on digital feats made by Pop & R&B’s biggest movers and shakers!

Launched in response to the inclusion of streaming points in many a chart across the globe, each edition will see us breakdown the facts and figures behind by each member of ‘The Scene’s release!

So, which four acts made it into ‘The Click Clique’ this time?

Find out after the jump!

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Though many a publicist would have the world believe otherwise, $0.99 singles have and will never hold more weight than $9.99 albums.

Alas, with many a ‘Hot 100′ regular struggling to move the albums their #1 singles are pulled from, record labels oft reach for the stars when window dressing the commercial failures of their microwave Pop purveyors.

Fortunately for ‘Interscope‘, they’ll be faced with no such task when handling Lana Del Rey’s ‘Ultraviolence‘, now on course to rock the ‘Billboard 200′ with an opening week figure set to put many a Pop princess to shame!

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With news certain to tickle the fancy of Aussie born rapstress Iggy Azalea, her colossal hit ‘Fancy’ refuses to loosen its grip on the top spot of the Hot 100 and notches its third week atop the tally (as reported here).

Extending her record-setting reign as the first female artist to hold the top two spots on the chart with her inaugural entries (‘Fancy’ & ‘Problem’), Azalea’s explosion onto the top tier of the singles’ chart continues despite a dip in sales and streaming.

As the report below indicates, however, the ‘Bounce’ beauty should not get too comfortable as acts like Jason Derulo and Sam Smith creep closer to dethroning the Charli XCX-assisted hit.

Is Iggy nearing the end of her reign?

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Disastrous might be one word to describe the current state of Mariah Carey’s career, now stained in the commercial mess that is new album ‘Me.I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’ and talk that the icon’s fun in the chart sun has now come to an end.

Unfortunately, while other artists have seen LPs that failed to fly in the US fare better in smaller markets, this week has brought with it further shame for ‘The Chanteuse’, which slipped 40 spots in one week in the United Kingdom..a fortnight after its release.

Find out why the UK arm of her promo machine needs a new line of work below…

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Her latest single may have struggled to snap, crackle and pop in the US, but that hasn’t stopped Brit-Pop megastar Rita Ora from being named one of ‘Spotify‘s most influential artists under the age of 25, standing tall as the only British female artist to make the list!

Factoring chart hits, volume and growth of streams and shares to compile the list, the streaming service unveiled the ‘Top 25 under 25′ before the release of Ora’s US debut, no doubt set to benefit from the positive press her appearance on the chart will arm her with.

So, just where did the former ‘Size’ sales clerk come on the tally?

Surprises below…

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They may share little in common as far sound goes, but Jason Derulo and Nicki Minaj both have much to celebrate today, after winning the full support of radio programmers up and down the USA who have pushed their new singles straight to the top!

The top of where?

Radio rundown below…

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As chart disasters go, few can rival the muckiness of Mariah Carey‘s latest effort ‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’.

US sales forecasts have the set on course to open with the lowest numbers of the singer’s career. And while the final Stateside figures continue to be tallied, the LP is officially D.O.A across the pond in the UK.

Details below…

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Complied by ‘Radio Monitor‘, the ‘UK Radio Airplay Chart‘ pulls data from 316 stations within the UK to create a weekly tally, listing the highest spun acts in the country at the time of its publication.

Fortunately for ‘Radioactive’ chanteuse Rita Ora, this week brings with it good news found on said chart, revealing that her new single ‘I Will Never Let You Down’ is  now on course to being the highest played jam on British radio, well after it peaked at #1 on the ‘Official Singles Chart’

What Katy Perry‘s got to do with it?

Find out below…

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Look out London! Capital FM’s Summertime Ball is back and boasting an all-star line-up.

Today saw the curtain lifted on the list of performers for the Wembley Stadium spectacle, which takes place on June 21st.

Find out who’ll be rocking the stage next month after the jump…

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Disclosure‘s ‘White Noise’ scored the Rebecca James treatment recently. The smash hit was covered by the British newcomer as she gears up to take the charts by storm in the months to come.

Fusing the cut with Sam Smith‘s ‘Latch‘ to create her very own piano-driven remix, James’ first caught the attention of Pop critics when she covered Christina Aguilera‘s ‘You Lost Me’ at 14, and now finds herself on course to becoming one of the star’s contemporaries at just 18!

Check her out below and let us know what you think…

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Is Christina Aguilera on her way to the top of the UK’s ‘Official Charts‘? Yes!

Well…that is this week is just as fruitful as last week was, seeing her ‘A Great Big World’– driven song ‘Say Something’ soar to #4 on the nation’s singles chart!

Details on her latest win below!

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