It appears that someone at the Parents Television Council has declared a vendetta against Pop star Rihanna.

For no more than two weeks after they branded her Billboard Music Award performance a ‘stripper show’, the board  have come out against her video for new single ‘Man Down‘.

Find out why below…

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Fresh from her eye catching appearance at the Billboard Music Awards, Nicki Minaj has confirmed that she is headlining her own tour. The platinum selling Hip Hop character spilled the beans during an interview with David Guetta to promote the single ‘Where Dem Girls At’.

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The Billboard Awards 2011 will be airing live from Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena tomorrow on ABC.

An action packed bill, the show will feature performances from the industry’s brightest stars including Rihanna (together, reportedly, Britney Spears), Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha, Ne-Yo, Black Eyed Peas, Taio Cruz and others. Also set to take to the stage is budding icon Beyonce, who will be presented the Millenium Award for her musical efforts over the last 15 years. you’re going to need expert coverage of all the action.

Want to keep up with it all?

Not to worry because That Grape Juice will be providing live on-the-minute updates from the event including news, commentary and, of course, all of performances! Expect four main areas:

Red Carpet Arrivals

Continuously uploaded images of all the red carpet arrival.

Your Shout!

Here you’ll be able to express your thoughts on everything related to the Billboard Awards from rumours to spoliers and, of course, the actual show as they occur. Anything and everything goes; randomness, observations, ‘WTF!’ moments and all that jazz. A live stream also be available!

Performances

All the show’s performances minutes after they’ve aired. Visitors who’ve observed our coverage of previous award shows will know what we mean!

Twitter Commentary

Be sure to follow That Grape Juice on Twitter for our commentary on the show. As ever, we will be -for one night only- be sharing our uncensored thoughts throughout the event.

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The music industry continues to die a slow and painful death this week as 2 of its most untalented acts have accomplished what many determined to be the impossible. Rihanna and Britney Spears’ ‘S&M’ has topped the Billboard Hot 100, giving the former her 10th #1 single and a position next to Janet Jackson in the history books.

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Sam

1) Motivation (ft. Lil Wayne) – Kelly Rowland

2) I’m Into You – Jennifer Lopez

3) Hit The Lights  – Jay Sean

4) Vibrate – Dawn Richard

5) Wet – Nicole Scherzinger

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What are Your Top 5 Songs of The Moment?

As Pop diva Christina Aguilera attempts to rebound after a tumultuous 2010, long-time collaborator Linda Perry has spoken up about the singer. The ‘Beautiful’ songwriter opened up in a recent interview about the singer’s nonchalant response to criticism, going against the label grain, and her acknowledging of mistakes made with chart catastrophe ‘Bionic’.

Excerpts after the jump…

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Following the success of the simultaneous radio/iTunes release of Britney Spears‘ new single ‘Hold It Against Me’, arch rivals Sony Music and Universal Music have teamed up for a revolutionary new release strategy. A strategy which industry pundits claim will change the scope of the charts in a way not seen since downloads officially contributed to chart placings.

Full story after the jump…

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The astronomical ascension and collapse of Ashanti’s career have bewildered industry pundits for quite some time. Within a period of just 6 years – from 2002 to 2008 – the former Princess of R&B has fallen from the triple platinum success of her self-titled debut to barely selling 200k copies of her last album, ‘The Declaration’.

Although there is no obvious reason for the decline of Ashanti’s popularity, many agree that it coincided with the explosive arrival of Beyonce the solo artist – who is simply a better singer, dancer and performer – and the crumbling of the Murder, Inc. empire.

However, regardless of all that has happened, there are many who cling to the hope that Ashanti will return to relevance. Still, the key question that arises from this situation is this: what type of sound will she need to accomplish such a career revival?

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A record was broken this week on the Billboard 200 but it’s not the type of feat that artists would hope to achieve. With album sales continuing their downward spiral, even the music industry’s reigning chart titan, Taylor Swift, couldn’t make a big enough impact to save the day.

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After an intense week of heated discussion and voting, the time has finally come for the winners of the 2010 That Grape Juice End of Year Awards to be announced! Chris Brown, Ciara and Fantasia dominated the winners’ list, taking top honors in 3 categories each.

However, the most surprising result of all emerged from the most popular poll, ‘Most Anticipated Comeback for 2011’. So who do most people want to see return to the charts next year? Check out the full list of winners below (in bold):

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With Beyonce, Britney Spears and Chris Brown all plotting chart comebacks in 2011, Lady GaGa is going to have to put forward her best album yet. However, the Pop phenomenon seems ready for war as she describes her upcoming ‘Born This Way’ LP as “epic”.

Expect to hear the 1st single from the project in February 2011. Look below to see what GaGa had to say about the album:

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With her new album, ‘Basic Instinct’, on course to sell an underwhelming 35-40k in its 1st week, Ciara has ironically addressed the issue of low album sales with the Associated Press. The ‘Gimme Dat’ performer denounced the importance of record sales, claiming that they are “becoming smaller fraction of branding”.

See what Ciara had to say about the issue below:

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