Yesterday BET’s 106 & Park opened its doors to X Factor USA winner Melanie Amaro.

Dishing on her how her life has changed since her well publicized win now some weeks back, her appearance on the show arrives a matter of days after it was revealed that the Epic Executive  LA Reid had signed the star to his recently acquired label.

Her interview below…

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Nights ago, Urban Pop Prima’s Keri Hilson and Mya helped the people of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bring in the New Year in the city’s Savoy Restaurant.

Both taking to the venue’s stage to perform cuts from their respective albums, the pair also enjoyed the company of the event’s other guests, one of which was famed comedian Cedric The Entertainer.

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Bride to be, Britney Spears, beams in this new shared shot on Facebook.

The singer, who is clearly still on cloud nine after getting engaged to boyfriend Jason Trawick, accompanied the shot with the following about her ring:

“I can’t stop looking at it!!”

Great to see Ms. Spears in a happier space.

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2011 was quite the year for Pop upstart Lady GaGa.

From watching her latest album ‘Born This Way‘ move 5.4 million copies worldwide in the space of seven months to raking in a whopping $63.7 million from the ‘Monster Ball Tour‘.

So now, to ensure her fans are just as stoked about 2012 as they were about the year before, she has spoken to The Insider about her new album due out in a matter of months and quite interestingly- her friendship with fellow Pop Royal Beyonce’.

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Amidst building a career of blessing fan favorites Rihanna, Beyonce, and more with a bevy of club bangers, Hip Hop hitmaker The Dream looks to ring 2012 in with a bang of his own.   Using his summer 2011, digital only release ‘1977’ to tide fans over between his third and fourth studio albums, it seems the Atlanta native  is ready to serve his fourth round’s appetizer with ‘Roc’ – the lead single from his fourth album ‘The Love, IV: Diary of a Madman’.

Reportedly boasting some of his ‘most personal material to date’, is ‘Roc’ what the rapper/singer needs to roll him back to the top of the charts?  You be the judge after the jump:

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Amidst speculation of a split, ‘And I Am Telling You’ belter Jennifer Hudson has seen her name atop many-a-headline for recently (re)confirming wedding plans to professional wrestler David Otunga.  Besides confirming that the wedding is indeed still on, Hudson hasn’t been telling much else.  But, while keeping mum on that topic, there’s info on one subject, as evidenced by February 2012’s ‘Good Housekeeping’, no one can keep the singer from humming about – her weight loss.

As the promo continues for her forthcoming memoir release ‘I Got This’ (January 10), fans get to catch JHud afront ‘Good Housekeeping’ magazine where she dishes on her weight loss, details on her latest happenings, and new book.  Check after the jump for a few excerpts:

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‘Don’t Wanna Go Home‘ will certainly be the last thing Floridian hitmaker Jason Derulo will be singing after this recent accident left him injured.  Taking to Twitter moments ago to lend the announcement, the chart-topper has set the net abuzz with the revelation of a neck injury incurred during rehearsal for his upcoming tour:

Always good to see the young crooner is in good spirits.  With his aptly titled ‘Future History’ becoming just that a short time after its release, Derulo’s forthcoming trek would certainly bid well in extending its short shelf life.

In related news, the Miami dance machine was one of many ringing in the New Year on MTV’s NYE in NYC 2012 special.  As MTV has finally made the performances available for view, see Mr. Derulo dropping it like its hot before the ball dropped after the jump:

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‘Rolling In the Deep’ diva Adele’s ’21’ album is still rolling over competition on both album and single charts despite debuting almost a year ago.   Already crowned 2011’s best selling album and spending 43 of its 44 week shelf-life in Billboard’s top 5, the songstress moved back to #1 after moving an additional 144k albums this week.  Such feat ties her with fellow female powerhouse vocalist Whitney Houston’s 1986 self-titled debut for a 14 week run atop Billboard’s album charts.  The only other female (or female led) albums to know such reign would be ‘The Bodyguard’ soundtrack (20 weeks from 1992-1993) and Carole King‘s ‘Tapestry’ (15 weeks in 1971).

On the singles front, the British beauty is commanding the lower half of the chart’s top 10 with ‘Someone Like You’ and ‘Set Fire To the Rain’ at no.8 and no.9 respectively.  At the chart’s higher end, ‘Party Rock Anthem‘ duo extend their top 10 reign at #1  and #6 respectively with their party favorites ‘Sexy and I Know It’ and ‘Party Rock’.  Filling out the top five, gal pals Rihanna and Katy Perry can be found at #2 and #3 respectively with ‘We Found Love’ and “The One That Got Away”.

Finally, while the ladies have run this motha- for quite sometime, the men are finally getting in on some of the action.  Bruno Mars makes a splash with ‘It Will Rain’ at #4, Flo Rida makes good at #5 with ‘Good Feeling’, and Jay Z/Kanye settle at #7 with ‘Ni**as In Paris’.

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‘Been around the world and ayayai‘

Earlier this week, footage of Epic jewel Ciara performing at Dubai’s Club Chi Chi in support of her upcoming album surfaced here, days after it was announced the project’s lead single would be arriving in a matter of weeks.

So in further support of the album and her cause as a performer, the songstress has taken her worldwide club tour to the European city of Amsterdam to deliver what might be one of her most impressive performances to date.

Watch her in action below…

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It goes without saying, that Chris Brown‘s comeback campaign hasn’t been as “instant” some may have anticipated. Indeed, it’s been a slow, steady, yet rewarding re-ascend for the 22 year old – following ‘the incident’ back in 2009.

Discussing “operation restoration”, Brown’s manager sat down with Billboard for an insightful interview, detailing how the singer will be handled moving forward.

Check out the revealing piece after the jump…

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Days ago, fans of Rap favorite 50 Cent rejoiced in his  claim that he had inked a  deal Pepsi which would see the company distribute ‘Street King‘, his brand of  nutriontal energy shots which sees proceeds from all sales go towards feeding underprivileged children worldwide.

Unfortunately for him, today saw the company refute the Rapper’s claim, revealing that they are not directly involved with project despite his claims that they were.

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The-Dream‘s recent interview Tim Westwood seems to be the gift that keeps giving.

For, after revealing in part one how much he made for penning Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’, part two seems the singer-songwriter open up about why he can no longer work with R&B star Ciara, as well as his thoughts on his own success as an artist.

Check out his comments after the jump…

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