Dionne Warwick is dashing through the shows on a promo blitz in support of her star-studded holiday album, ‘The Voices of Christmas’ (in stores now).

Featuring the likes of Andra Day, Michael McDonald, Boyz II Men star Wanya Morris, Chloe x Halle, and more, the critically acclaimed effort is seeing more and more of its cuts get the live treatment leading into Christmas day.  Most recently spotted on ‘Good Morning America’ (December 10), the 78-year-old tapped Grammy nominee Aloe Blacc to assist with her rendition of Donny Hathaway classic, ‘This Christmas.’

It started well, but shortly after the performance kicked off the legendary diva had a memory lapse, stumbled over a few lyrics, and attempted to ad-lib her way through the rest of the song.

Making for awesomely bad (and awkward) TV, look inside if you missed any of the action:

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Taylor Swift is Billboard‘s Woman Of The Decade and celebrates the salute with a commemorative cover.

The Pop force, who is gearing up for her ‘Lover Fest’ tour, poses it up in a demure shoot lensed by Sami Drasin.

Within its inner-pages, she opens up about plans to re-record her past albums following a highly publicized fall-out with Scooter Braun and her former label boss – who negotiated a sale of her catalogue.

She also waxes candid about the reform needed with industry contracts.

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Turmoil is running wild in the world of the ‘Basketball Wives.‘

However, Evelyn Lozada is determined to rise above it.

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Things continue to grow from bad to worse for embattled R&B singer R. Kelly. 

This January saw his world torpedoed when Lifetime aired gripping documentary ‘Surviving R. Kelly’, which saw several accusers step forward and share their stories of alleged sexual, psychological, and physical abuse at the hands of the self-appointed Pied Piper. It also featured former workers for the musician speak up and out about the problematic practices they allegedly observed while in his presence – which included his controversial relationship with teen singer Aaliyah.

The aftermath brought with it a series of charges levelled against Kelly and jail time (due to an ability to make bail.

Now, with it looking incredibly likely that he’ll face serious time behind bars, Lifetime have officially announced ‘Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning’. 

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Whether good, bad, ugly, or somewhere in between, 2019 brought with it some of modern Pop culture’s most memorable moments.

Now, as the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on 31 moments that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop musical landscape as we know it.

Next, we’ll look back on how the monstrous success of Mother Monster’s ‘Shallow’ not only penciled her name in history books, but reaffirmed her position as one of Pop culture’s leading forces.

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Nick Cannon continues to taunt Eminem after the ‘Real Slim Shady’ rapper randomly dissed him on the Fat Joe track ‘Lord Above.’

Lifting a Suge Knight-assisted diss track called ‘The Invitation’ in response (as we reported here), Cannon’s clap back included a challenge for Em to battle him real-time.  After the Grammy winner opted to take to Twitter Monday to react (instead of his own diss track), the ‘Wild ‘n Out’ host has hit back again!

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In what must be the most random beef of the year, Eminem and Nick Cannon have been trading verbal blows all week.

As reported, Slim Shady poked first with a jab at Cannon and their mutual ex Mariah Carey on the song ‘Lord Above.’

Today the episode erupted when comedian Cannon released diss track ‘The Invitation’ – on which he implied his MC nemesis was gay. A claim Em has now hit back at.

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Beyond contributing to soundtracks, specialty projects, and guest starring on other artists’ efforts, R&B siren Jazmine Sullivan has been relatively quiet over the last five years.

But, with 2020 right around the corner, the Grammy nominee has sent fans into a frenzy with indication that absence is set to change.

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As we reported here, The Weeknd‘s recently released duo of singles – ‘Heartless’ and ‘Blinding Lights’ – were out of the box successes.

Zooming to the top of real-time iTunes sales and Spotify streaming charts, the songs respectively dominated competition on the tallies ahead of the release of their accompanying visuals.  The former saw that dominance cemented courtesy of a boost from its Anton Tammi-directed music video and mind-bending live performance last week on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ (click here to read).

Now, thanks to the aforementioned (alongside a warm reception from radio), the Metro Boomin-produced track has become the singer’s fourth Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper.  Details inside:

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Cardi B and Vogue USA?

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Beyonce is back and has staged a takeover of ELLE Magazine!

Queen Bey has taken residence a-front of all issues of the publication’s January 2020 edition – US, UK, Canada, and beyond.

The spread, lensed by longtime friend Melina Matsoukas, arrives in tandem with the announcement of Ivy Park x Adidas‘ release date.

Beyond rocking the line, music’s reigning royal took part in a unique interview comprised of social media questions.

And no, it’s not comprised of generic “what are your favorite color” probes.

Instead, she seizes the feature to waxe honest about motherhood, miscarriages, private hardships, weight, and pregnancy rumors. She also touches on promo and the whereabouts of some of your favorite tour DVDs.

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The sudden death of rapper Juice Wrld sent shock waves through the music industry.

As reported, the rising star – notable for hit ‘Lucid Dreams’ – passed away following a seizure at a Chicago airport.

He was just 21.

Now, a number of his contemporary have joined the millions worldwide mourning.

Head below for word from the likes of Drake, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Lil Yatchy, and more…

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