All hail Queen Mary!

With the success of her latest album ‘My Life II: The Journey Continues‘ , the last few weeks have given fans of Mary J. Blige a lot to beam about.

Indeed, the news they have been waiting for was finally confirmed today.

She has been nominated for a 2012 Golden Globe, in recognition of her work in the movie, ‘The Help‘.

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With the due date for Monica‘s ‘New Life‘ LP getting closer, the performer has begun the promotional rounds for the project which all involved are hoping fares much better than her last release.

After making a guest appearance at The Wendy Williams Show and performing on ‘A Very BET Christmas‘, the songbird has now given an in depth interview on the album which we are sure will go down a treat with her ever loyal fan base.

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‘Umbrella‘, ‘SOS‘, ‘We Found Love‘, ‘Rude Boy‘ and ‘Pon De Replay’, all hits scored by serial chart topper Rihanna since she debuted six years ago.

Now, news that will undoubtedly put a smile on the faces of her support base has emerged from the UK today.

She is now the UK’s highest selling singles act of 2011.

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Aside from being a one time member of Pop troupe ‘Eden’s Crush‘, very little is known about Nicole Scherzinger‘s mysterious past and just what she was  getting up to before joining the short lived group.

However, as time goes on the world is becoming more and more exposed to the gem that is her vocal talent.

Unsure of what we mean?

Peep the one time Doll’s rousing performance at last night’s ‘Royal Variety Show‘ below…

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Since the dawn of her career, Pop icon Janet Jackson has engaged in a well publicized battle with her weight.

A battle she is currently winning, today saw the performer’s team announce news that will see her capitalize on her successful bid to stay in shape.

Yes, Ms. Jackson is now the face of the weight loss company, Nutrisystem.

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As Alexendra Burke gets ready to trumpet her new single ‘Elephant’, the X Factor alum is easing herself back into the mediascape by teaming up with Asda’s Tickled Pink.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the  breast cancer support charity is set to takeover London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire for special fundraiser, which will see performances from Burke, The Saturdays, Chipmunk, among others. Click here for more details.

In the meanwhile, peep more of Alex’s sizzling promo pics below…

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The 2011 Royal Variety Performance played host last night to quite the odd pairing – in Leona Lewis and Cee-Lo Green.

An unlikely duo, the two served up a stirring rendition of ‘Somebody to Love’, with Lewis soaring solo with ‘Hurt’ and Cee-Lo performing ‘Anyway’.

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Whether you love them or hate them, there is no escaping Pop’s latest gang of female contenders. From Lady GaGa to Alicia Keys, Beyonce to Rihanna, the last year has seen a number of the world’s most celebrated femme fatales rake in the millions from album sales, touring revenue and in some cases lucrative endorsement deals.

Now peep Forbes official list for for the music industry’s top-earning female artists in 2011, below…

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The X-Factor USA is here!

Fox’s much hyped British import has finally kicked off on American soil and looks set to be the biggest show of its kind.

Featuring judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, LA Reid and Nicole Scherzinger, the show favours American Idol with its nationwide auditions. However, there is a defining twist in that groups and solo acts over 25’s are eligible to enter.

After weeks of auditions and bootcamp we now enter the live shows where the narrowed down top 4 are battling to advance to the next stage of the competition.

See the best and the worst of tonight’s showing below:

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Katy Perry certainly earned her share of accolades in the past year.  While Adele was rolling over the competition with her now-classic album ’21’, Perry was dominating foes on the singles front.  Notching 6 top 10s (5 of which went to #1) from her number 1 album ‘Teenage Dream’, Mrs. Brand ended her year with a bang by landing multiple Grammy nominations.

While she’s announced to fans that her next album will not be so swiftly forthcoming, it is certain that her other business ventures (movies, fragrances, singles) will keep her afloat well into 2012.  For now, Barbara Walters’ annual ’10 Most Fascinating People’ lists Perry as one of its occupants.  The accompanying interview, which aired tonight on ABC, can be seen below:

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She’s baaack!  Or…at least we think.

‘Good Good’ singer Ashanti has been enticing faithful fans of followers of the goodies collected for her next anticipated LP.  Now, it looks like fans will be getting their first taste of the former ‘Murder Inc’ princess’s offerings. Fronted on her own imprint Written Entertainment,   ‘The Woman You Love’, featuring supersonic rapper Busta Rhymes , is the latest unveiled from the Grammy winner who has seen most of the past weeks touring Asia with famed songwriter David Foster.

Definitely set to to get tongues wagging, is Miss Douglas headed for a hit?  You decide after the jump:

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As reported here, ‘Try It With Me’ beauty Nicole Scherzinger is trying yet again to gain footing on U.S. pop charts – this time, with her newly announced single ‘Pretty’.  Set for unveiling live on tonight’s X-Factor, the songstress will take a recess from her judging duties on the hit reality show to take the stage to perform the number.  While fans await the former PCD-frontwoman’s offerings, she was spotted yesterday chatting it up with Access Hollywood.

There, she addressed rumors on Rachel Crow’s shocking expulsion from the show last week (and death threats received regarding the tween singer), the highly publicized rumor of switcharoo between she and X Factor U.K. judge Kelly Rowland, and more.  See it all after the jump:

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