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’.

Peep the performances below…

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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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Check out up-and-coming diva Jessie J taking a dive – in presents – for Glaceau vitamin water.  The British-bred songstress has long been the brand’s spokeswoman, but now she’s adding 2012 Olympic Games ambassador to her resume with the company.

In this most recent ad, she unveils ‘Guess Jessie’s Pressies’ – a holiday-themed game (hosted on the company’s Facebook page) that will allow fans to win prizes over the next seven days.  The ultimate of which tickets to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

See the gifted singer in the colorful ad after the jump:

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Oh to be an intern at Island Def Jam this week.

For, with Rihanna‘s latest album ‘Talk That Talk‘ shaping out to be one their more commercially impotent releases to date , one can only imagine what ‘tea’ is being spilled at the water coolers up and down their New York offices.

Now, find out why this week’s US Album Chart  may just give the label’s executives even more of a reason to turn their noses up at the project below…

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Last week saw Rap Prima Nicki Minaj celebrate her birthday in her hometown of New York City.

Reported to have spent some of the day on the set of  Madonna‘s ‘Give Me All Your Love‘ video, in which she features in, the starlet received a  birthday treat  of epic proportions while filming the long awaited clip.

Yes, in what will be sure to have their respective fan bases beaming with delight, check out Madonna singing ‘Happy Birthday‘ to the birthday girl below…

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Madonna fans rejoice.

For today, reports regarding the icon’s rumored partnership with Interscope were confirmed.

Yes, she has signed a three album contract with the label, in a bid to kick start the next era of her lengthy career.

Full story below…

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As one music’s more outspoken characters, Mary J. Blige has never been once to mind her words when it comes to the sharing her thoughts on her fellow divas.

Now peep what she has to say about the ever pressing issue that is Lil Kim’s problem with Rap’s reigning Queen Nicki Minaj  during an interview with WGCI’s Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot below…

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