Ciara is serving all-new-everything!

For hot off unveiling the cover and new title of her 5th studio album, the R&B diva has now announced a new release date for the hotly anticipated set.

Originally due on June 4th, the now self-titled project will now arrive on…

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Jennifer Hudson is a busy girl these days.

Hard at work on her third studio album, the Grammy and Oscar winner is also on the promo trail for new Lifetime movie ‘Call Me Crazy’ – which she stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to promote.

Watch below as J.Hud dishes on the flick, performing at the Oscars this year, and more…

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Drake may have thrown Rihanna under the bus in the latter part of last week, but this week has seen the ‘Practice’ MC show all kinds of love to R&B leader Beyonce in a song named ‘Girls Love Beyonce‘.

Produced by the ever impressive Noah Shebib, the honest cut will not feature on his forthcoming LP ‘Nothing Was The Same’ but will no doubt serve as a well executed buzz track for the project.

Drake’s genius below…

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Fresh from unwrapping new video ‘I.O.U’, soulful vocalist Luke James stopped by The Wendy Williams Show to perform a medley of the song and fan-favourite ‘I Want You’.

Hailed for being one of the new generation’s most gifted talents, watch the New Orleans native show and prove after the jump…

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Are the rigours of having to actually perform catching up with Rihanna?

With just hours to go before showtime, the Bajan belle has cancelled the Houston date of her ‘Diamonds World Tour’ citing an unnamed “illness”.

Details below…

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After two months of teasing and titilation, Beyonce‘s new tour ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’ finally kicked off tonight in Belgrade, Serbia.

The sell-out show was, by all counts, an electrifying spectacle — filled with lazer lights, pyro, countless costume changes, and King B’s trademark stage-slaying. What didn’t feature, however, was any new material…which we’ll hold our tongues on. For now.

Peep more pics, and the first set of fan videos below…

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Much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.  So in a quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday we introduced a new retrospective segment – ‘TGJ Replay’.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase albums (and eras) from a library of pop music hits.  Today, we press play on ’12 Play’ – the debut solo project from King of R&B R. Kelly…

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Ciara has gone on record to describe her fifth studio album as her most personal yet, and it seems she’s keen that reflects in its title.

Initially christened ‘One Woman Army’, as of one hour ago, iTunes now has the project simply listed as ‘Ciara’. The official artwork above was also included in the re-tooled listing which came binded with the confirmed tracklisting.

Taking to Instagram once the news begun doing the fan rounds, the dynamo performer posted a confirmation of sorts:

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Mrs. Carter to the stage!

Beyonce‘s sell-out world tour, ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’, kicks off in Belgrade, Serbia.

And with fans already filing into the arena for showtime (which is in a mere matter of hours), the young icon has posted snaps from the trek’s final run-through.

Watch King B prepare to prove why she’s Pop royalty below…

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From the shadows to the spotlight.

Eric Bellinger has enjoyed ample success penning hits for the likes of Usher, Chris Brown, and Justin Bieber. However, the gifted writer is keen to shine light on his own vocal talents with new mixtape ‘Born II Sing Vol. III’.

Introduced by Usher and featuring contributions from the likes of Sevyn, Tank and more, the set is the Los Angeles native’s third collection of free songs — and, for us, his best yet.

Take a listen below and snap up your free copy!

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Though recent years have seen her use her material and live act as they driving force behind her brand,the start of  Beyonce‘s solo run saw her work side by side with multinational brands to penetrate Pop culture via the mediums of television, film and in L’Oreal’s case…hair.

Now, as to reinforce her household name status ten years after debuting, she has teamed up with Pepsi and H&M to ensure her name is firmly embedded in the minds of Jane and John Doe‘s across the globe, via gargantuan media campaigns that will make her face impossible to avoid.

The first of these? Her epic partnership with H&M which will see her star in their ‘Summer 2013‘ outing- snaps from which can be seen below!

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With his music and the name behind it generating more buzz by the day, Luke James found himself under the intense eye of NYC paps while on his way out of a filming session in the city.

No doubt an indicator of his rising notoriety, the ‘I Want You’ beau found himself quizzed on forthcoming movie, ‘Black Nativity’ in which he stars in alongside Mary J. Blige, Angela Bassett and Oscar winning vocalist Jennifer Hudson.

Watch as he dishes a little on the musical below…

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