As recent Hip Hop wins have shown, using the Hot 100 to determine how well a song is not always a good idea.

For, while some cuts may not sell enough week by week to score or hold Top Ten spots, they do sell enough to give the acts and labels behind much to smile about.

Find out what we mean in today’s chart check below!

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Guess which epic Pop Princess was snapped window shopping in Beverly Hills yesterday.

Hint: She’s collaborated with Future, cites LA Reid as a mentor and has gotten hot and heavy with Chris Brown. 

Still don’t know?

Alright, we’ll tell you who it is after the jump!

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LeToya Luckett is back!

Indeed, following the #1 album that was her self titled debut effort and its 2009 follow up, Ms. Luckett is readying her third solo LP, documenting the experience by way of an online series.

After a lengthy rest on the bench, the songstress has rebooted her ‘Life, Love & Music’ web series — the first chapter of the star’s new story. Check out webisode 5 below!

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Kelly Rowland is set to ‘Talk A Good Game’ this Summer and is doing so with help from a few familiar faces.

Details below…

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The Real Housewives Atlanta has everyone talking, including Conan O’Brien Show “presenter” Triumph the dog.

Watch below as the risqué puppet interviews the stars of the Bravo hit. It’s a must-see!

Your thoughts?

If ever there was a musical act with 9 lives it would be Sevyn Streeter.

Indeed, after making her mark with groups TG4 and Richgirl, Streeter is now riding down the solo path – looking to carve her name atop Billboard by her lonesome with hits like “I Like It” from her forthcoming solo LP.

Chatting exclusively to That Grape Juice, the singer-songwriter (who has lent her pen to hits for the likes of Alicia Keys, Kelly Rowland, Brandy, and more) talks about crafting her own debut album, working with R&B bad boy Chris Brown his new album ‘X’, and so much more!

It all awaits below:

Sevyn Streeter Shouts Out That Grape Juice

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Eve is gearing up for the release of comeback album ‘Lip Lock’ and in a bid to make sure you are too has released the tracklist for the hotly anticipated set.

Preceded by singles ‘She Bad Bad’ and ‘Make It Out This Town’, the LP is the first femcee’s first release through her own independent label, FTR Music (From The Ribs Music).

Peep the official tracklist, which features the likes of Dawn Richard and Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg) below…

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He’s the critically acclaimed writer behind Brandy‘s ‘Wish Your Love Away‘ and today- in showing love to fellow R&B sibling Chris Brown– Songwriter TC lends his voice to the star’s new single ‘Fine China‘.

Staying true to the original while packing a euphoric vocal we can’t get enough of, the cover arrives as TC- born Tiyon Mack– continues work on the forthcoming Tamar Braxton LP, and he reportedly lent his skills to cuts on Brown’s new album ‘X’.

Get into it below!

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After a brief break from the spotlight, it feels like Brandy is not just back but also here to stay.

The Vocal Bible serves up a chapter and verses in fierceness in the latest issue of PYNK magazine. And while her looks are as luscious as ever, it’s her accompanying interview that resonated with us most.

B-Rocka, who is presently garnering praise for her role in hit Tyler Perry movie ‘Temptation’, waxes honest about the sales of her latest album ‘Two Eleven’, whether she’d do reality TV again, fellow R&B divas Kelly Rowland and Beyonce, and much more.

Peep quotables and more pics below…

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Alesha Dixon is opening up on what many would agree is a sensitive issue.

As one of the many driving forces behind Urban music’s mainstream notoriety in the late 90s/early noughties, the success she enjoyed as one third of Mis-Teeq went a long way to alter the perception the British media had of women of color.

However, in an interview she gave to Cosmopolitan Magazine recently, she revealed how underlying racism within the British media has seen an absence of ethnic women on prime time TV shows and the nation’s media industry as a whole.

Her comments below…

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Kelly Rowland has hit the radio trail in support of new single ‘Kisses Down Low’ and its parent album ‘Talk A Good Game’.

Her latest stop? ‘The Breakfast Club’ on Power 105.1.

Watch below as Ms. Kelly talks her new album (due June), starting the EDM trend in the US, the Super Bowl, and so much more. Never a dull moment with Charlamagne and co.

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With Girls Aloud officially over, all eyes are on what each member of the Brit-Pop outfit will do next.

And while the answers to such questions remain unknown (and bleak) for the majority of the group, lead and only singer Nadine Coyle is wasting no time and has returned to the recording booth…solo.

Details after the jump…

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