Rihanna may sing like a castrated cat, yet it’s hard to deny her hit-spotting ability. Indeed, it’s one of the few talents she has beyond patting her particulars off-beat. 

And while many of the star’s chart rivals are infinitely more gifted, it’s this one talent that the vast majority of them would give their right rib for. Case, point, Nicole Scherzinger.

In a surprising move, the former Pussycat Doll has revealed that she passed on one of RiRi’s biggest hits ‘We Found Love’. This, after previously turning down Lady GaGa’s ‘Just Dance’ and Gnarls Barkley’s ‘Crazy’.

The X Factor star’s rationale after the jump…

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Frank Ocean celebrated his BRIT Award 2013 win with Taylor Swift last night, snapped partying with the ‘I Knew You Were A Trouble’ singer in London.

The life and soul of at Universal Music’s after party, the Grammy winning R&B King was caught on the dance floor reaping the rewards of his #1 album, ‘Channel Orange’ which rose by 34 spots on the UK Albums Chart in the space of a single week, this week.

Impressive, considering this was achieved before his appearance as last night’s show.

More from the thorn in many an R&B divos side below…

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R&B forces collided recently, when ‘Torn‘ singer Letoya Luckett caught up with ‘Lose Control’ stunner Keri Hilson in Texas.

Snapped posing it up at the former’s high end boutique, Lady Elle, the R&B divas were pictured months before fans can expect new music from Keri, whose last album, ‘No Boys Allowed’ debuted on the Billboard 200 with 102,000 units.

Their sighting also comes two weeks after Luckett watched her Destiny’s Child sisters rock the Super Bowl 2013 Halftime Show as part of Beyonce‘s commitment to the event, now available to watch here!

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Much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, readers of That Grape Juice what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.  So in a quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday we introduce 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.  Our inaugural post comes from none other than ‘Jenny From the Block’ herself – Jennifer Lopez.

Before she was dominating media and affectionately christened J.Lo by her adoring fans, she was ‘that girl that played Selena‘.  Her debut album ‘On the 6’, however, changed all of that…

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Cop a gander at what is believed to be the album cover for ‘Bittersweet’ belle Fantasia‘s fourth album ‘Side Effects Of You’.

Led by single ‘Lose To Win’, the cover surfaces just days after disappointing news that the album – originally due in stores March 2013 – has been pushed to an undisclosed date.

An album described by the North Carolinian herself as a ‘rock soul’ collection reminiscent of rock icon Tina Turner‘s offerings, here’s hoping #teamFantasia are making all the right moves to ensure this album gets the promo push it truly deserves (source).

What do you think of the cover?

All hail King B!

Tour de force Beyonce is living up to her billing with her new world tour ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’. In the absence of a new single to promote the jaunt, the trek has been selling out globally on the strength of the star’s name alone. Indeed, cities across North America and Europe have amassed so much demand that a bevy of new dates are being added on an almost daily basis.

The latest is London, which today saw its initial four dates beefed up to six following the swift snapping up of pre-sale tickets this morning.

Details on new dates await below, as does an extended version of the tour’s Jonas Akerlund directed commercial.

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Singer. Songwriter. Model. Actress.

For Rita Ora, the last year has seen her long running efforts to dominate the UK charts come to fruition with the release of her debut album, ‘ORA‘.

However, what isn’t so well known is just how lucrative her run in the market has been both she and her camp thus far, and how sales generated by the project will no doubt see no shortage of support from the US arm of her record label, Columbia.

Details below…

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Tuesday, April 23rd will be the day faithful fans of ‘Blow’ beauty Ke$ha will be able to feast their eyes on ‘Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life’ – a documentary set to detail the singer‘s meteoric rise to fame.

Report:

“The no-limits documentary was shot by Ke$ha’s brother, Lagan Sebert, which gives the series unprecedented access into the singer‘s personal life.  Lagan and filmmaker Steven Greenstreet followed Ke$ha with a small crew, capturing both her public and intimate moments…”

See the trailer below and catch the showing in its entirety on Tuesday, April 23, at 11 p.m. ET/PT.

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“I Want You Back’ beauty Mel B is coming back to the States, but this time aboard hit reality talent show ‘America’s Got Talent’.

Indeed, the Spice Girl was most recently spotted on the judging panel of Australia’s ‘X Factor’, but now she’s bringing her judging abilities Stateside to replace former judge Sharon Osbourne.

Report:

“NBC has confirmed that Spice Girl Mel B will be replacing departing judge Sharon Osbourne on the series this season. Mel B will be sitting on the judge’s panel when the series has its first new Season 8 taping on March 4 in New Orleans.”

As of time of reporting, Howie Mandel and Howard Stern are set to return.

Your thoughts?

Fans of Tyler Perry‘s hit sitcom ‘For Better Or Worse’ can bid it goodbye…from its TBS home.  For, reports have surfaced today that the show – which ranks #1 in its time slot for key African American demographics – is now finding its new home at OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network).

Report:

“OWN has picked up Perry’s sitcom For Better Or Worse, ordering a third season of originals and acquiring the show’s existing 45 episodes. Season 3 of For Better Or Worse will debut this fall with the original cast set to return, including Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Crystle Stewart, Kent Faulcon, Kiki Haynes and Jason Olive. Production will begin in Atlanta in April.”

Your thoughts?

Yes, folks it looks like Hollywood’s funniest family is next in line to sit with talk queen Oprah Winfrey for ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’.

Indeed, the legendary siblings – who have brought such comedic classics as “I’m Gonna Get You Sucker”, “Scary Movie”, “Don’t Be A Menace”, and more are joining the talk legend to discuss their storied careers collectively and individually (as well as upcoming ventures).

No date has been officially announced when we can expect to see Marlon, Shawn, Keenan Ivory, Damon, Kim & the gang across from O, but these snaps below definitely have us excited!

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Hot on the promo trail of his new memoir ‘The Soundtrack of My Life’, this morning saw legendary music mogul Clive Davis drop by the ‘Wendy Williams’ show to discuss it and its juicy details.

However, while Clive may have been better prepared to answer questions regarding his autobiography, Williams had her own agenda – immediately launching into a series of questions about his legendary protege Whitney Houston.

Sharing thoughts on how her reported drug use and/or consequent death could’ve been avoided, the two chatted about everything from her ill-fated 2001 Michael Jackson tribute performance to his now infamous 2012 Grammy party (which carried on while Whitney’s deceased body was still in the building).

This is a must see! As always, Wendy asks the tough questions!

Peep the interview below…

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