As the world continues to adjust to a music industry without Whitney Houston, her mother Cissy Houston sat down for an exclusive interview on Oprah’s Next Chapter last night. 

In true Oprah form, no stone was left unturned. As such, Cissy was quizzed on her immediate thoughts upon learning of her daughter’s death last February, the singer’s drug use, sexuality, and much more.

While critiqued by some (Cissy is releasing a book), this is most definitely a compelling watch. Check it out below…

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UK sensation Emeli Sande is making a beeline for the US charts!

After garnering multi-Platinum success on home-soil, the Scottish-bred belter is on a nationwide tour of North America in a bid to replicate those achievements across the pond.

And so as to warm up the Stateside audience for what promises to be a vocally enchanting trek, Sande stopped by the Today Show this morning to perform ‘Next To Me’ and ‘My Kind Of Love’ – both of which are lifted from her critically acclaimed debut ‘Our Version Of Events’.

Watch Emeli in action below…

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After warming up the masses with promotional singles ‘Sorry’ and ‘Got Me Good’ last Fall, Ciara is putting the finishing touches to her eagerly awaited fifth album, ‘One Woman Army’.

Due later this year, the project was formally “introduced” to European taste-makers last week by the singer herself. As such, ever keen to ask the questions you really want answers to, we caught up with the stage blazer during her London run with Livebase.

Watch above as the coy star talks the LP’s status, making “Ghetto Pop” music, having “tonnes of love for Beyonce”, and more.

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Beyonce embraces her role as Pop’s long running shot caller in a new Superbowl ad today, dressed as a sexy referee days before the big game.

Whipping up momentum for her set at the annual event, the Queen Bey shared the pic with fans as she rehearses in New Orleans, where the game will kick off- a fitting location, considering the star’s Creole ancestry.

Can’t wait to see what she whips up? Catch her in action when the Super Bowl XLVII arrives February 3rd.

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It’s been all of eight years since Tweet last blessed the charts with her criminally underrated sophomore set ‘It’s Me Again’. Indeed, an unfortunate brew of industry politics and personal drama silenced the soulful songbird – until now.

Staying true to her promise of new music in our recent interview with her, the singer today unwrapped ‘Enough’ – the lead single from her new EP ‘Simply Tweet’.

Due on February 26th, the set will serve as a prelude of sorts to a full-length album later in the year.

Pending then, we’re just oh so amped to hear new material from Ms. Oops (Oh My). Find out why after the jump…

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‘My fingertips and my lips, they burn…from the cigarettes‘.

While Sunday night saw Frank Ocean embroiled in fresh drama with Pop Prince Chris Brown, he counteracted with the negativity with much needed dose of positivity with these snaps, pulled from the set of his ‘Forrest Gump‘ visual.

So, before we receive- and will undoubtedly enjoy- the video, take a fresh listen to the James Ryan Ho produced jam, below!

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Let’s be honest, while looks can be deceiving, it’s safe to say it’s been a long time since Britney Spears has seemed this upbeat.

Hard at work on album #8, ‘The Hook Up‘ singer greeted paparazzi as she made her way out of a Starbucks in LA yesterday, one day after she was snapped making her way into Church with a friend.

Her caffeine induced sighting came after fans caught of a wind a report, suggesting her new LP was to be executive produced by Pop genius, Will.I.am.

Their thoughts on the matter below…

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‘Should Be You’.

‘Cracks In Mr. Perfect’

‘Let Me Love You’.

For fans of R&B royal Ne-Yo, the above stand as just three of the strongest songs pulled from his new album, ‘R.E.D’.

However, despite heralded as one of 2012’s strongest releases critically, its slow burning sales have seen mark one of his lowest selling projects to date, following the success of 2008’s ‘Year Of The Gentlemen‘, which was certified Platinum in the US and 2x Platinum in the UK.

Now, in an exclusive interview with That Grape Juice.Net, the Compound mogul has opened up on the LP, before he embarks on his sold out UK arena tour this March.

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Much to the delight of ‘Beliebers‘ worldwide, midnight saw the release of Justin Bieber‘s new EP, ‘Believe: Acoustic‘.

Delivering acoustic versions of select jams pulled from his #1 album ‘Believe‘, the project features contributions from Aaron Michael Cox and Darkchild, fans would have been pleased to find a brand new number named, ‘I Would’– penned by ‘XOX‘ singer Elijah Blake.

Listen below…

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When your wife’s name is Beyonce, and heralded for introducing the likes of Rihanna, Ne-Yo andRita Ora to the world, it’s safe to say life is already pretty sweet for Rapper Jay Z.

However, that didn’t stop him from loading up on sugary snacks as he watched the Lakers Vs Oklahoma City Thunder game at LA’s Staple Center hours ago, weeks after his combined album sales reached the total of 26,613,000 units moved since June 1996.

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Peep these pics snapped in Manchester, UK last night- taken at the first night of Rita Ora‘s long awaited ‘Radioactive Tour’.

Kicking off at the Manchester Academy, last night’s showing saw her wow fans with live renditions of songs pulled from her UK debut, ‘ORA‘- responsible for the 2x Platinum single, ‘How We Do‘.

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 ‘Miss Amor‘? Forget about it.

The above seemed to be the sentiment held by Azealia Banks today when she announced she was to scrap the aforementioned as her new single, and release another to launch her long awaited debut album.

So what’s it called?

Find out below!

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