Last night (July 7), one of the most respected and hands down one of the richest men in hip-hp, rapper Jay-Z held a private listening party in New York City for his upcoming joint album with Kanye West, ‘Watch The Throne’. Hova released a few details including the slight possibility of a music video for the duo’s song ‘Lift Off’ featuring Beyonce, collaborations with Frank Ocean, his upcoming solo project, and more.

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Who Runs The World?

You guessed it. Not content with taking their Queen to the #1 spot in both the UK and the US charts, Beyonce’s BeyHive have made her the #1 selling artist in the world this week.

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Her debut single encouraged her Heartbeats to ‘Do It Like A Dude‘ but Riot Girl Jessie J flaunted her more feminine attributes on the cover of this month’s ‘Glamour Magazine’.

Dressed in a fitting black dress, The ‘Who You Are’ singer graced the cover with her trademark smile which is probably down to the fact her debut LP remains in the Top 10 of the UK Album charts. Even after 18 weeks!

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Peep electric new star Miguel on the set of the video for his latest single ‘Quickie’. {Source}

Currently sitting at #28 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Chart, the track serves as the follow-up to ‘Sure Thing’, which hit #1 on the tally back in June.

Have yet to hear ‘Quickie’? Take a listen after the jump…

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Remember Mariah Carey‘s ‘Angel Advocate’? You know, the ill-fated remix album to the chart disaster that was 2009’s ‘Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel’ which never saw the light of day. Given how everything played out, Ms. Carey will no doubt be hoping all is but a distant memory. Especially with the forthcoming arrival of what is no doubt the most important album of her latter career (after 2 so-so sellers, her commercial relevancy hangs in the balance).

However, any such hopes were dealt somewhat of a blow today after the R. Kelly featured demo for ‘Betcha Gon’ Know (Remix)’ surfaced.

Is it a stone-grove hit? Take a listen after the jump…

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Her single ‘Swagger Jagger‘ may currently be the source for many a joke in the PopCultureVerse, but X Factor alum Cher Lloyd is hoping her new song ‘Superhero’ is better received.

Lifted from her upcoming album, the starlet performed an acoustic version of the song exclusively for Perez Hilton.

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Last night, Adele had fans at the Itunes Festival chanting and singing her praises when she delivered a show stopping performance of some of her much loved music.

The record breaking entertainer treated fans to a number of different songs, including ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and ‘Rumour Has It’.

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UK Pop starlets JLS serve up colour in abundance in the video for their new single ‘She Makes Me Wanna’. The Dev assisted cut saw its Miami-shot video premiere moments ago.

Check out the guys dip, twirl, and, of course, serenade the ladies while doing so below…

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It’s here!

The latest video in support of Beyonce‘s latest LP ‘4’ has made its way to the Pop Universe just moments ago.

What are you waiting for?! Watch it below…

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Alicia Keys was spotted in NYC with husband/famed hip hop producer Swiss Beatz and their son Egypt Dean. The photos come as one of few public glimpses of the couple’s 8 month old.

See more of the family’s day out below:

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‘1 Thing’ singer Ameriie has been very busy considering her extended absence from the music scene.  Now, after marrying manager Lenny Nicholson, the newlywed is eyeing a return to the charts in 2012 with her 5th studio album ‘Cymatika’.

See what the Island Def Jam beauty had to say after the jump:

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R&B bad boy Chris Brown has taken to Twitter to reveal the next single to be lifted from his gold-certified LP ‘F.A.M.E.’.  See what song the ‘She Ain’t You’ singer has chosen to get the video treatment after the jump:

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