‘Grenade’ hitmaker Bruno Mars has been blowing up the promo trail in support of his soon-to-be #1 album ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’ – bringing its lead single/chart-topping hit ‘Locked Out of Heaven’ to a number of major outlets.

Now, ‘X Factor US’ can add its name to the list of stages charmed by the Hawaiian crooner.  See it below:

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Despite voluntarily falling out of the public eye in recent months, ‘Skyfall’ singer Adele is still slaying charts with her sophomore effort ’21’ (released February 2011).  Featuring the hits ‘Rolling In the Deep’, ‘Someone Like You’, and ‘Set Fire To The Rain’, the chart topping set blazed through 2011’s competition with repeated record-breaking runs atop the Billboard 200.

Fast forward a year later and it appears she is still finding her name in running with 2012’s biggest sellers. For, today saw Itunes unveil its year-end chart – tallying the year’s most downloaded albums.  Guess who’s number 1….

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She has done it again with hardly any reason to say oops! For, yet again, 2012 has proven ‘Toxic’ tinwoman Britney Spears seems to have the magic potion when it comes into raking in the big bucks.

With an estimated $58 million in earnings over the past year (due to album sales, tours, ‘X Factor US’, etc), Spears has new reason to ‘Scream & Shout’ as reports have surfaced indicating the stiff songstress beat out stiff competition to be named 2012’s highest paid female musician.

 Find out what top divas she beat to the top below:

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The weekend is nigh and so too is VH1 Divas 2012!

Now a live show, this year’s festivities take place from Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium on Sunday.

A Dance-themed extravaganza, the 2012 instalment of the popular franchise pays homage to late singers Whitney Houston and Donna Summer – the latter of whom is being honored by Kelly Rowland.

With many observing physical and musical similarities between Summer and the Destiny’s Child star, it was almost necessary that Rowland’s involvement center around the Disco queen. A stance the show’s producers seem to agree with, as the 31 year old has been tapped to tackle two of Summer’s biggest hits.

Find out what they are (as well as what other acts will be performing) below…

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Tamar Braxton may have hit #1 on iTunes with new single ‘Love & War’, but the talented singer is touching as many stages as possible to ensure the song is a bonafide hit.

The latest stop on her promo campaign? CBS’s The Couch.

Watch below as the youngest of the Braxton clan dishes on the track’s success and performs it too…

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Tiffany Pollard, known more famously as New York, was the recent recipient of an episode of TV One’s ‘Life After’.

The renown reality star recounts her “rise” – From starting out in the church to “stealing everyone’s men at school”, to her breakthrough on VH1’s ‘Flavor Of Love’, and life after her show.

A watch as crazy as it is intriguing, it’s New York…Life After. Check it out above…

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Alicia Keys is on a roll!

More eager than ever to keep new album ‘Girl On Fire‘ atop the Billboard 200, the gifted star shares a sneak peek of her new video today. The clip, for the inspirational cut ‘Brand New Me’.

Enjoy below…

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Usually when an album under-performs, the project is quickly sucked into a black hole never to be seen or spoken of again. In Usher‘s case, his latest LP ‘Looking 4 Myself’ may not have set the charts ablaze, yet the LP’s so-so sales haven’t deterred his hustle.

Like many a megastar, selling or not selling, Mr Raymond is clearly welcome on any and every stage. Case, point his performances at most of this year’s major award shows, as well as this afternoon’s showcase on ‘Ellen’.

Watch below as the 34 year old performs the project’s latest offering ‘Numb’ on the daytime show…

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Maybe by way of all the ‘noise’ that disturbed her brand this year, it’s become quite easy to forget that Nicki Minaj – whether you like it or not- is one of Pop’s highest selling contributors.

Sure, though the shoddy handling of her sophomore LP ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ has made it easy for her naysayers to deny this, the fact remains that with 1 million copies sold world wide since April, the project is the only Rap album released this year to peak at #1 is as many markets as it did.

Markets, which include the UK, US, Canada and Japan.

Now, despite its poorly managed promo campaign, her single ‘Pound The Alarm’ has now sold over 1 million copies in the US alone.

Details below…

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BET’s new current affairs show ‘Don’t Sleep’ has been gaining ample buzz since launching in October.

Anchored by former CNN journalist T.J. Holmes, the show tackles topics of politics, popular culture, among other issues pertinent to the Urban diaspora.

This week’s episode (27) features chats with Antoine Walker, John Salley, Damion Gregory and Sheree Whitfield about the problems athletes have with money. T.J. also talks to Gabby Douglass about Olympic fame.

Hit ‘PLAY’ to watch above…

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Rihanna may not have much a hand in writing her own songs, but that hasn’t stopped the 24 year old from flexing her literary skills in a letter to ever-loyal fan-base, The Navy.

Check out the heartfelt letter, which also dubs as promotion for her new album ‘Unapologetic’, below…

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T.I. joins forces with Pop chart-topper Pink on new cut ‘Guns and Roses’.

Featured on the Atlanta rapper’s eighth studio album ‘Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head’, the  gritty T-Minus produced track will no doubt go some way in whipping up heightened anticipation for the LP ahead of its arrival in stores next Tuesday (December 18th).

 A great collaboration on paper, does the song deliver in finished form? You be the judge after the jump…

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