10 years.

Indeed, that’s how long Alecia Moore – known more commonly as Pink – has dazzled the industry with her powerful-pipes and rebellious personna.

It’s surprising, though, that her incredible success hasn’t brought with it a chart-topping album on home-soil – until now. For, according to this week’s sales estimates, the 33 year old’s sixth studio album ‘The Truth About Love’ is on course to open at #1 on the Billboard 200 next week.

Eager to know what it’s set to sell to achieve the feat? The answer awaits below…

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 Shakira has a bun in the oven!

Yes, though reports of her special delivery have spun around the web for the last few months, today saw the ‘The Voice’ hopeful confirm the good news.

Her statement below…

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With its original version flying high on an R&B tip, Brandy enlists 2Chainz and Tyga for the remix to her rising hit ‘Put It Down’.

Curious to see how the cut fares against its predecessor?

Get ‘Down’ below…

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Leona Lewis makes a beeline for the dancefloor on the title track from her third studio album ‘Glassheart’.

The song made its debut on UK radio merely moments ago and That Grape Juice, as ever, has your first online listen.

Get the latest taste of what the X Factor alum will be serving up come the LP’s October 15th release below…

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Soulful songstress Solange is back.

As previously reported, the eclectic singer-songwriter announced ‘Losing You’ as the lead single from her eagerly awaited third studio album. And, as if anticipation wasn’t at fever-pitch, the 26 year old seconds ago released a trailer of sorts for the song and/ or its video – which has a confirmed iTunes date of October 2nd (via Terrible Records).

You already know we have you covered. The clip awaits after the jump…

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 Despite earlier fears by members of her fan base, Ciara‘s campaign for her latest single ‘Sorry’ has proven to be all kinds of successful.

Taking to a number of premium urban outlets to push sales for the cut, this week saw her grace DJ Whoo Kid on Shade 45 with an upbeat interview.

An interview, which saw her showcase the personality much of the public find themselves falling in love with again.

Watch below…

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That Grape Juice was on-hand at the 2012 Soul Train Awards nominations announcements in New York today. There, the list of those up for coveted awards were read out to selected press outlets.

Without pre-empting too much too soon, most notable of the nominees are R. Kelly and Usher. For, this year’s tally sees both break Soul Train records. With five nominations, Usher blazes past Michael Jackson and Beyonce to earn the honor of most nominations in a single year, while Kelly now boasts the most total Soul Train Award nominations – of all time.

Want to know who else made the cut? The answer awaits after the jump…

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We wonder what’s wrong with Rihanna?

Snapped outside ‘Du-par‘s in LA’s The Grove, the ‘Diamonds’ singer looked a little down in the company of her bodyguard and a close friend, who joined her some time later.

This, days after she enjoyed multiple nods upon the release of the 2012 EMA nominations tally, launched before the arrival of her seventh studio album.

More below…

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Ke$ha is coming!

The Pop prodigy is gearing up to release sophomore album ‘Warrior’, and so as to whip up heightened excitement has unmasked the LP’s official cover.

Preceded by lead single ‘Die Young’, the set now has a confirmed store date of December 4th. Excited?

Your thoughts?

Get your glitter and find your nearest club, because Ke$ha is finally coming back!

Enjoying a brief hiatus to work on her forthcoming album and perfect those ever in tune vocals,  the ‘Animal’ lover revealed the key dates for her new campaign today, via the social networking site Twitter.

Details below…

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CALLING UK MJ FANS – WIN AN MJ POSTER SIGNED BY SPIKE LEE

This week sees the release of ‘BAD 25’ from the legendary King of Pop Michael Jackson, celebrating the 25^th birthday of the historic album and the launch of a very exclusive competition for MJ’s UK fans.

TGJ went to see Spike Lee’s documentary ‘BAD 25’ recently and picked up a poster screen signed by Spike to ‘Numero Uno MJ Fan in the UK’ and now we’re offering one lucky reader the chance to win it!

To test fans knowledge, we’ll be asking a question each day this week and then on Friday you’ll be able to figure out the final question and enter the competition.

What’s more, the winner and 5 runners up will get a copy of the deluxe 3CD and DVD set of BAD 25 which contains Live At Wembley Stadium, 16^th July 1988.

Ready for question three?

Make a note of the answer and come back tomorrow for the fourth question.

With 49 days left to the US Presidential Election, Beyonce and Jay Z showed their support for President Obama by hosting a fundraiser for his political cause last night.

Held at the latter’s 40/40 Club in NYC, the philanthropic couple’s night turned out to be quite the success, with a reported $4 million generated from the event, enjoying a reported $40,000 per guest.

On their support, the President shared:

“To Jay and B, thank you so much for your friendship. Beyonce could not be a better role model for our daughters because she carries herself with such class and poise and has so much talent”.

More below…

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