Mariah Carey’s voice has been in excellent form lately. The diva will appear on ‘Christmas in Washington’ tomorrow at 8pm ET on TNT, delivering powerhouse renditions of ‘One Child’ (from her new ‘Merry Christmas II You’ album) and ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’.

Check out a clip of her ‘One Child’ performance below:

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Here is a short behind the scenes look of Lil Kim’s new video for ‘Clap Clap’ and the Nicki Minaj diss record, ‘Black Friday’. The Queen Bee seems to be riding this wave of revived public interest for all it’s worth. The footage is available below:

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Nelly has opened up about his relationship with Ashanti. The rapper, who released his ‘Nelly ‘5.0’ album this year, admitted to Rap TV that he thinks it’s important to be “friends first”. Look below for the details:

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Chrisette Michele visited ‘Lopez Tonight’ last evening. The singer performed one of the standout tracks from her recently released ‘Let Freedom Reign’ LP, ‘Goodbye Game’. Peep the performance below:

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It’s official: Mariah Carey is expecting twins! The diva’s husband, Nick Cannon, broke the news this morning on 92.3 FM Now this morning that they will be having two babies in spring 2011. Listen to his announcement below:

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Undeterred by the sales estimates of her ‘Basic Instinct’ LP, Ciara continued along the promotional trail tonight, stopping by E!’s ‘Chelsea Lately’ for a chat.

A somewhat more relaxed Ciara spoke to host Chelsea Handler about many a topic including BET’s banning of the ‘Ride’ video, competition between her and other female acts, the album, and more.

Check out all the action after the jump…

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Here is the 3rd webisode of Chris Brown’s Mechanical Dummy series. In this edition, entitled ‘Breezy Art’, the entertainer speaks about his love for art and its influence on his life. Peep the video below:

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Nelly sat down with ThisIs50 recently. The rapper spoke about an array of topics including his acting career and how he stays motivated to created music.

Nelly also elaborated on the criticism that he has faced because of the relatively low sales of his ‘Nelly 5.0’ and ‘Brass Knuckles’ album. See what he had to say below:

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Trey Songz made a promotional stop on Power 105.1’s ‘Breakfast Club’ today. The ‘Bottoms Up’ singer used the opportunity to talk about the gay rumours that have have been plaguing him for years, Drake and his album sales. Look below for the interview:

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Ciara better backbend over a church alter and pray for a Christmas miracle because ‘Basic Instinct’ is set to bomb. The record is predicted to sell only a disappointing 35-40k within the next 7 days. This means that it will debut with less than half of the underwhelming 81k with which ‘Fantasy Ride’ entered the tally last year.

Still, Ciara isn’t the only act preparing to receive a lump of coal this Christmas. Diddy-Dirty Money’ Last Train To Paris’ is primed to sell only 60-65k despite a string of high profile appearances on ‘The View’, ‘Saturday Night Live’, and ‘American Idol’.

R. Kelly, however,  has no such worries. The R&B titan’s ‘Love Letter’ is on course to sell an impressive 150-160k with its debut, giving him the 2nd highest new entry position among Urban artists on next week’s lineup.

Another R&B crooner who is set to exceed expectations is Tank whose ‘Now or Never’ LP is scheduled to sell 40-45k. Yet, all pale in comparison to Michael Jackson’s ‘Michael’ LP which is expected to sell 225-250k.

There is no word on Kandi’s ‘Kandi Koated’. Ouch.

Thoughts?

To celebrate the release of Ciara‘s ‘Basic Instinct’ LP, That Grape Juice has teamed up with the R&B star for a festive a give-away you won’t want to miss!

In collaboration with the ‘Ride’ singer, we are giving one lucky reader the chance to win an Apple iPad. The much sought-after gadget (which retails for $550) comes pre-packaged with the Grammy winner’s hottest videos including the clip’s for ‘Gimme Dat’, ‘Speechless’ and ‘Ride’.

Want the Ciara-branded iPad under your tree this Christmas? All you have to do to enter by clicking the link below (further terms and conditions apply).

Click here to enter Ciara and That Grape Juice’s iPad give-away!

Good luck!

Ciara has finally delivered the first televised performance of the ‘Basic Instinct’ era! The entertainer hit the stage on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ to perform the Soundz-produced ‘Gimme Dat’. Look below for all the action:

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