Brit chart sensation Taio Cruz is currently back on home turf plugging his #1 smash ‘Dynamite’. Last night he took to the stage at The National Lottery Awards 2010 to perform the song. Check out his performance below…

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Chris Brown visited Lux Miami Beach last evening. The young entertainer performed a few of hits for the crowd, including ‘I Can Transform Ya’ and ‘Deuces’, before showing everybody his Dougie.

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Check out these new promotional shots for Alesha Dixon‘s new LP ‘The Entertainer’. The album, which hit stores in November, is preceded by the single ‘Drummer Boy’.

Am I the only one getting Beyonce/Circa 2003 from these?

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This week’s Cover Star is none other than Christopherjohn. The young singer, who has a strange resemblance to Chris Brown, performed a guitar-assisted version of Jason Derulo’s ‘In My Head’ (irony?). Check it out below:

That was great performance. Proof that there is still a lot of young talent out there that does not need the help of auto-tune to sound good. Well done.

Check out Christopherjohn’s Youtube channel here.

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Though Katy Perry‘s sophomore set ‘Teenage Dream’ topped the charts with respectable sales of 192,000 this week, many were left wondering why the 25 year old never sold more. With industry estimates predicting sales of more than double such a figure, Billboard ask whether Perry’s case will have ramifications for the industry at large.

Check out their interesting article, which sees many a label exec weigh in, below…

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Pop icon Janet Jackson‘s new ‘Blackgama’ (What Becomes A Legend Most?) campaign made its debut in billboard form this week, overlooking New York’s  famed ‘Time Square. Ms. Jackson looks stunning.

{Pic via Essence}

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Rapper Ludacris kicked off the 5th Annual LudaDay Weekend in Atlanta last night. The anniversary dinner, which was attended by the likes Kelly Rowland and Sean Garrett (both pictured above), served as the first event of the Weekend – which was created as a platform to give back to the community and celebrate unity amongst the city’s taste-makers. {Source}

Tidbit: Kelly is set to feature on the latest Sims 3 expansion pack, ‘The Sims 3: Late Night’. The 29 year old re-recorded her new single ‘Rose Coloured Glasses’ in “sim language” to feature in the game. Anyone who knows about computer games, knows ‘The Sims’ franchise is a huge seller, hence this is a really good look for Ms. Kelly.

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Peep the official single cover for Shontelle‘s latest release ‘Perfect Nightmare’. The Pop-flavoured Darkchild produced cut serves as the next single to be lifted from the Bajan’s forthcoming LP ‘No Gravity’.

In another Shontelle tidbit, what would you want That Grape Juice to ask her if we were to be interviewing her say…next week?

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Here is another track from Kanye West. ‘Devil In A New Dress’ is the 2nd song that Yeezy has made available to fans as part of his G.O.O.D Friday’s weekly special. Give it a listen below:

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Business certainly appears to be picking up with Ciara‘s ‘Basic Instinct’ project. The singer’s label today issued a detailed album press release , revealing a number of new song titles, as well as their concepts. An interesting read, which has us anticipating the record that much more…

The goodies after the jump…(pun intended)…

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Peep Brandy‘s official promotional shot for ‘Dancing With The Stars’. The R&B star, 31, is set to star in the 11th season of the hit show – which kicks off on September 20th.

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