Melanie Fiona celebrated her birthday on the final day of the Essence Music Festival on July 4th. The young singer decided to share the moment with the audience by performing some of her own material as well as a cover of Tina Turner’s classic ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’. The performance can be seen below:

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In a recent interview with David Owens from WalesOnline, Leona Lewis spoke about her next studio album. The Pop singer revealed that they project will feature a “different” and “fun” sound from her with early reports citing contributions from David Guetta, Ne-Yo and J.R. Rotem. Check out what she had to say below:

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Teairra Mari revealed some interesting details about her upcoming album, ‘At That Point’, to Hot 93.7’s Jenny Boom Boom. The singer spoke about the reasoning behind the delay of her album, her next single featuring Reggae artist Mavado and her new movie ‘Lottery Ticket’. Peep the interview below:

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Sam

1) Discipline – Janet

2) Dynamite – Taio Cruz

3) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World – Prince

4) Grown Woman – Kelly Rowland

5) You Lost Me – Christina Aguilera

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R&B star Brandy looks stunning in this preview of her shoot for fashion magazine ‘160grams’. Be on the lookout for the full shoot on Friday…

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British Pop phenoms JLS stopped by GMTV this morning to perform their new single ‘The Club Is Alive’. Despite being one of their first promotional appearances in support the track, it looks set to debut high on the Official UK Singles Chart this week, after rocketing straight to number one upon release on Sunday.

Performance (and rant) after the jump…

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Our friends over at Global Grind caught up with Trina on the set of the video for her HOT new single ‘My B*tches’ (the latest to be lifted from her ‘Amazin” LP). Check out their behind the scenes look at the Skills TV directed video below…

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Diva Jennifer Lopez will be making a return to the music scene much earlier than anticipated. Following her departure from long-time label Epic, which was followed by her swift signing to Island Def Jam, a “late 2010” release window had been announced as the frame in which to expect new Lopez material.

However, it has been revealed today that the 40 year old mother of two is set to feature in  Taio Cruz‘s video for new single ‘Dynamite’, which has been remixed to include vocals from her too.

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Keyshia Cole is currently busy preparing her next studio offering which is due to hit stores later this year. Toxic, the producer of ‘Trust’ (Cole’s duet with Monica), spoke candidly about about one of the tracks on the record which will feature fellow R&B singer Tank. Peep what he had to say below:

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A fresh faced Britney Spears covers the August issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

The reclusive mother of two, also sat down for an  interview with the publication. Check out a few excerpts from the piece below..

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In a recent interview with VIBE, the ever-eclectic Solange lifted the lid on the recording process for her 3rd studio album (set for an October release), describing its sound as “80s R&B meets new wave dance-rock”.

During the insightful piece (spotted over at Gossip On This), the youngest of the Knowles clan also talked about her critics, Beyonce, the handling of her last album ‘Sol-Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams’, being an independent artist now, Janelle Monae and so much more. An awesome read.

Excerpts after the jump…

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Jill Scott performed at the 3rd and final day of the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans yesterday. The vocal powerhouse was alongside Melanie Fiona, Estelle, Mary J. Blige, Earth Wind & Fire and someone named Trey Songz to help the crowd celebrate the US Independence Day.

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