‘Golden’ by Jill Scott is this week’s From The Vault selection. The song was released as the 1st single from Scott’s 3rd album, ‘Beautifully Human: Words & Sounds Vol. 2’, in 2004.

Although the record only peaked at #110 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #31 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it has gathered a strong following in the years after its initial release. In fact, because of the inspirational message boasted by the lyrics, Scott is often asked to perform this song on many occasions, with many regarding it as her signature tune.

This is what music is all about – inspiring people and invoking emotions. ‘Golden’ is an amazing song that was performed by an amazing singer. Great stuff!

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Many people think that beefs only occur in Hip-Hop (not including the Christina Aguilera’s countless feuds across various genres). However, Pop divas have been known for their battles in the media as well.

One such example is the infamous clash between Mariah Carey and Madonna. Following an almost identical script to the current quarrel between Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim, the duo engaged in a rather public feud in 1995 when Madonna felt threatened by Carey’s meteoric rise to success as her own career had begun to slump.

The way that Carey handled that situation is a shining example of proper media training. Not only did she shut Madonna down just like Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson did after being attacked by the ‘Vogue’ singer themselves, she did it while keeping things classy. Fatality.

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R&B star Chris Brown raised the roof at the 2010 Wildjam festival in California earlier this week. Performing a set consisting of some of his biggest hits (including ‘Run It’, ‘With You’ and ‘Take You Down’), the singer also turned in renditions of Nicki Minaj’s ‘Your Love’ and Willow Smith’s ‘Whip My Hair’.

While I was somewhat baffled at the merging of Brown’s safe/Pop past with his racier present on the set-list (performed in between the above-listed songs were the likes of ‘No BS’ and ‘I Invented Head’), one can’t deny Brown’s ability to work a stage. Just can’t.

Check out his rousing showing after the jump…

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Here is Mariah Carey’s 2nd performance at ‘Christmas In Washington’. Alongside a large choir, the vocal titan delivered a stunning rendition of ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ for the US President and his family. Look below for the footage:

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Mariah Carey’s performance at ‘Christmas In Washington’ aired moments ago on TNT. The diva performed ‘One Child’ from her new Holiday album, ‘Merry Christmas II You’. Peep the performance below:

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A new song from Keri Hilson and Chris Brown surfaced today. The sensual ‘One Night Stand’ will appear on Hilson’s new album, ‘No Boys Allowed’, which hits stores on December 21st. Listen to the record below:

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Lil Kim isn’t finished with Nicki Minaj just yet. The Hip-Hop icon sat down with Angie Martinez on Hot 97 just moments ago where she decided to give a full explanation of her mounting beef with Minaj and let the world know her side of the story.

Listen to the full interview below where she also spoke about her issues with Faith Evans and Diddy:

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Cheryl Cole hit the stage at the 82nd Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium recently. The ‘X-Factor’ judge used the opportunity to deliver the 1st televised performance of her new song, ‘The Flood’. Peep the footage below:

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Check out these exclusive images of Chrisette Michele’s new photoshoot with Robert Ector. The singer’s ‘Let Freedom Reign’ album is in stores now. More pictures are available below:

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Chrisette Michele has just released a video for her new single, ‘Goodbye Game’. The song was co-written by Charles Harmon and is the 2nd record to be released from her ‘Let Freedom Reign’ LP. Check out the clip below:

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Chris Brown is gearing up to assault the charts on all fronts. With his recently released Pop single, ‘Yeah 3x’, sitting comfortably at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 (without a single live performance to promote it) and is climbing quickly on the international charts, the young singer is ready take over the Urban formats as well.

As such, Brown has announced that his next single will be ‘Look At Me Now (Ft. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes)’. There is no word as to whether this song will be featured on his upcoming ‘F.A.M.E’ LP (due in March). Furthermore, Brown’s highly anticipated ‘Calypso’ track, which was supposed to be the next Urban single, has yet to be released.

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2010 has been a great year for Monica. The R&B singer scored 2 top 10 singles on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and her latest album, ‘Still Standing’, has sold over 600k in the US to date.

However, don’t think for a second that Monica is ready to take a break. In fact, she is already planning to release 2 new records in 2011 – a studio album and a Christmas collection. See what she had to say about the projects below:

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