For SZA fans, a five-year wait for a new album came to a close Friday (December 9) when the R&B diva finally dropped ‘SOS‘ – the follow-up to her 2017 debut album ‘Ctrl.’

Preceded by hit singles ‘Shirt,’ ‘I Hate U,’ and ‘Good Days,’ “good” comes a severe understatement when describing the critical and commercial acclaim the set’s already received.

And while ‘SOS’ has shown itself to be a monster on real-time sales tallies around the globe (as we reported here), it appears to be even more of one on streaming platforms.

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Mariah Carey continues to unwrap fresh wins with her festive classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You.’ Especially in the UK.

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Mark those calendars because ‘Harlem’ is back!

The popular Amazon Prime Video drama – which chronicles the layered lives of friends Camille, Tye, Quinn, and Angie – returns in February and the streamer has unveiled the first look.

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Cher fans all over the globe are sending condolences to the EGO (EMMY, GRAMMY, and OSCAR) winner after the announcement her mother Georgia Holt passed away.

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For music lovers who have yet to fall in love with ‘Fallin‘ singer Alicia Keys’ inaugural holiday album, ‘Santa Baby,’ the 15-time GRAMMY winner is giving them new reasons with every promotional appearance.

After blowing the roof off ‘Christmas in Rockefeller Center’ and ‘TODAY‘ over the last few weeks, Alicia is continuing to crank out live renditions of her take on the yuletide classics found aboard the set.

Her most recent showing came courtesy of a stop by ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’  There, when not unveiling a spirited version of ‘Please Come Home for Christmas,’ she dished on the inspiration behind the festive LP and much more.

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Godmother of Soul Patti LaBelle may have brought her brigade of hits to Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater Saturday evening (December 10), but she could barely get through her set of classics before being rushed off stage due to a reported bomb threat.

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Be it for the good, bad, ugly, or downright shocking, 2022 was full of monumentally memorable moments!

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on the occasions that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Next, we toast to ‘Super Freaky Girl’ – the history-making Hot 100 #1 hit of Rap Queen Nicki Minaj.

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Over the last 30 years Terrence Howard has been a Black Hollywood staple.

Bringing unforgettable characters like Quentin Spivey (‘The Best Man‘), Cameron Thayer (‘Crash‘), Djay (‘Hustle & Flow‘), James Rhodes (‘Iron Man‘), Lucious Lyon (‘Empire‘), and many others to life over his three-decade tenure, the veteran actor has not only collected top industry honors for his work but has even garnered Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations along the way.

That impressive, yet lengthy resume was the reason Howard announced his retirement in 2019 during the last season of ‘Empire.’

And though he didn’t keep his word at that time, three years later he’s revisited the statement and assured longtime fans he’s for real this time.

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3 years after Coko of SWV caught flack for saying Jhene Aiko‘s music puts people to sleep, the 34-year-old R&B diva has found a creative way to cash in on the notion.

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On Saturday (December 10), Diddy left jaws ajar when he unexpectedly announced that his family has expanded.

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Doja Cat certainly turned heads with her shaved head on the front (and inside the pages) of the latest ‘DAZED‘ magazine.

As we reported here, the femcee acted as the covergirl for its Winter 2022 ‘Beautiful’ issue and used its feature story to open up about redefining beauty standards, defining her racial identity, identifying the sounds set to board her new album (the follow-up to 2021’s GRAMMY-nominated ‘Planet HER‘), and so much more.

But if the quotes that line the appearance weren’t enough to get people talking, a behind the scenes look at the eccentric looks that accompanied them certainly will.

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The critical acclaim that’s come flooding in for SZA‘s long-awaited sophomore album, ‘SOS,’ seems set to be outpaced only by the gargantuan commercial response it’s been afforded.

Preceded to Billboard 200 battle by its housed Hot 100 top 20 hits ‘Shirt‘ (#11 peak), ‘I Hate U‘ (#7 peak), and ‘Good Days‘ (#9 peak), anticipation for the project saw it soar to the top of pre-order lists on many major digital retailers ahead of its official unveiling.

Just a day after being released on December 9, the 23-track effort zoomed to the top of Apple Music tallies in over 50 countries while also dominating real-time iTunes sales charts in nearly a dozen (as we reported here).

Its performance on those outlets, in conjunction with a record-breaking run on Spotify, sees the LP poised to enter the Billboard 200 with the GRAMMY winner’s biggest first-week numbers yet.

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