Peep Pop star Kelly Rowland sporting a new do’ over the weekend, while recording with hitmaker Jermaine Dupri. The 29 year old, who is hard at work on her third studio album, appears to have remixed her earlier short hair style for a recent photo-shoot.

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Keyshia Cole’s ‘I Should Have Cheated’ is the From The Vault pick this week. The Daron Jones-produced track was the 3rd single to be lifted from her 2005 debut album, ‘The Way It Is’, and became her 1st top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 10o, peaking at #30. ‘I Should Have Cheated’ was also Cole’s 1st top 10 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, a trend that was continued by all 9 of the songs released by the singer since that time.

This record has to be one of the biggest R&B breakup anthems of the last 10 years. It captures that emotion that people experience when they come to the end of a tumultuous relationship and displays the potential of Cole to become a major force in R&B music once she puts forward the right material. Deep.

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Check out Christina Aguilera on the cover of Cosmopolitan UK. The singer is currently preparing for the release of her new film, ‘Burlesque’, on November 24th.

Aguilera’s latest album, ‘Bionic’, proved to be one of the biggest sales catastrophes of the year with less than 230k units sold since being released on June 9th. “Just dance, gonna be okay, da da dooo doo…”

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Any guesses as to who this may be? Hint: Peep the post below this one…

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Kelly Rowland‘s label appear to be sparing no expense when it comes to the recording of her 3rd studio album.

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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.

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