For many New Yorkers, the Christmas season isn’t truly in full swing until the arrival of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree at the New York City plaza.

The festive evergreen, a holiday symbol in the Big Apple for eight decades, was decorated with a three-dimensional Swarovski star topper and more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights – all of which shone brightly for this year’s tree lighting ceremony.

Hosted by ‘Today’ anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Craig Melvin as well as actor-TV host Mario Lopez, the showing also featured sizzling performances from the likes of Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Jimmie Allen, Andrea Bocelli alongside Matteo Bocelli and Virginia Bocelli, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Brett Eldredge, Mickey Guyton, Dan + Shay, Blake Shelton, The Shindellas, Louis York, and more.

Did you miss the action when it first aired? No worries; we’ve got you covered.

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

Now, as it 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’ll talk about the Black Girl Magic that dominated award season 2022!

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Beyonce‘s seventh solo studio album, ‘Renaissance,’ continues to prove itself the gift that keeps on giving.

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You can always count on Disney to bring even more magic to the holiday season, and they didn’t disappoint with this year’s “Magical Holiday Celebration.”

The ABC TV special, which was hosted by Derek and Julianne Hough, was filmed at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California and treated attendees and at-home viewers to stunning live performances from Ne-Yo, Run DMC, Meghan Trainor, Jordin Sparks, Becky G, and many more.

Tackling Christmas songs new and old, hop inside to see the action or re-live the magical moments.

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Thanks to her top-selling album ‘Midnights,’ it appears the sun hasn’t quite yet set on Taylor Swift‘s time as Billboard 200 champion.

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The Weeknd kicked off the year with the release of his ‘Dawn FM’ album and now it looks like the star is set to end 2022 with fresh material too.

And it appears like it’ll be part of the blockbuster film, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water.’

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Ashanti rocked the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas over the weekend (December 3) with a stunning rendition of the U.S. national anthem.

The GRAMMY winner, on hand to help kick off the Big 12 Championship Game that featured Texas Christian University and Kansas State University, showed off a bedazzled microphone and dropped jaws with her soaring take on the historic tune.

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Simply put; Brandy‘s ‘A New Moon’ audiobook is nothing short of a masterpiece.

Via Audible’s ‘Words+Music’ series, the Vocal Bible pens yet another chapter to her inspiring discography by unintentionally gifting her fans (affectionately called #STARZ) with the live album they’ve been wanting for years.

When not offering heartfelt words reflecting on her storied life and career (including chasing the success of her early career, falling out of love with music, and so much more), the GRAMMY winner left jaws ajar with all new arrangements for some of her greatest hits including ‘I Wanna Be Down,’ ‘What About Us,’ ‘Almost Doesn’t Count,’ ‘Full Moon,’ and many more.

Released Friday (December 2), hear the hourlong set inside.

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SZA just may have an unexpected hit on her hands with a hilarious parody song.

The GRAMMY-nominated diva, who served as musical guest for the December 3rd episode of ‘SNL,’ rocked the house with two live performances of ‘Blind’ and ‘Shirt’ – two new tunes housed on her December 9-due album, ‘S.O.S.’

But, she also used her oft-praised vocal chops to show off her comedic skills in a super funny skit, a music video-inspired tag-team with KeKe Palmer (the night’s host) to toast to what girls really need during cuffing season – big boys.

“It’s cuffing season, all the girls are leaving to get a big boy. I need a big boy, I need a big boy,” she croons over a Hip-Hop track.

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After suffering ridicule for the commercial nonperformance of her latest effort, ‘The Single Life‘ (as we reported here), ‘Back to the Streets’ beauty Saweetie is headed back to the lab to quickly crank out its follow-up.

As her fans (affectionately called the #ICYGang) already know, the Rap diva has completed her serially delayed debut album, ‘Pretty B*tch Music,’ but ‘Single Life’ was meant to tide them over until other logistics were worked out with the LP.

Some of those “logistics” include securing features, mixing tracks , and more.

During the promo run for ‘Single Life’ the GRAMMY nominee also opened up about a number of upcoming projects she has in the works like doing more singing, releasing Christmas music, experimenting with collaborations with Latin artists, and so much more.

Not defeated by the flack for the recently-released EP, look inside to hear Saweetie share about what her sights are on.

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SZA season is officially upon us!

The GRAMMY nominee sent her beloved fans into a frenzy Saturday (December 3) with the announcement her new album ‘S.O.S.,’ the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s ‘CTRL,’ will be making its way to digital shelves on December 9.

To double their excitement, the songstress took to the night’s KeKe Palmer-hosted episode of ‘SNL‘ to render live performances of two of the LP’s tracks: ‘Shirt’ and ‘Blind.’

Hop inside to see how she rocked the house with both hits.

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SZA paired her appearance on Saturday Night Live this evening with the unleashing of the trailer for her sophomore album ‘S.O.S.’

The sizzling clip also brought with it the release date of the hotly anticipated LP – the singer’s first since her 2017 debut ‘CTRL.’

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