The credits are rolling on the 2024 British Academy Film Awards, best known as the BAFTAs!

So the attention of course turns to the coveted Winners List.

With a diverse selection and a year of standout films, the categories were stacked with the who’s who of the entertainment industry. Many big names and movies took home the coveted award, such as: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, ‘Earth Mama,’ ‘American Fiction,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ and more.

Join us below for a full list of BAFTA winners…

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Beyonce may be line dancing her way to the top of streaming and digital sales charts with her new Country singles ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ’16 Carriages,’ but – despite the critical acclaim being driven the way of the tunes – she can’t exactly boast the best reception among some of the genre’s diehard enthusiasts.

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Award season is upon us!

And the latest, and one of the most prestigious, is the BRIT Awards 2024.

Nominations for the UK’s equivalent of the GRAMMYs were announced moments ago and sees RAYE lead with 7 nods. The tally also brought with it major listings for the likes of Dua Lipa, Kylie Minogue, SZA, Burna Boy, Tyla, and more.

Ahead of the March 2 ceremony, which airs live from London’s O2 Arena, check out the full list of nominees below…

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Fans and critics agree: Sexyy Red is easily one of the biggest music newcomers of 2023.

Love or hate her, the femcee’s raunchy brand of Rap helped her rise to the top of charts and headlines – even garnering attention from some of the genre’s leaders like Drake and Nicki Minaj.

Beyond preparing to deliver second child this year, a very pregnant Red (born Janae Nierah Wherry) took to Billboard’s digital magazine to talk about what else she plans to deliver musically in 2024, her cultural impact, and disdain for being pigeonholed into “p**sy rap.”

See highlights from the conversation inside.

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Britney Spears fans willing a musical comeback for the superstar have been on quite the roller coaster of late.

Indeed, just as quickly as reports of a new album being prepared hit the newswire, the superstar quelled those flames of excitement – declaring “I will never return to the music industry.”

The” is she/isn’t she” staging a comeback narrative has been one of the central definers of the discourse around the diva post-conservatorship.

For, despite stressing that she had no desire to function as a “Pop star” again due to traumas around the legal mandate that controlled her life for 13 years, reports of a chart return have been constant.

Now, a source has lifted the lid on the latest round of rumors and unpacked why Spears herself may have been out of the loop.

Full story below…

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Be it for the good, bad, ugly, or downright shocking, 2023 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 revisit the snub that rubbed everyone the wrong way: Beyonce being passed over for the GRAMMYs Album of the Year honor…again.

Join us below…

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Girl Power!

Brit-born beauties Adele and Dua Lipa have had their respective fan bases levitating after the recent pleasantries they shared in the press.

First, Addy – who made headlines this week for being honored with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at ‘The Hollywood Reporter’s annual ‘Women in Entertainment’ event on December 7 – also acts as the mag’s most recent cover girl.

In its pages, she not only talked about her next album (the follow-up to 2021’s ‘30‘) but also praised the likes of SZA, Beyonce, and Victoria Monet.  Most notably, she gave a huge shout out to Dua.

“I’m also very excited that Dua is back. When I first ever heard ‘New Rules,’ I remember saying to my manager, ‘Whoa,'” the ‘Rolling in the Deep’ diva shared revealed to ‘THR.’ “I was like, ‘She should be the next big pop girl.’ And she is.”

See how the ‘Houdini’ hitmaker responded to the massive compliment inside.

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Victoria Monet‘s breakout single, ‘On My Mama,’ already reigns in her discography as the highest-charting hit she’s landed on the Hot 100 to date (#48 peak as of time of this report).

But, if her dream to assemble fellow Southern belles Megan Thee Stallion and/or Beyonce on a remix comes true, it’s undoubted the inescapable bop will skyrocket even higher on the hitlist.

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It’s Grammy nomination time!

Music’s biggest calendar night, the 66th annual GRAMMY Awards, are set to air on February 4, 2024 live on CBS.

The industry’s brightest stars will align to shine at the event, which takes place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and will boast performances from the creme de la creme.

SZA leads with a whopping nine nominations, followed by Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, and Serban Ghenea who landed 7 each.

Today, excitement for the ceremony soared to new heights as its committee reveals which artists have been nominated in which categories.

What are you waiting for? The full nominations for the 2024 GRAMMYs await below…

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Of the 120 songs certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) by the end of October, only 35% of them were Hip-Hop hits.

Thanks to 50 Cent‘s chart-topping 2003 hit, ‘In Da Club,’ the score is closer to evening.

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The beat goes on in more way than one for Cher.

58 years after watching her debut solo album, ‘All I Really Want to Do,’ peak at #16 on the Billboard 200, the 77-year-old Pop icon is still enjoying top 40 success on the tally thanks to her latest release.

Details inside.

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Unequivocally, the Hot 100 run of Morgan Wallen‘s ‘Last Night‘ is nothing short of astounding.

The inaugural #1 hit on Pop charts for the music superstar, the Joey Moi-produced tune – found aboard Wallen’s blockbuster tertiary release ‘One Thing at a Time‘ – already made history when it became the first Country song by a solo male act to top the hitlist since 1981.

This week, thanks to a whopping 16th print in the tally’s summit position, it’s been penciled in Billboard books for becoming the overall longest-running solo #1 hit of all time.

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