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Lady GaGa‘s fiercely anticipated video for new single ‘Applause’ arrived moments ago.

The Inez & Vinoodh directed clip is the first official offering to be lifted from the megastar’s ‘ARTPOP’ LP – which hits stores on November 11th.

Really, though; what are you waiting for? The ‘Applause’ video awaits after the jump…

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For one reason or another, R&B success stories have become few and far between in recent years, marred by the difficulty most of its acts convince their fans to follow their cause from many a comment section…and to iTunes.

Fortunately for Keyshia Cole, the run at the top she enjoyed with Ron Fair saw cultivate a fan base who’ve developed a culture of buying her music.

A culture, which saw first week sales of her latest album ‘Woman to Woman’ of 96,000 units- a figure out of reach for many an R&B staple. Now, with that album no more than 200,000 units from being certified Gold, it seems she has kicked off work on its follow up, enlisting an old friend to craft its material!

Details below…

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Like most of their prior campaigns, the push for The Saturdays‘ latest album has been quite the rollercoaster.

Indeed, while lead single ‘What About Us’ became their first #1, its follow-up ‘Gentleman’ could only manage a #11 peak. What’s more, their much publicized aim to “break America” resulted in an axed reality show. In parallel to all this, two of the groups members fell pregnant.

Still, Vanessa, Rochelle, Una and co are pressing on, today unwrapping the LP’s third single ‘Disco Love’.

Written and produced Icelandic hitmakers StopWaitGo, the cut is the ladies 16th release.

Take a listen below…

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…and the claws are out!

After being slammed with “stalking” claims by ‘Poker Face’ performer Lady Gaga, blog queen Perez Hilton is “in her face” with an ongoing Twitter tirade promising to “expose” the pop princess.

Read his shocking claims below:

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Kelly Rowland has been rather quiet of late, hasn’t she?

Having signed on as a judge on The X Factor USA, the natural assumption is that her “hiatus” was being used to film the FOX hit – which returns to TV screens next month. However, with new album ‘Talk A Good Game’ still a “fresh release” and in need of a push, many were left scratching their heads as to why Ms. Kelly has seemingly disappeared from the spotlight.

Well, it appears they may indeed be a method to the madness.

Full story after the jump…

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It’s finally here!

The video for Chris Brown‘s ‘Love More’ premiered literally seconds ago. Serving as the latest single to be lifted from the singer’s ‘X’ LP, the cut features Young Money Mrs, Nicki Minaj.

Having previously collaborated on chart hit ‘Right By My Side’, does the pair’s latest offering up the ante? Watch and decide after the jump…

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Jennifer Lopez is on the hunt for her next hit.

The diva, who is reportedly set to reprise her judging role on American Idol later this year, was snapped posing it up with hitmaker Sia in a Los Angeles recording studio. As many know, the songwriter is renown for her work on Rihanna‘s ‘Diamonds’, as well as a slew of other chart smashes.

Writing about her sessions with 43-year-old Jenny, Sia gushed:

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Interesting pairing and an entirely necessary one too, given JLo’s arguable over-reliance on RedOne in recent years.

Indeed, it appears La Lopez has gone back to the drawing-board after this Summer’s ‘Live It Up’ fizzled rather sizzled. Add to this the fact that the campaign for its parent album (the singer’s tenth) is nowhere to be seen despite a November release being teased as far back as May.

With the Idol platform seemingly back in the mix, it’s safe to say the Pitbull-assisted cut will be christened “a gift for the fans” in due course, with a new “lead” single commissioned once the show starts filming and/or airing. Got to love the spin!

In any case, we’re excited to see what the ladies cook up. Are you?

Your thoughts?

Upon reportedly sending lewd images to R&B singer Ashanti and her mother/manager, Mr. Devar Hurd found himself convicted in 2010 for the crime, after a long running obsession with the ‘Good Good’ star.

Unfortunately, it seems his time behind bars wasn’t enough to stifle this obsession, as it has now emerged that he has continued to harass the star by sending her sexuality explicit tweets on the social media platform Twitter….and approaching her sister at a party.

Full story below…

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As Hip Hop continues to ‘deal’ with the drama that is Kendrick Lamar‘s KONY claim, fans of the genre will be pleased to learn of good news today.

The kind of news, that involves a collaborative EP crafted by Elijah Blake and ‘Paper Planes’ purveyor, Diplo.

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As the breakout star of ‘Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta’, singer K. Michelle has seen her debut album ‘Rebellious Soul’ become one of the most anticipated R&B releases of the year.

Boosted by lead single ‘V.S.O.P’ and a season-long curtain call on the VH1 show (she’ll be side-stepping over to the New York version this Fall), all eyes are on how the project will fare in its premiere week.

The first semblance of an answer awaits after the jump…

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Renown for her “real”, K. Michelle lived up to her billing on The Breakfast Club today.

Hot on the promotional trail for new album ‘Rebellious Soul’, the ‘Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta’ star chatted it up with Charlamagne, Angela Yee, and DJ Envy about an array of hot topics.

Watch below as the songstress dishes on overcoming industry politics, moving to the New York version of ‘Love & Hip-Hop’, her upcoming spin-off show, and much more.

As ever with Ms. Michelle and the Power 105.1 crew, a great watch!

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With new album ‘Rebellious Soul’ currently rocking the iTunes R&B charts, songbird K. Michelle flew by BET‘s ‘106 & Park’ yesterday to promote the project.

Chatting it up with hosts Bow Wow and Angela Simmons, the outspoken singer and reality star dished on her LP, rebelling, moving to the New York version of ‘Love & Hip-Hop’, and much more.

Check out the insightful interview after the jump…

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