In a bid to keep his debut album atop of the charts in the coming week, Roc Nation maestro J .Cole treated viewers of the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Show‘ to a performance of his ‘Work Out‘ release.

The performance comes just hours after he thanked fans on the social networking site  Twitter for taking his album ‘Cole World: The Sideline Story‘ to #1 on the Billboard 200.

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Kelly Rowland‘s show-stopping set on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night set many a tongue wagging.

And while viewers got a taste of the seasoned solo performer the Ms. Kelly has become, it was fans in attendance who got the full-on good good, when the singer treated them to a number of songs off-air.

Check out Rowland and her troop of male dancers getting down to her 2007 hit ‘Like This’ below. New choreography, buckets of sass, and one foxy lady await…

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Last night saw many a performer take to the stage at the first day of the IHeartRadio Music Festival, from the likes of Bruno Mars and Alicia Keys.

Now check out some hot shots from the night, which also saw record executive Jimmy Iovine and super group the Black Eyed Peas in attendance, below…

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Music industry veteran and marketer Steve Stoute, recently sat down with some of the industry’s most influential entrepreneurs. The first time author’s new book The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy is out now. The work discusses Hip-Hop’s past, present, and future influence on the consumer/corporate brand relationship in America. In the clip above, Stoute talks to Lady GaGa, Jay-Z, Pharrell, and Jimmy Iovine about their own “Tanning Moments”.
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You certainly can’t knock the hustle of a certain Kelly Rowland. The Destiny’s Child alumni appears on the Fall cover of fashion mag Runway.

The Derek Blanks shoot, which you can peep a behind the scenes clip of below, is the latest in a string of promo spots for the 30 year old – who is currently in rehearsals for videos, Jimmy Kimmel, and her guest slot on Chris Brown‘s ‘F.A.M.E Tour’ which sets sail this month.

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Despite setting sail way back in February, Janet Jackson‘s ‘Number Ones: Up, Close, & Personal Tour’ continues to blaze on.

A box-office hit, the trek’s latest stop was Los Angeles’ Greek Theater last night, where she debuted a new longer locks.

She looks great, so on and so forth, but is anyone else ready for some new music? Call us selfish, as we’ve seen this show already, but at 45 time, the body, and today’s audience wait for no one. As such, there’s only so long talk of a Janet comeback can actually have a chance of happening. I mean, her show was the business, but the one resounding critique was that it felt like an 80’s/90’s revival tour.

What’s more she is capable of hanging in the contemporary arena when she wants to (see: ‘Feedback’, ‘Rock With U’, ‘LUV’). Needless to say, calls to Darkchild, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis are imperative. Stat.

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Kelly Rowland fans rejoice! For, after her lengthy scarcity on TV, the ‘Motivation’ singer is gearing up for a major promotional spot next month.

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Check out these shots of Lady GaGa at the 2011 MTV Music Video Awards pre-show dinner yesterday evening.

Noticeably toned down in the looks department, the entertainer enjoyed the company of Mary J. Blige, her manager Troy Carter, Nicole Scherzinger, Jimmy Iovine as well as long time collaborator Red One.

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Pop icon Janet Jackson is currently winning over fans and critics alike, pumping out the hits weekly on her worldwide tour.  However, even with the success of the trek – ‘Number Ones: Up, Close, and Personal’ Tour – the ‘Feedback’ singer has come under fire yet again with allegations of lip-syncing.

Amidst a sold out tour, the ‘Go Deep’ singer stopped to chat with the Minneapolis Star Tribune to dish on the happenings of the trek, including Nicki Minaj‘s recent ‘wardrobe malfunction’, future plans (album and film) and, of course, the almighty lip-syncing question.  Find out how Miss Jackson responded after the jump:

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Proving once again that the marketing spend on her ‘Born This Way’ LP knows no bounds, Lady GaGa took centre-stage on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show last night.

There, the Pop tour de force performed the project’s latest single ‘You & I’.

If Ms. Germanotta isn’t the hardest working woman in music, we don’t know who is. See her in action below…

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Prior to Beyonce‘s rousing showing on the ‘Late Show With Jimmy Fallon’ last night, the 29 year old sat down with the host to talk a number of topics, including (of course) her ‘4’ LP, her year away from music, and bandmate Kelly Rowland‘s latest album ‘Here I Am’.

Interview after the jump…

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Fans got a chance to view Beyonce on ABC‘s ‘The View’ early yesterday morning, but the ‘Diva’ singer pulled double duty – also making a stop on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.  Performing her latest hit ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ (lifted from her gold-certified ‘4’ album), the singer was backed by hip-hop group/Fallon regulars The Roots.

Without further adieu, see King B in action:

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