Seemingly eager to turn their release ‘Without You‘ into a US smash hit, Pop duo Usher and David Guetta to ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live‘ to deliver the cut, hours after performing the number hours earlier on ‘The Ellen Show.

Check out the illuminated showing below…

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As one of the hottest releases of the year, ‘Without You‘ by Usher and David Guetta has cemented the pair’s status as one of Pop’s reigning duos.

Now peep them performing the cut live on ‘The Ellen Show‘, hours before they take to Jimmy Kimmel‘s stage to deliver the song again.

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Today’s From The Vault pick comes in the form of Janet Jackson‘s ‘Call On Me’.

A duet with St. Louis native Nelly, the cut was released in 2006 as the first single from the superstar’s ninth LP,’20 Y.O’. With production courtesy of then-boyfriend Jermaine Dupri and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, ‘Call’ was a moderate hit, peaking at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 for six weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

The track was the triple-threat diva’s first “hand-clap ballad” try out, which had been rather controversial among her legion of fans. In spite of the change in style, the track still had all the winning elements of a classic Janet cut: great harmonies, whimsical melody, catchy hooks…

The Hype Williams directed music video depicts the ‘All For You’ singer as a mystical goddess, and is influenced by African and Asian cultures.

Although its use of CGI was criticized by some, it remains one of the 45 year old’s most artistic videos to date.

One thing is for sure: Janet Jackson is a living legend, a visionary who has changed the face of the entertainment industry forever. Having said that, we strongly feel it’s about time J stopped celebrating past glories from the 80’s and 90’s and started concentrating on having another decade filled with #1’s. As we have stated in previous posts, Damita Jo still has IT in abundance, so there is absoluetly no reason why, given the right material and promotion, she shouldn’t be back on top.

Judging from some of today’s biggest acts, it’s clear to say that the world is in need of some more Discipline from Ms. Jackson (if you Nasty!)

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In perhaps the ultimate wig snatch attempt, Madonna next studio album will reportedly be released on the same label as Pop rival Lady GaGa.

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As jurors deliberate the fate of the man accused of killing her brother Michael, Janet Jackson returned to Australia this week to resume her sold-out ‘Number Ones’ tour.

Greeted by a horde of her ever-loyal fans, the superstar engaged with them before heading back her hotel ahead of her next show in the country.

The worldwide trek finally has its curtain call in February next year; which couldn’t come sooner if you ask us. This tour was necessary in that it allowed her to re-build relationships with promoters following the drama caused by the ill-fated ‘Rock Witchu’ trek. What’s more, it also enabled her to rebuild her international presence. However, it’s quite simply time to move on.

At 45, as phenomenal as she looks, she faces an uphill struggle. A struggle which ultimately becomes that much steeper with every year she delays a return to the studio. For, as much as we despise the industry age bias, it’s there – alive and kicking. One needn’t look further than mainstream radio, iTunes, and the Billboard Hot 100, for proof.

Then again, who’s to say Ms. Jackson even wants to be the chart-topping force her fans so wish her to be (again). After all, there’s more money in touring, and this jaunt has re-raised her stock as a high-grossing travelling act.

If that is indeed the case, I’m going to need Janet to stop teasing us with news of “new music”, so as for me to lay certain day-dreams of mine to rest.

You know, the ones where she re-teams Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Darkchild. The ones where she hires a new choreographer (or at least gets help with the current one). The ones where she looks at the success of Madonna‘s latter career and takes note. The one where she remembers she can actually sing, and returns to projecting her voice instead of whispering. The one where she signs with a major label who fully believe in and back her. And the one where she realises that the market-place is different today and it’s increasingly difficult to rest on the laurels of who you were. A boy can dream, ay….

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Before inking a deal at Interscope Recordings with Jimmy Iovine and going onto become the most iconic act to debut within the last ten years, Pop composer Lady GaGa was in fact in signed to Rihanna‘s label- Island Def Jam– which was at the time headed by X Factor USA judge LA Reid.

Subsequently dropped not long after signing to the company, the one time drama student has openly discussed how her dismissal from the label affected both her music and self esteem, even singing about it in the song ‘Paper Gangsta‘.

Now Mr. Reid has revealed exactly why he made the decision to let her go, and his reason may just surprise you.

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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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