Check out these new promotional shots for Ciara‘s fourth studio album ‘Basic Instinct’ (due December 14th). Thus far, the project has been quite the roller-coaster; spawning Urban smash ‘Ride’ earlier this year, only to go on to suffer numerous push-backs, and non-charting singles (‘Speechless’ and ‘Gimme Dat’ really deserved to be hits!). {Pic credits: Ultimate Ciara}

Tidbit: While many scratch their heads at the undeniably shabby handling of the project, That Grape Juice has received reliable word about the drama behind the scenes which has caused for it. All we can say is that the next few months will be very interesting.

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Diva Christina Aguilera joined forces with X Factor finalist Rebecca Ferguson moments ago to perform a special rendition of her smash ‘Beautiful’.

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That Grape Juice sat down with none other than Jazmine Sullivan earlier this week. The R&B singer is flying high after receiving her 8th Grammy Award nomination for ‘Holding You Down (Going In Circles)’ and scoring her 2nd top 20 debut with her critically acclaimed new album, ‘Love Me Back’.

Naturally, we asked that questions to which you wanted answers. Sullivan spoke quite candidly about a wide range of topics including her next single, being compared to Brandy, losing to Beyonce at the 2010 Grammys and much more!

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Lady GaGa has cemented her superstar status, after five life-sized waxworks of her were unveiled in major cities across the globe this morning.

The varying figures -which capture different looks  the singer has sported during her meteoritic rise to fame – are housed at Madam Tussauds museums in London (above), Shanghai, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Hong Kong.

There really is only one GaGa! More power to her.

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Pop megastar Janet Jackson delighted fans when she announced her Number Ones – World Tour last month. Now, the 44 year old looks set to heighten excitement even more, after officially announcing the trek’s first show and ticket information.

Let’s just say, Ms. Jackson will be hitting the stage sooner than you may think. Official press release after the jump…

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A new song from Diddy-Dirty Money surfaced today. ‘Looking For Love (Ft. Usher)’ was produced by J. LACK and will appear on the group’s new album, ‘Last Train To Paris’. Listen to the track below:

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Brandy played a short snippet of a new track from her recent studio sessions for her brother, Ray J, on a new episode of her hit reality show, ‘Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business’. The song, entitled ‘How High’ was written by the singer herself and produced by Get Familiar. Peep the preview below:

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Look out UK! The Noise Known As Rihanna is set to bring her brand of terrifying vocals and lethargic routines to a stage near you.

For it has today been announced that the model is to launch the British leg of her ‘Loud Tour’ next year.

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R&B legend R. Kelly took to the stage on the Late Show With Jimmy Fallon moments ago to perform ‘When A Woman Loves’ – the latest single from his new Motown-inspired LP ‘Love Letter’.

Check out the performance, which is a must-see in every sense of the word, below…

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Ray J is making the most of the buzz generated from his Vh1 reality show. The R&B singer has just released a video for ‘Last Wish’ which serves as the 1st single off his ‘Raydiation 2’ album (in stores in 2011). Check out the visual below:

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Much ado has been made about Nicki Minaj and Lil’ Kim‘s on-going “beef”, no doubt due to the ladies publicly sparring on song and during interviews. Speaking at the VH1 Divas: Salute The Troops last night, female Hip-Hop pioneer MC Lyte gave her two cents on the issue.

What does she think of the feud? Who does she feel would win in a battle? Find out after the jump…

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The cast of hit TV show ‘Glee’ hit the X Factor stage for their first major live performance. Check out Rachel, Finn, Mercedes, Kurt and co’s rousing performance of ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ after the jump…

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