Although big names like former U.S. president Donald Trump, WWE legend Goldberg, and radio shock jock Howard Stern count themselves among those jeering Rihanna for her gravity-defying Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday (February 12), the Bajan diva earned her fair share of praise from celebrities like Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, Shaquille O’Neal, SZA, Jordin Sparks, and many others who jetted to social media to laud the 13-minute musical showcase.

Among the latter is P!nk, who has not only garnered applause in the past for her own Super Bowl showing but has also been approached by organizers to headline a halftime show.

Hot on the promo trail for her latest album, ‘Trustfall,’ the GRAMMY-winning diva took to our friends at Audacy Music to dish on the project, fall tour plans, and so much more before being quizzed on if she’ll ever bring her live show talents to the Super Bowl stage.

Look inside for her surprising answer.

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Rihanna‘s seismic Super Bowl Halftime Show proves itself the gift that keeps on giving.

As if earning praise aplenty from her celebrity peers, diehard fans (affectionately called #theNavy), and others wasn’t enough to celebrate, review of the updated Billboard charts saw her catalog of hits tackle and takedown some of today’s leading smashes.

The 13-minute showcase at the State Farm Stadium (February 12) has led to the best streaming week of her career thanks to reignited interest – a win reflected on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 (to historic measure).

See how inside.

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NFL star-turned-wrestling legend Bill Goldberg, known mononymously as “Goldberg,” may have collected his fair share of championship titles over the last 30 years for spearing some of the sports entertainment genre’s biggest names to the WCW and WWE mats, but now he’s rocking headlines for slamming Rihanna‘s epic Super Bowl halftime show.

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Rihanna‘s long-awaited return to the musical stage at Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII (February 12) is still the talk of the Web.

Cranking out her greatest hits like ‘Work,’ ‘We Found Love,’ ‘Diamonds,’ and more, the GRAMMY-winning diva dominated newsfeeds for the high-octane showing that was only outshone by the unveiling of her baby bump – confirming rumors she was pregnant with her second child.

And while fans and her celebrity peers took to social media in droves to sing her praises, names like Donald Trump and Howard Stern made headlines for doing the exact opposite.

After the former branded the 13-minute set the “worst halftime show in Super Bowl history,” the latter wondered why she even bothered to perform in the first place.

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Rihanna‘s long-awaited musical comeback at the 2023 Super Bowl on Sunday (February 12) may have been a critical polarizer for a number of viewers, but the good folks at ‘Rolling Stone‘ were clearly fans of the epic showing.

So much so, they have already updated their ‘greatest Super Bowl Halftime Shows’ list to include the Pop diva in the top 10!

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The 65th annual Grammy Awards provided many notable moments courtesy of the host of music stars who took to the stage Sunday night (February 5).

In addition to show-stopping performances from Harry Styles, Lizzo, Mary J. Blige, JAY-Z, and more at the ceremony’s main show, see who walked away with the show’s biggest star – its coveted trophies.

See the list of winners inside:

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, as our retrospective segments, ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay,’  allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our latest feature –  Chart Rewind – serves as a variation of our Retro Rewind assay to salute an entire era of music history.

This week, we’re revisiting one of the hottest female Rap hits of all time – Foxy Brown‘s 1999 smash ‘Hot Spot.’

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It’s almost time for the 54th Annual NAACP Image Awards.

Unveiling its full list of nominations today, the prestigious awards honor actors, actresses, singers, authors, and activists of color, in and out of the entertainment industry.

Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, and ‘Insecure’ lead the pack of music, film, and TV nominees.

Queen Bey and K. Dot top the music tally with 5 nominations each, while Marvel’s hotly anticipated ‘Black Panther’ sequel and the Quinta Brunson-led ‘Abbott’ amassed 12 and 9 noms in their respective fields.

Elsewhere ABC and Netflix lead in the TV and motion picture categories.

Ahead of finding out who will walk away with the coveted trophies when the February 25 show airs live on BET, head below to see the full nominations list…

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Beyonce, already one of the most-awarded performers in American Music Awards history, garnered an additional six nominations at the 2022 ceremony for work found aboard her July-released seventh solo studio album, ‘Renaissance.’

And while she lost out early in Favorite Pop Album and Favorite Female Pop Artist categories to Taylor Swift, she managed wins in the Favorite R&B Album and Favorite Female R&B artist categories to historic measure.

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The music industry and its enthusiasts are still buzzing as Tuesday (November 15) brought with it the highly anticipated unveiling of the 2023 GRAMMY nominations.

Ahead of honoring the year’s best and brightest in the music realm on February 5, 2023, the coveted tally expectedly listed the likes of chart-toppers Beyonce, Adele, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, and Lizzo as competitors for the ceremony’s top honors.

While jaws dropped to see some of the categories they were mentioned in and omitted from, fan groups of other major hitmakers are steam-pressed their favorites were placed in unexpected categories or totally shut out.

Look inside to see who made That Grape Juice‘s list of ‘2023 GRAMMY Snubs and Surprises.’

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As Alicia Keys is one of the best-selling R&B artists of the century, seeing her name attached to jaw-dropping sales reports is nothing new.

And although she’s already cemented the position, Monday (September 19) saw the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reiterate the standing due to the continued streaming and digital download love shown to some of her timeless hits like ‘My Boo’ (with Usher), ‘You Don’t Know My Name,’ and ‘No One.’

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Stage blazer Chris Brown is set to bring the heat to the Wireless Festival 2022.

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