With the Super Bowl Bowl Halftime Show 2024 around the corner, anticipation for Usher‘s headlining performance is reaching a fever pitch.

Amid the buzz is excitement around the icon’s ninth studio album ‘Coming Home.’

Set for release on February 9, the project serves as the superstar’s first full-length solo set since 2016’s ‘Hard II Love.’

Having already given fans a taste of LP by way of the hit single ‘Good Good’ with Summer Walker and 21 Savage and Jung Kook collaboration ‘Standing Next to You,’ fresh details have emerged about what’s coming next.

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Nene Leakes is speaking up and out about the state of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta.’

Once a central component of the Bravo series, the star no longer features.

However, she was all sorts of vocal about what she feels needs to happen with the platform moving forward.

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Yola is gifting fans in earnest.

Because the Soul-filled songbird has announced a brand new EP and hatched US tour dates too.

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The Hot 100 has done all but sleep on ‘Snooze,’ the history-making sixth single from SZA‘s chart-busting sophomore album ‘SOS.’

As if marking a personal milestone for being her longest-charting song to date (racking up a whopping 56-week and counting) wasn’t enough, the Babyface-produced bop was penciled in record books when it went on to be the only song to be printed on the hitlist every week last year.

Having already tied or broken Billboard records by music monarchs Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Rihanna, and others, SZA woke up in 2024 to news ‘Snooze’ had helped her break a three-way tie with Pop royals Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson thanks to its rebound into the Hot 100’s top 10.

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Will ‘Yes, And?’ be Ariana Grande‘s historic 8th no. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100? All signs are pointing toward a resounding “yes”…and the details are inside.

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From their ‘Greatest Singers Ever’ to the ‘Top 200 Songs of the 80s,’ ‘100 Best R&B Songs of the 21st Century,’ and more, Rolling Stone has gotten tongues wagging and side-eyes galore over the years from music lovers and critics for their polarizing rankings on “best-ever” tallies.

After garnering the aforementioned responses when their ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ list was first printed in 2003, the magazine quietly revised the list in December 2023 – an update that not altered the order of the included projects but removed some all together.

Among the surprising placements is Amy Winehouse‘s ‘Back to Black’ and Beyonce’s 2022 smash ‘Renaissance.’

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Ariana Grande may be poised to see her comeback single, ‘yes, and?,’ become 2024’s first new Hot 100 chart-topper, but the song is far from #1 on the playlist of controversial political commentator/media personality Candace Owens.

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As the first female act in music history to generate over $1 billion at the touring box office, Queen of Pop Madonna has quite the reputation for being a royal concert draw for her legion of followers worldwide.

Similarly, the legendary diva – much to the chagrin of fans and fellow celebs alike – has developed a reputation for being excessively tardy to her own shows, with some starting as late as 3 hours after the reported kickoff time.

After years of complaints from supporters, a couple of New York concertgoers decided the Pop icon had pushed their love (and patience) over the borderline.

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Taraji P. Henson has made more headlines over the last month for her gripes with decades of mistreatment in the entertainment industry than she has for her stellar performance as “Shug Avery” in the 2023 ‘The Color Purple’ musical – a circumstance the Academy Award nominee recently took to press to bemoan.

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After ample teasing, IVE have released their first English single ‘All Night.’

Tapping GRAMMY-nominated rapstress Saweetie to assist, ‘Night’ comes from the K-Pop girl group – comprised of members Gaeul, Yujin, Rei, Wonyoung, Liz, and Leeseo – as a remake of Icona Pop‘s unforgettable 2013 single of the same name.

“With the love this deep, we don’t need no sleep / And it feels like we could do this all night,” the girl group sing on the Brian Lee-produced chorus.

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Jason Derulo fans have been waiting almost a decade for the star’s fifth studio album.

As such, the announcement about his incoming LP ‘Nu King’ looked set to be greeted with excitement.

However, the project’s controversial cover appears to have soured that in earnest.

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‘Bold & Bougie,’ the highly anticipated new reality show from WEtv, puts some of Urban entertainment’s most dynamic personalities on one roster for some serious “must-see TV.”

Toplined by Malaysia Pargo, Tameka Foster, Gocha Hawkins, Princess Banton-Lofters, and Crystal Smith, the fierce fivesome are taking center stage after making headlines in the past via their respective ventures in front of and behind the scenes of Hollywood.

Determined to rewrite their narratives and further bolster a brand beyond the shadows of their former beaus (see: Usher, Ne-Yo, Jannero Pargo, and others), hop inside for your first taste of the bonds and bad blood that’s set to be built courtesy of the forthcoming series ‘Bold & Bougie.’

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