It’s Grammy nomination time!

Music’s biggest calendar night, the 58th annual Grammy Awards, are set to air February 15th 2016 live on CBS.

The industry’s brightest stars will align to shine at the event, which will boast performances from the creme de la creme.

Today, excitement for the ceremony soared to new heights as its committee reveals which artists have been nominated in which categories.

What are you waiting for? The nominations for the 2016 Grammys await below…

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Adele‘s ’25’ album campaign decended onto the ‘Saturday Night Live’ stage over the weekend. As part of a lucrative lock-out deal with NBC, the British singer wowed with unforgettable showings  of new material from ’25.’

Songs performed included haunting hit ‘Hello,’ ‘When We Were Young,’ and ‘Send My Love (To Your Next Lover).’

The 27-year-old’s set came after sales of the project look set to blaze past the 2.5 million mark in the United States and as she dominates the charts with the heartbreak-driven set.

Watch Ms. Adkins deliver a dynamite vocal showing below…

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Missy Elliott quite literally wears many hats. However, millions would agree that the most fitting of them all is that of “innovator.”

Billboard certainly agree; the industry giant has just announced that the rap pioneer will be honored with the inaugural Innovator Award at Billboard’s Women in Music 2015 next month.

Details below…

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Missy Elliott isn’t just back. She’s blazing.

The iconic rapper broke the internet when the video for her comeback track ‘WTF (Where They From)’ landed last week.

Indeed, in what is becoming a real rarity in today’s age, the Dave Meyer‘s directed visual very much felt like an event and was greeted as such (the clip has racked up over 13 million views and counting).

In an interview with Hattie Collins for i-D magazine, Elliott waxed honest about her return; how she’d adjusted to the “normal life,” the apprehension she felt (she literally messed up her weave with nerves), and how Pharrell Williams and Katy Perry were central to her resurgence.

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Adele and Rick Ross on the same number? Yes, it’s happened.

Keen to use the success of her new single ‘Hello‘ to generate attention for himself Ross remixes the cut and throws an interesting new perspective into its creative mix.

How the MMG jefe fares when tasked with fusing his brand of rap music with her soul-seasoned brand of pop.

Press play to find out below…

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Adele sings “Hello…it’s me” on her comeback single and, as anticipated, the masses have answered in earnest.

Details on the ’25’ track’s blockbuster debut below…

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For some she was the beloved child star who warmed the hearts of millions on ‘The Cosby Show‘ and on Disney’s ‘That’s So Raven.’

Alas, Raven-Symone‘s departure from the latter has since gone on to see her slammed by the very fans who once turned her into a household name.

Why? The star’s decisions to share her world ‘View’ which oft reflects that the star’s seemingly down to earth nature is just as farcical as her career as a working musician.

In fact, when one is able to look beyond said farce it becomes pretty apparent that the seemingly “chill” Symone is anything but, seemingly unaware that her “unique” points of ‘View’ are actually ignorant, bred in the warmth of privilege, stupidity, and if comments she made today are anything to go by…prejudice.

Hit the link below to find out why she’s ruffled feathers again below.

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16 million viewers tuned in to catch the first episode of ‘Empire‘s second season yesterday evening.

Good news for its co-creator Lee Daniels…bad news for the Gospel singer Donnie McClurkin who found himself on the receiving end of a subtle joke delivered by the show’s latest guest star Miss Lawrence of ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta.’

Spoilers and Donnie’s response below…

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Call it a comeback? It certainly appears to be the case for Justin Bieber.

The 21-year-old pin-up, who has in recent years found himself out of favor with both the press and public, has seen his new single ‘What Do You Mean?’ blasts to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 — a feat that has seen him history in the process.

Details below…

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Janet Jackson and Beyonce may not have any trouble moving music digitally but it appears that their sales have done little to stop sales of digital music reaching a seven-year low.

Bad news below…

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Much to the delight of its jefe Lucian Grainge Universal Music generated $2.08 billion in the first half of 2015.

How the business did it?

With help from Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar and its knight in multi-platinum armour Drake.

Facts, figures and streaming fun below…

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Welcome back to TGJ Replay!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest reflective segment to act as a written quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday. Unlike its TGJ retrospective predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.

Now, as the world celebrates the 34th birthday of music icon Beyonce, there’s no better time to ode her with a salute in the form of a “replay” of her sophomore album ‘BDay.’

“This is the album women need to hear.  It’s for all the women out there that need to hear something that will give them strength and empowerment.  There’s a song for everyone on this album – women in love, women who need to get out of love, women who are vulnerable, and women in every aspect of a relationship.

A lot of the records [on the album] are not about my life, but are about my friends’ lives or women around me. I thought it was important that I didn’t do the same album about love once again, but I needed a variety of things everyone can relate to.” – Beyonce, 2006

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