John Legend has turned a new page in his career.

For, the EGOT winner has departed Sony’s Columbia Records – his label home of 17-years – and signed a seismic new deal with Universal’s Republic Records. 

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Adele is blazing the promotional trail in support of her forthcoming album ’30.’

A week before its November 19 arrival, the superstar singer graces the cover of Rolling Stone.

Beyond posing it up for a demure shoot lensed by Theo Wenner, the British belter opened up about her journey back to the spotlight with this project – both personally and professionally.

During the candid interview, Adele opened up about key moments during the creative process, including her split from husband Simon Konecki, the death of her dad, and the song ‘I Drink Wine’ – which is billed as an “upcoming single.”

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The MOBO Awards are back!

For more than two decades, the ceremony has served as the top honour for music of black origin in the UK.

This year’s edition of the world-renown show brings with it the return of a live audience format at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Set to take place on December 5, the 2021 MOBOs will be broadcast live on YouTube. BBC One will broadcast a special behind-the-scenes show featuring unseen moments and performances.

Ahead of the reveal of the hosts and names that’ll be blazing the stage, check out the full list of nominations – which include Wizkid, Megan Thee Stallion, Central Cee, Dave, Bree Runway, Tiwa Savage, Dave, and Ayra Starr below…

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‘Dance Again’ diva Selena Gomez is coming back again with yet another season of her wildly popular, HBO Max cooking series, ‘Selena + Chef.’

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T is exactly what Jennifer Hudson got as she blew the roof off Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena at the 2021 CMAs on Wednesday (November 10).

On hand to deliver a tribute to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin (who she also won rave reviews portraying in the recent biopic ‘Respect’), Hudson soared as she rendered riveting renditions of Franklin’s ‘You Are My Sunshine’ and ‘Night Life’ at the Luke Bryan-hosted affair.

Joined by fellow GRAMMY winner Chris Stapleton, the unlikely pairing finished their performance to a (much deserved) standing ovation.

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Already thrilling audiences aboard the BET+ reboot of ‘First Wives Club,’ GRAMMY-winning singer-actress Jill Scott did it again – this time trying her hand at a movie-adapted reboot of Michael Landon‘s classic TV series, ‘Highway to Heaven.’

The Stacey K. Black-directed film, which aired on Saturday (November 6), saw Scott soar as an angel who returns to Earth to help troubled students and families through her work as a school counselor in disguise.

Also starring Barry Watson, Ben Daon, Robert Moloney, Victoria Bidewell, and more, look inside to see the viewership figures ‘Highway’ drove to Lifetime over the weekend.

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After publicly sharing her battles with body positivity and the downsides of cosmetic surgery, ‘Can’t Raise a Man’ maestra K. Michelle raises a magnifying glass to black market operations and malpractice in the elective surgery industry via a gripping new Lifetime reality series, ‘My Killer Body.’

As host, the award-winning singer-songwriter helps the show’s guests – whose post-surgery conditions range from mild to life-threatening – reverse the physically damaging effects of the on the procedure.

Announced in September, ‘Body,’ produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment and Kingdom Reign Entertainment with Patrick McCabe, Brandon Wilson, and Kimberly Pate serving as executive producers, was trumpeted by K. on social media as an “open form of communication” to “save someone’s life.”

“I’m so blessed to have met a group of individuals who are struggling to live, who just want to heal, and they want to share their true story to help other woman and men,” she said before later continuing, “Yes, you guys get to be all up in MY business and see my actual surgeries to recover, my healing, my family, my new music, and me just trying to grow as a woman.”

Ahead of its January 2022 premiere, you can see its first official trailer inside.

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While Chris Brown is easily one of the hardest working acts in entertainment and could never be accused of keeping his fans hungry for new music, now the 32-year-old is hoping his legion of supporters – affectionately called #TeamBreezy – have an appetite for something else he’s serving up.

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As if the November 6 premiere of the Netflix adaptation of ‘Arcane’ wasn’t enough to send fans of the ‘League of Legends‘ video game into a frenzy, it was also announced music from the animated series would be dropping in three parts over the month.

Assembling big names like Sting, Pusha T, Imagine Dragons, and more for its soundtrack, the musical companion of ‘Arcane’ saw its first set of tunes drop last week and included ‘Our Love,’ performed by Curtis Harding and Jazmine Sullivan.

“Our love, is a bubblin’ fountain (Ooh-ah) / Our lovе, that flows into any sea (Ooh) / Our love, deeper than any ocеan / Our love, for eternity,” Jazmine sings on the Harding and Samuel Cohen-penned cut.

Shining as a standout on the 11-track ‘Arcane’ soundtrack, look inside to hear the new song in full.

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Coi Leray‘s latest single, ‘Twinnem,’ already had her growing legion of fans buzzing upon its September release, but now that buzz is heating up to a boil to a revamp from GRAMMY-nominated rapper DaBaby.

Called on by Coi to add his signature flair to the bop, the embattled Hip Hop superstar imparted some racy bars on the remix of the Bankroll Got It-produced cut.

“Come and f*ck me like a ho, best friend (Let’s go) / I ain’t trippin’ on a hatin’ a** n*gga, some of ’em want some attention, I know they mad (Yeah) / Still doin’ numbers like bingo my friend, with a big boy .40 (Boom, boom),” he spits.

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With Christmas fast approaching, the queen of the season Mariah Carey is unwrapping a series of festive activations.

And the latest is in partnership with McDonald’s.

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The first list of performers to hop aboard the Soul Train Awards line-up has been unveiled.

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