Black Girls Rock! ‘Wild Side’ hitmaker Normani was outside on the West Side all week long to help bring in some of the season’s hottest events.

Ahead of the 2023 Billboard Music Awards (which airs tonight), the R&B diva (born Normani Hamilton) turned heads beside the likes of Jordin Sparks, Miguel, Coco Jones, Madison Beer, Jaden Smith, Diane Warren, BIA, Queen Naija, and many more at ‘Billboard No. 1s: The Official Party of the Billboard Music Awards’ in Los Angeles on Saturday night (November 18).

On November 16, rapstress Megan Thee Stallion – who once shared screen time with Normani aboard the ‘Birds of Prey’ hit ‘Diamonds‘ – shined on the red carpet of the 28th annual GQ ‘Men of the Year’ party (also in Los Angeles). The event assembled some of the year’s biggest stars to toast the event’s 2024’s honorees Kim Kardashian, Jacob Elordi, Travis Scott, and Tom Ford.

The GRAMMY-winning Hip-Hop diva attended the function beside big names like her ‘Sweetest Pie‘ co-star Dua Lipa, John Legend, Megan Thee Stallion, Dwyane Wade, Offset, Jeezy, Jordyn Woods, Chloe Bailey, and others.

The aforementioned helped close a whirlwind week of celebrity sightings that started with Hamilton donning designer duds for the 2023 Baby2Baby Gala in West Hollywood.

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Abracadabra! Just like that, Dua Lipa‘s cooked up a smash hit with her latest release ‘Houdini.’

The first single from her yet-titled third studio album (the follow-up to 2020’s blockbuster ‘Future Nostalgia‘), ‘Houdini’ – which hit digital shelves on November 9 – soared to the top of the real-time Worldwide iTunes sales chart in a matter of days thanks to capturing the crown of over 39 countries!

Coupled with a week of handsome streaming and reception at radio, the Danny L. Harle and Kevin Parker-produced bop is en route to marking a career milestone for the Pop diva if industry analyst predictions are to be believed.

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Jordin Sparks’ fans may be used to cozying up to her 2020-released Christmas album, ‘Cider & Hennessy,’ to help keep them warm through the yuletide season, but now the GRAMMY nominee has new music they can add to their festive playlists: ‘Candy Cane Lane.’

“Cider by the fire, PJ’s are matching, matching / Surrounded by your family / Ooh, you know it’s Christmastime again / Won’t you come on by, my friend, to Candy Cane Lane?,” she croons on the Butta-N-Bizkit-produced tune.

Dropped just weeks after Jordin learned her latest non-holiday single, ‘Call My Name,’ became her first Billboard R&B hit in nearly a decade, hop inside to hear the sweet sounds of the November 17-released ‘Candy’ and let us know if you think it will be following suit on the charts.

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November continues to pile on good news for Victoria Monet.

Shortly after learning content from her latest album, ‘Jaguar II’ (including the breakout hit ‘On My Mama‘), was nominated for 7 GRAMMYs at the 2024 ceremony, Monet was greeted with reports the Chalie Boy-sampling tune had pounced to #1 on a Billboard chart.

Look inside to see how she responded to the news.

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Award-winning singer-actress Renee Rapp watched her debut album, the August-released ‘Snow Angel,’ soar to #44 on the Billboard 200 near the time of its release – marking the highest rung she’s reached on the tally to date.

Her bid to see the critically acclaimed effort fly to even higher heights on the hitlist came Friday (November 17) when the 12-song set was repackaged via a deluxe edition that sees its tracklist expanded with 4 additional songs.

Among those is the remix of fan favorite ‘Tummy Hurts’ featuring GRAMMY-nominated R&B songstress Coco Jones.

“Now my tummy hurts, he’s in love with her / But for what it’s worth, they’d make beautiful babies / And raise them up to be a couple of f*cking monsters like their mother and their father,” Rapp sings on the chorus of the Alexander 23-produced tune.

Recounting the emotional lows of watching a romance dissolve, hop inside to hear the emotionally gripping update to ‘Hurts.’

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More good good news for Usher and his latest single, ‘Good Good.’

As if watching the single become his highest-charting hit on the Hot 100 in nearly a decade wasn’t enough to brag about, the 21 Savage and Summer Walker-assisted smash is faring even better on R&B charts.

Details inside.

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In just two short months Timbaland has introduced his dedicated fans to multiple new songs including the Anna Margo-assisted ‘My Way‘ and ‘Keep Going Up‘ with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake.

Now, in a bid to ensure anticipation for his next album keeps going up, the legendary producer has lifted the lid on the former’s follow-up: ‘Desire’ with Vita.

“I want you right away / Two hands tied up, I make you work for me (I make you work for me)
Won’t give you time of day, it can’t be all on me (It can’t be, it can’t be, yeah, yeah),” she croons on the sizzling track.

Accompanied to digital shelves alongside its official music video helmed by famed director Lev Jutsen, look inside to get acquainted with ‘Desire.’

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Leading an all-star cast of comics including Nicole Byer, Roy Wood Jr., Kym Whitley, and more, Jaleel White reprises his iconic TV character “Steve Urkel” in ‘Urkel Saves Santa: the Movie.’

“The holiday season is here, and brilliant but accident-prone super genius Urkel has only one mission: to make the holidays the best they can be for everyone,” says the official plotline of the Warner Bros. Discovery animated film directed by Bryan Newton. “However, things are off to a not-so-merry start after he ruins a celebration at his local shopping mall and humiliates the department store Santa.”

Steve’s effort to make things right takes a downturn after he invents a device that is supposed to help people spread holiday cheer. After making things worse, however, the genial nerd figures out a way to reverse the adverse effects of his invention and saves Santa.

Ahead of the festive flick’s on November 21, hop inside to see its official trailer.

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Just weeks after making Hot 100 and Billboard 200 history with his eighth studio album, ‘For All the Dogs,’ superstar rapper Drake is looking to repeat the feat with the project’s surprise-dropped follow-up, ‘For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition.’

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The last 48 hours have been a media circus due to Cassie filing a jaw-dropping $30 million lawsuit that alleged her former boss and boyfriend, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, sexually and physically assaulted her several times over the course of their decade-long relationship.

Just a day after sending headlines into a whirlwind with the suit and garnering massive support from fans, women’s rights activists, former Bad Boy labelmates, and more, however, the singer-model (born Cassandra Ventura) stunned with the announcement she and Sean settled the legal matter “amicably.”

While the terms of the settlement have not been disclosed, social media went into overdrive with theories that Combs caved into Ventura’s demands or that she was paid hush money to help quickly put out the media fire.

His attorney, Ben Brafman, took to press to refute the notion. Look inside to see what he said.

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Nigerian hitmaker Asake has breathed new life into his beloved hit ‘Lonely at the Top’ by enlisting GRAMMY, OSCAR, and EMMY award-winning songstress H.E.R. for its official remix.

“It’s lonely at the top (Lonely, lonely, lonely) / Money on my mind (Money, money, money) / Don’t care what they yarning about me in particular (Ko kan mi, kan mi, kan mi) / Out here on the road chasing my dream because I know (No one can chase it for me),” he sings on the Blaise Beatz-produced track.

Originally found aboard his prized ‘Work of Art’ album released earlier this year, the updated take on ‘Top’ is one of multiple remixes listed in the November 17-released EP that also includes dance-inspired renditions and more.

Hear the H.E.R.-assisted version inside.

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As Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz fans were getting acquainted with the Hip-Hop heavyweights’ November 17-released joint album, ‘Welcome 2 Collegrove,’ it became quickly apparent the Usher-assisted ‘Transparency‘ was one of the 21-song LP’s standout tracks.

Now, the Hitmaka-produced cut has been gifted the visual treatment.

“Don’t know what you’re really lookin’ for / Tell me if you need to / Tell me I’m the one you’re lookin’ for / Don’t wanna be a secret / Transparency, when you look at me,” Ush croons on the sizzling new bop.

The third clip from the ‘Collegrove’ era to get the visual treatment (following ‘Presha‘ and ‘Long Story Short‘), hop inside to see ‘Transparency.’

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