MUSIC NEWS: MARIAH CAREY REUNITES W/ J. DUPRI / TWEET MAKING MUSIC, COMING BACK IN 2012

After having #dembabies, Mariah Carey is back to her music grind. The 41 year-old mother of two has gotten to work on her upcoming, untiled studio album. With many producers and writers itching for credits on her album, Mariah has decided to work with one of her favorite producers again, Jermaine Dupri!

The two longtime friends posted pictures of themselves enjoying themselves, while working hard at laying down tracks in the studio. We’re sure they’ve been cooking up some musical magic. Hopefully her first single will drop really soon! *does a happy dance*

TWEET TO MAKE MUSIC COMEBACK AT TOP OF 2012

Yes, yes, YES! It looks like Ms. Southern Hummingbird aka Tweet is coming back to the music game! It has been six years since her second studio album It’s Me Again. Since then Tweet had been working on releasing her 3rd album Love, Tweet but had to cancel any release of its single tracks due to an online leak.

No word on what the new album will be titled. But the good news is: a new gem is on the way!

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MUSIC NEWS: TONI BRAXTON INDUCTED TO GA MUSIC HALL OF FAME / TAMIA READIES NEW SINGLE & ALBUM / RIHANNA ALBUM/SINGLE NEWS

Toni Braxton poses with Usher backstage at the 33rd Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards on Saturday, after being inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

Although her sisters were scheduled to induct Toni, they canceled their performance and word is, we’ll see this unfold in the new season of Braxton Family Values, which is set to premiere Thursday, November 10, at 9 ET.

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TAMIA’S NEW ALBUM & SINGLE ON THE WAY!

With the year drawing to an end, not many R&B singers are scheduled to release new albums. However, one of our favorite singers from the 90s/early 2000s is finally making her music comeback after 5 years.

According to Tamia’s publicist, Michelle Huff, the “Stranger in My House” singer will be releasing her newest single at the end of this month! What’s even more exciting is that her upcoming album is rumored to be titled Beautiful Surprise:

This will be Tamia’s 5th studio album following the release of Between Friends in 2006. At least we know that a real R&B artist will be making a comeback in 2012. Who else is happy to hear this besides me? Can’t wait, Tamia!

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MUSIC NEWS: LIL WAYNE’S ‘THA CARTER IV’ SELLS A MILLI / TREY SONGZ BACK TO RAPPING IN ‘CHAPTER 5′

After his 9th studio album leaked and spread throughout the web, rapper Lil Wayne still managed to come out on top in first week album sales.

According to HitsDailyDouble.com, the 28 year-old entrepreneur sold a whopping 1,000,690 units of his latest studio album, Tha Carter IV! This makes Wayne the second artist to hit the million mark in album sales during the first week. Lady Gaga now holds the 2011 record for the most first week sales with 1.1 million units of her second studio album Born This Way.

Congrats to Lil Wayne for setting a hip-hop album sale record!

TREY SONGZ TO SHOWCASE RAPPING & STORYTELLING IN UPCOMING ALBUM

R&B singer Trey Songz recently announced that Chapter 5 will be the title of his fifth upcoming studio album. The Atlantic Records recording artist plans on taking it back to his rapping roots with more storytelling in the mix. The Rap-Up.com spoke with Trey’s leading producer, Troy Taylor and talked about where exactly Trey wants to take his next album:

“I think Trey is coming into his own now,” he said. “He was always taught to know what he wants and he was always taught to know how he wants to sound, and I think Chapter 5 represents the storytelling of how he feels and his emotions and just everyday life that people go through… Continue

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MUSIC NEWS: KELLY ROWLAND TALKS NEW ALBUM ALREADY? / AMERIIE TALKS INDEPENDENT LABEL & NEW ALBUM

Despite releasing an album just last month, Kelly Rowland already is in talks about releasing a follow-up to her third studio album, Here I Am.

As not much of a surprised, Kelly will reteam with hitmaker Rico Love, who was responsible for penning her #1 platinum-selling single, “Motivation,” to create “classic, timeless R&B sound” with the former Destiny’s Child starlet. He gives us a little insight into what’s going on with the new project.

“I’m starting Kelly’s new album soon,” reveals Love, exclusively to Rap-Up. “While she’s on tour, I’m gonna be writing records for her new album. We can kinda roll that out and drop her new single in late spring. Excited about that.”

Here I Am debuted at #3 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart, and #1 on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, with 77,000 copies sold in the first week. To date, it is Rowland’s highest debuting and charting album in the United States. “Motivation” has spent several weeks topping the charts as well, making it Kelly’s most successful solo single.

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