MUSIC NEWS: CIARA INKS NEW DEAL WITH EPIC RECORDS? / MARY J. BLIGE TALKS NEW ALBUM

According to reports made by Billboard.biz, Epic Records’ staff has been quite energetic over their first week with new label head L.A. Reid, who recently stepped down from his stint at Def Jam.

With reports of trying to restructure the label, which is a part of Sony Music Group, it has been announced that Ciara may be teaming forces with L.A. Reid, who signed her before, back in 2003 to LaFace Records.

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MUSIC NEWS: BEYONCE SELLS OVER 300K / PRE-ORDER KANYE & JAY-Z’S ‘WATCH THE THRONE’ / KELLY ON NEW MUSIC & ALBUM

With her album 4 leaking three weeks before its official release date, Beyonce still came out on top in 1st week album sales! According to HitsDailyDouble.com, “King B” finished her 7 day album sale run with 313, 420 units, making it the least amount of album sales out of all her solo studio albums! On a brighter note, the 29 year-old diva surpassed her labelmate Adele, who sold over 90,000 copies of her album 21. Congratulatoins to her!

K. WEST & JAY-Z’S ‘WATCH THE THRONE’ AVAIL FOR PRE-ORDER

Kanye West & Jay-Z have joined forced on their first studio album collaboration, Watch the Throne. The album became available for pre-order in 4 different versions over the weekend. It is said that album will feature guest vocals by Bruno Mars and Beyonce on their track “Lift Off”.According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Murder To Excellence,” “Illest Motherf—er Alive” and “Living So Italian” are some song titles from their upcoming album. Although rumors were saying that the album would be released on the fourth of July, the official album release date has yet to be announced. The cover (to the left) is designed by Givenchy creative director, Riccardo Tisci. To pre-order your copy of their anticipated album, visit http://www.watchthethrone.com

KELLY SPEAK ON UPCOMING PROJECT

Check out Kelly Rowland talking with Fuse TV about her upcoming studio album, Here I Am, her first dance single, “Commander” as well as who she worked with on the forthcoming project. Here I Am hits stores on July 26th!

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MUSIC NEWS: J.COLE REPLACES CEE-LO / J. SCOTT’S ‘LIGHT OF THE SUN’ #1 / A. KEYS TO CO-PRODUCE PLAY

After eclectic singer-songwriter Cee-Lo announced that he will be stepping down from Rihanna’s Loud tour, the pop starlett announced that North Carolina-native J. Cole as the official opener for her international tour:

Rihanna announced via Twitter that rapper J. Cole, who was already on the road with the singer, will fill Green’s shoes as her main warm-up act on the tour, which began this month. “#GOODNEWS @JColeNC is our new official opener!” she wrote on Tuesday night. “@CeeLoGreen will no longer be a part of #LOUDtour due 2 commitment with ‘The Voice’ #Cantmissit.” [Source]

Rihanna’s tour ends its US leg in the States on July 24, then makes its way overseas until the end of this year. Talk about heavy touring! Congrats to J. Cole!

JILL SCOTT’S ‘LIGHT OF THE SUN’ SOARS TO THE #1 SPOT

Following the release of her latest album, R&B singer Jill Scott‘s album, The Light of the Sun, has officially landed the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. According to Nielsen SoundScan, she has racked up a total of 135,000 units in first week sales. This is Jill’s fourth studio album to date.

You can catch the Grammy award winning singer as she hits the stage at this year’s annual Essence Music Festival at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Congrats to her! [Source]

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MUSIC NEWS: RAPPER BIG SEAN RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM

Rapper Big Sean released his debut album, Finally Famous today (June 28th). We gotta show our boy some love so make sure you go out and support. Congrats Sean!!

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