WEEKEND R&B GOODNESS ....

Yesterday, Mya was in Europe to attend the Life Ball 2007 in Vienna. It appears that she was doing a spot of promo for her new album Liberation - the album that will be infiltrated with cobwebs and dust by the time it is ready to hit those shelves. No, I'm not hating. I'm just stating:



I'm hearing that Lock U Down is not performing as well as expected. I know the song may be slightly on some wack juice but still, you'd have expected Mya to make some kind of breakthrough by now. Hell, Rihanna only came out yesterday and look how huge she has gotten and yet, Mya has almost been in the game for a whole decade (yes people, 10 freaking years - how time flies - Mya was only 18 when she dropped her debut album and she'll be 28 this October). She has the same suffering to that of Christina Milian. They both have tonnes of sex appeal but yet that sex appeal doesn't help them sell records. Anyway, there's a brand new Mya performance inside this post so be sure to check it out!

More pictures of the event:





It definitely had a homosexual atmosphere as she chilled out with former N-Sync singer Lance Bass and his boyfriend(s).

I also posted the pictures when Mya performed at the 'Fashion Cares' event in Toronto, Canada and you can now watch the performance below:


Mya performed the track "I Am" from her new album. Although the track is questionable, her performance was pretty stellar.


Rihanna continued her attack on European shores with the promo and she has also notched up the no 1 position in Ireland with "Umbrella" as well as topping the charts in the UK. After spending the past week in the UK promoting the new single and upcoming new album "Good Girl Gone Bad" Rihanna's next stop was Berlin, Germany where she performed on Viva Live:



I am not sure if it's me but I feel Rihanna is taking the retro's rocker image a little too far now. And she was really overdoing it with the make-up. I know her new album has gone a totally different direction to her previous stuff - less R&B and more of an 80's electronic pop/rock transition - but she could at least tone it down - just a leeetle.

Anyway, whilst she was there, she chilled outside the studio's:



Her new look also screams "goth" as well. I truly miss the days when she was more natural and didn't feel the need to try so hard.

Rihanna also performed on German TV show the Dome 42:



She was rocking the actual PVC skin-tight ensemble that she wore in the Umbrella video as well as some fishnets, looking totally foxy! If the rumours are true that Jay-Z really did get in that ass, it's easy to see why.

Beyonce spent a beautiful sunny day with her boyfriend Jay-Z at their Villa in Monaco:




Beyonce has become totally enamored with her Apple laptop lately and just can't keep her hands off it. In fact, the lap top got more hand action than Jay-Z himself. Check out the extra added pictures I put up during her vacation trip in Monaco this week. There are now more additional pictures. Hell, if I were Jay-Z I would really be feeling a lot of animosity towards that damn laptop. LOL!

Looks like it was a 'busy' day for Bee because after she chilled out with Jay by the swimming pool and doing some shopping in Monaco, she flew to Madrid, Spain where she went to the most exclusive stores in the city:


She looked really nice I must add - not too overdone and not too plain either.

Amerie was in Korea to promote her new album Because I Love It where she did a press conference and greeted the fans:





As Amerie is half-Korean herself, it must have felt like home sweet home. I know some of you are asking yourselves what the heck was she wearing. Well .... Amerie's dress is actually called a Hanbok. It's traditional Korean wear. Her mother was also there with her in Souel Korea as well, at that same press conference. Her mom also wore a hanbok too, but she wore the traditional one.

Anyway, you can check out a performance whilst she was in her mother's native country performing her latest single Take Control:


She performed the track on TV show M-Countdown and of course she was flaunting those 2-million dollar legs.

Chris Brown seems to be dabbing in a lot more acting after his short roles in the now-defunct teen drama The OC and successful big-screen dance flick Stomp The Yard:



He is set to star in his first leading role in a basketball film flick called Phenom where he will play a high-school baller who takes on his father's basketball team in the NBA playoffs. Also he will be in Shrek the 4th as a gingerbread pimp which is said be a large role. I guess after he releases his new single Wall to Wall and album Exclusive, his acting career is set to kick off.

This week, Ciara told PEOPLE that she really misses being in a relationship after being single for over a year now (her last high-profile relationship was with rapper Bow Wow). She says: "It's definitely tough at times," she tells PEOPLE. "I'm now past my year mark of being single, and I've got to say I'm a big fan of love. Being in a relationship is one of the most beautiful things, and I'm looking forward to being in a relationship." I say she should just concentrate on her career and not focus too much on finding that somebody because love comes to us when we least expect it to and one day her Mr Right will come along. In other Ciara news, she is set to perform at the ESSENCE Music Festival in New Orleans on 5-7th of July 2007 and other R&B acts scheduled to perform include Chris Brown, Beyonce Knowles, Robin Thicke, Lionel Richie and Mary J Blige. Here are a couple of pictures of Ciara performing on ABC Television Network "Dancing With The Stars" Results Show recently:




The Grammy-winning recording artist took to the stage to perform her hit, "Like a Boy."

Last but certainly not least, Kelly Rowland graces the front cover of FEMALE and here are a couple of scans from her latest feature:



[scans via dont-cha]

Sorry about the poor quality as they are on the grainy side but still identifiable and she looks mad pretty in this newest photoshoot.

ps.

I also wanted to apologise for not responding to any of my emails lately. I've been sooo busy but I'll try to get through as much as I can on Monday right through next week. Until then take care!

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