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Janet Jackson penned a heartfelt note to Aaliyah, the R&B sensation who passed away 14 years ago in a plane crash. Janet posted a picture on Twitter of a handwritten note. "What I shared with u ever sacred everlasting N it's pure + it will endure. I love u Aaliyah. #RIP," she said.

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Bruce Springsteen is among the many guest appearances in Darlene Love's new music video for "Forbidden Nights," the lead single off her long awaited new album Introducing Darlene Love. In addition to the Boss, Elvis Costello, Steven Van Zandt, Joan Jett, David Letterman, Bill Murray and Paul Shaffer also appear in the new clip, which follows Love rolling down the open road in a cherry red convertible with some friends.

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Adele is planning to release her third album this November, according to Billboard. Billboard reports that the currently untitled record, rumored to be called 25, will include a song written by Tobias Jesso Jr, as well as input from producer Danger Mouse, OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder and pop writer-producer Max Martin.

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Carlos Santana is currently working on putting together a jazz fusion supergroup he's called Supernova, according to Billboard. Billboard reports that Supernova will feature Santana and his wife, drummer Cindy Blackman, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, keyboardist Herbie Hancock and guitarist John McLaughlin.

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Lady Antebellum star Charles Kelley and his wife have revealed that they are expecting a boy. Charles and Cassie appeared on Good Morning America earlier this week and broke news of their new addition to the family as part of GMA's "fertility week" special. "I was so excited to announce on the show that we are having a baby BOY!" Cassie wrote on her website.

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Joe Walsh has revealed that he is currently working on his memoir. "I've been working on it for about a year," Walsh told Billboard. "Some of it's really funny. Some of it is what happened. Some of it is other people telling me what I did and some of it is just plain my humor. When it's done it will come out. It's kind of a big undertaking."

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Drake's manager, Future the Prince, says that he - not Apple - was the one responsible for the black-out in Tidal's live stream of a Lil Wayne show. He says he was the one who pulled Drake's performance from the stream.

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Luke Bryan, Loretta Lynn, Alabama and Eric Church were honored recently with special achievement awards from the Academy of Country Music. Lynn received the Crystal Milestone Award for her 50-year country music career and Bryan received the Gene Weed Special Achievement Award. Alabama received the Career Achievement Award.

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If Kanye West does indeed run for president in 2020, he has at least one supporter in Rihanna. In a recent interview with ET, Rihanna said she would cast her vote for Kanye. "I mean people are voting for [Donald] Trump," she said. "Who wouldn't vote for Kanye?!" She also reacted to his acceptance speech for the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMA's.

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Cee Lo Green has released the music video for "Sign of the Times" the third single from his upcoming album, Heart Blanche. The animated video sees a shadowy figure walking through a landscape of cemeteries and broken cities. "Sign of the Times" follows Cee Lo's previous two singles from Heart Blanche -- "Robin Williams" and "Sign of the Times."

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