Ciara’s “Sweat” is hot, but is it a hit?

There’s been a lot of talk surrounding Ciara‘s comeback, but it’s not all been positive. Most people just seem shocked that L.A. Reid made his first order of business since returning to Epic Records to sign Ciara and try and revive her career. Out of Ciara’s discography, only her first two albums were hits, and [...]

Ciara announces new album ‘One Woman Army’, comeback single “Sweat”

Ooop, Ciara‘s almost back. In an interview with MTV to promote her role in the new Adam Sandler flick That’s My Boy, Ciara confirmed that her comeback album is titled ‘One Woman Army‘, and the lead single is titled “Sweat”.

Ciara prepares comeback, but can she pull it off?

Just like Discmans, WCW, and Ashanti, Ciara is outdated — a total thing of the past. We all had fun pretending that she was the second coming of Janet Jackson during the Goodies era, but with each subsequent album release her popularity dipped, our interest waned, and we turned to Rihanna and, shudder, Beyonce for [...]

Ciara in talks to sign with SRC/Universal Motown?

After months of hell over at Jive Records, it looks like Ciara may finally be close to finding a new label home. Earlier today, CiCi had a business meeting with her manager Kenneth Creer and SRC Records chairman/CEO Steve Rifkind. Rifkind jumped on Twitter to spill the tea about the little get together, saying: “Just [...]

Rihanna and Ciara get in Twitter beef.

Pop tarts Rihanna and Ciara got their claws out earlier today during a heated and hilarious Twitter beef. The drama seemed to start over Ciara’s appearance on E!’s Fashion Police with Joan Rivers, where she aired out Rihanna for being mean to her a party. Rihanna then jumped on Twitter to fire off the catty [...]

Ciara remains positive in the face of label drama.

The always optimistic Ciara is refusing to let her current label dramas turn her frown upside down, painting on a smile with lipstick during a red carpet chat with Rap-Up about her future plans and current situation. A cheerful CiCi told Rap-Up that she has some TV projects in the works, will be heaving overseas soon for [...]

Rihanna sued over “S&M” video. Ciara begs for label release.

Things aren’t looking good in the world of Rihanna and Ciara right now. We’ve already the plagiarism drama surrounding Rihanna’s “S&M” video, but now it’s been taken up a notch, with news coming in that David LaChapelle is now suing the singer for “unspecified damages”. In the suit, LaChapelle claims Rihanna jacked eight of his images, and [...]

Ciara selects next single and Rye Rye remixes “Gimmie Dat”.

It was revealed this week that Ciara would be releasing her Usher collaboration “Turn It Up” as the next mainstream single (finally, not another urban niche song) from her poorly-performing album Basic Instict. This is a good choice due to the superstar pulling power of Usher and the song’s extremely mainstream pop slant, but when [...]