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Caption: Beyonce Knowles performs at the The 2009 Essence Music Festival held at The New Orleans Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana .... BEYONCE, QUEEN LATIFAH and NE-YO turned the 2009 Essence Music Festival into a MICHAEL JACKSON tribute over the weekend as they saluted the late King of Pop's legacy.

Michael Jackson fans are convinced they can see the ghost of the late star at his Neverland mansion.

En Vogue marked their 20th anniversary as one of music's most successful female groups with a reunion show that electrified the crowd at the Essence Music Festival.

According to no less an authority than the RIAA, Boyz II Men are the most commercially successful R&B group of all time.

Michael Jackson was first and foremost a singer and dancer, but he was also the type of performer who surpassed genres and inspired artists across all mediums.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Gloria Stuart is 99. Conductor Mitch Miller is 98. Advice columnist Pauline Phillips is 91.

Michael Jackson, the pop superstar who dazzled the world with his dancing but also led a strange private life that included a child-molestation charge, died suddenly Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest.

A vanishing act has become practically de rigueur for R&B musicians of a certain caliber.

In the time following the death of pop star Michael Jackson on Thursday, Inland residents have reflected on his legacy as a performer as well as personal interactions with the superstar.

Caption: Jermaine Jackson arrives back at the Jackson family residence Los Angeles, California .... JERMAINE JACKSON has dismissed his former sister-in-law DEBBIE ROWE's bid to gain custody of her two children with MICHAEL JACKSON - insisting it isn't what the King of Pop wanted.

Representatives for R&B singer R. Kelly have responded to recent media reports claiming the singer was involved in another scandal, this time allegedly with a 17-year-old girl.

Beyonce has announced she will return to Belfast and Dublin less than a month after a series of sold-out concerts.

Michael Jackson performs on stage in London in January, 1987. Michael Jackson had a stash of secret recordings and the tracks could be set for release.

Caption: Beyonce Knowles 2009 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium - Arrivals Los Angeles, California .... BEYONCE proved there were no hard feelings between herself and singer LETOYA LUCKETT when she "went out of her way" to greet her former DESTINY'S CHILD bandmate backstage at the BET Awards on Sunday night .

Jermaine Jackson has said he wishes he had died instead of his younger brother Michael.

Attention scrubs: T-Boz, one third of the brilliant trio known as TLC, has announced via her personal Web site that there will be another TLC album.

Former Destiny's Child singer, Michelle Williams, has described Michael Jackson as a "superhero" who she thought would "live forever." The 28-year-old, who is currently in the UK for her stint in the musical Chicago, told Sky News Online about her shock at his sudden death.

Bang Showbiz reports, "Jamie Fox hosted the show, and entered wearing a red leather jacket in a nod to Michael's costume in the music promo for 'Beat It'. After the event opened to a medley of Jackson 5 songs - including 'ABC' and 'The Love You Save' - Jamie walked onto the stage to 'Beat It'. He said: "No need to be sad.

Watch an exclusive intimate performance of Alicia Keys as she sings classics like "Fallin" and her new single, "No One," live right here.

Brown is expected to perform a tribute to the King of Pop with other artists in what will be his first time on stage since his pre-Grammy night fight with ex-girlfriend Rihanna that left her bloodied and bruised.