LeToya Luckett gets entangled in a high-fashion web on the cover of Lady Love, her sophomore album, due Aug. 25. Fierce!

Mariah Carey takes us back to her Butterfly days on the cover of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, her twelfth studio album, due Aug. 25. This is quite “bleak,” as MC would say.

“The reason I chose to use 3 images for the cover is cos there are a lot of different emotions and stories revealed on this album,” she tweeted.

Canadian singer-songwriter Melanie Fiona will give it to us right on August 18 when her debut album The Bridge arrives in the U.S. Check the cover and tracklisting, plus sample Melanie’s melodies below.

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Hello Brooklyn. F-A-B-O goes back to BK on the cover of his fifth album, Loso’s Way, coming your way June 30. Click here to see the tracklisting.

Kelly Rowland isn’t the only Destiny’s Child member making noise on the dance music circuit this summer. Next month, Beyoncé will release Above and Beyoncé Video Collection & Dance Mixes, a compilation of music videos and remixed records showcasing the singer’s first foray into electronica.

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Maxwell uncovers the artwork for his first album in eight years. The first installment in a trilogy, BLACKsummers’night, is due July 7. Watch the video for “Pretty Wings” here.

The Black Eyed Peas become one on the official cover for their fifth album The E.N.D., available June 9. Click here to see the group’s busy promo schedule over the next few weeks.

“This is the face of digital energy. This is what we look like when Fergie, apl, Taboo, and will.i.am combine digitally,” writes will.i.am. “We are one in this image. This is the E.N.D.!!!!”

Here’s a first look at the cover for Pleasure P’s debut album The Introduction of Marcus Cooper, available June 9. Watch the video for the former Pretty Ricky member’s single, “Boyfriend #2,” below.

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Eminem overdoses on pills prescribed by Dr. Dre on the official cover for his sixth studio album Relapse, available May 19. This is just what the Dr. ordered.

An alternate cover for Ciara’s Fantasy Ride has surfaced, along with the rumored tracklisting, according to Amazon.com. The illustrations were drawn by Marvel comic-book artist Bernard Chang. How does the illustrated cover hold up against the original cover?

Watch some hot, unseen rehearsal footage from Ciara and Justin Timberlake’s “Love Sex Magic” video, below.

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