Trying to update apps but they are "waiting"

App store tells me I have 6 "upgrades" available. Top right, I click "upgrade all". Then I look at the icons for the Apps and they all say "waiting" and are not upgrading.
What is the problem? I have never seen this happen in the past

HI,
I haven't seen this issue yet on my iPad. But I have had it on my iPhone. I just did a hard reset. Hold top (power) button and bottom (home) button until the white "" appears. Then I updated the Apps on iTunes rather than on my iPhone and synced it and the Apps were updated.
Hope this helps.

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