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Alicia Keys will end her partnership with Blackberry at the end of January after a year as serving as its global creative director. The singer-songwriter was hired by the smartphone maker last year when it launched its BlackBerry 10 devices. Since then Blackberry has seen a drastic fall in profits and changed its leadership and strategy. The company is now moving away from the consumer market to concentrate on business […]
A new Bitcoin-like virtual currency inspired by rapper Kanye West is set to be launched, and has been dubbed "Coinye West". Kanye West is not involved and has yet to comment on its inception. It will follow in the footsteps of "Dogecoin", another virtual currency based on the popular Doge meme. The value of Bitcoin, the most famous virtual currency, peaked at over $1000 (£613) last year but is currently […]
Pharrell Williams saw out 2013 with his third UK number one single of the year, Happy, knocking X Factor winner Sam Bailey into second place. The 40-year-old previously topped the charts on Daft Punk's Get Lucky and Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, with writing credits on both. Happy, a feel-good pop song featured in the hit animation film Despicable Me 2, and comes with a 24 hour-long video. It unseated last […]
Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen has announced she will make her Broadway debut in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. The Call Me Maybe singer tweeted that it was a "dream come true". She will take over the role of Cinderella from Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes from 4 February 2014 for 12 weeks. Grammy Award nominee Jepsen, 28, began performing in musicals at school before focusing on her own music career. […]
Britney Spears has received rave reviews for the opening night of her Las Vegas residency on Friday. "Spears stomped into town with a 21-hit salute," wrote Marco della Cava in USA Today, noting the show "artfully melded spectacle with stagecraft". MTV's Sophie Schillaci highlighted the "larger-than-life production, blaring beats and rapid-fire dance moves". But the LA Times' Mikael Wood observed: "She was wearing a microphone, though it wasn't clear she […]
X Factor winner Sam Bailey has claimed this year's Christmas number one, with her debut single Skyscraper. The former prison officer outsold her nearest rival, Pharrell's Happy, by two to one to become one of the fastest selling singles of the year. Bailey, 36, said topping the festive chart was the "icing on the cake". Robbie Williams' Swings Both Ways held onto number one in the album chart after a […]
Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You has sold its millionth copy in the UK, 19 years after it was first released. According to the Official Charts Company the track crossed the milestone after selling 68,000 copies in 2013. The American singer said: "Thank you to all of my British fans! Love, Mariah." The Motown-inspired track peaked at number two when it was first released in 1994 but […]
Singer Tulisa Contostavlos has denied being involved in the supply of class A drugs. The 25-year-old, of Friern Barnet, north London, denied the charge at Westminster Magistrates' Court. She was arrested in June after an undercover investigation by the Sun on Sunday. Musician Michael Coombs, 35, of Velocity Way, Enfield, north London, who also uses the name Mike GLC, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. The singer is accused […]
