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Beyoncé will perform at this year's Grammys complete with that twin baby bump, according to her dad Mathew. In an interview with a US TV show, he said the star sounds "tired" because she's been working on the performance. He also said he was "shocked" to hear her pregnancy news and only found out after she made the announcement on Instagram. But he said he'd since had a "wonderful daughter-dad […]
Jay Z is selling a stake in his Tidal music streaming business to the telecoms company, Sprint. Jay Z bought Tidal three years ago and his wife Beyoncé and other artists own equity in the company. Aiming to challenge larger rivals such as Spotify, Tidal offers artists on its platform more control over their music. Sprint, which is owned by Japan's Softbank, will pay an estimated $200m (£162m) for a […]
Naughty Boy says he "wouldn't rule out" releasing a song he started putting together with George Michael. The pair collaborated in December, a few weeks before the former Wham! frontman died on Christmas Day. They were set to work on the singer's next studio album as well as a song for Naughty Boy's next release, which they'd organised to finish in January. "The song is amazing but it's just a […]
David Bowie, Skepta and Craig David are up for some of the biggest prizes at the 2017 Brit Awards. Bowie received posthumous nominations for best British male and best album, for his haunting swansong Blackstar. After a row over diversity at last year's ceremony, the rest of the best male category comprises artists from BAME backgrounds. Craig David, Kano, Michael Kiwanuka and Skepta, who beat Bowie at the Mercury Prize, […]
Beyoncé tops the nominations for this year's NME Awards. She's up for five prizes including best international female, album, video, music moment of the year and hero of the year. The 1975, Bastille, Christine And The Queens and Skepta all have four nominations while Wolf Alice, Kanye West and Adele have three each. The winners will be announced on Wednesday 15 February at London's Brixton Academy. All the categories are […]
After months of closure, Fabric has reopened its doors to clubbers, thrilled at the return of the iconic London venue. One 27-year-old who was there for the first night said it was "brilliant" the club was back. "Where else do we have to go? It is the best club in the world - an institution," said Ricky Payne from west London. Tougher security measures are part of new licensing conditions. […]
Janet Jackson has at the age of 50 given birth to her first child, a baby boy, her publicist has confirmed. A statement said the singer and her Qatari businessman husband, Wissam Al Mana, were "thrilled" to welcome the infant, Eissa Al Mana. "Janet had a stress-free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably," the publicist added. Speculation about her pregnancy surfaced last April when she postponed her Unbreakable tour. She […]
Vinyl sales topped three million last year, the highest UK total in 25 years. More than 3.2 million records were sold in 2016, a rise of 53% on the previous year, according to the BPI, which represents the music industry. David Bowie's Blackstar was the most popular album on vinyl, selling more than double the number of copies of 2015's biggest-seller, Adele's 25. The last time vinyl fared so well […]
Ariana Grande will feature as an avatar in a Final Fantasy game. It'll be used in the free mobile release of Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius and it's "the cutest" character she's ever seen. Posting on Instagram she wrote: "I'm so excited and in love with it i cannot contain myself." More than 8m gamers have played Brave Exvius worldwide since it was first released in Japan in 2015 on Android […]
