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With estimated earnings of $135m (£88m) in the last year alone, Katy Perry has been named the best-paid female musician by Forbes. She beats US rival Taylor Swift, whose earnings of $80m (£52m) put her in second place. Completing the top three is Fleetwood Mac. The return of Christine McVie and their On With The Show tour helped the band make $59.5m (£38.7m). Admittedly, this is a band that has […]
Taylor Swift is being sued for $42m (£27m) for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her hit 2014 song Shake It Off. US R&B singer Jesse Braham has claimed in legal papers Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 called Haters Gone Hate. As well as the monetary compensation, Mr Braham also wants his name added as a writer on the track. Representatives for Swift have yet […]
Former van driver Ben Haenow won last year's X Factor with 57% of the public vote. Statistics later revealed Croydon-born singer had topped the phone vote for the last seven weeks of the contest - thanks to the unusual tactic of spurning saccharine ballads for full-throated rock songs (in an X Factor first, he performed AC/DC's Highway To Hell). Haenow went on to bag last year's Christmas number one with […]
Justin Bieber says that the transition into adulthood has been a "tough" one. The 21-year-old spoke at the premiere of Ed Sheeran's film Jumpers For Goalposts. The film shows highlights from Ed's world tour - on the road, on stage and behind the scenes. They pair have been friends for a while and Justin revealed he will feature on his upcoming fourth album - Purpose. "I'm a big fan of […]
A judge in the US has dismissed a copyright case against Jay Z and Timbaland over his track Big Pimpin'. The rapper was accused of not getting permission to use a flute sample from a track written by an Egyptian composer called Baligh Hamdi in 1957. His nephew and heir, Osama Ahmed Fahmy, claimed they didn't ask to combine his uncle's song with the "vulgar" lyrics of Big Pimpin', released […]
Sam Smith's hit single Stay With Me has been named song of the year at the BMI Awards. The tear-jerking ballad received the honour after becoming the most-performed British or European song on US TV and radio last year. It beat stiff competition from Ed Sheeran, whose singles Don't and Sing were both up for the prize. Graham Gouldman was given the icon award, in honour of his work for […]
Kelly Clarkson has cancelled her UK tour, which had been due to kick off in Glasgow on 12 November. The singer says she's been forced to take "vocal rest" for the rest of the year on her doctor's orders. Clarkson, who pulled her remaining US tour dates earlier this month, has also cancelled 10 concerts in Canada and Ireland. "I am truly sorry that I have to cancel the remainder […]
Grace Jones has hit out at artists like Rihanna, Beyonce and Rita Ora for "copying her". In her new book, I'll Never Write My Memoirs, she criticises them for being "middle of the stream". The 67-year-old, who became an international star in the 1980s, performed her recent festival gigs in a topless corset. She says: "I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes, people assume I […]
Jess Glynne has finally been able to speak out about her recent throat surgery and confirmed that it is gigs as usual and her life is finally returning to normal. She may have a Grammy and five number one hits to her credit, something that even Amy Winehouse never accomplished, but Glynne has had a hellish 18 months since having invasive throat surgery to remove a polyp. Fortunately for the […]
