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It'll be a battle between ballads and bangers at this year's Brit Awards, with Lewis Capaldi and Dave pitched against each other in four categories. The Scottish torch singer and the Streatham-born rapper are both up for best male, best newcomer, best single and album of the year at the ceremony, which takes place in London next month. Stormzy and Mabel are the second most-nominated artists, with three apiece. But […]
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 […]
Songs played on streaming services like Spotify and Deezer will count towards the UK's singles chart from July, the Official Charts Company has announced. Music streaming doubled in popularity in the UK between 2013 and 2014, from 100 million to 200 million streams a week, currently averaging 260 million. Bastille's track Pompeii is the UK's most streamed track ever, but only made number two in the singles countdown. Charts boss […]
Pharrell Williams could be about to enjoy his third stint at the top spot in just two months this weekend. It looks like there’s going to be no stopping Pharrell Williams in 2014. Not satisfied with scoring two massive chart toppers in 2013 with Get Lucky and Blurred Lines, Pharrell now looks on course to take feel-good anthem Happy to the Number 1 spot for the third time this year. […]
It was a night of tears, beers, hopes and fears (and balloons). More importantly, the 2014 Brit Awards put some of the sparkle back into the show after a rather lacklustre 2013. Arctic Monkeys won two awards, as did One Direction, who described themselves as "a bit drunk". But an absent David Bowie stole the show, being named best British male a brief 30 years after he last won the […]
Rock music overtook pop in UK album sales last year, winning a bigger share of the market for the first time in five years. Rod Stewart's Time was the best-selling album to be classified as rock by the Official Charts Company, followed by Arctic Monkeys and Bastille. In total rock accounted for 33.8% of album sales, compared with 31% for pop, said industry body the BPI. However, pop records still […]
This year's Brit Awards will be streamed live on YouTube for the first time for viewers outside the UK. However, the stream will not be seen within the UK where fans will have to watch live coverage on ITV1. Music fans from around the world will also be able to vote for best British video during the show using Twitter. Acts including Arctic Monkeys, Pharrell Williams and Disclosure are on […]
Bruno Mars has been added to the Brits 2014 line-up. The Locked Out Of Heaven singer will be joined by Rudimental and Bastille on the bill, who will both perform at the ceremony for the first time. It has already been announced that Arctic Monkeys and Katy Perry will perform at the awards show. The Brit Awards 2014 will take place at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday 19 February. Hat […]
The US rapper’s duet with Rihanna tops the Official Streaming Chart today for a fourth consecutive week. The Monster made its Official Streaming Chart debut back in November, entering at Number 82. It climbed a massive 80 places the following week, before claiming the top spot four weeks ago. It is Eminem’s first Number 1 on the Official Streaming Chart (which launched in May of last year) and Rihanna’s second […]
