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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 […]
Beyoncé has unexpectedly released her fifth album on iTunes overnight, with 14 new songs and 17 music videos. The self-titled record is the follow-up to 2011's 4, and features guest spots from her husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy. "Surprise!" wrote the 32-year-old in a press release, adding she was "bored" of releasing music the traditional way. The instantaneous release means "I am able to speak directly to my fans," […]
Lily Allen has held on to the number one spot in the UK singles chart for a second week with her cover version of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know. The song, used in a festive television advert for department store John Lewis, is tipped to be Christmas number one. In the album chart, Swings Both Ways by Robbie Williams knocked One Direction's Midnight Memories from the top. Beyoncé's self-titled digital […]
Sam Bailey has beaten fellow finalist Nicholas McDonald in the final of this year's X Factor show on ITV. The prison officer, 36, received more than one million votes and thanked everyone for choosing her before performing her single Skyscraper. Her mentor Sharon Osborne was tearful throughout much of Sunday's show. Bailey and McDonald battled it out after teenager Luke Friend was voted out on Saturday after they performed at […]
