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Ed Sheeran has changed all his social media profiles to a plain blue image exactly a year after he took a break from the internet. It's prompted fans to think that the singer is about to release his third album. This time last year he announced he would be "taking the opportunity... to travel the world" and would "see you all next Autumn". Twelve months later and it looks like […]
Taylor Swift's 1989 has won the coveted album of the year award at this year's Grammys in Los Angeles. The singer - who is the first woman to win the award twice - also won best pop vocal album and best music video for her track Bad Blood. Rapper Kendrick Lamar won the most prizes on the night with five awards. British singer Ed Sheeran also won his first two […]
Adele has been named the world's best selling and most popular music artist of 2015. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) awarded the singer its global artist of the year prize in recognition of her "simply phenomenal" success. Adele's achievement is particularly notable as her third album 25 was not released until late November. It went on to become the fastest selling album in British history. It sold […]
Ed Sheeran has announced he is "taking a break" from social media as he is "seeing the world through a screen and not my eyes". Writing on his Instagram account, the singer explained he was "taking the opportunity of not having to be anywhere... to travel the world". He also confirmed to fans that his third album is "on its way" and "is the best thing I have made thus […]
Adele's comeback single Hello has achieved platinum sales status three weeks after it was released. The song has sold more than 600,000 copies, earning it a commendation from the British Phonographic Industry. Hello sold 34,000 more copies than this week's number two, Justin Bieber's Sorry, and was the most-streamed track with 4.7 million listens. Elvis Presley's If I Can Dream was the number one album for a second week. Presley's […]
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 […]
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 […]
British musicians enjoyed the biggest share of album sales in the UK in 2014, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has announced. Artists including Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Paloma Faith had more than half (53.5%) of all UK sales, according to Official Charts Company data. The last time British artists like Spice Girls, Oasis and The Verve dominated the chart in such numbers was 1997. Taylor Swift was the biggest […]
