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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 […]
Singer Katy Perry is to headline the NFL Super Bowl half-time show next February. The 30-year-old tweeted she had "already started testing out ideas" for the show on 1 February in Arizona. The show is the most-watched musical event of the year, with a record 115 million viewers in the US watching this year's half-time show. Perry joins the likes of Bruno Mars, Beyonce and Madonna who have previously performed. […]
Taking home more than $115m (£72m) has made Beyoncé this year's best paid woman in music. She had the "biggest year of her career", playing 95 shows, bringing in an average $2.4m (£1.5m) per city, according to Forbes. Endorsement deals with companies like Pepsi and H&M, along with the surprise album she released in December 2013, helped her to the top spot. The self-titled album was released on iTunes with […]
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 […]
Britney Spears has received rave reviews for the opening night of her Las Vegas residency on Friday. "Spears stomped into town with a 21-hit salute," wrote Marco della Cava in USA Today, noting the show "artfully melded spectacle with stagecraft". MTV's Sophie Schillaci highlighted the "larger-than-life production, blaring beats and rapid-fire dance moves". But the LA Times' Mikael Wood observed: "She was wearing a microphone, though it wasn't clear she […]
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 […]
