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Rihanna's confirmed she turned down the Superbowl halftime show to support Colin Kaepernick. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback was dropped from the NFL for protesting social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem. In this month's cover story with Vogue magazine, Rihanna said she did it to take a stand. "I couldn't dare do that. Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn't be a sellout. I […]
Justin Timberlake has defended Pink for cancelling a gig after being spotted relaxing on an Australian beach. She called off the performance on her Beautiful Trauma tour in Sydney after coming down with a chest infection. The 38-year-old had been snapped by paparazzi photographers enjoying a day with her family on a beach in Byron. Speculation followed about why she'd cancelled prompting Pink to respond on Instagram. Next to a […]
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 […]
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 […]
US rock band Bon Jovi had the biggest international music tour of the year, according to Billboard magazine's 2013 rankings. The group played to more than two million fans during 90 sell-out shows, grossing $205m (£125m). Cirque Du Soleil's Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour was second on the list, followed by singer Pink. The Rolling Stones were the highest placed British act - at number six - raking in […]
Rapper Jay Z has dominated this year's Grammy nominations, being shortlisted for nine awards. He is in the running in categories including best rap song and best rap album but has missed out on the prestigious album and record of the year for Magna Carta Holy Grail . Justin Timberlake, up for seven awards, also saw his best-selling album of 2013, The 20/20 Experience, snubbed. Mercury prize-winner James Blake has […]
