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Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora and Calvin Harris have all risen up the Sunday Times Rich List after enjoying huge chart success. Sheeran made £28m last year - taking his total estimated wealth to £80m. But that still only puts him at 35th on the list of the UK's richest musicians, which is dominated by golden oldies. Sir Paul McCartney is top on £820m. Calvin Harris is the only new entry […]
Up to now, James Arthur has built his career on ballads. From his X Factor single, a cover of Shontelle's Impossible, to the global smash hit Say You Won't Let Go, the singer has proved he can tug on your heartstrings like a puppy on a postman's trousers. Those slow-tempo weepies are the perfect fit for his cracked and tortured voice. But the star would like it to be known […]
Rita Ora will host this year's MTV Europe Music Awards. The ceremony is being held in London for the first time in more than 20 years. "I've always watched it, since I was younger," says Rita, who was born in Kosovo. "I've always kind of had memories from the MTV EMAs and I'm from Europe." The singer will perform her new music at the event on 12 November at the […]
Grace Jones has hit out at artists like Rihanna, Beyonce and Rita Ora for "copying her". In her new book, I'll Never Write My Memoirs, she criticises them for being "middle of the stream". The 67-year-old, who became an international star in the 1980s, performed her recent festival gigs in a topless corset. She says: "I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes, people assume I […]
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has become the first British female solo artist to have five number one singles in the UK. Her latest song, I Don't Care, entered the Official Charts in pole position on Sunday. The 31-year-old overtook Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and Rita Ora, who both have four chart-toppers. The star gave the credit for the chart achievement to "my supporters and the fans that have done everything they could […]
Calvin Harris has defended his decision to prevent ex-girlfriend Rita Ora from performing number one single I Will Never Let You Down at this year's Teen Choice Awards. In a tweet posted on Wednesday, the DJ said he had a "damn good reason". The Scot has to approve TV performances for the track which he wrote and produced. Asked by US radio host Ryan Seacrest for the reason why she […]
The late pop legend Michael Jackson has topped the album charts, nearly five years since his death, with Xscape. The second posthumous album of his previously unreleased tracks features eight songs recorded between 1983 and 1999. It was reworked by producers including Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins and Stargate. Lily Allen's Sheezus fell to number six, while in the singles chart Rita Ora's I Will Never Let You Down debuted at number […]
Rita Ora has revealed she will release a new single which will feature her boyfriend, DJ Calvin Harris. "I can't wait. I've been working on my new album for about a year. The song I'm going to release features an incredible talent in Calvin Harris. It's called I Will Never Let You Down." Asked what it was like working with her boyfriend on the song, she insisted: "Honestly, it was […]
