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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 […]
When Fleur East came second in last year’s X Factor, she thought her career was over. The effervescent singer, with her mane of bouncy curls, had been the bookmaker’s favourite to win after her explosive cover of Uptown Funk proved so popular Mark Ronson had to rush the original song into shops a month earlier […]
A launch of retail billionaire Sir Philip Green’s new clothing venture with singer Beyoncé is planned for spring 2016. The owner of the Arcadia group, which includes Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, and Burton, has been working with the star on a new athletic street-wear brand. It had been reported that the global venture would launch […]
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 […]
A judge in America has thrown out a lawsuit against Taylor Swift, quoting the lyrics to some of her biggest songs. She was being sued for £27 million for allegedly stealing the lyrics for her song Shake It Off. US R&B singer Jesse Braham claims Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 […]
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 […]
Taylor Swift is being sued for $42m (£27m) for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her hit 2014 song Shake It Off. US R&B singer Jesse Braham has claimed in legal papers Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 called Haters Gone Hate. As well as the monetary compensation, Mr Braham also […]
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 […]