Coldplay
Dua Lipa’s songs were played more than anyone else’s on UK radio and television last year, thanks to her award-winning album Future Nostalgia. In topping the chart she has ended the reign of Ed Sheeran, who has been the UK’s most-played artist every year since 2017. Two of her singles, Physical and Don’t Start Now, […]
It’ll be a battle between ballads and bangers at this year’s Brit Awards, with Lewis Capaldi and Dave pitched against each other in four categories. The Scottish torch singer and the Streatham-born rapper are both up for best male, best newcomer, best single and album of the year at the ceremony, which takes place in […]
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 […]
Beyoncé has received criticism for her role in Coldplay’s new music video for ‘Hymn For the Weekend’, the second single from the band’s new album A Head Full of Dreams, with some questioning as to whether her appearance constitutes cultural appropriation. The video, directed by Ben Mor, sees the artist dressed in traditional Desi adornment […]
Adele looks set to take the limelight at this year’s Brit Awards after being nominated for four trophies. Her multi-million-selling album 25 is up for best British album, while she has also been shortlisted for best British female, single and video. Pop trio Years & Years and singer-songwriter James Bay have also been nominated for […]
Taylor Swift has swept the board at the Billboard music awards, winning eight of the 14 categories in which she was nominated. Among her prizes were best female artist, best streaming song for Shake It Off and the ceremony’s top honour, artist of the year. British star Sam Smith won best new artist – and […]
Musicians including Kanye West, Jack White, Rihanna, Madonna and Coldplay are uniting behind Jay Z’s “artist-friendly” streaming site, Tidal. They all turned their Twitter profiles teal blue, to reflect Tidal’s branding, on Sunday night. The site launches on Monday, promising CD-quality streaming and thousands of music videos, for a subscription fee. Taylor Swift, who pulled […]
Removing her entire back catalogue from music-streaming service Spotify doesn’t seem to have dented Taylor Swift’s massive popularity. Her 1989 album has debuted at No 1 on America’s Billboard 200 albums chart. It sold 1.287 million copies in its first week. According to Billboard that is the largest sales week for an album since Eminem’s […]
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