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David Guetta, the producer behind hits like Titanium, I Got A Feeling and Hey Mama, has sold his back catalogue to Warner Music for a nine-figure sum. The French star made about $100m (£72m) in the deal, which also covers his future recordings. It comes amid a spending spree on hit songs, with Bob Dylan […]
David Bowie, Skepta and Craig David are up for some of the biggest prizes at the 2017 Brit Awards. Bowie received posthumous nominations for best British male and best album, for his haunting swansong Blackstar. After a row over diversity at last year’s ceremony, the rest of the best male category comprises artists from BAME […]
Vinyl sales topped three million last year, the highest UK total in 25 years. More than 3.2 million records were sold in 2016, a rise of 53% on the previous year, according to the BPI, which represents the music industry. David Bowie’s Blackstar was the most popular album on vinyl, selling more than double the […]
The Weeknd has received 16 nominations for this year’s Billboard Music Awards. The 26-year-old is recognised in categories including top artist, top R&B artist and top male artist. Fellow Canadian Justin Bieber has 11 nominations, while Taylor Swift and Adele have eight each. David Bowie is nominated for Blackstar, his last album released before his […]
Viola Beach have entered the singles chart at number 11, a week after the Warrington band died in a car crash. Tomas Lowe, Kris Leonard, River Reeves and Jack Dakin died along with manager Craig Tarry on Saturday while on tour in Stockholm. They were killed when their car plunged more than 25m (82ft) from […]
Taylor Swift’s 1989 has won the coveted album of the year award at this year’s Grammys in Los Angeles. The singer – who is the first woman to win the award twice – also won best pop vocal album and best music video for her track Bad Blood. Rapper Kendrick Lamar won the most prizes […]
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 […]
Es Devlin, who has created spectacular tours for Kanye West and Take That, is to design the stage for next year’s Brit Awards, organisers have announced. The British artist also designed the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, and recently won an Olivier Award for her work on Chimerica. The play, inspired by events […]