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Swizz Beatz, who’s made hits for Drake, Jay Z and Kanye West, says the best hip-hop is being made in the UK. “Just last night I did a track with Giggs and it’s a movie. There’s a lot of talent out here,” he said. “Musically the UK is stronger than the US right now. As […]

Ed Sheeran has changed all his social media profiles to a plain blue image exactly a year after he took a break from the internet. It’s prompted fans to think that the singer is about to release his third album. This time last year he announced he would be “taking the opportunity… to travel the […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Justin Bieber says that the transition into adulthood has been a “tough” one. The 21-year-old spoke at the premiere of Ed Sheeran’s film Jumpers For Goalposts. The film shows highlights from Ed’s world tour – on the road, on stage and behind the scenes. They pair have been friends for a while and Justin revealed […]