Maroon 5
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, […]
Rihanna’s confirmed she turned down the Superbowl halftime show to support Colin Kaepernick. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback was dropped from the NFL for protesting social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem. In this month’s cover story with Vogue magazine, Rihanna said she did it to take a stand. “I couldn’t dare do […]
Psy’s Gangnam Style is no longer the most-watched video on YouTube. The South Korean megahit had been the site’s most-played clip for the last five years. The surreal video became so popular that it “broke” YouTube’s play counter, exceeding the maximum possible number of views (2,147,483,647), and forcing the company to rewrite its code. But […]
Robin Thicke’s controversial hit single Blurred Lines has been named the UK’s most downloaded song of all time. The song has sold 1.54 million copies since it was released last May, despite criticisms of its explicit lyrics. About 20 university student unions banned the track, saying it promoted “date rape culture”, an accusation Thicke consistently […]
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