UP 40 POINTS - KATY PERRY
She's just equalled Michael Jackson's record by having five Billboard number one singles from the same album. However, these are different times, and Teenage Dream has sold far fewer copies than Bad overall... more
Having conquered both the TV ratings and the hit parade Glee takes over the live arena, its cast members performing their conveyor belt of showstopping covers... more
For the first time in 25 years, three Brit acts top the US album charts. Joining Adele and Mumford & Sons is Marsha Ambrosius - you may think you don't know her but you do ...... more
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (provisionally titled Good Ass Job until sanity prevailed) is the work of a man who feels compelled to be bigger, better and braver...Kanye West
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A Hounslow boy, trained as a doctor, he dreamed of R&B stardom. Now Jay Sean’s US No 1 hit has sold two million copies. X Factor wannabes take note.... more
Talented black and Asian singers are being stifled by 'pop-obsessed' British music industry executives, according to a London-born star who is topping American charts... more
More than 1,000 hysterical teenage girls turned out to see their idols, The Jonas Brothers, at the premiere of their film Camp Rock at the Royal Festival Hall in London.... more
Pop mogul Simon Fuller the man who brought us the Spice Girls, SClub 7 and Pop Idol was named the worlds most successful British music manager of all time.
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A new breed of musical talent will be in record-breaking mood on the South Bank, the Brits are taking over the American charts and Dirty Pretty Things are back.... more
Mariah Carey's family are reeling after it was revealed she has secretly married her toy boy lover, after dating him for just ONE month, it has emerged. The New York Post is reporting that Carey's family shocked by the chart-topping singer's sudden nuptials, which was so hurried, that she didn't bother with a pre-nuptial agreement... more
She looks like she's just stepped out of a Tokyo tea house. With her elegant kimono, bird's nest hairstyle and porcelain pale complexion, this lady is classic geisha material. But underneath the white foundation and heavy eyeliner is Kylie Minogue experimenting with her latest look. The singer - known for her stunning costume choices - looks breathtaking in a red kimono as she poses as a geisha in a shoot to promote her forthcoming world tour. The tour begins in Paris on May 6th and will reportedly cost more than £10million to stage... more
Despite a promotional operation which would have put the military top brass to shame, Kylie's bid to crack the US has been a resounding flop. The Aussie singer's tenth studio album limped into the Billboard charts at No.139 yesterday, selling just 5,500 copies.
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Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows