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Chart-topping Adele makes music's rich list with £6million fortune

05.05.11
London soul singer Adele is the highest new entry on a list of British and Irish music stars under the age of 30... more

Simon Cowell joins Rich List top ten with £200m fortune

04.05.11
X-Factor judge Simon Cowell has amassed a personal fortune of £200m to place him at number six in the annual Music Millionaires Top 50, published in The Sunday Times Rich List 2011... more

Duffy's 48-hour drinking binge

07.02.11
Welsh singer, Duffy, once went on a 48-hour drinking binge, she has revealed... more

James Blunt and Shakin' Stevens head Glastonbury's strangest (and most middle-aged) line-up yet

02.11.10
Glastonbury's strangest line-up yet has been released early after it was leaked online by the NME. As well as the more traditional rock acts, festival organisers have stunned fans with the surprising inclusion of Shakin' Stevens and James Blunt on the bill... more

Sound check: John Legend spearheads soul revival

15.10.10
The best release of the year, John Legend & The Roots’ album of songs of classic soul from the Sixties and Seventies is spearheading a revival... more

Women call shots as Natalie Portman heads for BFI London Film Festival

08.09.10
Women will dominate this year’s BFI London Film Festival as stars led by Julianne Moore, Hilary Swank and Natalie Portman are joined by a record number of female directors... more

That 70s sound influencing female solo singers

20.08.10
Melodies! Pianos! Emoting! A new wave of artists is seeking inspiration in the golden age of female songwriters... more

Voice from heaven, family from hell ... The dangerous world that singer Duffy left behind

15.07.10
She's the new Dusty Springfield and the latest in an astonishing line of young female British singing talent. But what the fans who've made Duffy No 1 for five consecutive weeks - and the biggest-selling artist of 2008 so far - don't know is the harrowing story of the dark and dangerous world she escaped... more

Seth Lakeman is the fiddler on the hoof

02.07.10
A host of new stars are making folk trendy but the original poster boy is Seth Lakeman — and he’s bringing his violin to London this summer.... more

Star-studded send-off as hitmaker Lucian Grainge goes west

16.06.10
Rock superstars, political heavyweights and tycoons came together to say goodbye to Lucian Grainge.... more

Lucian Grainge awarded top job at Universal Music

10.02.10
Lucian Grainge, the Briton behind the success of Amy Winehouse, U2, Duffy and Girls Aloud, will become chief executive of Universal Music... more

Plan B - from hoodie rap to a true soul man

21.01.10
East Londoner Ben Drew was once a perma-hooded rapper dealing in lyrics so abhorrently violent that you wouldn't want to get too close... more

Lily Allen's joy as she's nominated for three Brit Awards

19.01.10
Lily Allen expressed delight as she received three nominations for the 2010 Brit Awards... more

Gigs of the week

08.01.10
Pete Doherty takes time out between court appearances and OK Go play Shepherds Bush Empire... more

Music fans to get unlimited legal downloads

15.06.09
Subscription service offering unlimited legal downloads to be launched after ground-breaking deal between leading internet service provider and the world's biggest music label... more

Duffy and Coldplay head to head for Novello awards

21.04.09
Coldplay and Duffy will be the big contenders at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting... more

Sound system buries VV Brown's promise

26.03.09
Somewhere in the murk of VV Brown's gig were some fine tunes. A better mixing desk and she’ll be on her way.... more

Duffy steals the show at Brits

19.02.09
The Brit Awards 2009 became the Welsh Awards at the precise moment Tom Jones handed Duffy her third statuette of the evening.... more

Triumphant Duffy heads home after Brits success via Warwick Avenue

19.02.09
Duffy, the smoky-voiced singer from Wales, is the toast of the music industry following her Brits success... more

Coldplay and Duffy lead the way at the Brits

21.01.09
The shortlist for this year's Brit Awards has been announced with Coldplay and Duffy leading the way.... more

Hallelujah takes glory as year's biggest single

29.12.08
Two British female singers who were unknowns last Christmas have become the biggest sellers of the year... more

Hallelujah takes glory as year's biggest single

29.12.08
Duffy and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke were named as this year's music champions as the full-year charts were announced.... more

Coldplay lead Britpop invasion of Grammys

04.12.08
British talent dominated the nominations for record of the year at America's Grammy Awards.... more

Coldplay on top of the Q world

06.10.08
Coldplay were the big winners at the Q Awards. The band won Best Album and Best Act in the World Today at the annual showbiz bash. ... more

Wigging out: Beyonce dons blonde hairpiece for golden Fashion Rocks performance

06.09.08
There was nothing over-the-hill about Beyonce's stunning performance as she joined dozens of stars at the Hollywood packed Fashion Rocks event.... more

Hippy chic for Coleen as she helicopters into V Festival in wellies

16.08.08
Wearing wellington boots and what appeared to be a colourful smock, Coleen McLoughlin was hardly recognisable today as she arrived for the second day of V Festival.... more

Welsh songbird Duffy wins best song for Mercy at Mojo Awards

17.06.08
Welsh singer Duffy, who has been dubbed 'the new Dusty Springfield, has won song of the year for her hit Mercy at the Mojo magazine awards.... more

CDs of the week

29.02.08
Erykah Badu returns with a record that could signpost the future for black American music and an album of timeless soul sounds from Duffy.... more

CDs of the week

22.02.08
A five-star debut from Duffy, Janet Jackson's monstrously long new album and the extreme beauty of Goldfrapp.... more

Off the record

16.11.07
John Aizlewood tips a young Welsh singer for stardom in 2008 and congratulates Rik Waller on his upcoming marriage.... more


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