British Female : Dua Lipa British male : J Hus British group : Little Mix Breakthrough artist: Arlo Parks British single : Harry Styles -Watermelon Sugar British album : Dua Lipa -Future Nostalgia International female : Billie Eilish International male : The weeknd International group : Haim Global icon : Taylor Swift Rising star :…
Beyonce sets a new record at the Grammy Awards with her 28th win, for her Black Parade, a celebration of black power and resilience, overtaking bluegrass singer Alison Krauss. Taylor Swift also made history by becoming the first female artist to win album of the year three times, for her locked down album Folklore after…
Robert Nesta Marley, Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician considered to be one of the pioneers of reggae with his distinctive vocal and songwriting style celebrates its 76th anniversary. Born in Nine Miles, a small village in rural Jamaica to Capt Norval Marley a white man a superintendent of lands for the British Government, which had…
Taylor Swift is being sued by US-based Evermore theme park, which says the star’s latest album has infringed its trademark by using the same name, as Swift’s Evermore release had caused some confusion about whether the two were linked. The Utah venue said there was a dramatic departure from typical levels of traffic on the…
A couple of months ago, the heads from 18 small British telecoms companies met at a London bank to discuss investment, strategy, and mergers. In the meeting, they were asked if they thought the Chinese could eavesdrop through back doors in Huawei equipment all 18 hands went up. One of the bankers then asked, if…
According to Forbes’ annual Rich List, Rihanna is the richest female musician in the world with an estimated fortune of $600, ( £471m) with the majority of that coming from her Fenty Beauty range. She’s overtaken Madonna and Beyonce, who previously topped the list. The 31- year-old has been putting her efforts into her beauty,…
For decades record companies used people’s desire for a tune as licence to print money were facing catastrophe. In April the IFPI – the global body of the recording industry –released its latest annual Global Music Report. For the consecutive year, revenues were up to total of $19.1bn from a low of $14.3bn in…
Brit awards 2019 at the O2 arena The 1975 took the album of the Year, George Ezra won best male and Jorja Smith grabbed best female. Littlemix won the best video, Drake won the best male international solo artist and Ariana Grande won the best female international solo artist, Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa –…
Grammy Awards 2019 Dua Lipa won the Best New Artist, Drape won the Best Rap song, Cardi B won the Best Rap Album, Lady Gaga won the best pop solo performance, Ariana Grande won the best pop vocal, Kacey Musgraves won album of the year, Childish Gambino was a no-show for his record of the…
Canadian firm Sunrise Records has bought 100 stores, securing 1487 jobs, the collapsed music chain HMV, beating competition from Sport Direct owner Mike Ashley. But 27 stores will close, resulting in 455 redundancies. Sunrise Records CEO Doug Putman, said he was “ delighted to acquire the most iconic music and entertainment business in the UK”.…