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• Sales soar for late singer Prince as his music tops Billboard charts

  25-04-2016 23:57
  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The music of Prince soared to the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday after the singer's sudden death last week, as mourning fans rushed to remember the artist's legacy through his music. Nielsen Music said Monday it had tracked 2.3 million song sales and more than 579,000 albums sales from Prince's catalog in the three days following the news of his unexpected death at age 57 at his Minnesota estate last Thursday. Album sales were
  
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• With Elton John's co-sign, Gallant strides toward stardom

  25-04-2016 21:15
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — When Elton John said last year that R&B singer Gallant was "going to be huge," the 24-year-old felt unworthy of the praise.
  
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• Face value: Phil Collins then and now – in pictures

  25-04-2016 20:41
  
  Collins was photographed for the back catalogue reissues of his solo albums in the same poses, turning the exercise into a meditation on fame and ageing Continue reading...
  
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• Prince is absolutely dominating the charts as fans pay tribute to the music icon

  25-04-2016 20:34
  
  The album chart features an all-Prince Top 5.
  
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• All-Prince albums Top 5 as late star's music floods charts

  25-04-2016 20:21
  
  Prince's music has flooded the charts as fans pay tribute to the late music icon.
  
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• Princess Diaries 3 Sounds Like It’s Definitely Happening Then

  25-04-2016 18:51
  
  Best news EVER.
  
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• metroid prime: federation force shown off in stunning gameplay video

  25-04-2016 18:39
  
  OOH.
  
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• Ramones: 'They were outcasts who had contempt for those who rejected them'

  25-04-2016 18:30
  
  From 1975 to 1980, Danny Fields managed the Ramones, and photographed them constantly. He shares those photos – from his new book My Ramones – and remembers his time with the New York punksThe first time I saw the Ramones was at CBGB in 1975. I was the co-editor in chief of 16 magazine, and I had a weekly column in the Soho Weekly News, which they gave away at Max’s Kansas City on a Thursday night. The Ramones wanted to know: “Why aren’t we in Danny’s column?&
  
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• Gigi Hadid Celebrates Her 21st Birthday With Taylor Swift, Zayn Malik & His Family

  25-04-2016 18:21
  
  Sounds good to us.
  
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• The best Prince covers: from Bruce Springsteen, Sufjan Stevens and others

  25-04-2016 17:41
  
  Stars have been rolling out their tributes following the musician’s death on Thursday. Here’s a selection of the biggest and bestSince Prince’s death on Thursday, seemingly every musician who has taken to a stage has paid tribute to the star’s funky genius. Some did so by playing their own songs – Noel Gallagher performed Live Forever, Pearl Jam performed Light Years – while DJs such as David Guetta had the easy option of just spinning a record. Others, though
  
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• Designer Roy Targeted By Angry Beyonce Fans

  25-04-2016 17:38
  
  A fashion designer has said bullying should not be tolerated after Beyonce fans reacted to suggestions she was the subject of the singer's latest songs about infidelity. Some Twitter users claimed Rachel Roy is the woman called Becky referred to in one of the songs. On Sunday, soon after the album's release, Ms Roy apparently tweeted: "Good hair don't care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always.
  
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• Someone Worked Out You Can Make Scrambled Eggs With A Curling Wand Because That's The World We Live In Now

  25-04-2016 17:04
  
  Officially the weirdest life hack yet.
  
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• Steve Mason review – Beta Band troubadour, stripped back and sublime

  25-04-2016 16:55
  
  Academy 2, Manchester
  Mason emerges as a superb singer and waggish raconteur in a set built around his stunning recent albumScotsman Steve Mason has steadily crawled from the wreckage of the Beta Band to become one of our most compelling singer-songwriters. Three albums under his own name have delivered elegiac bittersweet symphonies filled with agony and ecstasy, acoustic guitars, electronica and dub. However, strip them down and he emerges as a modern-day troubadour, with tunes that could easi
  
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• Beyoncé and Hillary Clinton: how two scorned women moved on

  25-04-2016 16:37
  
  With her new album, Beyoncé became the ultimate survivor – and made her husband the most hated man in the country. Hillary Clinton could learn from herAs the 2016 presidential campaign grinds past April and lurches toward convention season, it’s a true blessing to have cultural moments like a new Beyoncé album to distract from how tedious, worrisome and contentious the whole process has been. I can try to forget that the nation teeters on the brink of electing an undula
  
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• MTV Review: Katy B Knocks Her Secret Gig Out Of The Park

  25-04-2016 16:15
  
  Can we be her best friend please?
  
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• So It Turns Out Geordies Are Officially The Biggest Game Of Thrones Superfans (Or They Just Like Holidays)

  25-04-2016 16:12
  
  Maybe a bit of both.
  
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• 'Beyoncé is not a woman to be messed with' – Lemonade review

  25-04-2016 15:46
  
  Beyoncé’s imperious sixth album sees her turn her attention to her marriage, with witheringly powerful resultsDishearteningly billed as “a conceptual project based on every woman’s journey of self knowledge and healing” – a description that makes it sound like something agonisingly earnest you’d go out of your way to avoid at the Edinburgh Fringe – Beyoncé’s sixth solo album touches on a lot of potent topics. Quite aside from the pres
  
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• BBC Philharmonic/Gourlay review – inventive, eclectic and ill-coordinated

  25-04-2016 15:41
  
  Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Gourlay’s pulverising Montagues and Capulets upstages ambitious attempts to soundtrack Shakespeare via the Turing test and gay cruisingThe original Manchester School of composers, centred around Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr and the late Peter Maxwell Davies, exerted a decisive influence on the course of contemporary English music. A second generation has yet to emerge; though the BBC Philharmonic is sufficiently confident about the talent in the city to
  
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• Charli XCX Gives Us A Guided Tour Of Her New Collection For Boohoo

  25-04-2016 15:26
  
  The only collection you're going to want to be wearing this summer.
  
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• You Need To Hear Caroline Flack Singing Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself'

  25-04-2016 15:16
  
  Umm did she quit X Factor so that she could audition?!
  
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• Naturally Troll Dolls Are The Inspiration For MAC's Newest Makeup Collection

  25-04-2016 14:58
  
  Trolling has never been so glam.
  
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• Bellowhead review – folk's big band wave goodbye in style

  25-04-2016 14:49
  
  London Palladium
  This was a night of celebration in front of a whooping full house as English trad’s flagship act continue their farewell tourStuck in a traffic jam on the M25, Jon Boden and John Spiers came up with the wheeze of a folk big band to fill the Saturday night hoolie slot at festivals. A dozen years, countless festivals, endless awards and five stonking studio albums later, Bellowhead reach the end of a thrilling journey that’s seen them reshape the landscape of British f
  
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• The Lumineers review – oak-aged folk without the frills

  25-04-2016 14:39
  
  O2 Academy Brixton, London
  There’s nimble playing and harmonising from this popular trio, but their leading man has surprisingly little charismaLike Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers have adopted a strand of rootless country-folk that has no geographical connection to Nashville. Founding members Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites grew up 25 miles from midtown Manhattan, in northern New Jersey, but their affinities lie with the rawboned and the homespun, with crumpled hats and swept-back N
  
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• Lady Leshurr Sprays On Panda Freestyle #Unleshed

  25-04-2016 13:48
  
  Lady Leshurr takes probably the biggest hit at the moment, Desiigner’s ‘Panda’ and put her own Leshurr-esque spin on it.
  
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• Olivia-Louise Shares 'Earth Stuff' EP

  25-04-2016 13:43
  
  Songbird Olivia-Louise's latest EP 'Earth Stuff', features ATL producer Question on production duties and guest appearances from Manga, Jords and more.
  
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• Corinne Bailey Rae Drops New Track ‘Hey, I Won’t Break Your Heart’

  25-04-2016 13:15
  
  Back with ‘Hey, I Won’t Break Your Heart’, Corinne describes the track as vulnerable and “moving out of bitterness into sweetness, love the second time around with the same person”.
  
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• Watch Kanye West Recreate His Taylor Swift VMA Moment At A Friend’s Wedding & Embrace The Cringe

  25-04-2016 13:02
  
  WHY.
  
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• Why This Might Be Your Last Chance To Shop For Swimwear From Victoria's Secret

  25-04-2016 13:00
  
  The brand are reportedly set to ditch their swim line for good.
  
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• You won't believe what Lil' Kim looks like now

  25-04-2016 12:54
  
  The singer posted a montage of unrecognisable selfies.
  
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• The Internet Is Obsessed With This Magical Rainbow Highlighter That Will Turn You Into A Real Life Unicorn

  25-04-2016 12:36
  
  Every life goal you ever had in a single beauty product.
  
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• King Deco Unveils Her Incredible Latest Offering ‘Castaway’

  25-04-2016 12:34
  
  Jordan’s finest export King Deco returns with her latest single ‘Castaway’.
  
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• Royce Rizzy and MADEINTYO Drop Brand New Track ‘Had To’

  25-04-2016 12:30
  
  Hip-hop’s most buzzing sibling pair, Royce Rizzy and MADEINTYO have been making quite the splash online over recent months...
  
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• Fans Celebrate #LiamDay To Help Get Through The Hiatus

  25-04-2016 12:08
  
  It's the equivalent of a drought for the fandom.
  
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• Lil Kim Has Shocked Fans With Her Latest Instagram Post

  25-04-2016 11:57
  
  She looks remarkably different...
  
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• Beyonce Fans Think They’ve Found The Infamous ‘Becky With The Good Hair’ From Her Lemonade Album

  25-04-2016 11:48
  
  Beware the wrath of the Beyhive.
  
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• Chloe Moretz And Brooklyn Beckham Make Things Instagram Official

  25-04-2016 11:22
  
  Well, at least that's what we think is happening.
  
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• 'Prince far more royal than the Queen' says Morrissey

  25-04-2016 10:01
  
  The former Smiths frontman praises the late pop star’s veganism and compares the media coverage given to the Queen with that allotted to the purple oneIt is a special kind of wordsmith who can pay tribute to a music icon, and yet still manage to turn it into a dig at the British royal family and a piece of pro-vegan propaganda. Morrissey is that wordsmith. In a statement, released to his fansite True to You, the former Smiths frontman paid tribute to Prince, who died last week aged 57. He
  
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• Me And Mrs Jones singer Billy Paul dies at 80

  25-04-2016 09:24
  
  The singer has died aged 80 in New Jersey.
  
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• Prince 'Worked 154 Hours Straight' Before Death

  25-04-2016 08:50
  
  Prince reportedly worked for 154 hours straight without sleep in the days before he was found dead inside his Paisley Park estate. Speaking after a private family service at the estate, the artist's brother-in-law Maurice Phillips reportedly claimed the singer worked for six days before his death. Mr Phillips said: "He worked 154 hours straight.
  
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• Prince did not sleep for six days before death - brother-in-law

  25-04-2016 08:44
  
  The singer has been cremated and his home is due to be turned into a museum.
  
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• Billy Paul, soul singer best known for Me and Mrs Jones, dies

  25-04-2016 07:26
  
  Billy Paul was a star of the famous Philadelphia soul sound of the early 70s who recorded the classic confession of infidelity Related: Billy Paul: five of the best from the soul maestro who created an all-time classic Billy Paul, the soul singer best known for the number one hit and Philadelphia soul classic, Me and Mrs Jones, has died aged 80. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Me and Mrs. Jones' singer Billy Paul dead at age 80

  25-04-2016 05:09
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Paul, a jazz and soul singer best known for the No. 1 hit ballad and "Philadelphia Soul" classic "Me and Mrs. Jones," died Sunday.
  
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• Nikki Sixx launches campaign to get YouTube to ‘do the right thing’ over music royalties

  25-04-2016 05:00
  
  Mötley Crüe and Sixx:AM co-founder wants to swell the chorus of criticism of Google service from musicians and persuade it to up its payoutsMötley Crüe co-founder Nikki Sixx is the latest musician to criticise YouTube over the royalties it pays out for music video streams. Sixx’s call for the video site to pay more to musicians for using their videos is part of a campaign by a coalition of prominent musicians launching this week, with pressure to be put first on YouTube
  
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• 'Have a good time:' Jazz Fest wraps first weekend

  25-04-2016 00:18
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans' premier music festival is taking place this Sunday. The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is seven days of rock, R&B, jazz, gospel, food, art and lectures across 12 stages plus food from across southern Louisiana and art by artists from around the area. After Sunday's performances, the festival takes a break until Thursday when the music picks up again.
  
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