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• Adele's '25' Is The Best Selling Album Of 2016

  30-12-2016 21:40
  
  It wasn't even released this year...
  
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• Adele's 25 tops UK album sales for second consecutive year

  30-12-2016 21:00
  
  Singer’s third studio album named as bestseller of 2016, with Coldplay taking second place and collection of Michael Ball and Alfie Boe duets in third“I don’t want to get my hopes up,” the singer Adele said in 2015 – just ahead of the release of her latest album, 25. “You can’t make assumptions. This new one could sell 100,000.”She need not have worried. Her third studio album has outsold any other in the UK for the second year running, it was anno
  
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• Little Mix See In 2017 Back At No.1!!

  30-12-2016 20:35
  
  'Glory Days' just reclaimed the top spot on the Official UK Albums Chart...
  
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• Elton John pays tribute to George Michael at Las Vegas show

  30-12-2016 20:30
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elton John teared up while paying tribute to his friend George Michael during a concert in Las Vegas this week.
  
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• Heinrich Schiff obituary

  30-12-2016 19:16
  
  Eminent cellist and conductor who made music ‘sing and dance’Heinrich Schiff, who has died aged 65, was recognised as one of the finest cellists of the last quarter of the 20th century, and latterly established a parallel career as a distinguished conductor. After suffering a serious stroke in 2008, which left him partly paralysed for a time, he was obliged to abandon his career as a soloist but continued to conduct.His repertoire as an instrumentalist ran from Bach, whose solo cello
  
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• 11-year-old British composer debuts first opera in Vienna

  30-12-2016 19:12
  
  Alma Deutscher’s retelling of Cinderella is receiving high praise, with many calling her the modern MozartAn 11-year-old British composer has earned comparisons with Mozart after her opera opened in Vienna to a standing ovation.Alma Deutscher, who lives in Surrey with her parents, was already world-renowned as a violinist and pianist before her first full-length opera made its debut on the Austrian stage on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• George Michael postmortem is inconclusive, say police

  30-12-2016 19:10
  
  More tests to be carried out after 53-year-old was found dead at home on Christmas DayA postmortem into the death of George Michael has proved inconclusive, and further tests will be carried out, police have said.
  The 53-year-old singer was found dead at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on Christmas Day.Continue reading...
  
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• George Michael's music soars in the charts less than a week after his death

  30-12-2016 19:01
  
  Sales of George’s music rocket by well over 5000%
  
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• Have Marnie Simpson And Lewis Bloor Broken Up? Geordie Shore Star Appears To Confirm Split

  30-12-2016 17:14
  
  Nooooo.
  
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• Run-DMC file $50m lawsuit against Amazon and Walmart

  30-12-2016 16:27
  
  Legendary rap group accuse retailers of trading on their name without permission Run-DMC have filed a $50m (£40.7m) lawsuit against retailers including Amazon, accusing them of trading on the group’s name without permission.Related: Walk This Way: how Run-DMC and Aerosmith changed popContinue reading...
  
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• 6 Awful Beauty Trends That Need To End With 2016

  30-12-2016 16:02
  
  Sorry but penis eyeliner is not a thing.
  
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• The Most Googled Beauty Questions Of 2016 Answered Once And For All

  30-12-2016 15:03
  
  Start 2017 bossing the world of beauty.
  
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• From DJ Scotch Egg to Ross From Friends, it pays to have a stupid DJ name

  30-12-2016 15:00
  
  A wacky moniker can help artists draw attention to themselves. But if you want to get past playing uni club nights, you’d better have the skills to back it upIf you’re in western Ireland scanning posters for nights out on New Year’s Eve, one name will almost certainly jump out at you with jazz hands: DJ Seinfeld. No, it’s not Jerry himself who’s ringing in 2017 with slap-bass jams in Galway, but rather a Malmö producer who, along with a likeminded bunch of cont
  
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• Miley Cyrus And Liam Hemsworth Are Total Couple Goals As They Visit Sick Kids At San Diego Children’s Hospital

  30-12-2016 14:57
  
  The golden couple were spreading joy at Christmas time as they visited a Children's Hospital together
  
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• Stephanie Davis Has Not Had Her Baby But She Has Been Forced Off Social Media

  30-12-2016 14:37
  
  The former Hollyoaks and Celebrity Big Brother star has not updated her social media feeds since Boxing Day
  
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• Rob Kardashian Wants To Quit His Own Reality Show

  30-12-2016 14:20
  
  Rob Kardashian is close to walking away from filming his reality show with Blac Chyna, Rob & Chyna
  
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• 11 Gross Beauty Things We All Do

  30-12-2016 14:18
  Hands up if you've sneakily used tester products on your actual face.
  
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• Siobhan Bell: ‘Rhythm ‘N’ Gash gets a reload each and every time’

  30-12-2016 14:00
  
  The R&B selector empties the contents of her psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Jermih’s London is an irresistible after-hours roller

  30-12-2016 14:00
  
  Also this week, Slaves are fighting the power, Justin Timberlake is keeping it sickly sweet and Britney’s back with a sultry bangerTRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• Five classical concerts booking now

  30-12-2016 14:00
  
  The Last Supper | The Snow Maiden | Le Vin Herbé | St Luke Passion | Australian Chamber OrchestraSixteen years since it was last seen in Britain, Birtwistle’s opera is revived in a semi-staging with Martyn Brabbins conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Continue reading...
  
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• Twilight’s Ashley Green Got Engaged In The Most Beautiful Way

  30-12-2016 13:59
  
  The Twilight actress shared her magical moment on Instagram for all fans to see
  
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• Kylie Jenner's Personal Assistant Reveals How She Got Her Job

  30-12-2016 13:43
  
  *Books flights to LA*
  
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• Major Celebrity Big Brother Drama Has Kicked Off Before The Show Has Even Started

  30-12-2016 13:25
  
  There is only room for one Jasmine in the Celebrity Big Brother house - leaving one Jasmine a little ticked off
  
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• George Michael documentary to be released in 2017

  30-12-2016 13:00
  
  The singer was found dead at home on Christmas Day.
  
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• Lindsay Lohan Has Written A Sequel To Mean Girls

  30-12-2016 12:54
  
  The 30-year-old actress is desperate to play Cady Heron for a second big screen outing
  
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• The 21 Inevitable Stages Of New Year’s Eve

  30-12-2016 12:38
  
  Aka the most hyped night of the year…
  
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• Kendall Jenner Bought Her Puppy A Diamond Necklace To Welcome It Into The World

  30-12-2016 12:36
  
  The 21-year-old is pampering her new pooch who she got at Christmas from sister Kylie
  
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• One Direction Earned Most Money In 2016 Despite Being On Hiatus

  30-12-2016 12:18
  
  Harry, Louis, Liam and Niall banked just under £90 million in 2016 placing them top of Forbes highest earning Europeans list
  
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• Zayn Malik Spent Christmas With Gigi Hadid In A Snowy Winter Wonderland

  30-12-2016 12:02
  
  You are not ready for this jelly.
  
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• Radiohead, Sia … and the sound of bees – our writers' favourite gigs of 2016

  30-12-2016 08:00
  
  From Stone Roses recapturing their intimate heyday, to big-budget Grimes, to Darren Hayman entrancing a Nottinghamshire village hall – these were the shows our writers loved in 2016• More on the best culture of 2016What better pre-gig omen is there than the sight of Chris Morris arriving on a bike? The second night of Radiohead’s run of London shows was attended by some of Britain’s most refined cultural figures – PJ Harvey, Adam Buxton, Julian Barratt and Kate Bush
  
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