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Singer Adele, winner of the Best Original Song award for 'Skyfall,' attends the Oscars Governors Ball at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood

Adele helps UK reach billionth music single download

Acts such as Adele and Maroon 5 have helped push the UK record industry to a new milestone with the one billionth download of a digital single.

Music review: Tom Odell, Dingwalls, London

Odell’s soft croon regularly apes Chris Martin

It’s not about the money... super-rich Kirsty Bertarelli turns to pop

Former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli draws on ‘real life’ experiences for the album ‘Love Is’

Singer Adele, winner of the Best Original Song award for 'Skyfall,' attends the Oscars Governors Ball at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood

Oscars glory for 'Skyfall' adds gloss to Adele's continued world domination

Adele's latest performance and her Oscar win have further cemented her worldwide stardom.

Seth MacFarlane, actor and Oscars host

Page 3 Profile: Seth MacFarlane, actor and Oscars host

The saviour of the Academy Awards?

British breakthrough act: Ben Howard

Page 3 Profile: Ben Howard, musician

The most boring Brit Awards in history?

James Corden at the Brits 2012

James Corden 'has no contingency plan' if the Brits overrun again this year

Brit Awards host James Corden says he has no idea if organisers have a contingency plan in case the live event overruns again this year.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift's break-up song most popular karaoke tune on Valentine's Day

Love was clearly not in the air for everybody on Valentine's Day after a poll showed Taylor Swift's break-up hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was the most popular song for karaoke fans yesterday.

Adele receives the Grammy for best pop solo performance

'I'm not crazy' says the Ukrainian journalist who gatecrashed Adele's Grammy acceptance speech

The man who crashed the stage at the Grammy Awards, has spoken out saying “I’m not a crazy guy. I just think differently.”

Adele has been asked to perform 'Skyfall' at the Oscars

Adele to perform her Oscar-nominated hit 'Skyfall' at the Academy Awards ceremony

Adele will perform her hit Bond theme "Skyfall" at this year's Oscars - her first live performance since last year's Grammy Awards.

The king of easy listening, Michael Bublé’s Christmas album topped the charts last year

Easy listening gives rivals a hard time as Bublé and co beat R'n'B

They'll never be cool – but figures say smooth tunes are selling

<p><b>Emeli Sandé</b>: Winner of the critics' choice award.</p>
<p>Another artist who doesn't have to worry about whether or not she's won tonight, as she's already been assured of it, this R&B and soul singer first featured on Chipmunk's 'Diamond Rings' back in 2009. She released her first solo single 'Heaven' last August and last week saw her finally put out her debut album <i>Our Version of Events</i>. Sandé also featured on Professor Green's number one single 'Read All About It'.</p>

British music stars top 2012 album charts

Music fans are buying British - with the three top-selling albums of the year all produced by home-grown talent.

Auld Lang Syne ditched for Gangnam Style as Psy tops New Year's Eve karaoke chart

Karaoke fans rejected the traditional sentiments of "Auld Lang Syne" this New Year and saw in 2013 "Gangnam Style", according to a new poll.

The 24-year-old Tottenham singer’s album, 21, has now sold in excess of 4,562,000 copies in Britain according to the Official Charts Company, moving ahead of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? released by Oasis in 1995.

Adele's '21' becomes fourth biggest-selling album of all time...and jumps ahead of Oasis

Noel Gallagher claimed she wouldn’t last and said he felt sorry for her.

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Scandi-geeks descend on Nordicana for fan-convention

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The bad science scandal

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To the manor born: The female aristocrats battling to inherit the title

Female aristocrats battle to inherit the title

A passionate protest is gathering pace among the women of Britain's aristocracy, who believe that men should no longer automatically inherit the family pile and title.
Love struck: Photographs of JFK's visit to Berlin 50 years ago reveal a nation instantly smitten

In pictures: JFK's visit to Berlin in 1963

Photographer Ulrich Mack accompanied Kennedy on the entire trip. The results are an astonishing record of a watershed moment.
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Mark Hix gets creative with English peas

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