The gold hearse that has ferried Whitney Houston's body across New Jersey took her coffin on its final journey yesterday, to the cemetery in Westfield where she was laid to rest in a private ceremony.

There's plenty to admire about Emeli Sandé's debut album, but the most immediately striking thing, for me, is just how brazenly naked is the use of the "Funky Drummer" beat on the opening track and breakthrough single, "Heaven".

Computers are great. The same software that lets you layer effects over your video of a lingering Cornwall sunset also lets you cut together sped-up footage of that nude wrestling scene from Women in Love with the Benny Hill theme, guaranteeing yourself YouTube notoriety.

They may not have known it, but users of MP3 players, CDs or DVDs have probably been breaking the law for years as they transferred their favourite song from one format to another.

With dubstep entering the mainstream – especially with Mercury Prize nominee Katy B's pop blend of the genre – it may be a surprise to some teenagers that dubstep is not a new thing.

Alica Keys meets her new alter ego at Madame Tussauds.

"I don't always get a chance to do this like this," says the much-accomplished Alicia Keys, as she proudly looks out into the Royal Albert Hall, with just her piano and more than 5,000 audience members for company.

If the tragic events of Hudson's life don't need spelling out, then neither do the reasons why she's called her comeback album "I Remember Me".

Lady Gaga will direct the video for her next single 'Judas'.

It perhaps wasn't the wisest move to turn up to the gig of the most hotly tipped artist of 2011 merely seconds before she was due on stage. Squeezing into the packed, sweltering room, an impatient crowd jostled and elbowed each other, stood on tiptoes, anything they could to catch a glimpse of the intriguing new star. Even poor Lulu had to make do with sitting on the floor of the balcony, peering through someone else's legs.