The Briefing

Your definitive guide to the new Official Chart rules

A reminder on the day of our Lorde June 16 2017 that the Hey Violet album is also really good

New Music Friday: Jax Jones, Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don at the top, Icona Pop at the bottom, various songs in between

Lorde’s secret onion ring Instagram account is a good reminder that popstars walk among us

A parrot has been given an exclusive first listen of Calvin Harris’ ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol 1’

IT’S HAPPENING IT’S HAPPENING JESUS CHRIST IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING

New Music Friday: Julie Bergan at the top, a Thong Song remix at the bottom, various songs in between

New Music Friday: Rae Morris at the top, Fifth Harmony at the bottom, various songs in between

New Music Friday: Carly Rae Jepsen at the top, no total disasters at the bottom, various collaborations in between

Niall Horan isn’t going to sit on your fucking chair

Good news if you’re playing 2017 Single Release Bingo, Liam Payne’s single’s out tomorrow

What did you do this weekend? Charli XCX went and recorded an entire bloody album

Alright, the Harry Styles album makes a lot more sense when you see it in a Very Authentic Location

New Music Friday: Felix Jaehn at the top, Harry at the bottom, various songs in between

The Vamps aren’t going down without a fight

Dusky Grey say they’ll “take any fans that we can get”, which will probably be quite a few to be honest

New Music Friday: Katy Perry at the top, Afrojack and David Guetta at the bottom, various songs in between

The BBC launched a brand new music TV show this weekend. Here’s what it was like

New Music Friday: Sigrid at the top, MØ at the bottom, various songs in between

Harry Styles on Radio 1: LIVEBLOG

Sophia Somajo’s music is about “wanting to be hit hard and reminded of what it feels to be alive”

New Music Friday: Bleachers at the top, Demi Lovato at the bottom, various songs in between

We sent the EU £350m a week, let’s fund a popstar instead

BEHOLD: Kyla La Grange has got a new single and it’s really good

New Music Friday: from Zara Larsson x2 to Feist, and the songs in between

New Music Friday: from Steps to a tropical Gabrielle cover, and the songs in between

Let’s finally talk about the new Stargate (and Sia and Pink) single

Hey guess what, Louisa Johnson’s new single is really good

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