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A Newsdump for 10 January 2012: From Minaj being a Twitter hit to Lady Gaga not really being robotic

Nicki Minaj is currently the most followed rapper on Twitter, just overtaking 'Roman’s Revenge' 'spitting' partner Eminem. (Billboard) If you ever wanted to know what '¿Dónde Estás Corazón?' hitmaker Shakira…

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This is what you missed if you are an idiot

So as you no doubt noticed Nicola Roberts' solo version of Girls Aloud's legendary b‑side 'Memory Of You' was dangled in front of punters as an enticement to pre-order 'Yo-Yo'…

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Testing the popup thing

[ONCLICK-SHOW-POPUP:GROUP=GROUP1] Testing opening a bit of content into a box. [thkBC height="300" width="500" anchortext="Click here to open" title="A bit of content" type="inline" inline_id="abitofcontent"] This is the bit of content — it's…

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The amazing thing about Cher Lloyd's 'Want U Back' artwork…

…is that she looks so much like Cheryl Cole in the photograph that if you look directly at her face and allow your eyes to sort of defocus the letters…

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Here are some facts about Keisha Buchanan, Siobhan Donaghy and Mutya Buena.

This is all so stupidly amazing that we are going to have to do it in bullet points in an attempt not to just BREAK DOWN AND CRY. Here goes. »…

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A Newsdump for 6 January 2012: From Rihanna's sales being a bit berserk to Bieber's leg artwork

Rihanna has broken the record for most digital downloads in US history, with sales of over 47 million. Black Eyed Peas are in second place, while Lady Gaga is fourth.…

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Lady Gaga's task for 2012

In our end-of-year albums roundup, by way of a mostly successful hat metaphor, we talked a bit about how Lady Gaga tried to contain the sprawling mass of ideas in…

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The very good Abeano blog are fans of the new Lana Del Rey leak.

And they are quite right to be, although 'National Anthem' — written with Lana and Hurts collaborators James Bauer-Mein and David Sneddon — feels like an extension of what she's…

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The best 16-second-long song you'll hear all day

"Supertronic lover, let's go undercover, you are so my thing — come dance with me." Not our words, readers, but those of a piece of music well known to Swedish TV…

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A Newsdump for 4 January 2012: From lots of popstars in motion to Example's romantic devotion

A few days old but worth noting: Capital FM have made another one of their amazing adverts featuring an assortment of various popstars, including a blonde-wigged Rihanna, plus Pixie Lott,…

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The Briefing

A Newsdump for 10 January 2012: From Minaj being a Twitter hit to Lady Gaga not really being robotic

This is what you missed if you are an idiot

Testing the popup thing

The amazing thing about Cher Lloyd's 'Want U Back' artwork…

Here are some facts about Keisha Buchanan, Siobhan Donaghy and Mutya Buena.

A Newsdump for 6 January 2012: From Rihanna's sales being a bit berserk to Bieber's leg artwork

Lady Gaga's task for 2012

The very good Abeano blog are fans of the new Lana Del Rey leak.

The best 16-second-long song you'll hear all day

A Newsdump for 4 January 2012: From lots of popstars in motion to Example's romantic devotion

100 things the Rihanna album's better than

Nicola Roberts interview: "I feel like I discovered the singing again"

Giorgio Moroder interview: "I hated the moustache"

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