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Hold onto your hats: » Despite the BBC planning to effectively hand 'youth' over the Channel 4 they're not letting the whole lot go — young black listeners are still valuable to…

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Over on Twitter quite good pop 'chanteuse' Lily Allen has confirmed that her forthcoming retirement is "retirement from writing, recording and touring under the name 'Lily Allen'". Well we're not going…

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Sia is about to have a very good 18 months or so

Sia's new album, 'We Are Born', is out on June 7. It's produced by Greg Kurstin (WHO IS SO INCREDIBLE IT MAKES US WEEP SLIGHTLY) and features some guitar nonsense…

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THE WORST PRESS RELEASE OF 2010 OR ANY OTHER YEAR

We know the post we published directly before this also included a screengrabbed email but GOOD LORD this one needs to be seen. Yes, a song called 'Ganja' going to Number…

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Record label emails more entertaining than the 'product' they intend to promote, Part 8345

Sadly the email contained the wrong code and instead linked to an old Pipettes video but not to worry. (We are joking of course. The light-hearted video for 'Do Wah Doo'…

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We can't be alone in secretly hoping that the 'Telephone' video looks quite a lot like this

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSKhVrsaIos Yes we know it's a ten-minute megabudget Akerlundaganza but a little part of us is secretly hoping that the Lady Gaga and Beyonce 'Telephone' video ends up looking like…

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The Newsdump, March 8 2010: from Ellie's chart topping collection to Dizzee's book of recollections

Hold onto your hats: » Ellie Goulding's album is Number One in the album chart; Tinie Tempah is Number One in the singles chart. (NME) » Lady Gaga is 'under fire'…

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The Goldfrapp album: make up your own mind (but if you don't like it you're wrong)

The Goldfrapp album is something of a triumph all round and anybody who attempts to convince you otherwise is a fool of epic proportions. Digital pop emporium 7Digital have knocked…

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One of these six acts will represent the UK at Eurovision

Things aren't off to a good start when at least half the finalists look like they've wandered in off Week 3 of the The Apprentice but here they are, clockwise…

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The Diana Vickers 'Once' video could do with a few more costume changes

We're joking, of course. There are literally 'a shitload' and they are all amazing. We'll tell you what the video could do without, though — male models dancing around like…

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The Newsdump, March 9 2010: from the BBC's thoughts on listener age to Goldfrapp on a stage

File under 'not great tweets'

Sia is about to have a very good 18 months or so

THE WORST PRESS RELEASE OF 2010 OR ANY OTHER YEAR

Record label emails more entertaining than the 'product' they intend to promote, Part 8345

We can't be alone in secretly hoping that the 'Telephone' video looks quite a lot like this

The Newsdump, March 8 2010: from Ellie's chart topping collection to Dizzee's book of recollections

The Goldfrapp album: make up your own mind (but if you don't like it you're wrong)

One of these six acts will represent the UK at Eurovision

The Diana Vickers 'Once' video could do with a few more costume changes

Dua Lipa interview: "I feel like there’s magic in everything"

Calvin Harris interview: "I don’t work on anyone else’s songs any more. I’ve had enough of all that"

Olly Alexander interview: "I'm a convincingly happy human being"

Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize

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