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One Direction have sold quite a few records and stuff over the past year

One Direction have sold a fair few records (and DVDs) in the past year. If we're being specific about the whole thing, the band have totted up 12m sales since last…
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Shayne Ward has been dropped by Syco

Following the news last week that Joe McElderry has been 'released from his contract' with Syco, it was announced today that Shayne Ward is in a similar position. Eagle-eyed fans…
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Stop everything — Matt Cardle has some thoughts on popular song.

Matt Cardle has been dis­cuss­ing his Number One single 'When We Collide'. As we know, this is a cover of Biffy Clyro's 'Many Of Horror', and sold over 400,000 copies…
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A just-about-good Leona Lewis leak

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He6BG85BYQU You may have read some more in the press recently about how Simon Cowell is deffo going after those people who hacked the Syco computers etc etc etc and…
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What's happening on the entertainment shelves of a south west London Sainsbury's?

First up, this super­mar­ket has come up with a great idea to sell Rihanna's 'Rated R'. Knowing that many fans of the singer's previous album have been turned off by…
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Susan Boyle — 'You'll See'

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Shayne Ward's career: let's get it back on track

Over the weekend a posse of furious Shayne Ward fans got together to protest outside Manchester radio station Key 103. They're not happy with the way Simon Cowell has managed…
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Is the world ready for a new Same Difference song? Because there is one and here it is

When Same Difference were signed by Syco after the 2007 X Factor run they were very excited about unleash­ing their colourful, uncom­plic­ated inter­pret­a­tion of pop onto the charts. There was…
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A tune to ease you into the week…

Susan Boyle's version of The Rolling Stones' 'Wild Horses' is quite lovely in a 'the Monday after a slightly heavy weekend' kind of way.  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3XAP0c8WU That's not what's important. What's important…
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Leon Jackson: a few words

It is sad that Leon Jackson has been dropped after one album, but on the grand scale of things it's not really that sad. If the full gamut of sadness…
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