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Rihanna, the singer, has now spent a total of 59 weeks at the top of the US singles chart, equalling early UK boyband, The Beatles. Current single 'Work' is 'sitting…

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Swedish House Mafia are just like The Beatles

Swedish House Mafia's Sebastian Ingrosso thinks his 'band' are the modern-day Beatles. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Ingrosso was asked about whether he'd like to work with Paul McCartney after…

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ABBA have joined the 5 million album sales in the UK with one album 'club'

'Gold: Greatest Hits' by ABBA has become the third album to sell over 5 million copies in the UK, reports the Official Charts Company. The other two albums to reach…

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Tony Blackburn thinks Rihanna is better than The Beatles

"Veteran DJ" Tony Blackburn has quite rightly pointed out that Rihanna is better than The Beatles. Talking to the Radio Times (as quoted here), Blackburn said he felt that today's…

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Paul McCartney thinks people shouldn't compare One Direction and The Beatles

Paul McCartney thinks One Direction don't deserve to be called the next Beatles — as it adds too much pressure. 1D have been compared to the 'Everybody's Got Something to…

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One Direction don't know what to make of comparisons to The Beatles

One Direction have reacted to comparisons being made between themselves and The Beatles. During an interview with andPOP Louis and Niall were asked about receiving the same level of attention…

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Newsdump, May 18 2010: from an album of shouting to some imaginative scouting

Let's skip gaily through the graveyard of recycled pop news: » World's Worst Musical Artist Tom Jones is attempting his own Johnny Cash-style reinvention. (NME) Read that story and answer us…

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The Newsdump, Feb 17, 2010: from a thing about the Brits to a thing about the Brits

Hold onto your hats: » There's lots of coverage of last night's Brits. The winners are here while, head and shoulders above the endless will-this-do thinkpieces, this is the only summary…

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Sorry about this readers but GOOD GOD have you seen this utter piece of rubbish? It is an officially sanctioned Beatles USB stick, announced yesterday. It's got Beatles songs on…

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CLIFF RICHARD FOR 2010

Eurovision: Your Country Needs You started on BBC1 on Saturday. In the picture above you can see Andrew Sir Lloyd Webber and UK Geffen President Colin Barlow 50 minutes into…

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Rihanna's moved up to second on the list of most weeks spent at Number One in America

Swedish House Mafia are just like The Beatles

ABBA have joined the 5 million album sales in the UK with one album 'club'

Tony Blackburn thinks Rihanna is better than The Beatles

Paul McCartney thinks people shouldn't compare One Direction and The Beatles

One Direction don't know what to make of comparisons to The Beatles

Newsdump, May 18 2010: from an album of shouting to some imaginative scouting

The Newsdump, Feb 17, 2010: from a thing about the Brits to a thing about the Brits

Back In The USSB

CLIFF RICHARD FOR 2010

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