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The Official Chart: First Look offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.Dave is set to dominate this week’s Official Singles Chart with three entries currently inside the Top 5 following the release of his new album We’re All Alone In This Together. Stormzy collaboration Clash is on course for a […]

A Kanye West fan is selling a "bag of air" from his album listening party. The 44-year-old rapper recently hosted the preview of his new record 'Donda' at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium and a fan who attended claims to be selling a Ziplock bag full of oxygen from the event for $3,330 on eBay. A listing from the user imacanon16canz – who has 100 per cent positive feedback - states: "Bag […]

Roger Daltrey contracted pneumonia after sitting in a tub of baked beans for a photoshoot. The Who frontman “drew the short straw” when it came to creating the artwork for the group’s 1967 album ‘The Who Sell Out’ – which featured the band posing with giant props for spoof advertisements – and ended up “very sick”. He recalled: “We’d just come back from Hawaii on the Herman’s Hermits tour. We’d […]

Rebecca Ferguson says a number of high profile music stars are backing her campaign against abuse in the music industry. The 35-year-old former 'X Factor' contestant has lifted the lid on the dark side of the industry and recently went to the police to report allegations of harassment and coercive control against a senior male music boss. Rebecca told The Sun on Sunday newspaper's Biz on Sunday column: "I have […]

Nicky Wire “deeply regrets” saying he wished Michael Stipe would die of AIDS.The Manic Street Preachers bassist insisted he has no “excuse” for some of the controversial remarks he’s made in the past, such as his 1993 proclamation that he hoped the R.E.M. frontman would “go the same way as Freddie Mercury” but admitted alcohol often “altered” his usual personality.Asked about the Michael Stipe comment, he told MOJO magazine: “It […]

Cardi B thinks accusations of "queerbaiting" force musicians to discuss their sexuality. The chart-topping rap star has hit back at claims of queerbaiting - which refers to straight individuals implying non-heterosexual encounters to attract members of the LGBTQ community - following the recent release of the 'Wild Side' music video with Normani. Speaking about their steamy video, Cardi - who is currently pregnant with her second child - explained: "You […]

Imelda May was “nervous” about asking Noel Gallagher to appear on her album.The 47-year-old singer’s latest album, ’11 Past The Hour’, features a string of collaborations from the likes of Miles Kane, Ronnie Wood, Charlotte Hatherley and the former Oasis rocker and she felt “lucky” to know “amazing” people who helped push her out of her comfort zone.She said “I’m lucky enough to know some amazing people. So I wrote […]

Halsey used to stare at the ceiling late at night and question her gender identity.The Without Me singer is openly bisexual, and back in March, announced that she uses she/they pronouns. But while Halsey is comfortable with their sexuality and gender-fluid identity now, in an interview for the August 2021 issue of Allure magazine, she insisted that wasn't always the case. "I'd be staring at the ceiling, going, 'What does […]

KSI thinks his chart success is "mad". The 28-year-old star first rose to prominence as a YouTuber, and after achieving his first-ever UK number one album with 'All Over the Place', he's confessed to being staggered by his own success in the music industry. The rapper - who has worked with the likes of Anne-Marie and Craig David - told OfficialCharts.com: "Your boy did it! Finally got it, a number […]