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The BPI has released figures that reveal that the UK music industry is flourishing despite losing one of its most iconic outlets after the collapse of HMV.

Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl has come under fire from fans of Britney Spears after airing some less than popular opinions on US TV.

X Factor insiders have been hinting that there could be some radical changes to the current voting system for the 2013 series allowing viewers to vote through Twitter.

This year’s Super Bowl has become the third most watched TV ever thanks to Beyonce’s halftime performance.

Data from Nielsen shows that it the Super Bowl itself was watched by 108.41 million people with 104 million saying that they watched the segment that included Beyonce’s halftime performance.

Ella Henderson has spoken out insisting that the X Factor has become a more credible show and says that the show has “more artistry”.

She has a lot to thank the show for having recently been signed to Simon Cowell’s Syco even though she was knocked out of the process half way through the live shows.

A poll has named Coldplay’s “Clocks” the greatest song of the past ten years.

The poll was started by BBC 6 Music in order to celebrate its tenth anniversary, calling upon its listeners to vote for their favourite song from the station’s lifetime and Coldplay’s song from 2003 came out on top.

Producers of new ITV2 show The Big Reunion are currently in talks to organize an arena tour that would showcase the acts that are to feature on the show.

She may be one of the most successful and critically acclaimed artists in the world right now and though she is one of the most talented vocally, singer Adele still suffers from crippling stage fright.

Last week, Twitter users were treated to ring side seats after a disgruntled HMV employee tweeted using the struggling firm’s account as a number of employees were getting fired.

Lady Gaga has dismissed a former assistant as a “hood rat” after it emerged that she is attempting to sue the singer.

Jennifer O’Neill is reportedly suing Lady Gaga for $393,000 (£248,000) and is also claiming damages for 7,168 hours of overtime that she did for the singer that was apparently unpaid.

X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother star Rylan Clark has posed totally naked for Cosmopolitan magazine in order to raise awareness of male cancers for Everyman.

Justin Timberlake has been confirmed as one of the artists set to perform at the 2013 Brit Awards.

There have been rumours about the star appearing but it has now been confirmed that he will definitely be appearing along with Robbie Williams, Emeli Sande, One Direction, Muse, Mumford & Sons and Ben Howard.

The Sun has revealed that The Voice and Britain’s Got Talent will be going head to head in a war for ratings.

The first live show of the news series of BBC’s The Voice will clash with the final of Britain’s Got Talent which means that bosses of both shows may be fearing that they will take a bashing in the ratings.

A HMV employee has kept Twitter followers of the franchise entertained this afternoon by documenting an “X Factor style” live firing of staff through the official account.

It has been revealed that the major shake-up that Radio 1 recently had, during which bosses were hoping to attract younger audiences to tune in, has resulted in the station losing half a million listeners.

Ke$ha has revealed that she is to be the subject of a new reality TV series filmed for MTV entitled “Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life.

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson is suing a woman after she claimed she was engaged to him and that he was pro-Nazi.

Yolanda Tharpe approached several sources within the media announcing the news of their engagement despite Manson himself claiming that he has no idea who she is.

Ella Henderson has revealed that she wants to include a song about her grandfather on her upcoming debut album.

Fans of the X Factor will be familiar with the song as it is the one that she sang on her first audition and subsequently wowed the judges with.

Spice Girl Melanie C had to be dramatically rescued from a crocodile infested river as an African Comic Relief challenge went wrong this week.

As part of the challenge to raise money for Red Nose Day, she was embarking on a 68 mile journey down the River Zambezi before horror struck and the challenge turned out to be more dangerous than was first thought.

Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman has denied rumours that the band will be getting back together in 2013.

Rumours have been flying recently after several music sites claimed that sources had told them that the band would be making a comeback.

Olly Murs has revealed that it is “unlikely” that he will be reprising his role as Xtra Factor presenter for the 2013 series.

He instead wants to focus on his music career and in particular breaking America.