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Music download website RnBXclusive's hosting provider was forced to take down the site by The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) One arrest has been made and a threat was published on the site that anyone who has used RNBXclusive may have been breaking the law, which could result in 10 years in prison.

Spotify the latest music service which has gathered a lot of interest through social network Facebook is claiming that their new music application gives better quality sound than an iTunes download. This latest application is available for use on iPhone and iPad devices.

Its been announced that Damon Albarn's band Gorillaz will be releasing a new song with Outcast's Andre 3000. The new track is called 'DoYaThing' and its set to be released on the 23rd Feb. Apparently its going to be available on free download. DoYaThing will also feature LCD Soundsytem frontman James Murphy.

It has been reported by Cult of Mac website that Apple's Cloud Music Match service has been removing profanity from songs without the users knowledge. Apparently Apple have been replacing songs with explicit lyrics with cleaner versions of the songs.

Madonna has a busy year in 2012, she is fresh off the stage after performing at the Super Bowl this weekend. She has also just announced that she will be performing at two massive shows this year. The shows form part of her massive 2012 world tour. She will play London's Hyde Park on July 17 and Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on July 21.

The UK rapper M.I.A has caused a stir because of her recent superbowl performance. The young star features on Madonna's “Give me All Your Luvin” and she caused a massive stir when she flipped her middle finger at the crowd during the prime time performance.

Jay-Z has moved on strides since his critically acclaimed début album Reasonable Doubt. The glory and the magnificence still seems to be present more than a decade later. When he performed at Carnegie Hall on Monday February 6.

Rihanna has been one of the most successful artists in the past couple of years. She does not seem to be stopping now.  Her latest single “We Found Love” is still thundering through the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It has been reported that the generally shy producer of the track Calvin Harris is very happy with the success of the track.

Diddy also known as Mr Sean Combs is set to be launching a brand new music themed cable channel. According to reports the music mogul and super savvy business man is set to launch his own cable channel. Broadcasting & Cable released the news on Monday that the music mogul will be launching a new channel, Revolt. The channel is going to be a music themed channel on cable and it is set to go live on December 12 2012.

Award winning UK singer Jessie J has been the victim of an Internet hacker. It has been reported and confirmed by the singer herself. The Price Tag singer/songwriter has been left extremely annoyed after she was made the victim of an unknown Internet hacker who has managed to gain access to her  Facebook page in addition to her personal e mail account.

Are Chris Brown and Rihanna back Together? The two award winning artists were both seen having a blast at the same night club last  night. This has fueled rumors that they are indeed back together.

Rihanna has broken yet another record, she has now become the most viewed female recording artist on YouTube. Lady Gaga was formerly the most viewed female artist, in 2011 she attracted over 3,000,000 viewers daily. Her views grew after her single Talk That Talk was released.  Her single 'We Found Love' attracted over 100 million views.

How would you fancy performing in Space? Top music mogul Simon Cowell has come up with the idea of his next winning contestant to perform their song in Space. It may sound rather far fetched but he has been thinking of a way how to get the next winner of his show Britain's Got Talent to enter space.

The aging actor Liam Neeson who played the star role in hit film taken does not know any Rihanna songs it was revealed to UK newspaper The Sun. Although Neesen is set to star alongside singer Rihanna in his next film Battleship. The film is set to be released later this year.

Latest news emerging is that Katy Perry is to sign a deal with the people behind the highly successful game The Sims. This new move will mean that Katy will become a Sim and be seen on all the latest adverts and branding of the computer game.

The UK official chart company have named the best selling rock artists of 2011. Coldplay got the best sellers spot with a whopping 410,000 copies of hit single 'Paradise' and over 900,000 copies of their album Mylo Xyloto. Second most popular was Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds which came in respectively- Selling around half a million copies of his latest album, giving a promising come back.

Rihanna is back in the limelight for something once more slightly controversial, as apparently pictures emerge of her smoking what looks like marijuana. The female singing sensation has once again surprised fans and the public. This time whilst on a break in Hawaii

The rapper 50 Cent has once again taken to Twitter to pour out his heart. He recently stated that he does not think he has much longer to live. Although he has stated he is not suicidal, he thinks that his time is nearly up.