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Beyonce and Jay-Z have reportedly been splashing the cash for their daughter Blue Ivy’s first birthday.

 

James Arthur has become the latest artist to reach a million sales with his cover of Shontelle's "Impossible".

 

It has been predicted by industry experts that high street store HMV could be on the verge of closing down after the store announced a month long sale.

Amazon is set to be offering free music downloads along with the purchase of certain CDs from their site.

 

It has been confirmed that Britney Spears has left the X Factor USA.

 

Rumors were flying around the internet last month saying that the star might be leaving after only one season after it emerged that the show’s boss Simon Cowell had been unhappy with her half-hearted appearance.

 

Website TMZ claims that Britney made the decision to depart herself in order to focus on her career in music and an insider told them: "Britney loves Simon, she likes Demi Lovato but her thing is music.”

 

A show insider told US Weekly: "Producers wanted her for the long haul, but it isn''t working."

 

It is thought that Britney is now back in the recording studio to work on her new album and has been working with a number of big names including will.i.am who she collaborated on the song “Scream and Shout” with.

 

Insiders claim that Britney is eager to go back on the road again so that he can showcase her new material but commitments to the X Factor would have made that impossible.

 

The new judging line up for the next series of the show has not yet been revealed although judge L.A. Reid has already confirmed that he will also not be returning to the panel for another series.

 

This year’s BRIT Award statues have been revealed and has met some disappointment because it is not as radical as what people were expecting.

 

Artist Damien Hirst was bought in to design the statues which are given to the winners of each award and far from being controversial, Hirst decided to adopt a safer, albeit colourful design with them being covered in colourful spots.

 

 

 

Another inquest into the late singer Amy Winehouse's death confirms the original verdict that her death was caused by accidental alcohol poisoning.

 

 

Apple has announced that its app store has exceeded downloads of over an amazing 40 billion.

 

Viva Forever, the musical based on the music of the Spice Girls could be axed from the West End just weeks after it made its premiere.

 

Winner of the 2005 series of the X Factor Shayne Ward has admitted that he thinks the reason his pop career has failed is because Simon Cowell didn't give him enough attention, instead focusing on the careers of Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle.

 

 

Rihanna has lashed out at a fan after they implied that they thought the singer might end up overdosing like the late Whitney Houston.

 

 

Members of the boy band Boyzone have revealed that they may be unable to use the late Stephen Gately's vocals on their new abum.

 

 

 

Robbie Williams has spoken out in praise of One Direction claiming that the boys will be as big as the Spice Girls.

 

Harry Styles has reportedly been advised by Taylor Swift's father to slow things down in their relationship.

It seems that former X Factor winner Shayne Ward has learned little from the spat that Matt Cardle had with James Arthur over Twitter as he has tried to bestow some of his wisdom on the show's current champ.

The Official Charts Company has revealed an odd statistic for last year through their Twitter account.

 

Adele's album “21” has been named the biggest selling album of the year in the US, the second year in a row that the album has claimed the title.

 

Snoop Lion has revealed that he will teach his children how to smoke weed safely if they decide to take it up when they are older.

 

 

Singer Pink is allegedly being sued $36,000 (£22,000) for royalties from her debut album “Can't Take Me Home” which was released back in 2000.

 

 

Users of Google Music's cloud based storage system have criticized the service because it has been discovered that songs with explicit lyrics are replaced with more family friendly versions.

 

The service has a scan and match feature which is free to use and allows users can scan their music catalogue and then have online access to it, as long as Google can find a match on its servers.

 

 

The year 2012 has been satisfying for Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir Khans. While Shah Rukh Khan tasted success in both domestic and local markets by returning to his favorite romantic avatar, Aamir Khan proved his versatility by making Talaash, a supernatural movie a blockbuster. But the Khans fail to create mass hysteria like Salman. “Ek tha Tiger”, his first 2012 release, has already broken many box office records. Will his Christmas release Dabangg will be one of the highest grosser of the year?