Olivia Dean wears and black dress and accepts her 2026 Grammy award for Best New Artist

Grammy winner Olivia Dean chases Lily Allen in albums race

Grammy winner Olivia Dean is giving chase behind Lily Allen, who is bidding to hit No.1 in the albums chart for the first time in 12 years. Allen’s 2025 album, West End Girl, which is seeing a boost in physical sales after copies hit shelves last month, is currently at 12,177 sales. ...

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Lily Allen wears a polka dot jacket while sat on a chair in a hotel room

Can Lily Allen secure a first No.1 album in 12 years?

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Olivia Rodrigo honoured with Universal Music Group x Reverb Amplifier Award

'People want real voices': BBC Radio 1's tastemaker Jack Saunders talks new music in 2026

FastForward Music Conference founder Chris Carey on the 'incredibly special' 10th anniversary edition

BRIT Trust Diaries: Tony Wadsworth on 2026 funding grants and BRIT School success with UK talent

In this first edition of the New Year of the BRIT Trust Diaries, BRIT Trust chair Tony Wadsworth CBE reflects on the important causes being funded across ...

Leigh-Anne talks life beyond Little Mix

Leigh-Anne did not mince her words in her Music Week cover interview. Out this month, our February edition stars the Little Mix star and her team at Tap ...

Will How Did I Get Here? secure a second albums No.1 for Louis Tomlinson?

Louis Tomlinson could land his second chart-topping album this week with his third effort, How Did I Get Here? It would follow Faith In The Future, the ...

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Robbie Williams surpasses The Beatles to make chart history with 16 No.1 albums

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