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Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell, Lily Allen and Olivia Dean lead nominations as The Ivors unveil 2026 shortlist

The winners will be unveiled at a star-studded ceremony on May 21 in London.

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Lily Allen and Olivia Dean lead nominations for prestigious Ivors songwriting awards

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Ivor Novello award nominees reflect gender disparity in British and Irish songwriters, with twice as many men as women

Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem and Kae Tempest lead this year’s Ivors, with two nominations each

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Ivors 2026: See the nominations in full as Lily Allen, CMAT and Olivia Dean up for top prizes

Prestigious songwriting prize vows to continue recognising human creativity amid music industry concern about the use of AI

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Harry Styles remains at number one on album chart for a second week

Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally is the singer’s third number one album as a solo artist.

Evening Standard

Revenue from vinyl sales grows by 14% – report

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s Global Music Report 2026 singled out the rise of British singer Olivia Dean.

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Harry Styles scores second UK singles and album chart double of his career

The 32-year-old’s new album ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally’, shot straight to the top of the album chart upon its release on Friday.

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Harry Styles bags UK number one single and album in second chart double

The singer’s last album, Harry’s House, and single As It Was also bagged him a chart double in 2022.

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Olivia Dean, Lola Young and Oasis help push UK music revenue to record £1.57bn

A new wave of British artists, including Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Skye Newman, Sienna Spiro and EsDeeKid, helped push UK recorded‑music revenue to a record £1.57bn in 2025, marking the industry’s 11th straight year of growth.

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Get Ready for the Resurgence of Valentino Rockstud Pumps

The It shoe of the mid-aughts is having a glow-up.

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Olivia Dean and Lola Young help UK music market hit £1.5 billion in revenue

Olivia Dean and Lola Young are among the new generation of British artists that have helped the UK recorded music market top £1.57 billion in revenue.

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Margot Robbie debuts striking new bob haircut at Paris Fashion Week

The Wuthering Heights star debuted a new lob, sitting alongside Kylie Minogue, Olivia Dean and Lily-Rose Depp

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'I have fantastic conversations with ChatGPT': Boy George admits to using AI to pen lyrics

Boy George is the latest artist to admit to using AI to pen lyrics.

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SZA feels 'at war' with AI in music

SZA has slammed the rise in aI in the music industry.

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Gorillaz land their third number one album with The Mountain

The group has topped the UK albums chart with its ninth studio album, titled The Mountain.

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Lola Young at the Palladium review: A generational talent makes her comeback

5/5 The 25-year-old singer returned for her first live performance since collapsing on stage five months ago

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“Every time I play a Les Paul or anything I just wanna do, like, AC/DC”: Sam Fender releases behind-the-scenes footage of him working on a guitar part for Rein Me In, his hit single with Olivia Dean

It’s just won a Brit Award and reached Number 1 in the UK singles chart

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Could Olivia Dean be the one we need for the next James Bond theme song?

The British singer-songwriter is having one hell of a year, with a Grammy win and four awards at the recent BRIT Awards. These trophies follow the release of her stunning second album 'The Art Of Loving'. Could the new Bond theme song be next for Olivia Dean?

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Olivia Dean and Lola Young celebrate Brits triumph at star-studded Universal bash

Dean swept the awards with four major wins while Young was crowned Breakthrough Act at Saturday’s ceremony

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Manchester 1, London 0: The Brits highs and lows

The Brits’ first appearance in Manchester turned out to be a triumph, with a winning bit of Manc edge

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Sombr BRIT Awards stage invasion was a stunt

The stage invasion during Sombr’s BRIT Awards performance was a stunt, his representatives have confirmed.

The Guardian - UK

Harry Styles, fake stage invaders and a censored Peter Mandelson joke: the biggest moments at the Brit awards

The ITV censors had their work cut out in a protest-filled, relatively edgy ceremony that hosted ultra-expressive performances from Rosalía, Wolf Alice and more

The Guardian - UK

This year’s Brit awards found a flicker of chaos – but the winners were never in doubt

A Manchester move, Shaun Ryder’s bleeped-out anecdote and the odd leftfield flourish added some life to a slick ceremony – yet when it came to the prizes, commercial heavyweights tended to reign

The Guardian - UK

Brit awards 2026: full list of winners

Olivia Dean tops the winners list with four, while Sam Fender bags two – see all the category winners here

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What happened at the 2026 BRIT Awards?

Olivia Dean took home four prizes as the BRIT Awards came to Manchester for the first time on Saturday (28.02.26) evening.

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