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The Rolling Stones match The Beatles’ record with 15th number one album

Released on Friday, the album swiftly ascended to the top of the charts, marking a significant milestone for the Grammy-winning group, now matching the chart success of their fellow 1960s rock pioneers

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‘Take that, Marti Pellow!’ Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In beats Wet Wet Wet’s UK chart record

Duetting pair spend 16th week at No 1, a record for a British artist – but they’ll need 19 weeks to beat Frankie Laine’s all-time record from 1953

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Mick Jagger: 'Sam Fender's last album was stunning'

Mick Jagger told NME that he’s been listening to the young singer’s tunes recently, and particularly enjoyed People Watching - which includes Rein Me In, Sam’s smash hit with Olivia Dean.

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Lewis Capaldi provides update on album three

Lewis Capaldi says he’ll head back into the studio after his summer shows, marking his first full‑length project since taking time out to recover from a mental health breakdown following the 2023 album Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent.

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'I love his voice': Lindsey Buckingham reveals his thoughts on Sam Fender

Lindsey Buckingham has praised Sam Fender’s songwriting and compared his hit People Watching to his own Fleetwood Mac style.

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“It did occur to me that the guitar part was very much something I would do”: Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham spots something familiar in a hit Sam Fender song

“The general kind of limits that the song puts on itself is very much like what we would do,” he says

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Lewis Capaldi won't 'chase hits' anymore

Lewis Capaldi thinks his fans "deserve better" than for him to just "chase" hits and he's vowed to care more about his output.

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CMAT voices surprise after winning Ivor Novello Award for Best Album: ‘English people don’t give me awards’

Sam Fender, Rosalia and Scottish singer Jacob Alon joined the Irish singer in picking up awards for songwriting

The Independent UK

Rosalía, Lily Allen and CMAT triumph at Ivor Novello songwriting awards

UK awards The Ivor Novellos specifically recognise the importance of songwriting. Rosalía, Lily Allen and Sam Fender were this year's big winners, as well as rising star Jacob Alon, who won two awards. Here's everything you need to know about last night's ceremony.

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Rosalia, Jacob Alon head Ivor songwriting award winners

Sam Fender has won songwriter of the year and Rosalia collected international songwriter of the year at the Ivors, Britain's annual music awards.

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Cmat says ‘it’s nice to finally win an award in England’ with Ivors best album

Sam Fender won songwriter of the year, Rosalia was named international songwriter of the year and Sir Elton John received an Ivors Academy Honour.

Evening Standard

Scottish singer-songwriter Jacob Alon wins big at Ivor Novello awards

Musician wins rising star and best song musically and lyrically, continuing their success after Brit award win and Mercury prize nomination

The Guardian - UK

Popstar Olivia Rodrigo scores fourth UK number one single

The 23-year topped the leader board with her brand new song, Drop Dead, the first single from her upcoming You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love.

Evening Standard

“Think The Pretenders, Tom Petty or Sam Fender”: 5 easy open-position alternate chord voicings that will give you extra jangle

James Honeyman-Scott of The Pretenders was a master at creating interesting parts from simple alternate chords. We look at five you can use in your playing

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“We wanted to do things at a certain speed, but the label didn’t. They let us go”: Meet STONE, the Liverpool alt-rockers who quit their major label, wowed Yungblud’s fans and wrote their new album on a Gibson missing a string

Second album AUTONOMY is a strike for freedom for the Liverpool quartet, who felt limited in their corporate environment

Evening Standard

BTS score hat-trick of number ones as Jane McDonald tops independent album chart

It comes after BTS went on hiatus in 2022, during which they completed mandatory military service in their home country.

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“Help for young people in the arts is scarce – projects like these are so important”: Sam Fender has raised £50,000 for youth music charity from his People Watching tour

Singer recently claimed his first UK Number One

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Sam Fender raises £50,000 for grassroots music charity thanks to tour ticket sales

Seventeen Going Under singer Sam Fender donated proceeds from ticket sales for his People Watching tour to raise £50,000 for Youth Music.

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Lily Allen and Sam Fender among 2026 O2 Silver Clef Awards honourees

Lily Allen and Sam Fender are among the names set to be recognised by music charity Nordoff and Robbins.

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Lily Allen and Sam Fender among Silver Clef Award winners

The pair will be presented with the prizes by Nordoff and Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity at a ceremony in July.

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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

Evening Standard

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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Sombr BRIT Awards stage invasion was a stunt

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

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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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