Lewis Capaldi, Mariah Carey and more honoured with new BRIT Billion award

Kim Petras has unveiled the cover image and the full tracklist of her official major label debut album, Feed The Beast.

Lewis Capaldi’s new album ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ is already outselling the rest of the Official Albums Chart Top 20 combined, and set to reach the Number One spot.The album arrived last Friday (May 19) and marked the second full-length LP from the Scottish singer-songwriter.

Lewis Capaldi is currently outselling the rest of the Official Albums Chart Top 20 combined as he surges towards Number 1 with Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent. 

Lana Del Rey looks to have struck gold by opening the vaults of her unreleased music – with Say Yes To Heaven on track for this week’s highest new entry (6). If it maintains momentum it would be Lana’s first solo Top 10 single in the UK since Born To Die in 2012.

Lewis Capaldi has said that he’d be willing to step away from music to protect his mental health if he had to.The artist admitted that fame has proved a detriment to his mental health, and if necessary, he wouldn’t rule out walking away to look after himself.Speaking to Rebecca Judd on Apple Music, he said: “I think on this album in particular I talk a bit more about my mental health, which has taken a beating over the last little while.“I’m managing it better now but I think in 2020 I was kind of glad when we got put in lockdown because I had done my first arena tour in the UK, and we had just done an Australia and Asia tour before that.“I was in a bad way where I was just having panic attacks every single day on stage and I was just shy,” he continued. “I still haven’t quite got there, but it’s interesting that this thing that you love to do and you’ve always wanted to do becomes something that causes you such distress, but such is the modern world.“”If I did another album and my head was scrambled and I felt horrible, right now I’m at a point where I can balance my mental health and how I feel in general.

Despite some heavy competition throughout the week, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding manage to pip Loreen to the post, claiming Number 1 for a sixth non-consecutive week. 

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Eurovision 2023 winner Loreen and her banger Tattoo have moved one step closer to Official Chart domination - creeping up today to outpeak Euphoria and even potentially challenge for Number 1, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

Britney Spears is reportedly working on “an album of duets” following the success of her single Hold Me Closer with Sir Elton John. It is believed the Toxic hitmaker, 41, is lining up collaborations with the likes of Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande and Sam Smith, who have all publicly said they’re fans of the pop superstar. The Gimme More songstress hasn’t released an album since 2016 – but The Sun has reported that while she has no plans to promote new music, a duets album is an opportunity for her to “connect” with her fans.

NME has visited London’s prestigious Tileyard Studios, and discovered how the star-studded space provides a sense of community and collaboration in its design, as well as an array of top music equipment.Just off the beaten track in London’s King’s Cross, hidden amidst the industrial courtyards, lies one of the most star-studded music hubs in the city: Tileyard. Home to some of the biggest music businesses and the personal studios from the likes of Noel Gallagher and The Prodigy, the space boasts everything an artist could need, all in one location.Formed back in 2011, the location has steadily expanded from a quaint set of studios located next to a sprawling car park, into something of a musician’s utopia – hosting everyone from Dua Lipa to Sigala, Lewis Capaldi to Mark Ronson.

Following an admittedly disappointing result at last night’s Eurovision Song Contest, the UK has got behind our entry, with Mae Muller’s I Wrote A Song heading for the Top 10 for the first time.

K.J. Yossman The BAFTA TV awards are kicking off this evening in London, with attendees including Cillian Murphy, Imelda Staunton, Kate Winslet, Gary Oldman, Will Sharpe and Sharon Horgan. The ceremony, which will include a performance from Lewis Capaldi, will be hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan with Clara Amfo and Michelle Visage on the red carpet and “Chick Shop Date” star Amelia Dimoldenberg hosting backstage. Among the titles battling it out for an award this evening are “Bad Sisters,” “Sherwood” and “The Responder.” Variety will be updating live as the ceremony takes place.

Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment. 

The 67th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with a bang on Tuesday night in the UK with the first of two semi-finals. 

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is almost upon us and the excitement is truly building.

As the frontman of The 1975 (not to mention the small matter of his famous mum - Loose Women's Denise Welch), Matt Healy is no stranger to fame. Now, thanks to reports linking the British rocker to superstar Taylor Swift, he's Google's number one search trend - and has found a whole new audience of Swifties. So what's Matt really like? Well, according to Lewis Capaldi, he's refreshingly "normal".

Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding are surging ahead for a fifth week at Number 1 with Miracle. It would become Ellie’s longest-running Number 1 single in the UK.

Lewis Capaldi’s intimate ‘Behind The Music’ shows went on sale this morning at 10am but sold out in a matter of seconds.

UK record industry trade group BPI has announced the first recipients of its new BRIT Billion award, handed out to artists who have achieved more than a billion UK streams. Among them are Abba, Coldplay, Mariah Carey, Ellie Goulding, AJ Tracey and Lewis Capaldi.Announced last year and joining the existing platinum, silver and gold BRIT Certified awards, the BRIT Billion trophy is the first such award to recognise an artists’ success across multiple projects.

The BPI - the voice of independent and major record labels across the UK - has revealed the first artists to receive its prestigious BRIT Billion award.