Official Charts Company announces UK’s most popular music of 2021 so far

Billie Eilish is one of the most formidable popstars on the planet, with a huge fanbase in Ireland.

Vivienne Chow Inside a makeshift cafe set at Hong Kong’s luxurious Rosewood Hotel, local actor-producer Josie Ho sits across from British actor Julian Sands. Both are giving director Mike Figgis their full attention as he explains the scene that they are going to film.What was said could not be heard from afar, despite the set being unusually quiet.

Here’s your first look at Emma Mackey – BAFTA-nominated today for Sex Education – in new UK feature Emily, the origin story biopic of Wuthering Heights scribe Emily Bronte.

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer‘s huge Hella Mega Tour has been rescheduled to 2022 – check out the new dates below.The jaunt, which saw its opening leg in Asia axed due to coronavirus concerns, was due to hit the UK, Europe and US last summer before heading to Australia and New Zealand in November.After all dates were pushed back due to ongoing pandemic-related restrictions, new dates were announced for summer 2021 in the UK and Europe, along with US dates also set for summer.While the US

Chinese pop music superstar JJ Lin has signed with UTA for U.S. and European representation in all areas.

While Lil Nas X looks set to secure a fifth week as the UK’s Number 1 single with Montero (Call Me By Your Name), Tion Wayne & Russ Millions smash their way into the midweek Top 10 on tonight's Official Chart First Look. Body, the Drill collaboration by London rappers Tion Wayne & Russ Millions' is heading for a new peak this week, up seven places to Number 7 following its first appearance on the chart four weeks ago.

1987 was the big breakthrough year for British singer-songwriter Rick Astley, scoring the UK's best-selling song of the year with his debut single Never Gonna Give You Up. 

Lil Nas X scores a fourth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Montero (Call Me By your Name).

London Grammar’s Californian Soil soars to Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart, earning the band the fastest-selling album of 2021 so far by a British act.  

Royal Blood have confirmed they’ll hit the road next year for their biggest UK tour to date.After teasing fans of the cities they’ll visit earlier this week, Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher have now confirmed they’ll head out across March and April 2022 on a jaunt that will take in their biggest show to date at London’s O2 Arena.“Playing live is the DNA and sole purpose of our band,” said Royal Blood.  On stage with our fans is where we belong, and we cannot wait for this tour to be a reality!”You

After unveiling plans for the project in late 2020, the British government and British Film Institute has now formally launched the U.K. Global Screen Fund.

Royal Blood frontman Mike Kerr has spoken out about the need to normalise the idea of sobriety – especially in the UK and the music industry.The duo were speaking to NME for the latest Big Read cover story, when Kerr opened up about how he got sober in 2019 after a period “destroying himself” through drink and drugs as a result of the heady lifestyle of touring.As well as discussing in-depth about his decision to go sober, Kerr also talked about the support and information that was available to

Iceage have shared a new song and details of a 2022 UK tour – listen to ‘Gold City’ below.The track is the final preview of the band’s new album ‘Seek Shelter’, due out on May 7 via Mexican Summer.The Danish band’s signing to their new label was announced back in February alongside the release of comeback single ‘The Holding Hand’.

His final wishes. Zara Tindall‘s husband, Mike Tindall, thinks the British royal family planned the “perfect” sendoff for the late Prince Philip.

Mexican thriller series Who Killed Sara? has become Netflix’s most popular non-English language title ever with an estimated 55M subscribers tuning in since its launch last month.

While She Sleeps have announced that their new album ‘Sleeps Society’ would be Number Four in the UK albums midweek chart if it was eligible.The metalcore band, who released their fifth album on Friday (April 16), independently distributed it in order to provide work to their touring crew in the absence of live music this year.

Legend, and visionary are words synonymous with the iconic Janet Jackson, and rightfully so.

has been a busy bee since the beginning of 2021 as she jumps ship from one big-ticket project to another.

Following the release of their collaborative single ‘Eazy Sleazy’ earlier this week, Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl have launched an NFT auction for ownership of an exclusive piece of digital artwork related to the record. Money raised from that auction will go to supporting grassroots live music venues in the UK and US.Jagger described the post-lockdown anthem as a piece of “much-needed optimism”.