The Official Top 40 biggest cassette albums of 2022 so far

Lady Gaga is giving fans a taste of her  song. The singer made it official Wednesday on Instagram that she wrote a song for the film, and explained that the track, «Hold My Hand,» is a «love letter to the world.»Then on Friday, Gaga released a teaser of the track, and what appears to be a snippet of the music video.

teased fans on Instagram and on Twitter Wednesday with lyrics from “Hold My Hand,” which she wrote for the upcoming “Top Gun: Maverick” film on Wednesday. Gaga, 36, posted a photo of herself wearing a white tank top, dog tags and an aviation suit while standing in front of the “Top Gun” logo.

Lady Gaga has shared details of a new track, ‘Hold My Hand’, set to feature on the forthcoming Tom Cruise film Top Gun: Maverick.Posting on social media, Gaga explained that she had been working on the track “for years”, and spoke candidly about what both the process and end result meant to her.“When I wrote this song for Top Gun: Maverick, I didn’t even realize the multiple layers it spanned across the film’s heart, my own psyche, and the nature of the world we’ve been living in,” she wrote.“I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours. I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other – a longing to be close when we feel so far away and an ability to celebrate life’s heroes.”After thanking the song’s key contributors, the 36-year-old added: “This song is a love letter to the world during and after a very hard time.

Central Cee, Machine Gun Kelly and Avril Lavigne have been named among the artists who have the best-selling cassettes of 2022 so far.The near-obsolete format has been enjoying a revival in recent years; last year sales of cassettes increased by 13 per cent to its highest total since 2003.While it’s yet to be seen how well the format will perform in 2022 in comparison to previous years, the Official Charts Company has revealed the best-selling cassettes of the year so far.Central Cee boasts the best-selling cassette of 2022 so far with his second mixtape ’23’. The project, which topped the UK Album Chart back in March, has shifted the most first quarter cassettes, helped on by a now-sold-out, special edition yellow cassette, made available alongside its standard edition.The second best-selling cassette of the year is Machine Gun Kelly’s ‘Mainstream Sellout’, who managed to sell enough copies to make the chart in just one week of chart sales.

accepted his bid to take over the company. Mr Musk, said to be worth around $219 billion and the 'world's richest man' according to Forbes' magazine, struck a deal to buy the 16-year-old business for roughly $44 billion (£36. 2bn).

2022 is already well over a quarter of the way over (if you can believe it!), and there have been so many incredible music releases already.

This weekend marks a celebration of both the 15th anniversary of the annual Record Store Day and the very special 10th anniversary of our very own Official Record Store Chart.

The Regrettes have announced two headline shows in the UK this summer. Tickets will be available here. The LA band, who had previously shared that they’d be playing TRNSMT, 2000trees, and a Sounds of the City show opening for Foals and Wet Leg at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl, added two gigs at London’s Omeara on June 24 and Brighton’s Patterns on June 25.

Billboard Music Awards are bringing your favorites to the stage! The first set of performers for this year's award show were announced on April 19, including Megan Thee Stallion and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.Megan Thee Stallion is set to make her Billboard Music Award debut at the event, which takes place at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15. In addition to her performance, the 27-year-old rapper is also a finalist for Top Rap Female Artist, the same category she won the Billboard Music Award for in 2021.The Red Hot Chili Peppers, meanwhile, are making their BBMAs comeback after 23 years.

Tom Cruise to make his return to the big screen as Captain Pete «Maverick» Mitchell -- nearly four decades after the beloved original made audiences feel the «need for speed» — had to be something the cinematic world had never seen before.«I wasn't ready to make a sequel until we had a special story worthy of a sequel,» Cruise admits in a new featurette for which Paramount shared on Monday. «And until technology evolved so we could delve deeper into the experience of a fighter pilot.»The technology is unprecedented.

Not only is the Cannes Film Festival returning to its traditional May timeframe for its 75th edition, but the easing of the pandemic means non-European attendees will no longer have to be tested for COVID every other day. Oh, and big world premieres are on tap too, of course.

Yard Act claim the biggest vinyl album of 2022 so far with debut record The Overload. It tops the Official Charts Company’s end-of-quarter Official Vinyl Chart with ease, selling over 11,000 copies on wax since its initial release in February. 

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have just earned their fifth UK Number 1 album with Unlimited Love - the group’s first Official Number 1 album in over a decade, their last being 2011’s I’m With You.

EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar nominated What’s Love Got to Do With It actress has boarded Netflix’s fantasy film Damsel, which also stars Millie Bobby Brown.

The biggest album of 2022 so far is Ed Sheeran’s = (Equals), the Official Charts Company can confirm today.  

Disney Encanto’s We Don’t Talk About Bruno storms straight into the lead as the UK’s biggest single of 2022 so far, according to Official Charts Company data. 

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesOn the heels of a successful in-person event that welcomed such stars as Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, Liev Schreiber and “Dopesick” creator Danny Strong, the 2022 Sun Valley Film Festival, which ran from March 30 to April 3, announced its juried film award winners.Best narrative feature film went to “Linoleum,” directed by Colin West. “Holy Emy,” helmed by Araceli Lemos, received a special mention.

Billie Eilish paid touching tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during the 2022 Grammy Awards. The “Happier Than Ever” artist attended this year’s ceremony, where the rock band received prizes including Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song. During her performance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Eilish wore a black T-shirt with an image of Hawkins emblazoned across the front.