Bad news for Cyrus and Thicke.

Pharrell Williams’ hit Happy has brought further joy to his music bosses by pulling off a rare sales feat.

Acts including One Direction and Beyonce could get some of the dozens of new gold discs awarded by the record industry after it announced that plays on streaming services will now count alongside traditional sales.

Brit Awards organisers are to launch a new annual honour to celebrate major figures in music with Elton John announced as the first ever recipient.

Apple was today hailed for pioneering a “listening revolution” as it prepared to celebrate a decade of iTunes.

Acts such as Adele and Maroon 5 have helped push the UK record industry to a new milestone with the one billionth download of a digital single.

MUSIC NEWS: The Stone Roses feature in the current issue of Hot Press with one of them mentioning their Féile appearance in Cork in 1995 as one of their top two memories of life in the band.

Portugal is to inject more than €6.6bn into three banks to meet EU criteria.

Record-breaking star Adele helped British acts dominate the album market in the UK with their highest share of sales for 15 years.

Parents will be warned about explicit content in music downloads from today after the music industry rolled out its parental advisory scheme online.

Adele has led the charge to propel women to a record share of album chart sales this year.

Lady Gaga's British website has been hacked.

Kings of Leon will go head to head with music legend Bob Dylan in a battle to find the year’s best album.

The Pet Shop Boys will collect the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award at next year’s Brit Awards, it was announced today.

More than 30 years after they split up, The Beatles have helped boost sales of British bands abroad.

Oasis will receive a Brit award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, it was announced today.

Jewels of the British rock and pop industry catalogue are at risk because of outdated laws affecting copyright of sound recordings, according to campaigners.

The record industry has won a landmark court case resulting in bills of thousands of pounds for individuals caught illegally swapping music on the internet.

More than 10 million downloads have been sold so far this year in Britain – almost double the figure for the whole of 2004.

Pink Floyd have pledged to donate all profits made as a result of last weekend’s Live 8 concert to charity and urged other performers to do the same.

The UK record industry has enjoyed its best ever year for album sales, new figures out today show.

A new plan to help curb music piracy was being unveiled in the UK today.

Classical music is enjoying a renaissance with sales in the UK up by one million last year, according to figures published today.

Amazon.com is being investigated by the music industry over possible illegal importing of CDs into Britain.

A senior programme maker behind Top of the Pops says the UK singles chart is "controlled by record companies".