Ed Sheeran has seen off competition from Coldplay to claim the year’s best-selling album.

Oh we wouldn't like to get Sharon angry.

The US girl group featuring tragic singer Simone Battle has achieved UK chart success in the aftermath of her death.

Kate Bush has become the first woman in history to have eight albums in the Official Albums Chart at the same time.

Cliff Richard has turned down the freedom of his adopted Portuguese home city after finding himself at the centre of a police sex abuse investigation.

Comic Rik Mayall suffered an "acute cardiac event" after returning from a morning run, his widow said.

Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' has soared to the top of the album charts in Ireland and the UK.

Robin Thicke’s controversial chart-topper has been named the most downloaded track in UK music history.

One Direction’s Midnight Memories has been crowned the UK’s top-selling album of 2013.

Heartthrobs One Direction scored the fastest-selling album of the year with Midnight Memories as they claimed the number one spot.

The singer's new big band record 'Swings Both Ways' has become the 1,000th record to top the UK charts, shifting 109,000 copies during its first week on sale

Leanne Mitchell, the winner of last year’s 'The Voice' whose debut album was a huge flop, has complained that she has been made a “scapegoat”.

Emeli Sandé has beaten The Beatles' UK chart record.

Calvin Harris has made chart history with eight top 10 hits from one album.

Baroness Thatcher’s tempestuous relationship with the BBC looks set to continue after her death as the corporation found itself in the middle of a row over whether to play the Wizard Of Oz track which celebrates her demise.

Britain will not invite the Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral next week in a snub likely to deepen a long-running diplomatic dispute over the Falkland Islands.

A Wizard Of Oz track which has had a surge of popularity in the wake of Baroness Thatcher’s death now looks on course for a place in the top 10.

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.

Baroness Thatcher’s death could propel The Wizard Of Oz track Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead into the top 40 of the singles chart in the UK.

TV hosts Ant and Dec are on course for their first number one single – 17 years after their chart career came to an end.

David Bowie has scored his first number one album in the UK in 20 years with a record that is also the fastest selling of the year so far.

David Bowie’s surprise and much talked-about comeback track looks set to miss out on a place in the UK singles chart.

The Hillsborough disaster tribute single topped the charts today to become the 2012 Christmas number one.

Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' has been crowned the UK's biggest-selling single of 2012.

Rumours of the death of the humble music single are greatly exaggerated, according to research findings.

Adele’s 007 single 'Skyfall' looks set to fail its mission to top the UK charts for a second week.

Adele’s theme for the new Bond film 'Skyfall' has shot to the top of the iTunes chart within hours of its release today.

Amy Winehouse is still proving to be one of the most popular British recording artists of modern time, with fans buying more than 1.7 million copies of her recordings in the year since her death.

MUSIC NEWS: For a man knocking on the door of his seventh decade (his birthday is Jun 18), Paul McCartney is showing no signs of slowing down.

The Beatles have held off artists such as Elvis Presley and Madonna to be declared the biggest selling singles act since charts began 60 years ago.

Adele has sent more records tumbling after her album '21' outsold Michael Jackson’s 'Thriller', becoming the fifth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK.

Chart queen Adele’s Brits double caps a phenomenal but frustrating year for the star who has shattered sales records in the past 12 months.

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

Liam Gallagher has proved to be the king of vinyl as his band Beady Eye dominated 7in singles sales in the past year.

Adele's chart-topping release '21' has become the biggest-selling album of the century.

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

NOEL GALLAGHER has scored a point against brother Liam, shooting to the top of the British charts with his first solo album.

'X Factor' reject Cher Lloyd is on track to be number one this weekend.

Amy Winehouse could end the week topping the UK charts following massive demand for her music from fans since her death.

Singer songwriter Adele’s 'Someone Like You' has become the first single to sell more than a million copies this decade, the Official Charts Company said.

She wowed thousands at Glastonbury a week ago and Beyonce has now seen her new album shoot straight to number one in the UK, according to the Official Charts Company.

Adele’s critically-acclaimed album '21' has become one of the fastest-selling releases in chart history after it sold two million copies in 87 days.

Adele held on to her historic double today with her single and album staying at number one, while Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow followed her husband into the charts.

'X Factor' winner Matt Cardle remained king of the UK pop charts as his debut single held on to the top spot for a second week in a row.