Cheryl and Band Aid 30 scoop double at The Maloneys

 Cheryl Fernandez -Versini and Band Aid 30 were the big winners at this years Maloneys. The Geordie powrrhouse vocalist and the Ebola single , both won 2 awards apiece at the public voted ceremony.

Now in its third year , The Maloney's celebrate and mock the very worst in British music ahead of the BRIT Awards. Past winners include Tulisa , Union J and Kimberley Walsh.

 Voting has been ongoing for the past month via Twitter , with Cheryl and Jessie J leading the nominations for their horrendous contributions to music in 2014.

Here in full are all the winners of THE MALONEYS 2015

• TESCO CLUBCARD WORST BRITISH ALBUM

  

 JESSIE J -Sweet Talker

Jessie beat off stiff competition from Sam Bailey to follow in the footsteps of Tulisa and Kimberley Walsh to scoop the prestigious Worst British Album.
The former lesbian hit new heights of musical abomination of this overproduced . pandering to the American market , screechy mess.

Newly unemployed Sam Bailey ran her a close second but it was more bad news for the former X Factor winner , recently dumped by Syco.

Fellow nominees Cheryl, Pixie Lott and Union J were left trailing behind

• ALDI WORST BRITISH SINGLE

• WORST BRITISH VIDEO

  

 Band Aid 30 -Do They know Its Christmas

Bob Geldof trotted Do they Know Its Christmas out again last November as a potential cure for Ebola. The loud mouthed scruff made an embarrassing appeal whilst on the X Factor ,for people to buy copies and use them as coasters , Christmas decorations , Frisbees , place mats, nail sharpeners all in the name of Ebola.
Not even an all star cast of Ed Sheeran , Sam Smith and Ellie Goulding could save this sanctimonious mess , with its patronising lyrics -'where a kiss of love can kill you '

The song was the overwhelming winner of Worst British Single with Mike Read's atrociously racist UKIP Calypso , running a distant second.

The accompanying video was also the clear winner of Worst British Video. Studio footage of millionaires One Direction trying to look artistic and Zoella pretending to be a singer was awful. Spare a thought for Jessie Ware who looked a spare prick who was given no lines to sing whilst 90's relics Seal and Sinead O'Connor got large chunks each. Then theres the intolerable Rita Ora who'd get her fanny anywhere for a hit

WORST BRITISH GROUP

KINGSLSLAND ROAD

 

The X Factor rejects beat Union J, Collabro , The Overtones and One Direction to scoop Worst British Group.

They follow in the footsteps of previous winners JLS and Union J , who came close to a second consecutive win.

Kingland Road failed to set the charts alight with Dirty Dancer in the summer. Not even getting naked for Gay Times magazine could whip up any interest. In fact their arses are more appealing than their music. Especially Matt.

By the end of the year , the black one had left. It was reported that absolutely nobody was anticipating any new music soon

 

 

 

• WORST BRITISH FEMALE (in association with Vagisil)

• WORST BRITISH LIVE ACT

  



CHERYL FERNANDEZ-VERSINI

The toilet attendant bashing Geordie has scooped two awards. Her appalling singles Crazy Stupid Love and I Don't Care see her win Worst British Female. She follows in the footsteps of Tulisa and her Girls Aloud mate Kimberley Walsh.
The equally awful Jessie J was a close second , whilst Sam Bailey , Pixie Lott & Rita Ora all polled respectively.

Cheryl's other award came for Worst British Live Act , where she narrowly beat Big Reunion's washed up manband Fifth Story.
The Macel Marceau of British pop probably wont be asked to sing at the Academy Awards anytime soon. In fact , she'd be lucky to get asked to sing at the Glamour Awards,

•  WORST BRITISH MALE

  

JAMES ARTHUR

 

 

For the second year in a row , former X Factor winner and charm school graduate James Arthur has been named Worst British Male.  Arthur now owns 3 Maloneys , but not a bar of soap.

 

 

• WORST BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH

  

 

BEN HAENOW

 

 

 

The X Factor winner was the runaway winner of Worst British Breakthrough , following in the foottsteps of The Voice winner Leanne Mitchell and Union J.

With Sam Bailey having been ditched by Syco , we'd suggest Haenow hold on to that white van he milked to death on X Factor and that lovely Croydon flat.

 

 

 

 

WORST INTERNATIONAL MALE



KIAN EGAN

Former Westlife member and I'm A Celebrity winner , the always down to earth Kian Egan was the clear winner of Worst International Male. His long forgotten solo efforts saw Egan try to pass himself off as some middle of the road ,  Irish answer to Bryan Adams. Instead he looked like a tuneless dickhead.

WORST INTERNATIONAL FEMALE

 AZEALIA BANKS

Homophobic non-entity Azealia Banks beat off pop's newest heffer Meghan Trainor to win  Worst International Female for the second consecutive year.
The American rapper apparently took time out from spewing bile on Twitter and actually managed to release her album last year. As expected , nobody cared.

• WORST INTERNATIONAL GROUP

 

A late category saw 90s boyband Boyzone beat fellow countrymen U2 and The Script as well as Magic and Fifth Harmony to Worst International Group.
Despite the fact they should have had their reunion and then packed it in , Boyxone continued to flog a dead horse with an horrendous Motown covers album.
Expect the neverending reunion to continue as Keith Duffy waits for a phone call from a Coronation Street casting executive , Ronan has another affair and the other two inevitably appear on The Jump or Celebrity Big Brother.

Brandon Flowers has The Desired Effect

Brandon Flowers has revealed the details of his forthcoming second studio album. The Killers frontman will release The Desired Effect on May 18th.


It comes almost five years after 2010's debit solo outing Flamingo , which spawned the glorious single Crossfire.
Flowers has teased a new musical direction on the album whilst reiterating that The Killers are still together.
The Las Vegas band released their last album Battle Born in 2012 and a released a career spanning retrospective Direct Hits in 2013.


Flowers has given a taster of the new album with new track KEYS which can be heard below

Watch the video for Flowers 2010 solo smash Crossfire below

Beauty Remains for Paloma Faith

Ahead of both her performance and likely coronation as Best Britsh Female at tomorrow nights BRIT Awards , Paloma Faith has unveiled her brand new video.

Beauty Remains is another suitably lavish and cinematic promo from Faith , with its stunning visuals.
The track is the sixth to be taken from last years A Perfect Contradiction , first appearing on November's repackaged Outsiders Edition.

It follows the singles Cant Rely On You , Only Love Can Hurt Like This , Trouble With My Baby , Ready For The Good Life and Leave While I'm Not Looking.


Paloma Faith performs at tomorrow nights BRIT Awards live on ITV.

Watch the video for Beauty Remains below

Jess Glynne debuts Hold My Hand video

Jess Glynne has debuted the video for the fantastic Hold My Hand. The British singer releases the track in March ahead of her hotly anticipated debut album later this year.

Glynne had a stellar breakout year in 2014 , providing the inescapable vocals for Clean Bandit's massive Rather Be as well as bagging another Number 1 as the voice of Route 94's floorfiller My Love.
She also enjoyed a summer solo smash with Right Here.

Look for Glynne to consolidate last years success with her forthcoming solo album.


Watch the video for Hold My Hand below

Ed Sheeran to play Croke Park

Following a string of sold out shows due for Wembley Stadium this summer , Ed Sheeran will play his biggest Irish date yet at Croke Park.
Sheeran will play what is likely to be an instant sell out , on Friday July 24th. The 24 year old recently played an intimate gig at Whelans in Dublin for VH1 and has long been vocal about his love for Irish audiences.


“I always love coming back to Ireland. Irish audiences really are among the best in the world. I am so looking forward to stepping onto that stage in the magnificent stadium that is Croke Park on Friday 24 July”

Sheeran is nominated for 4 BRIT Awards next week for the world conquering X album which continues to sell by the truckload. His gigs at Wembley Stadium and Croke Park will cap off a remarkable twelve months for the ginger troubadour. He scored 2 UK Number1 singles and had the biggest selling album of the year.

Tickets for Sheeran's Croke Park gig go on sale next Thursday February 26th at 9am

Foo Fighters set to headline Glastonbury

Almost twenty years after their debut album , the Foo Fighters will headline the Friday night at this years Glastonbury.
After much speculation , Dave Grohl and his cohorts will take to the Pyramid Stage this June. The band teased the news when picking up Best International Band at last nights NME Awards. The news has since been confirmed by Glastonbury organisers.

The Foo's released their most recent album Sonic Highways , in November. After a near 20 year career , fans can look forward to a career spanning set featuring classics such as Everlong , Learn To Fly , Best Of You, Big Me and Monkey Wrench.


Since 1994 , the Foo Fighters have released eight albums and have become one of the biggest rock band sin the world.
Watch the classic video for 1995's Big Me below

Roisin Murphy announces new album

Former Moloko frontwoman Roisin Murphy is set to release her new album , after a gap of eight years.
The Irish singer will release Hairless Toys on May 11th. It's her third solo outing following 2007's Overpowered.
That underrated gem saw Murphy find success with the tracks Moviestar , Let Me Know and the stunning title track.


Gone Fishin , an electro-folk ballad , acts as the singers new single previewing the forthcoming opus.



Murphy will play Bestival on the Isle of Wight in the UK as well as the Electric Picnic festival in Laois , Rep Ireland in September.

The full tracklisting for Hairless Toys out May 11th is
01. Gone Fishing
02. Evil Eyes
03. Exploitation
04. Uninvited Guest
05. Exile
06. House of Glass
07. Hairless Toys (Gotta Hurt)
08. Unputdownable




Watch the video for Roisin Murphy's 2007 hit Overpowered below

Taylor Swift premieres Style video

Taylor Swift has debuted the video for new single Style.  Its the third single taken from the multi million selling 1989 ,  which last week became only the second album by a female solo artist to spend ten weeks atop the US Billboard album chart.

Style has long been praised as the highlight of the 1989 album , and could very well provide Swift with her third consecutive US Number 1. It may also give her a maiden UK Number 1 at last.

It follows the mammoth success of previous two singles Shake It Off and Blank Space.  Withits highly contagious and memoebale chorus of

you got that James Dean.Daydream. Look in your eye, And I got the classic , red lipped thing that you like. And when we go crashing down , we come back everytime , cos we never go out of style , we never go out of style '

Expect Style to replicate the incredible success of her last two singles as the Taylor Swift juggernaut dominates 2015 too.
Swidt heads out on her 1989 World Tour , this summer

Watch the video for Style here

Drake releases surprise album

Canadian hip hop giant Drake has surprise released his fourth album onto iTunes today. If You're Reading This It's Too Late , a 17 track album featuring Lil Wayne , was released wthout warning in the early hours of today  ( February 13th )

The album follows 2013's Nothing Was The Same.

The tracklisting for If You're Reading This Its Too Late

1. 'Legend'
2. 'Energy'
3. '10 Bands'
4. 'Know Yourself'
5. 'No Tellin'
6. 'Madonna'
7. '6 God'
8. 'Star67'
9. 'Preach' (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)
10. 'Wednesday Night Interlude' (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)
11. 'Used To' (feat. Lil Wayne)
12. '6 Man'
13. 'Now & Forever'
14. 'Company' (feat. Travi$ Scott)
15. 'You & The 6'
16. 'Jungle'
17. '6PM In New York' (Bonus Track)

Listen to Jungle form the new album below , which has beem made into a short 15 minute film

Florence +The Machine announce new album as new single premieres

Florence And The Machine will release their brand new album How Big , How Blue , How Beautiful on June 1st.
The release date will fuel further rumours of a Glastonbury headline slot at Worthy Farm on the last weekend of June.

Florence Welch was on Radio 1 with Zane Lowe earlier this evening to premiere her brand new single What Kind Of Man.
The lead single from this summers album , is a spectacular return to form, with its alt-R&B influence and swaggering guirar riff. It would sound amazing on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.

Welch spoke to Lowe about the new album saying -

"I guess although I've always dealt in fantasy and metaphor when I came to writing, that meant the songs this time were dealing much more in reality," she said in a statement. "Ceremonials was so fixated on death and water, and the idea of escape or transcendence through death, but the new album became about trying to learn how live, and how to love in the world rather than trying to escape from it. Which is frightening because I’m not hiding behind anything but it felt like something I had to do."

 

The full track listing for How Big , How Blue , How Beautiful out June 1st is

 

'Ship To Wreck'
'What Kind Of Man'
'How Big How Blue How Beautiful'
'Queen Of Peace'
'Various Storms & Saints'
'Delilah'
'Long & Lost'
'Caught'
'Third Eye'
'St Jude'
'Mother'

Watch the video for  Florence And The Machine's fantastic new single What Kind Of Man below

 

 

 

 

Ed Sheeran teams up with Rudimental on new single

Ed Sheeran has collaborated with Rudimental for a new version of Bloodstream as his next single.
The track which was co-written by both Sheeran and Rudimental , will be the fourth official single lifted from the multi million selling X. The track is set for release on March 29th.

Sheeran is nominated for 4 BRIT Awards in a forthnights time. He plays Wembley Stadium this summer.
Meanwhile , Rudimental are gearing up for the release of their new album this summer. It follows 2013's massive Home which spawned two Number 1 singles in Feel The Love with John Newman and Waiting All Night featuring Ella Eyre.


Listen to Bloodstream below

Calvin Harris & Haim 'Pray To God '

Calvin Harris has premiered the video for his latest collaboration with American rock siblings Haim.

Pray To God , sees the family trio surrounded by snowy landscapes , wild animals and on horseback in the Emile Nava directed clip. Harris , setting pulses racing recently with hot topless shots for his forthcoming Emporio Armani campaign , doesn't appear.

Haim went away emoty handed from this weekends Grammys having been beaten by Sam Smith to the Best New Artist gong.
They head out on the road this summer alongside Taylor Swift on her massive 1989 tour. They're set to release the follow up to their chart topping debut album Days Are Gone , later this year.

Pray To God serves as the fifth track lifted from Harris ' recent album Motion , which has already spawned two UK Number 1 singles in Summer and Blame. Pray To God is released March 9th.

Champagne Kisses for Jessie Ware

Jessie Ware has debuted the striking new video for forthcoming single Champagne Kisses. The stunning new video sees London chanteuse Ware in a waiting room , whilst various scenes cut away to a detached Ware in various artsy scenarios in the stunning new visual.

Ware is nominated for Best British Female at this months BRIT Awards. Champagne Kisses is the fourth single from her acclaimed sophomore album Tough Love and is set for release on March 16th.


Watch the video for Champagne Kisses below

Florence and The Machine go Big ,Blue & Beautiful

 
Florence and The Machine have given fans an long awaited taster of their forthcoming third album. Today , they posted the video for the orchestral How Big , How Blue , How Beautiful.

Directed by Tabitha Denholm and Vincent Haycock , the short clip sees Florence Welch dancing with a clone of herself in an outdoors amphitheatre.
Last night , they held a listening party for friends and record industry bigwigs ahead of revealing the full details of the new album later this week. The follow up to 2011's Ceremonials , is expected to be made available for pre-order on iTunes this week ahead of a likely early summer release.

What Kind Of Man is expected to serve as the lead single from the forthcoming album. Other song titles on the album include  Ship To Wreck ,Caught and Delilah.

Florence and the Machine scored their first UK Number 1 with a Calvin Harris remix of Spectrum from their last album in August 2012. They are heavily tipped to be headlining Glastonbury this June.


Watch the video for How Big, How Blue , How Beautiful below

Paloma Faith reveals new single

Paloma Faith will release Beauty Remains as her next single. It's the sixth single lifted from her multi platinum A Perfect Contradiction ,  first appearing on Novembers repackaged Outsiders Edition.

Faith said of the track -^ It’s a song about love, about how the good memories will always last, and you have to let go of bitterness, resentment and hurt "


Paloma is performing at the BRIT Awards on February 25th where she's heavily tipped to pick up Best British Female after a stellar 2014. Faith enjoyed her first Number 1 alongside Sigma in Spetember with Changing ,  whilst Only Love Can Hurt Like This became one of the years most memorable anthems,


Listen to Beauty Remains below

GRAMMYS 2015 - Sam Smith cleans up as Madonna steals show

Sam Smith was the big winner at last nights 57th Grammy Awards in LA last night. In front of a star studded audience, the Brit crooner picked up 4 awards. Smith was declared Best New Artist as well as scooping both the Record and Song of the Year Awards for worldwide smash Stay With Me. In both categories , he fought off stiff competition from the likes of Hozier , Sia , Iggy Azalea , Taylor Swift , and Meghan Trainor.
In The Lonely Hour beat out Katy Perry , Ed Sheeran , Coldplay , Miley Cyrus & Ariana Grande to win Best Pop Vocal Album.

Smith thanked the man who inspired the album as he collected his awards. he also performed on the night alongside HipHop/Soul queen Mary J Blige.

The other big winner of the night was Pharrell Williams , as the ubiquitious Happy scored him wins for Best Music Video and Best Pop Solo Performance. His G I R L albumwon Best Urban Contemporary album.


It was veteran alternative rock icon Beck who won the night's biggest award as Morning Phase won Album Of The Year. Upon receiving the award, Beck was about to be interrupted by Kanye West , but the rapper later went back to his seat. However , West has since criticised Beck's surprise win.
Beck overcame Beyoncé , Ed Sheeran , Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams to scoop the coveted prize.

As for performers on the night , it was left to the Queen of Pop , Madonna who gave a spirited live performance of new single Living Fir Love. Much like the video that debuted last week , Madonna  was joined on stage by a troupe clad in bull horns and accompanied by a gospel choir for the spectacular performance which was well received.

Katy Perry , who left another Grammys empty handed , sang PRISM track By The Grace Of God with a survivor of abuse.
Elsewhere , Hozier and Annie Lennox teamed up for a mash up of Take Me To Church and I Put A Spell On You.

Rihanna , Kanye West & Sir Paul McCartney also came together onstage to perform FourFiveSeconds live for the first time.
Aussie sensation Sia , was helped out once again by Maddie Ziegler and more surprisingly , Bridesmaids actress Kristen Wiig for a spectacular performance of the criminally overlooked Chandelier. Despite multiple nominations , Sia left empty handed.

Beyoncé and Jay Z both added to their already impressive Grammy hauls as Drunk in Love won Best RnB Performance. Beyoncé also performed a tribute to Martin Luther King.

Other winners on the night included Lady Gaga , Tony Bennett , Jack White , St Vincent , Eminem , Kendrick Lamar , Clean Bandit and Paramore.

Below is  Sam Smiths peformace with Mary J Blige

GRAMMYS 2015 -FULL LIST OF WINNERS

ALBUM OF THE YEAR Beck Morning Phase

RECORD OF THE YEAR Sam Smith -Stay With Me

SONG OF THE YEAR -Sam Smith -Stay With Me

BEST NEW ARTIST -Sam Smith

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera - "Say Something"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - Cheek To Cheek
Best Pop Solo Performance
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"
Best Pop Vocal Album
Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour


Best Rock Performance
Jack White - "Lazaretto"
Best Rock Album
Beck - Morning Phase
Best Rock Song
Paramore - "Ain't It Fun"
Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters
Best Alternative Rock Album
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Best Metal Performance Tenacious D - "The Last In Line"
Best Rap Performance
Kendrick Lamar - "I"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Eminem Featuring Rihanna - "The Monster"
Best Rap Song
Kendrick Lamar - "I"
K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters
Best Rap Album
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2
Best R&B Performance
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z – "Drunk In Love"
Best Traditional R&B Performance
"Jesus Children"
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner

       

Best R&B Song
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z - "Drunk In Love"
Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Pharrell Williams - Girl
Best R&B Album Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer - Bass & Mandolin
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Aphex Twin - Syro
Best Dance Recording
Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne - "Rather Be"
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
"Let It Go" from Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)
Best Country Album
Miranda Lambert - Platinum

 

       

Best Country Solo Performance
Carrie Underwood - "Something In The Water"
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
The Band Perry - "Gentle On My Mind"
Best Country Song
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
Best Bluegrass Album
The Earls Of Leicester - The Earls Of Leicester
Best American Roots Performance
Rosanne Cash - "A Feather's Not A Bird"
Best American Roots Song
Rosanne Cash - "A Feather's Not A Bird"
Best Americana Album
Rosanne Cash - The River & The Thread
Best Folk Album
Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy
Best Music Video
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"
Best Music Film
20 Feet From Stardom
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Max Martin
"Bang Bang" (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
"Break Free" (Ariana Grande Featuring Zedd)
"Dark Horse" (Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J)
"Problem" (Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift)
"Unconditionally" (Katy Perry)

 

       

Best Instrumental Composition
John Williams - "The Book Thief"
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Pentatonix - "Daft Punk"
Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals
Billy Childs - "New York Tendaberry"
Best Recording Package
Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
Best Album Notes Ashley Kahn
John Coltrane - Offering: Live At Temple University
Best Historical Album Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Hank Williams - The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Beck - Morning Phase
Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer
John Legend – "All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)"
Best Surround Sound Album
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Jo-El Sonnier - The Legacy
Best Reggae Album
Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta
Best World Music Album
Angelique Kidjo - Eve
Best Children's Album
Neela Vaswani - I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)
Best Musical Theatre Album
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Blues Album
Johnny Winter - Step Back
Best Spoken Word Album
Joan Rivers - Diary Of A Mad Diva
Best Comedy Album
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
Best New Age Album
Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman - Winds Of Samsara
Best Improved Jazz Solo
Chick Corea - "Fingerprints"
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Dianne Reeves - Beautiful Life
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Chick Corea Trio - Trilogy
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Life In The Bubble

Madonna debuts Living For Love video

Madonna has debuted the video for Living For Love.  The pop icon became the first artist in history to premiere a music video on the Snapchat mobile application.
The video , directed by French duo J A C K , sees Madonna dressed as a bullfighter on stage surrounded by dancers wearing bull horn head sets.

In Madonna's career spanning over 30 years , this is her 80th music video. She will perform the tarck at this Sunday's Grammy Awards and at the BRIT Awards in London on February 25th.

It's Madonna's first music video in almost three years. Her last being Turn Up The Radio from 2012's MDNA album.

Madonna as always defies her age in the striking promo , easily her strongest visual in over a decade.

Rebel Heart is released March 10th. Watch the video for Living For Love below

Kelly Clarkson unveils Heartbeat Song video

Kelly Clarkson has debuted the video for the power pop banger that is Heartbeat Song. The lead single from next month's Piece By Piece album , the new video focuses on various couples as they flashback the beginnings and eventual endings of their relationships.
Clarkson appears in cut away shots evoking the imagery of the new album cover.

Heartbeat Song is released in the UK on February 21st with Piece By Piece dropping on March 2nd.


Watch the video for Heartbeat Song below

 

Sam Smith gets wed in Lay Me Down video

Ahead of his appearance at this weekend's Grammy Awards , Sam Smith has premiered the beautiful video for the stunning Lay Me Down.
The video begins with Smith singing at a funeral in front of  a congregation dressed in black and holding candles.
The video then sees Smith getting wed , surrounded by friends and confetti in the gorgeously poignant promo.

Smith , up for 6 Grammy's this Sunday in LA, said of the new video “Dear All, This song holds a very dear place in my heart. With this video myself and Ryan Hope the director have decided to make a statement and showcase something we passionately believe in.

This video shows my dreams that one day gay men and women and transgendered men and women all over the world, like all our straight families and friends, will be able to get married under any roof, in any city, in any town, in any village, in any country,” Sam continued. “I hope you enjoy it. I love you all x.”


Lay Me Down is the fifth single taken from the world conquering In The Lonely Hour and is released March 16th

Watch the stunning video below

Madonna confirms BRITS performance as Rebel Heart leaks in full

Madonna has confirmed that she will perform at this years BRIT Awards for the first time in twenty years.
The Queen of Pop will take to the stage at the O2 Arena , on February 25th , a mere twenty years after she performed Bedtime Story at Earls Court in 1995 , as seen below.

She's set to release Living For Love in the UK that same week , so an appearance at the BRITS should boost her chances of a record breaking 14th UK Number 1. Her last uK chart topper came in 2008 with 4 Minutes.

It also emerged to day that after numerous previous leaks , the full version of forthcoming album Rebel Heart has unsurprisingly leaked in full , complete with five deluxe tracks.
The album , released March 10th , has flooded onto music sharing sites today, The Super deluxe tracks are
 Beautiful Scars
  Queen
  Borrowed Time
  Graffiti Heart
Autotune Baby
Addicted

Madonna has been plagued by leaks in the lead up to the albums release with six tracks having to be made available at Christmas. Just last month , the FBI and Israeli police arrested a person on suspicion of hacking the stars computer files.
This will come as  huge blow to Madonna , who discussed the recording and making of Rebel Heart , in an interview with this months MOJO magazine. Producer Diplo heaped praise on the singers incredible work ethic.



Watch a teaser for Living For Love below

Watch Madonna's 1995 BRIT Awards performance below