Years and Years on course for second Number 1 in historic UK chart

Years and Years are on course for a second consecutive UK Number 1 with new single Shine. The trio are currently sitting atop the iTunes chart , fending off competition from US girlband Fifth Harmony whose Worth It looks et to give them their biggest UK hit to date.



Should this still be the case come this Friday ( July 10th) , then Years and Years will become the first artist to top the new look Friday chart.
After a long tradition , it was decided to move the weekly charts to Friday , which now becomes the international day of album releases in all territories.
Yesterday , the last Sunday chart was announced on BBC radio 1 after nearly 30 years , seeing Lost Frequncies take the top spot.

From this Friday ,  all new albums and singles will be available to purchase in time for the weekend , ending the tradition of new relases on a Monday and the weekly chart on a Sunday.
However the first chart incorporating a whole weeks sales wont come into affect until a week later on Friday July 17th.

Should Years and Years top the charts on Friday , it will only be with five days sales.


Watch the video for Shine by Years and Years

Miguel claims to be better than Frank Ocean

 

 

Miguel has shrugged off comparisons to fellow R&B stars Frank Ocean and The Weeknd by boldly proclaiming to make better music than both and will have more longevity.

It's a bold if not a debatable claim from the star who's recent album Wildheart was released to a justified chorus of critical acclaim this week.
The stunning new album certainly ranks among the best of the year so far , and its stunning mix of sex , R&B , Prince inspired rock and psychedelia , certainly adds huge weight to his claim.

"To be completely honest — and no disrespect to anyone — I genuinely believe that I make better music, all the way around."

 

 

Miguel said that whilst he and Ocean were not friends , their relations were cordial at best. The singer also feels he will outlast Ocean in the music industry.

"We’ll see who’s in it for the long haul. It’s like a marathon, you know?"

Frank Ocean is expected to release his sophomore album later this year after the success of 2012's Grammy winning channel ORANGE.

Elsewhere , Canadian singer The Weeknd is set for a huge commercial breakthrough with his third album later this year , following the success of Fifty Shades Of grey soundtrack hit Earned It.

 

Personally , I would love a Miguel and Frank Ocean collaboration in the near future , but I'm remaining neutral on who I think is the better artist. Both men are astonishingly talented and versatile artists who desrve every last shred of acclaim/

 

 

Watch the video for Coffee from Miguel's new album Wildheart below

 

 

Jess Glynne announces next single

Jess Glynne has revealed her next single. Don't Be So Hard On Yourself is due for release August 14th and follows the massive success of Hold My Hand , which hogged the top spot for three weeks in April. It was revealed as one of the biggest selling singles of the year so far , earlier this week.


Glynne is currently enjoying the 4th UK Number 1 of her career , as her collaboration with Tinie Tempah on Not Letting Go , reigns atop the UK Top 40.



Jess Glynne will release debut album I Cry When I Laugh on August 21st

Listen to Don't Be So Hard On Yourself below

Leona announces new single

Leona Lewis will release Thunder as the second single from imminent new album I Am. The track follows last months Fire Under My Feet which missed out on the UK Top 40. It will be released on September 4th.


A week later on September 11th , Leona will release her fifth album I Am. She took to Instagram earlier this week to reveal the tracklisting.
Lewis' last studio album came with 2012's Glassheart.



Watch the video fro Fire Under My Feet below

Rihanna unleashes brutal Bitch Better Have My Money video

Rihanna has unleashed the spectacularly NSFW and brutal new music video for Bitch Better Have My Money.
The seven minute clip features kidnapping , gun toting , torture , nudity , drug taking , arson before concluding with a blood drenched Rihanna laying in a suitcase of dollar bills.


The stunning visual which was conceived by the 27 year old star herself eight months ago , is her most controversial to date , already polarizing opinion on social media.
The video features Rihanna tracking down a woman heavily in debt to the star with the RiRi going to extreme lengths to get what shes owed.

The video features appearances from Eric Roberts , a veteran of big music videos having starred in Mariah Carey's Honey and We Belong Together.
Hannibal star Mads Mikkelson also appears in the video.


Bicth Better Have My Money follows the videos for FourFiveSeconds and American Oxygen , all taken from the singers forthcoming eighth studio album , with no release date confrmed as yet.It will follows Rihanna's last album , 2012's Unapologetic.



Watch the video for Bitch Better Have My Money below

Disclosure debut Holding On video

Disclosure have debuted the video for Holding On. The new video forms part of 4 part series fo videos to run throughout new album Caracal's campaign.

Current single Holding On features jazz singer Gregory Porter whilst forthcoming second album Caracal features another collaboration with Sam Smith following the success of 2013's Latch.

Caracal is released September 25th. Watch the video for Holding On below

Pharrell premieres Freedom video

Pharrell Williams has premiered the video for brand new single Freedom. The former N.E.R.D frontman debuted the video on Apple Music to coincide with the worldwide launch of the new streaming service.


Freedom is set to trail Williams' forthcoming third solo studio album. Last years G I R L included the biggest song of the century so far with the ubiquitous Happy. The album was nominated for Album Of The Year at this years Grammy Awards.

The ageless star played a storming , hit spanning set at this years Glastonbury.


Watch the video for Freedom below