Missy Elliott storms back with WTF

Missy Elliott has stormed back onto the scene after an extended hiatus with WTF ( Where They From )
Featuring Pharrell Williams , the eye popping video is another stunning addition to her iconic videography.

The track is Missy's first new material in over a decade. The hip hop icon first hit the charts in 1997 with The Rain ( Supa Dupa Fly )


Missy became a ubiquitous chart presence with tracks such as Work It , All In My Grill and Get Ur Freak On


Watch the video for WTF below

James Morrison unveils Stay Like This video

James Morrison has unveiled the video for brand new single Stay Like This. Its the second to be taken from current fourth album Higher Than Here. The album entered the UK Top 10 last weekend.
Stay Like This , follows Demons , which bowed in September. The track is a gorgeous soulful track the British singer-songwriter is best known for.

Morrison recently opened up about his four year hiatus from the music industry saying he needed to do normal everyday things and that he once felt embarrassed by his success due to comparisons to James Blunt.
The singer also praised fellow Brit singer-songwriters like Paolo Nutini and James Bay.


Watch the video for Stay Like This below

Hurts debut Wings video

Hurts have premiered the video for new single Wings.  The Dawn Shadforth directed promo is the third video from their current third album Surrender.

It follows previous videos Some Kind Of Heaven and Lights and is the sixth single overall to be taken from the fantastic new album.


Watch the video for Wings below

Coldplay's A Head Full Of Dreams to feature Beyonce & Noel Gallagher

Coldplay have confirmed that their new album A Head Full Of Dreams will be released on December 4th.
It's the British bands seventh studio album and is trailed by new single Adventure Of A Lifetime. A Head Full Of Dreams follows last years Number 1 album Ghost Stories which spawned the hit singles Magic and A Sky Full Of Stars.



The new album boasts appearances from none other than Beyoncé and Noel Gallagher. Coldplay's 2012 fifth album Mylo Xyloto famously featured Princess Of China featuring Rihanna.


The full track listing for A Head Full Of Dreams out December 4th is

1. ​A Head Full of Dreams
2. Birds
3. Hymn for the Weekend
4. Everglow
5. Adventure of a Lifetime
6. Fun
7. Kaleidoscope
8. Army of One
9. Amazing Day
10. Colour Spectrum
11. Up&Up

Listen to brand new single Adventure Of A Lifetime below

Coming Soon - READERS POLL 2016

The Playlist has been running for three years now and next month , for the first time ever , I'm handing control over to you.
The first annual Readers Poll will see you vote on 11 categories , all with a choice of ten nominees to pick your favourites of 2015.

Some of the artists pictured above , will definitely be in the running for the following categories

                                ARTIST OF THE YEAR
                                   ALBUM OF THE YEAR
                 ULTIMATE SONG OF THE YEAR
                                 BEST BAND
                                VIDEO OF THE YEAR
                                    BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT
                                        TOP SONGWRITER
                                     BEST LIVE ACT
                                     BEST MALE ARTIST
                                 BEST FEMALE ARTIST
      MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUM OF NEXT YEAR


Voting will commence the first week in December and close Christmas week.The results will be published around the post -Christmas pre-New Year  period. So watch this space from December to cast your vote on the essential artists of 2015

Adele graces Rolling Stone cover as she scores 4th US chart topper

Adele features on the cover of Rolling Stone as her global domination continues. The star is celebrating her 4th US Number 1 , as Hello became just the 25th track in Billboards history to debut atop the chart.
In doing so , she trounced Flo Rida's six year record , as the most downloaded track in a week , with an impressive 1.11million downloads.
She's also set for another eek atop the UK charts after it became the fastest selling song of the year.


The singer is on the promotional trail ahead of the release of 25 on November 20th. The star has recorded a special for the BBC and will record another in New York next week for NBC.

It's also been confirmed that When We Were Young will be the next single from the album, presumably pencilled in for a January release

Carly Rae Jepsen unveils Your Type video

Carly Rae Jepsen has produced one of the quintessential pop albums of the year with the criminally ignored E-MO-TION.
Now the Canadian star has released the video for the albums third single Your Type.

The track which was inspired by Jepsen falling for a gay guy , follows the brilliance of Run Away With Me and I Really Like You.

Watch the video for Your Type below