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Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter accused of sexual assault

Carter is being sued for sexual battery after an alleged incident with a teenage girl in 2001, during the boy band’s Black & Blue concert tour

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Best of Culture 2022: Music Roundup of the Year

In case you missed the first seven days of our Cultural Advent Calendar, here is the Best of Culture 2022: Music Roundup of the Year

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Pop singer Dua Lipa granted honorary Albanian citizenship

The Levitating singer was born in London to Kosovar parents. The move comes at a time when the UK government has experienced significant criticism for demonising Albanian immigrants to the country.

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Meet the K-pop stans taking on the climate crisis

K-pop fans from around the world are teaming up to tackle the climate crisis because after all there’s ‘No K-pop on a dead planet’.

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Bad Blood: The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster fiasco gets political

Ticketmaster apologized but there’s still bad blood. And politicians have started acting on it.

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Who won at the 2022 American Music Awards?

Taylor Swift won in all six of her nominated categories.

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Prestigious French University introduces Beyoncé studies

How much more fun would classes have been if the main topic of study was one of your favourite pop stars?

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Taylor Swift breaks records with a 10 out of 10 at the charts

Taylor Swift has made history as the first artist to claim the entire top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. But which musicians held the previous record?

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Taylor Swift breaks all records in the space of three days

Taylor Swift’s latest album ‘Midnights’ has already surpassed 1 million units in the US, making it the top-selling album of 2022 so far. But, wait, there's more...

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The conspiracy theory in Taylor Swift's Midnights release

The artist's 10th album has broken with her trend of surprise releases, but her fandom wouldn't let this be a straightforward album build-up.

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New TikTok platform turns anyone into a potential music producer

Simon Cowell, Max Martin and the social media platform team up to give everyone at home the tools to become a music producer.

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Musician Rex Orange County charged with six counts of sexual assault

The 24-year-old English indie-pop singer / songwriter has denied the allegations yesterday appearing at Southwark Crown Court in London.

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'Momento Mori': Depeche Mode return with new album and world tour

Depeche Mode will return next year with a new album 'Memento Mori' and a live tour of Europe and North America.

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The Beatles 'Love Me Do' at 60: why is it still so unique?

It was the debut single of the band who would go on to change everything. The Beatles made their first impression on an impressionable world with the wonderful 'Love Me Do'.

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The "Queen of Soviet pop" protesting against Russia's war on Ukraine

At 73-years-old, Alla Pugacheva, dubbed the ‘Queen of Soviet pop music’, is arguably one of Russia's most famous singers with a career spanning over five decades

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Meet the young K-pop artist seeking fame in South Korea

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"K-pop is unique. It is different from pop music in other countries as it has Korean culture. I love it. It makes me feel really excited inside."

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Brussels court rules Polish pop star’s rights violated by Warsaw

Europe’s highest court rules Doda’s rights were violated a decade ago when her country’s court prosecuted the pop singer for her comments on religion.

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Britney is back: Spears returns with first recording since 2016

'Hold Me Closer' is the singer's first recording since the end of her 13-year-long conservatorship.

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Turkish pop star Gülşen arrested over joke about religious schools

The singer-songwriter has apologised for causing offence but says her comments were seized on by people who want to polarise Turkey.

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Jamal Edwards: coroner concludes cause of death was drug-related

An inquest held at West London coroner’s court into the death of Jamal Edwards has concluded that the cause of death was drug-related.