Will Saturday Night Live be Lana Del Rey’s big break in the States?

There’s no slowing down the Lana Del Rey machine. She may have only released two singles to date, but the luscious lipped songstress has already landed an invaluable performance slot on late-night mecca Saturday Night Live. Del Rey will take to the SNL stage on January 14th, just over two weeks before her debut album [...]

Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” heads to US radio – how many copies is 21 going to sell?

It’s been about 10 months since Adele‘s 21 was released, but only two singles have been lifted from the project in the US so far. Those two singles alone have been enough to shift 4.3 million copies of the album in the States alone, making 21 the highest-selling album of 2011 by far. Thanks to [...]

Adele’s new live CD/DVD is gonna sell a sh*t load

Adele‘s astonishingly successful sophomore album, 21, is poised to spend its 13th non-consecutive week at the top of the Billboard 200 this week, while her tearjerker ballad “Someone Like You” will spend its fifth week at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Adele’s reign has yet to even show the slightest signs of slowing down, [...]

[Watch] Adele premieres “Someone Like You” video six months too late

Unlike other websites like Entertainment Weekly and MTV, I’m not gonna sit here and gush about how beautiful and heartbreaking Adele’s black & white visual for “Someone Like You” is. I just won’t do it. I refuse!

Adele’s “Someone Like You” tops the Hot 100

As predicted, Adele’s wig snatching rampage is far from over, with the soul diva’s latest US single “Someone Like You” ascending to the top of this week’s Hot 100 chart. The tender ballad made a huge gain at both radio (42-19 on the Radio Songs Chart) and in digital sales (11-1 Digital Songs Chart, 275k [...]

Adele discusses new recording plans, performs “Turning Tables” on The Jonathan Ross Show

Adele may have sold about 9 million copies of her latest album 21, but she’s done considerably little promo to make that happen. Sure, there were all the magazine covers and talk show interviews during release month, but since then her public presence has considerably cooled, with the soul diva only re-emerging last week for [...]

Adele’s “Someone Like You” storms iTunes; is she looking at her next Stateside smash?

Adele’s angsty performance of “Someone Like You” at Sunday’s MTV VMAs has sent the song soaring on US iTunes, with the tearjerker dethroning Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” to top the chart. The digital boost will come in handy for the ballad, which is rapidly climbing at both radio (rises 34-24 on this week’s [...]

Christina Aguilera meets her “inspiration” Adele

Christina Aguilera got to meet Adele earlier tonight backstage at the “Someone Like You” singer’s L.A. concert. I’m not sure why Adele looks like an enormous giant in the photos, but I’m putting it down to her big wig, Xtina’s petite 5′ 2″ height, and bad angling. “Me & Adele,” Tweeted Christina.”“Someone Like You” is [...]