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Earlier this week, The Sun claimed that its youth-oriented station Radio 1 would be pushing Madonna and Sabrina’s duet on their A-list – meaning it would receive the heaviest rotation on the channel – which would be the Like A Prayer’s first time on there in 18 years.
Sabrina Carpenter and Madonna performing together at Coachella last month
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Prior to this, Madonna’s music had sparked an ageism row when Radio 1 refused to play her music.
“I thought it was so discriminatory and unfair,” she told The Sun in 2015. “Shouldn’t it be to do with whether you wrote a good, catchy pop song?
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“We’ve made so many advances in other areas – civil rights, gay rights – but ageism is still an area that’s taboo and not talked about and dealt with.”
She added: “I’m so stupid. I didn’t know it was anything to do with my age. I just do my work.”
The BBC insisted at the time: “Radio 1 does not ever ban artists. Tracks are chosen on musical merit and their relevance to our young audience on a case-by-case basis and while around 40 per cent of the country’s 15- to 29-year-olds tune in to Radio 1 each week, an artist’s age is never a factor.”
Madonna claimed later that year: “Radio is ageist. If you’re not in your 20s they won’t play you on the radio. It’s bullshit – but that’s the way it is.
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“It is disappointing. We live in an ageist society. I’ve tried my hardest to do whatever I can to change peoples’ perception of women, of age, of what is possible and why should any of us limit ourselves in any way, shape or form regardless of our sex, our sexual preference, our age, our religious beliefs, our race etc.
“So for me it’s shocking in this day and age where we’re now accepting gay marriages that we still treat women in a very sexist way. That’s one frontier that has not been conquered. Because if I was a man, things would be different…”
A similar debate emerged just a few years ago, when Radio 1 declined to playlist Kylie Minogue’s Padam Padam – until it became a top 10 hit.
Ariana Grande has surprised us all with the news that she has a new album coming in a matter of months.
In the late 2010s, the Grammy winner became known for firing out one album a year, but while making 2024’s Eternal Sunshine, she slowed things down and took a four-year break before releasing studio albums.
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Following her recent pivot to acting, many had assumed that it’d be a long time before we heard any new music from the No Tears Left To Cry singer.
However, after weeks of rumblings in the fan community about potential new material, Ariana announced on Tuesday afternoon that a new full-length album titled Petal would be released on 31 July.
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Consisting of 12 new tracks, Petal’s Spotify page features quotes from Ariana saying that her new music is “full of life” and was inspired by “growing” in light of “cold and hard and challenging” life experiences.
Before the release of Petal, Ariana is due to embark on an upcoming world tour, off the back of her last album Eternal Sunshine.
While insisting she doesn’t want to say anything “definitive”, the Wicked star told Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast: “I’m very excited to do this small tour, but I think it might not happen again for a long, long, long, long time. So I’m going to give it my all.
“I think that’s why I’m doing it, because I’m like, ‘One last hurrah. For now’.”
As well as new music, Ariana also has two big acting projects coming in 2026, the first of which will be a new season of American Horror Story in the autumn.
Shortly before his death, he attended Niall’s concert in Buenos Aires, with the two also catching up while they were both in South America.
“It was great,” the Slow Hands singer recalled, claiming the two quickly fell “back in like it was 10 years ago” when they met up. “[Liam] seemed in good form and we had a good laugh, good reminisce.”
Liam Payne and Niall Horan with One Direction bandmates Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles in 2014
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Niall later got the message that Liam had died, admitting: “I just didn’t think it was real. Someone so young, you’re not expecting to hear that they’ve passed, especially someone that you’ve just seen. I just went back from shock to sadness to anger.”
After he and his former bandmates attended Liam’s funeral, he said that he “went into hiding a little bit” to allow himself time to grieve, and has written a song about the loss on his upcoming album Dinner Party.
Per GQ Hype, on the song End Of An Era, Niall can be heard singing: “We had it, pure magic, remember what it was like, time passes so fast and I couldn’t tell you goodbye.”
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In the days after Liam’s death, Niall told his Instagram followers: “Liam had an energy for life and a passion for work that was infectious. He was the brightest in every room and always made everyone feel happy and secure.
“All the laughs we had over the years, sometimes about the simplest of things, keep coming to mind through the sadness. We got to live out our wildest dreams together and I will cherish every moment we had forever. The bond and friendship we had doesn’t happen often in a lifetime.
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“I feel so fortunate that I got to see him recently. I sadly didn’t know that after saying goodbye and hugging him that evening, I would be saying goodbye forever. It’s heartbreaking.”
It’s well-documented that Raye’s ascent from struggling singer-songwriter to chart-topping household name was not a straightforward one.
Back in 2021, dejected and broken-hearted at the way she was being treated and the musical direction she was being pushed in by her then-record label – who she claimed refused to release an album despite signing her seven years earlier – the British performer took matters into her own hands.
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Apparently “done” being “a polite pop star”, she fired off a series of tweets laying out her situation, and calling for her label to allow her to release the music she wanted, or drop her.
What came next was an extraordinary and inspiring example of the underdog triumphing over adversity that no one could have predicted.
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First, her 2023 Glastonbury set proved to be one of festival-goers’ surprising highlights of the festival, and after winning praise for her first few independent releases, Raye had a breakthrough when her 070 Shake collaboration Escapism began making its way up the charts.
Eventually, in what felt like sweet poetic justice, it became her first number one, with her ensuing album My 21st Century Blues reaching the same lofty peak.
After that, Raye only continued to evolve, transitioning from underdog status to one of the brightest stars on the UK music scene.
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Suddenly, along came those record-breaking seven Brit Award nominations (followed by an incredible six wins in one night), Mercury Prize recognition, an epic solo show at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, international acclaim, a performing slot on Saturday Night Live and, eventually, Grammy nods, including in the coveted Best New Artist category.
The fact that this all happened to an artist who had begun to fear that her voice would never be heard just makes Raye impossible not to want to root for.
Raye on stage at the O2 Arena in her hometown of London last week
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A decade on from her very first breakthrough moment as a featured artist on Jax Jones’ You Don’t Know Me, Raye’s latest impressive accolade is her This Tour May Contain New Music world jaunt, which includes a whopping six sold-out shows at the O2 Arena in her home town of London, in support of the second solo album that’s sure to become one of the year’s most talked-about releases.
These London concerts got underway last week, with a show that represents how far she’s come in the last few years, and how much she only continues to level-up as an artist.
Of course, the first thing worth mentioning is the music itself. As anyone who watched her Brit Awards performance over the weekend will attest, Raye’s voice is something to behold, but there’s something about being in the room with her – backed by a live orchestra, no less – that really drives home even more what an amazing (and underrated) vocalist she is.
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The stage itself is somewhat stripped back compared to your average pop show, but makes use of some truly enormous screens ensuring you don’t miss anything happening on stage, regardless of where you are in the venue.
As a result, the show flips effortlessly between feeling more intimate and jazz club-esque, and an enormous festival-sized show depending on the songs being performed, which is ideal for an arena-scale tour.
Raye’s setlist mixes the songs you already know – her recent chart-topper Where Is My Husband! gets things going fairly early on, while Escapism brings the night to an end with an arena-wide sing-a-long – with a hefty dose of new material.
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This May Contain New Music mixes Raye’s love of old-school music with her modern sensibilities
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Artists debuting new music in their live shows is always going to be a risk, but for Raye, she and her team have used their imagination to make the new tracks as captivating as possible.
For the inevitable future hit The Winter Woman, the relatable lyrics flash up on screen throughout, to hold the audience’s attention, while on the triumphant Joy, she performs alongside her sisters, fellow singers Amma and Absolutely, who are also the night’s support acts.
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Meanwhile, the brilliantly-titled Beware The South London Lover Boy makes use of those oversized screens, as well as a cameo from the titular lothario himself, who is positioned as a hapless Batman villain for the Hinge generation.
On that note, Raye’s sense of humour is another of the well-honed tools in her arsenal that might come as a bit of a surprise to those less familiar with the artist behind the hits.
Clearly completely at ease on stage, she has no issues bantering with her band, her backing singers and even her audience, and her quick responses and witty back-and-forths feel particularly refreshing given how many of her contemporaries are somewhat lacking on the charisma-front.
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Raye’s charisma and vocal abilities make her This Tour May Contain New Music shows even more captivating
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That the show itself is so full of joy is particularly impressive considering Raye is not afraid to touch on dark subject matter in her material. Over the course of the show, she also speaks passionately on subjects like suicide prevention and sexual assault. With the latter, she manages to bring the entire O2 to a standstill with a rendition of her powerful Grammy-winning ballad Ice Cream Man – no mean feat considering how vocal her fans can become at other moments in the show, and a testament to the command she holds as a performer.
As the night progresses, she even dedicates an entire section to those EDM and dance hits released during those years in limbo at her old label.
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Her ability to turn these songs, which must have their own painful connotations for Raye on some level, into joy speaks exactly to what she’s all about as an artist – not to mention her versatility as a performer. Who else from Raye’s peer group would be able to flawlessly cover Fly Me To The Moon in a jazz club setting, and be raving it up under lasers and confetti less than an hour later?
Jarring? Hmmm… only if you allow it to be.
Raye’s new tour features future hits from her upcoming second album alongside the likes of Where Is My Husband! and Escapism
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Watching her performing the music that at one point she was effectively forbidden from pursuing, alongside brand new material that allows her to only grow her artistry, Raye is living proof of the good that can come from backing yourself, staying true to who you are and calling out when you’re not being treated fairly.
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Her new tour encompasses this perfectly, cementing her spot as one of the UK’s most exciting talents today – and there’s no one in the pop space right now who deserves it more.
Raye’s This Tour May Contain New Music continues at London’s O2 Arena on Monday night, ahead of two more shows at the same venue on 19 and 20 May.
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It’s fair to say that the censors had plenty to keep them busy during this year’s Brit Awards.
Saturday night’s Brits broadcast saw the sound being pulled on numerous occasions due to a variety of comments that were made over the course of the event.
One such moment came during musician Max Bassin’s acceptance speech, after he accepted the International Group Of The Year prize on behalf of his band Geese.
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Choosing to keep things short, he began his speech by stating simply: “What’s up, ‘the Brits’? I just want to say, free Palestine…”
However, after Max said the word “free”, the audio was pulled, resulting in the rest of what he had to say being cut from broadcast.
It later emerged that Max concluded his speech: “Fuck ICE, go Geese.”
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Many Brits viewers were quick to voice their upset at what appeared to be ITV censoring Max’s politically-charged speech right as the drummer was about to speak out in solidarity with Palestine.
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However, in response to this backlash, the broadcaster has indicated to HuffPost UK that Max’s speech was censored due to his language after his pro-Palestine message – in other words, his use of the word “fuck” – rather than because of his political statements.
This year’s Brit Awards featured some of the biggest names in music taking to the stage, including Harry Styles, Raye and the night’s top winner Olivia Dean.
While all of these performances were fabulous in their own ways, the one that blew us away the most was by Rosalía.
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If you were already familiar with Rosalía’s work, you’ll know she’s always had a flair for the dramatic, but this reached new heights last year with the release of her theatrical album Lux, merging classical and operatic influences with the hip-hop and more traditional Spanish-infused sounds she was already known for.
And on Saturday night, she brought this all to life with a flawless performance of Lux’s lead single Berghain, complete with elaborate sets, a live orchestra and, at the centre of it all, Rosalía’s incomparable vocals.
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The Spanish star even managed to get the always-enigmatic Björk to perform her Berghain verse live, in an unbilled appearance from the Iceland pop icon.
In fact, this marked Björk’s first time performing on the Brits stage in more than 30 years.
via Associated Press
To put it simply, we think this is a Brits performance we’re still going to be thinking about for years to come.
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Having already stolen the show with her jaw-dropping performance, Rosalía’s night just kept getting better when she was awarded the International Artist Of The Year prize, beating some seriously stiff competition from the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Bad Bunny, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.
“I was so grateful just to be here tonight, just to perform, so this is insane,” she beamed during her acceptance speech.
Rosalía added: “Let’s keep celebrating the ‘other’-ness. Let’s keep celebrating different music, different cultures and different languages.”
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Even Jack Whitehall – who pulled no punches elsewhere on the night – was clearly in awe of Rosalía, heaping praise on her performance during a fun segment between the two of them later in the show.
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The biggest night in British music was an especially big one this year.
On Saturday night, the 2026 Brit Awards took place in Manchester for the first time, in a night that delivered glittering performance, a few surprise wins and plenty of moments that kept ITV’s censors busy.
If you missed this year’s broadcast and want to catch up (or, indeed, if you were only half-watching, and you’re wondering if there were any bits that completely passed you by), then you’re in luck, because we’ve rounded up X of the top must-see moments from the 2026 Brit Awards…
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Before the ceremony was even underway, Harry Styles made us smile on the red carpet with this business suit/ballet pumps combo
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Rosalía got her night off to a suitably dramatic start with this complete serve
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…and darts icon Luke Littler and his long-term girlfriend Faith Millar
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Comedian Jack Whitehall kicked off his sixth time hosting the Brits with a skit paying homage to his love of Harry Styles
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The man himself then opened the show properly with a performance of Aperture, complete with a lot of hand-ography and bum-wiggling
Jack Whitehall pulled absolutely no punches with his introductory Brits monologue, coming for everyone from Alex Warren (‘what you get if you order Ed Sheeran on Temu’), Lily Allen (‘her album was launched into the charts like a torpedo – only this torpedo didn’t sink a ship, it destroyed a Harbour’), Robbie Williams (‘he’s had more comebacks than his hairline’) and Noel Gallagher (‘Songwriter Of The Year… 1996’)
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Mark Ronson’s Outstanding Contribution performance featured some lovely tributes to Amy Winehouse…
…as well as a surprise(-ish) appearance from Dua Lipa
via Associated Press
Rosalía’s special night just kept getting better as she was crowned International Artist Of The Year, beating some seriously stiff competition including Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Bad Bunny, Bruno Mars, Sabrina Carpenter and Lady Gaga
via Associated Press
And CMAT had some fun with the cameras at losing out in this category for the second time
The night’s top winner Olivia Dean was visibly elated to pick up the Brits’ top honour, Album Of The Year
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And finally, following a speech by Sharon Osbourne and her daughter Kelly, Robbie Williams was absolutely spot-on with his musical tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, which closed the show
You really know you’ve made it as an A-list music star when the NFL invites you to perform during the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
In the past few years alone, massive names as varied as The Weeknd, Jennifer Lopez, Usher, Kendrick Lamar and, of course, Rihanna have all wowed with their performances – but there have been a fair few shocking moments along the way.
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This year, the honour falls to music superstar Bad Bunny, fresh from his Album Of The Year win at the 2026 Grammys, and the world is sure to be watching to see what he pulls out of the bag on one of the world’s most-watched music events.
Indeed, as history has proved time and time again, the Super Bowl Halftime Show hasn’t always been just about the music – with plenty of shocking and headline-grabbing moments taking place at the annual sports event.
As we get ready for what could easily become one of the year’s biggest nights in music, here are 18 more of the biggest Super Bowl shockers from years gone by…
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18. Blackout Bowl (2013)
Jamie Squire via Getty Images
This shocking moment didn’t come during Beyoncé’s Halftime Show but shortly after it, with the football game that followed (snooze…) having to suspend play for a full 34 minutes due to a power outage.
Evidently, the power of the Queen Bey is so strong, it can even plunge an entire stadium into darkness. Bow down, bitches indeed.
Usher’s jam-packed set included powerful vocals, surprise A-list guests and impressive choreo.
Looking back, though, we think this impromptu shirtless moment is probably what we think of most when we reflect on the Burn singer’s Super Bowl appearance…
She’s not always the first person you think of when it comes to great live performers, but Katy Perry proved a massive point when she really brought it at the Super Bowl.
Over the course of her Halftime Show, Katy entered atop a giant lion, floated through the air while singing Firework, introduced Missy Elliott and convincingly rocked out to I Kissed A Girl with Lenny Kravitz.
And yet… the next day all anyone seemed to want to talk about was the “Left Shark” incident, when one of her dancers lost their way in the middle of a routine, while dressed as a shark.
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It’s a pity, really, because Katy’s was one of the most impressive and elaborate Super Bowl shows of the 2010s.
If nothing else, the 2022 Halftime Show will be remembered for the epic level of stars that took part, with singer Mary J Blige and rappers Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and 50 Cent among those sharing the stage in a celebration of hip-hop music throughout the years.
There were some big headline-grabbing moments, too – not least when 50 Cent recreated his upside down entrance from his In Da Club music video, and Eminem made a show of solidarity by taking the knee in the middle of the performance.
Diana Ross’ Super Bowl performance was jam-packed with hits, dating back from the music legend’s days in the Supremes right through to her solo success.
Arguably the most iconic moment of the lot came right at the end, though, when she left the field in a helicopter. There’s travelling in style, and then there’s this…
Nobody would question that Prince is one of the greatest live performers in pop history, but he really cemented this at the 2007 Super Bowl. As well as covering tracks by Queen, Foo Fighters and Bob Dylan, he effortlessly performed his own songs Let’s Go Crazy and Baby I’m A Star.
He closed the show with a version of his signature hit, Purple Rain, made all the more significant by the literal downpour that accompanied it – the real shocker being that Prince still managed to retain his cool throughout. What a man.
Before it was so commonplace for huge musicians to perform at the Halftime Show, organisers used to think a little more outside the box. That’s why in 1991, they handed over the reins to the Walt Disney Company.
Disney’s show is not one that’s looked back on particularly fondly, with a wave of local child performers sharing the stage with the company’s iconic characters (as well as New Kids On The Block, for some reason), while also somehow shoehorning in a tribute to those fighting in the Gulf war, and a message from then-president George Bush.
Fortunately for everyone involved, this was also the year Whitney Houston blew everyone away with her rendition of the National Anthem, which is what most of us remember about the Super Bowl that year.
Known for making a statement in some way or another whenever she performs live, we were curious to see how Lady Gaga would kick things off when given the massive platform of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
And really, what better way is there to make an entrance than a pre-recorded patriotic tune sung from the top of a stadium, before leaping off it to perform your hits on the field below?
After a great run of successive mega-stars performing at the Super Bowl , beginning with Madonna and ending with Lady Gaga, the stakes were high when it was announced that Justin Timberlake would be taking the stage for the first time since 2004.
Regrettably, his performance didn’t quite live up to expectations, with many criticising his unusual fashion choices, as well as the decision not to invite Janet Jackson to perform with him following their ill-fated performance more than a decade earlier (more on that later, unsurprisingly).
In 2020, the NFL lined up two legendary artists to share top billing with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira teaming up for the Halftime Show.
The pair’s performance was packed full of memorable moments, with Shakira showing off her famous belly-dancing skills, crowd-surfing and paid homage to both her Colombian and Lebanese heritage.
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Meanwhile, J-Lo sneaked in a cameo appearance from her teenager Emme, and turned her hit Let’s Get Loud into a unifying (and surprisingly effective) protest anthem.
However, some more conservative critics took issue with the star when she showed off some of the pole-dancing skills she’d honed while making the film Hustlers. There’s clearly just no pleasing some people…
Given that The Weeknd’s Halftime Show performance came pretty much slap-bang in the middle of the pandemic, there was a big question mark over exactly how he would be able to pull it all off.
True to form, he managed just fine.
Embodying the “lounge lizard” character that he took on while promoting his After Hours album, the singer put an unusually eerie spin on the Super Bowl Halftime Show, at one point getting lost in a creepy maze before heading out onto the pitch, where he was met by an army of identically-dressed backing dancers in facial bandages.
Kendrick Lamar during a memorable moment in his 2025 Super Bowl routine
via Associated Press
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It’s tough to know quite where to start with Kendrick Lamar’s performance from 2025.
One of the best showman of his generation, it says something that above all of that, what we best remember Kendrick holding court at the centre of it all.
Having been away from the stage for a number of years, the world was waiting with baited breath for Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance, which she’d previously teased would include a mysterious surprise guest.
What no one could have anticipated, though, was that Rih was talking about her unborn child, not least because she’d welcomed her son RZA only a few months earlier.
Reports claimed that the chart-topping star even managed to conceal her pregnancy from almost everyone involved in putting the performance together – which made it almost using the Super Bowl Halftime Performance as her way of announcing to the world she had another baby on the way all the more surprising.
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She has since welcomed a second son, Riot, with her partner, fellow musician A$AP Rocky.
It had been one of the worst kept secrets in music, but we still did a little squeal when the other two members of Destiny’s Child popped up during Beyoncé’s Super Bowl performance (and what a pop up it was, we could happily watch Michelle Williams finding her feet after shooting up from the floor for a good two hours without getting bored).
The trio whizzed through Bootylicious and Independent Women before joining Beyoncé for Single Ladies, complete with the video’s original choreo.
Madonna was the main event during the 2012 Halftime Show, but it was M.I.A. who wound up generating the most headlines.
Upon finding out that her pre-recorded vocals would be cutting out the word “shit” as she appeared during Give Me All Your Luvin’, the British rapper decided to take matters into her own hands, or rather fingers, by flipping off the camera at the end of her part of the performance.
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Although the incident only lasted a split second, it had big repercussions for M.I.A., who wound up facing a lawsuit for millions of dollars from the NFL over the unplanned incident.
Beyoncé had already begun addressing social issues, specifically feminism, on her self-titled album at the end of 2013, but she cranked things up a good few notches when she kicked off the Lemonade era.
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This stage of her career began with a guest spot during Coldplay’s Super Bowl show, where her first ever live performance of Formation wound up creating a buzz thanks to its allusions to Malcolm X, the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Beyoncé’s fans lapped it up, and her empowering Super Bowl performance built anticipation for when Lemonade arrived a few months later, following similar themes.
“Play at the Super Bowl,” they told Janet Jackson. “Invite Justin Timberlake along,” they told Janet Jackson. “This will give your career a massive boost,” they told Janet Jackson.
The story goes that Justin went to tear off the front of Janet’s outfit at the end of their performance, but also wound up ripping her lace bra too, exposing her breast, which was covered by a nipple shield.
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Although the so-called “wardrobe malfunction” didn’t even last a full second, it had the power to bring Janet’s career to a temporary halt, and while she’s certainly enjoyed success since, we can’t help but wonder how far the talented and unique star could have gone had this scandal not defined her for so many years.
In more recent years, Janet and Justin’s Super Bowl performance has been used as an example of gender double standards in the entertainment industry.
Janet had her performance at the 2004 Grammys – which took place just seven days after the Super Bowl – unceremoniously dropped in the fallout. Justin, meanwhile, not only performed during the show but took home Album Of The Year, even cracking a joke about the Super Bowl during his acceptance speech.
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In early 2018, Justin disclosed that he and Janet were on good terms despite the scandal, but sadly those “good terms” didn’t extend to an invitation to join him on stage, which is unfortunate, because that would certainly have livened up what was ultimately a fairly poorly-received performance.
Three years later, Justin publicly apologised to both Janet and his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears, stating (in a since-deleted Instagram post): “I care for and respect these women and I know I failed”.
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He added: “The industry is flawed. It sets men, especially white men, up for success. It’s designed this way. As a man in a privileged position I have to be vocal about this. Because of my ignorance, I didn’t recognise it for all that it was while it was happening in my own life but I do not want to ever benefit from others being pulled down again.”
It’s official – Robbie Williams now has more UK number one albums to his name than any artist in history.
On Friday evening, the Official Charts Company announced that Robbie had beaten the record previously held by The Beatles with the release of his 13th studio album Britpop.
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Britpop has become the Angels singer’s 16th number one, thanks to a combination of his studio albums, greatest hits collections and soundtrack releases.
Last year, he matched The Beatles’ record of 15 UK number one albums after the companion album to the musical biopic Better Man reached the top spot.
Robbie previously described Britpop as the album that he “wanted to write and release after I left Take That in 1995”.
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Robbie Williams’ Britpop has become his 16th number one in the UK
He recalled: “It was the peak of Britpop and a golden age for British Music. I’ve worked with some of my heroes on this album; it’s raw, there are more guitars and it’s an album that’s even more upbeat and anthemic than usual.
“There’s some ‘Brit’ in there and there’s certainly some ‘pop’ too – I’m immensely proud of this as a body of work.”
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Britpop was originally supposed to be released in October 2025, but he pushed the release back by several months to avoid clashing with Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl.
“It’s because of Taylor Swift,” he told The Guardian of the decision to delay the album’s release. “I could pretend it’s not, but it is. It’s selfish. I want a 16th No 1 album.”
While the album was initially postponed to 6 February, he surprise released digitally on Friday 16 January, followed by the deluxe version days later.
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Britpop was preceded by lead single Rocket, featuring Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes.
The album also features contributions from Jesse & Joy and Gary Barlow, who is listed as the co-writer of a song named after Morrissey.
The nominations for this year’s Brit Awards have been unveiled ahead of this year’s ceremony, with Lola Young leading the way this time around.
As always, the Brits recognises the biggest achievements in music over the last 12 months both here in the UK and overseas.
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Lola has racked up five nominations in the lead-up to next month’s ceremony, ahead of fellow competitors Olivia Dean with four, and the likes of Wolf Alice, Sam Fender, Fred Again.. and Lily Allen on three each.
Meanwhile, international nominees include Bruno Mars, Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga.
Here’s the full list of all of this year’s nominees.
British Album Of The Year
Dave – The Boy Who Played The Harp
Lily Allen – West End Girl
Olivia Dean – The Art Of Love
Sam Fender – People Watching
Wolf Alice – The Clearing
British Song Of The Year
Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas – Blessings
Chrystal and Notion – The Days
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande – Defying Gravity
Ed Sheeran – Azizam
Fred Again.., Skepta and Plaqueboymax –Victory Lap
Lewis Capaldi – Survive
Lola Young – Messy
Myles Smith – Nice To Meet You
Olivia Dean – Man I Need
Raye – Where Is My Husband!
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean – Rein Me In
Skye Newman – Family Matters
British Artist Of The Year
Fred Again..
Lily Allen
Little Simz
Lola Young
Olivia Dean
PinkPantheress
Sam Fender
Self Esteem
British Group Of The Year
Sleep Token
The Last Dinner Party
Wolf Alice
British Breakthrough Artist
Barry Can’t Swim
Jim Legxacy
Lola Young
Skye Newman
British Alternative/Rock Act
Blood Orange
Lola Young
Sam Fender
Wolf Alice
British R&B Act
Jim Legxacy
Sasha Keable
British Dance Act
Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas
Fred Again.., Skepta, Plaqueboymax
PinkPantheress
Sammy Virji
British Hip-Hop/Rap/Grime Act
Central Cee
Jim Legxacy
Little Simz
Loyle Carner
British Pop Act
Lily Allen
Lola Young
Olivia Dean
International Song Of The Year
Alex Warren – Ordinary
Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club
Disco Lines and Tinashe – No Broke Boys
Gigi Perez – Sailor Song
Gracie Abrams – That’s So True
Huntr/x – Golden
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not
Rosé and Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Sombr – Undressed
Taylor Swift – The Fate Of Ophelia
International Artist Of The Year
Chappell Roan
Sabrina Carpenter
Taylor Swift
Tyler, The Creator
International Group Of The Year
Tame Impala
The 2026 Brit Awards will take place at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena on Saturday 28 February.
