Robbie Williams Beats The Beatles’ Chart Record As Britpop Reaches Number One

Posted on 23/01/2026 by Boris Clair

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.

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”.

Robbie Williams' Britpop has become his 16th number one in the UK — 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.”

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.

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.

Brit Award Nominations 2026: The Full List Of This Year’s Nominees

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Boris Clair

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.

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.

Harry Styles Announces New Album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally

Posted on 15/01/2026 by Boris Clair

Speculation has been rife for the last few weeks that Harry Styles is planning his musical comeback.

The chart-topping singer has been keeping something of a low profile since his mammoth Love On Tour world jaunt came to an end in 2023, but just after Christmas, he grabbed fans’ attention with the upload of a video called Forever, Forever, including footage of him performing a piano instrumental on stage in Italy.

The video ended with the message “we belong together”, with posters containing this slogan also popping up all over London in the last few weeks.

Following this, it was rumoured that Harry had been voice-noting select fans with snippets of new music, fuelling speculation that new music was on the way.

On Thursday evening, Harry finally confirmed this to be the case, with his fourth album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally coming in mere weeks.

When is the release date for Harry Styles’ new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally?

So far, little is known about the release other than the fact it was produced by Kid Harpoon, with whom the former One Direction star collaborated on his last album Harry’s House, and it consists of 12 months.

Oh, and it’s coming on 6 March – so there’s not long to wait at all.

Harry Styles' new album Kiss, All The Time. Disco, Occasionally is out in March — Harry Styles’ new album Kiss, All The Time. Disco, Occasionally is out in March

Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally is the follow-up to the award-winning singer-songwriter’s 2022 album Harry’s House.

Harry’s House spawned the hit singles As It Was, Late Night Talking and Music For A Sushi Restaurant, and went on to win Album Of The Year at both the Brit Awards and Grammys.

Off the back of Harry’s House, the British star also scooped two additional Grammys for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Non-Classical Album, as well as the Brit Awards for Best British Artist, Song Of The Year and Best British Pop Act.

Since going solo in 2015, Harry has racked up two number one singles, the aforementioned As It Was and his debut release Sign Of The Times, as well as two chart-topping albums.

You’re About To Feel Old – 20 Songs That Are Turning 20 in 2026

Posted on 03/01/2026 by Boris Clair

2006 was a hell of a year for music. Looking back on the songs that came out … 20 years ago … filled me with nostalgia for a simpler time in life but also made me realise how many BOPS came out in a relatively short period of time.

After all, this was the time that Sandi Thom wished she was a punk rocker with flowers in her hair, when Gnarls Barkley was Crazy and when Girls Aloud saw the year out with pop banger Something Kinda Ooh.

Let’s look back in time at this incredible year…

Songs turning 20 in 2026

LDN & Smile by Lily Allen

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Now that we are officially in a Lily Allen era once again, it’s worth looking back to 2006 when the storytelling singer released two of her biggest tracks: LDN and Smile, the latter of which reached number one in the charts.

Gnarls Barkley – Crazy

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This song was EVERYWHERE and was another number one hit in the UK charts in 2006.

Sorry if we’ve put it back in your head after all these years.

Nelly Furtado – Maneater

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British singer Chris Rea has died at the age of 74.

Announcing the news on Monday afternoon, a spokesperson confirmed that the musician had died earlier that day following what was described as a “short illness”.

“It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Chris,” the statement said.

“He passed away peacefully in hospital earlier today following a short illness, surrounded by his family.”

The Middlesborough-born singer was perhaps best known for his festive hit Driving Home For Christmas, first released as a single in 1988, which has gone on to become a festive classic, resurfacing in the charts in the run-up to Christmas each year due to streaming.

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