The hit song ‘Rockabye’ for the band Clean Bandit has become a reason to celebrate the dawn of 2017 as it remains the UK’s No: 1 song for an eight straight week. With things slowing down after Christmas, ‘Rockabye’ held sway largely on the strength of downloads. Swedish singer Zara Larsson’s song ‘I Would Like’ [...]

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The hit song ‘Rockabye’ for the band Clean Bandit has become a reason to celebrate the dawn of 2017 as it remains the UK’s No: 1 song for an eight straight week. With things slowing down after Christmas, ‘Rockabye’ held sway largely on the strength of downloads.

Swedish singer Zara Larsson’s song ‘I Would Like’ took a four notch climb from 6 to No: 2, while the former chart topping song for Little Mix ‘Shout Out To My Ex’ rebound to re-enter the top 10 at 6, up from 13.

The shock death of George Michael on Christmas Day rekindled interest in music by him and his former group Wham. Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ which was outside the top 10 in the run up to Christmas, increased in sales and airplay, thus helping the track reach No: 7. ‘Last Christmas’ returned to the UK top 10 after 31 years. It peaked at No: 2 back in 1984, as it was overshadowed by Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know Its Christmas’. Meanwhile on the UK vinyl chart, Michael’s old 1990 hit ‘Freedom’ is the No: 1 record.

Ed Sheeran took to social media on 1st January to announce he was releasing new music on Friday January 6. Sheeran’s last album ‘X’ came out in 2014.
In the Queen’s annual New Year honours list, Ray Davies the frontman of the band the rock band the Kinks has been knighted. Some of the Kinks hit songs are ‘All Day All Of The Night’, ‘Tired Of Waiting For You’, ’Sunny Afternoon’, ‘Lola’ and Come Dancing’. The Kinks were an active band between 1963 and 1996. Also honoured are Victoria Beckham ex-member of the Spice Girls who was made an OBE mainly for her work in the fashion industry, while veteran rock ‘n’ roll singer Marty Wilde, the father of singer Kim Wilde was made an MBE.

Phil Collins announced late last year he was coming out of retirement to do a series of live concerts in England, Germany, Ireland and France between June 4 -30, 2017. As Collins prepares the 65 year old is currently undergoing electroshock therapy in order to correct a problem with his spine, neck and arm. His son Nicholas will be drumming during the tour but Collins is also doing all he can to be able to drum too during the short tour. He has released eight studio albums and 45 singles as a solo artist and sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

One Direction took a break in 2016, but that did not freeze the group’s earning. They have named the highest paid European celebrities for 2016 earning £89.9 million. Others from the music scene making the big bucks are Adele £65.8 m, Rolling Stones £54.3, Calvin Harris £51.5 m, Sir Paul McCartney £46.1 m and U2 £45 m.

Chris Martin took time to spread a little cheer for homeless people in London during the Christmas time. The Coldplay lead turned up at the Crisis Centre in West London on 27th December to entertain people. During his set he sang Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’.

UK TOP 10

TW LW

1 1 Rockabye – Clean Bandit ft: Anne-Marie& Sean Paul.
2 6 I Would Like – Zara Larsson
3 2 Human – Rag ‘N’ Bone Man
4 4 Touch – Little Mix
5 5 All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
6 13 Shout Out To My Ex – Little Mix
7 16 Last Christmas – Wham
8 7 Starboy – Weeknd ft: Daft Punk
9 9 Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
10 12 24K Magic – Bruno Mars

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