Spears no longer sexy, official
Britney Spears has dropped to 120th in FHM's 100 sexiest women poll, from 6th last year, and FHM editor Ross Brown suggests unflattering photos are to blame.…
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Jamie and Robbie go five times platinum
The IFPI confirms that James Blunt's Back To Bedlam and Robbie Williams' Intensive Care have each sold over five million copies worldwide.…
BBC says iMP will revolutionise broadcasting
The BBC says its iMP download platform could revolutionise broadcasting, after a four-month trial with 5,000 people showed participants watching an extra hour of BBC shows weekly.…
BPI says filesharing has cost UK industry £1.1 billion since 2003
The BPI says illegal filesharing has cost the UK music industry £1.1 billion since 2003 and has settled 102 cases in its legal campaign, with 36 still to resolve.…
Adamind research says mobile content is boring and overpriced
Mobile content firm Adamind's research says 14% of respondents find mobile content boring, and says the market is wider than teenagers, with 23% of 35-55s downloading.…
XTN research finds UK filesharing still rising
XTN Data research finds 28% of UK consumers admit downloading music without paying, while Russian site AllofMP3.com ranks second behind iTunes in popularity.…
Beatfreakz selling well before release
Beatfreakz's 'Somebody's Watching Me' has entered the iTunes Top 20 before its official release, after fans downloaded it from a Ministry mix album.…
BMI expects 20% rise in US ringtone sales
Collecting society BMI predicts US ringtone sales will pass $600 million this year, a 20% rise, and says it has processed 360 million ringtones since 2001.…
Coldplay had biggest-selling album of 2005
Coldplay's 'X&Y' was the world's best-selling album of 2005 with 8.3 million copies, while IFPI reports digital sales doubled but CD sales fell 6%.…
Lots of people make music, more wish they did
A Music Industries Association survey found 21% of over-fives play an instrument, with 18 million former players, many keen to start again, and guitar the most popular choice.…
Crazy may top singles chart on download sales alone
Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' could top the singles chart on download sales alone, a first, as it is due for physical release only the following Monday.…
Q readers vote Duran Duran's Thank You the worst album
Duran Duran's 1995 covers album 'Thank You' has topped a Q Magazine poll of the worst albums of all time, and Total Guitar readers voted Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' the best guitar solo.…