The IFPI's Digital Music Report 2010 shows that global digital music trade revenues reach US$4.2 billion, up 12% in 2009 are representing over a quarter of all recorded music revenue worldwide.

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US soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has died, aged 59, following surgery for cancer.

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Xfm listeners have voted for the ten most popular British Debut Albums in 2009 and the shortlisted albums up for the Xfm new Music Award are: >>more

The acclaimed folk singer Kate McGarrigle has died from a rare form of cancer that was diagnosed three and a half years ago.
 

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Well I guess fining and sentencing the founders of the world's best known illegal music site to one-year prison terms does work - if you are a major record label.

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A real battle of the sisters is brewing up for the 2010 BRITS with three nominations each for Lady Gaga, Florence and The Machine, Pixie Lott and Lily Allen.

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Having now agreed a takeover of venues and management group MAMA, UK retailer HMV is said to taking a long hard look at nightclub operator Luminar so see if the two companies can work together in the face of differing problems each of them is experiencing in turbulent markets. >>more

Tina Turner, Britney Spears and Beyonce topped the sales chart at the London O2 this year, which itself was the top selling venue in the world, shifting an outstanding 1.8 million tickets in 2009.
 

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Coldplay singer Chris Martin and Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis have joined Oxfam's call for funds to help those affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

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The Festival au Desert wrapped up this weekend without incident in the dunes outside of Timbuktu, putting to rest fears that Islamist extremists might attack the event or try to kidnap some of the hundreds of foreign tourists who attended.

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