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Pa Salieu is BBC Music’s Sound of 2021

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Pa Salieu has been crowned the winner of BBC Music Sound of 2021.

The 23-year-old rapper was selected by a panel of 160 industry experts and alumni artists including Billie Eilish, Stormzy, Jorja Smith, Wolf Alice, AJ Tracey, YUNGBLUD, Foals, and Charli XCX.

Pa Salieu was born in Slough and spent his formative years in The Gambia before moving to Coventry at the age of 8. His new home later became the inspiration behind his breakout track Frontline and his debut mixtape Send ..

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Annual UK streaming volume grew by its biggest amount EVER in 2020

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Annual growth in music streaming volume in the United Kingdom was widely expected to slow down in 2020. Instead, driven by the pandemic lockdown, it sped up – in a big way.

According to new BPI statistics analyzed by Music Business Worldwide, the UK played host to 139.3bn audio streams across the 12 months of last year.

That was up by 25.1bn on the UK’s total audio streaming volume in 2019, which stood at 114.2bn.

2020, therefore, saw the UK’s biggest ever annual growth in ..

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S Club 7 in talks to reunite and make new music…

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S Club 7 are in talks to reunite and make new music as a seven-piece after being inspired by Steps’ successful comeback.

Band member Tina Barrett – who was joined by Jon Lee, Rachel Stevens, Jo O’Meara, Hannah Spearitt, Bradley McIntosh and Paul Cattermole in the classic lineup – has revealed she has discussed writing new music together with her former bandmates, 17 years after they split.

The reunion talks, she says, were inspired by their 90s rivals, who recently reached N..

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Jesy Nelson taking a ‘temporary break’ from Little Mix

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Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson is to take an “extended” break from the pop group for “private medical reasons”, their publicist has said.

A statement didn’t give any further details about the 29-year-old’s condition.

It comes after Nelson recently missed the final of the girl group’s BBC One talent show, and their hosting of the MTV European Music Awards.

Little Mix’s latest album entered the UK chart at number two on Friday.

All six of the studio albums they have released s..

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