UK show to bring Glee effect to charts?

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Must Be The Music judges Jamie Cullum, Sharleen Spiteri and Dizzee Rascal

 

 

The warning came early in 2010 - the much-hyped first episode of Glee aired on E4 in January.

Less than a week later it had launched five singles into the top 75 of the UK singles chart.
Since then, according to the Official Charts Company, the American TV series has catapulted a staggering 42 tracks into the top 75 of the UK singles chart. And 17 into the top 40.
During its march on the charts the show has sold 1.8 million tracks, whilst all five Glee albums have gone top five - racking up 800,000 sales in the process.

Kings Of Leon snub Glee and Ugly Betty offers

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Kings Of Leon have snubbed the chance to lend their music to TV show Glee

Kings Of Leon have snubbed the chance to have their music used on US TV series Glee.

Speaking to NME, bass player Jared Followill revealed the Tennessee band refused to let their music be used by the show.

Sky Ferreira on being friends with Michael Jackson

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Sky says Michael Jackson also had a musical influence on her life

Eighteen-year-old singer Sky Ferreira may have just got her big break, but she's no stranger to pop royalty and even holidayed with Michael Jackson when she was growing up.

The LA-born singer says her grandmother worked with the star for years and became close to him, so he was always around when she was young.

Kasabian and Kings of Leon to headline V Festival

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Kasabian won best british band at February's Brit awards

Kasabian and Kings of Leon have been confirmed as headliners for this summer's V Festival.

Other names announced include Florence And The Machine, The Prodigy, Ellie Goulding, Paolo Nutini, La Roux, Pixie Lott, Plan B and Stereophonics.
Cheryl Cole will also add a pop flavour to

Stars out for Scott Pilgrim premiere

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Introducing...Delorean

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Positive about Spain's melting music industry and obsessed with Formula 1, the sun-kissed beats of this Barcelona-based foursome have set hearts racing.

 

Synth-pop foursome Delorean are based in Barcelona

Introducing… YG

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Def Jam Records' first west coast signing in 15 years, the 19-year-old tattooed rapper has been christened king of a whole new dance movement. 

Compton rapper YG has signed to Def Jam Records

Fair to say, when Newsbeat New Music speaks to most new artists they're not on the set of a movie they're starring in with 50 Cent and Diddy's son.

Californian rapper YG is a little bit different.

Introducing... Kassidy

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Folk foursome Kassidy are from Glasgow 

The year that folk broke.

That's how musical analysts might neatly summarise the current favour for slacker-rock in 2010.
Mumford & Sons have barn danced their way through every major British festival, Laura Marling has become a female anti-hero and, well, everyone's got a beard and a banjo.

Alesha Dixon joins Help for Heroes Concert line-up

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Alesha Dixon joins the Heroes Concert line-up along with The Wanted

Alesha Dixon, The Wanted, Katherine Jenkins and Enrique Iglesias have been added to the line-up for the Heroes Concert in London.

Get Cape eBay Pakistan aid gig raises £2,000

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Get Cape's Sam Duckworth has raised more than £2,000 for Pakistan's flood relief

Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly's Sam Duckworth has raised more than £2,000 for Oxfam's Pakistan flood relief fund after auctioning off one of his own gigs on eBay.

Sway 'one hit away from being global celebrity'

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Sway says he hasn't gone away and is still working on his third studio album

UK hip hop artist Sway says he's working on being a success and is "one hit away from being a global celebrity".

Britney Spears tells Twitter she's 'having fun' on Glee

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Britney Spears Tweeted that she was having fun on the set of US show Glee

Britney Spears has told followers on her Twitter feed that she's "having so much fun" on the set of Glee.

The US singer is filming a cameo for an episode which will feature her music.
Her songs will feature in fantasy sequences the characters have when they visit the dentist and are put under anaesthetic.