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Great night at this year’s BRIT Awards last night. Wins for Blur (Outstanding Contribution To Music), Coldplay (Best Group) and Emeli Sandé (Critics’ Choice), and stunning live sets from Coldplay, Noel Gallagher and of course Blur. Congratulations to all and check out Blur’s amazing performance below.

Damon Albarn from Blur and Noel Gallagher with EMI CEO Roger Faxon

Norah Jones will release her stunning new album, ‘Little Broken Hearts’, on 30 April/1 May in the US. The 12-song set was produced by Danger Mouse (aka Burton) and features original tracks co-written by Jones and Burton. Jones has also revealed the artwork for the new album which draws inspiratoin from the vintage movie posters that adorn Burton’s Los Angeles studio:

‘Little Broken Hearts’ is the fascinating next step in the artistic evolution of one of the music world’s most consistently intriguing singer-songwriters. Jones first emerged on the world stage 10 years ago this month with the February 2002 release of ‘Come Away With Me’, her self-described “moody little record” that introduced a singular new voice and grew into a global phenomenon, sweeping the 2003 Grammy Awards and signaling a paradigm shift away from the prevailing synthetic pop music of the time. ‘Come Away With Me’ has just become the 10th best-selling album of the Soundscan era and has sold 25 million copies worldwide.

Since then, Jones has released three more critically acclaimed and commercially successful solo albums—’Feels Like Home’ (2004), ‘Not Too Late’ (2007), and ‘The Fall’ (2009)—as well as two albums with her country collective The Little Willies.

The 2010 compilation ‘…Featuring Norah Jones’ showed her to possess an incredibly versatile voice by collecting her collaborations with artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Outkast, Herbie Hancock, and Foo Fighters. Jones previously collaborated with Danger Mouse on his acclaimed 2011 album ‘Rome’, a valentine to classic Italian film score music that also featured Jack White.

Congratulations to all EMI’s winners and performers at this year’s Grammy awards!

EMI Music’s winners included Lady Antebellum, Corinne Bailey Rae, Chris Tomlin, Levon Helm and Joyce DiDonato, while EMI Music Publishing writers celebrating tonight included Kanyé West and Paul Epworth. The night also saw some amazing live performances from Coldplay and Rihanna, Katy Perry, Glen Campbell, David Guetta, deadmau5 and The Beach Boys who reunited for the first performance from all surviving original members in over 20 years.

Full details of all EMI’s winners can be found here, and you can listen to the new song that Katy performed, ‘Part Of Me’, right here:

It’s here – the brand new video for ‘Charlie Brown’, the new single from Coldplay‘s chart topping album ‘Mylo Xyloto’:

Every now and then a new pop star emerges fully formed and Conor Maynard is one such artist – a genuine new talent discovered doing their own thing, spotted making waves and building their own fanbase before being given the platform to burst forth and show the world what they’re capable of.

Little more than a year ago 19-year-old Brighton UK-born Conor Maynard was uploading videos of himself to the internet, and now, 50 million YouTube views later and with the 7th most subscribed music channel in the UK, Conor is gearing up for his first official release, his debut single ‘Can’t Say No’.

Ahead of that, Conor has just been voted winner of MTV UK’s Brand New 2012 by a mile with 45% of the total vote. Says Conor: “It’s such an amazing feeling winning MTV’s Brand New 2012, I can’t thank the fans and viewers enough for voting, and MTV for selecting me in the first place. I hope this is the first success of many to come!”

Conor’s album will be released in the summer. In the meantime, check out this sneak preview of ‘Can’t Say No’:

Norah Jones is set to release a new album this spring through EMI’s Blue Note Records entitled ‘Little Broken Hearts’, a collaboration with producer and musician Danger Mouse.

The two first worked together on Danger Mouse’s acclaimed 2011 album ‘Rome’ and their connection proved deep enough that they decided to collaborate on Jones’ fifth studio album. ‘Little Broken Hearts’, which features original songs co-written by Jones and Danger Mouse, is the fascinating next step in the artistic evolution of one of the most intriguing singers to have emerged in the past decade. Together they have married their highly personal styles to create an entirely new sound.

Jones will tour extensively in 2012, performing at a mixture of festivals, ampitheatres and theatres in the US and abroad, including her return to the Hollywood Bowl on August 10 which has been announced as part of the venue’s subscriber series. Subscriptions have gone on sale today – for more information and ticket details visit www.hollywoodbowl.com.

To sign up for updates on Jones’ upcoming tour dates visit www.norahjones.com.

Fourteen years ago this week…but not as Coldplay. Click on the image below to see a great little film about it…

Calling all Pink Floyd fans – check out the brand new Pink Floyd Facebook store which currently has exclusive Immersion Edition and vinyl bundle offers available for purchase without leaving Facebook. Visit the store here or click on the image below.

2012 is turning out to be quite a year for the amazing Emeli Sandé. Confirmed as the winner of the prestigious Critic’s Choice Award and nominated for British Breakthrough Act at this year’s Brits, the singer-songwriter has confirmed the release of her stunning new single, ‘Next To Me’, on February 13. The track is taken from her enormously anticipated debut album ‘Our Version of Events’ which will be released by Virgin Records on the same day.

‘Next To Me’ is yet another flawless pop classic from Ms Sandé, full of soaring emotion and heartfelt lyrics. At first glance it could be about a boy or perhaps be spiritual in its sentiment. In fact, says Emeli, it was written about her number one love; Music. You can listen to it right here:

‘Our Version Of Events’ is warm, wise, frank, funny, thoughtful and as inimitable as Emeli’s vertical shock of blonde hair and the Frida Kahlo tattoo that takes up most of her right arm. It promises to be a classic album from one of the most exciting debut artists we’ve seen in recent years.

Ahead of the album’s release next month you can listen to snippets from each track here:

Katy Perry is becoming a Sim! Katy has teamed up with Electronic Arts Inc. for a new collaboration on EA’s hugely popular ‘The Sims’ gaming series. The tie-up will see multiple games developed within ‘The Sims’ franchise featuing special Katy Perry themed in-game content and virtual goods. The relationship kicks off with a special Collector’s Edition of ‘The Sims 3 Showtime’ which launches in March 2012.

“I love how you’re able to play out different stories through your Sims characters,” says Katy, “Giving the different careers and watching them succeed. It’s cool to see the Sims’ stage performances in The Sims 3 Showtime decked out just like my California Dreams Tour – even my cotton candy video screens are in there! I always like to think of myself as a cartoon, and now I’m a Sim!”