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Have you heard the bad news? The album is dead. Yep, industry experts are predicting that the album is going to go the way of the Dodo, the Minidisc and the iPod Classic because people aren't buying as many albums as they used to. Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence topped the …

Everyone loves a good musical collaboration: fans get to hear some of their favourite artists together, the artists get to try something new and record companies make loads and loads of money. Occasionally, though, two artists who share nothing in common apart from the ability to form words with their …

Greatest hits albums are generally frowned upon by music lovers, mainly because they're collections of a band's "˜catchiest' songs designed to make loads of money from people who only like a couple of songs by the band. Often, the artists aren't even involved in selecting the tracks. There are, however, …

It's the day after the weekend before, the inevitable crash landing after 3 days of glorious freedom. It's Tuesday, the day after the Bank Holiday, and you're probably feeling a bit down. No worries, though: you can just reach for one of the many uplifting albums in your CD collection! …

Pop music has developed a reputation for being shallow and predictable, and it's a fair reputation too. Most chart hits rely on a bankable formula of sub-par house beats, a guest appearance from a rapper and plenty of references to dancing or the club. That doesn't mean pop music as …