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Nottingham's LadBaby make chart history with fifth Christmas number one

The couple have made chart history with their fifth number one Christmas hit

Nottingham Post · Dec 23, 2022

LadBaby bests Beatles with fifth Christmas number one

Social media star Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne claimed the top spot with their single Food Aid

Wales Online · Dec 23, 2022

LadBaby make chart history and topple Beatles with fifth Christmas number one

Their reworked version of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? fended off competition from Wham! and the YouTube group Sidemen.

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

These were our favourite small Manchester gigs in December 2022

In a schedule hit by Christmas and the World Cup, the city still delivered

Manchester Evening News · Dec 23, 2022

Thom Bell, 1970s ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ producer, dies at 79

Bell, often collaborating with lyricist Linda Creed, worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968-78 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 23, 2022

Test your Christmas music knowledge with our festive trivia quiz

Baby, all I want for Christmas is 20/20...

Belfast Live · Dec 23, 2022

7 reasons why Patti LaBelle’s disastrous ‘This Christmas’ performance should be annual holiday viewing

"WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS?" should be annual holiday viewing.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 23, 2022

Thom Bell, an architect of 1970s Philadelphia soul, dies

One of the architects of the 1970s “Sound of Philadelphia” has died

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

Everything’s more fun with my cherry-red keytar – the Christmas present I’ll never forget

After a difficult few years, I started playing with a band and now feel as if I am living life in full colour again

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2022

We do it grande: how 2022 became the year of the big statement album

From Kendrick Lamar to Beyoncé and Arctic Monkeys, artists lent into opulence and maximalism this year, inviting listeners to escape – and asserting their disregard for pop’s rules

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2022