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A screenshot of Bleep at the time of its launch in January 2004. Bleep was launched initially on 14 January 2004 as a download store for releases on Warp Records.The website quickly expanded its catalogue to include releases on other labels, gaining enough popularity to receive nomination for a Webby Award in the music category on 7 May 2004 alongside iTunes, Beatport, Live365 and musicplasma.
Sabrina Carpenter made the UK top 10 for the first time in 2024, securing two consecutive number-one singles: "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".Carpenter also set records by becoming the youngest female artist to occupy the number one and number two spots in the UK Singles Chart simultaneously, as well as the first-ever female artist to occupy the top two spots of the chart for five ...
UK drill is a subgenre of drill music and road rap that originated in the South London district of Brixton from 2012 onwards. [1] [2] [3] While being sonically distinct from Chicago drill music, [4] it embraces its aesthetic and melds it with road rap, a British style of gangsta rap that became popular in the years prior to the existence of drill.
The UK has birthed many popular music genres such as beat music, psychedelic music, progressive rock/pop, heavy metal, new wave, and industrial music. In the 20th century, influences from the music of the United States , including blues, jazz, and rock and roll , were adopted in the United Kingdom.
"Angel of My Dreams" is the debut solo single by English singer and songwriter Jade. It was released on 19 July 2024, through Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license from Jade Amelia Ltd, [1] and marks her first solo endeavour after Little Mix began their hiatus in May 2022. [2]
Carly Simon made her UK top 10 debut in January 1973 with the self-penned ballad "You're So Vain", which peaked at number three. Although Simon would have a further three UK top-ten singles during her career, "You're So Vain" remains her highest-charting single in the United Kingdom.
The English-language version of the song, entitled "Come What May", entered the UK top 10 in April, peaking at number two. American country music singer Faron Young (pictured in 1964) scored his only entry in the UK Singles Chart this year with "It's Four in the Morning", which peaked at number three.
Poundland, a supermarket chain selling all items for £1, opens its first store at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. [33] Netto, a Danish discount food supermarket chain, launches its first UK store in Leeds. The sharpest rise in unemployment since 1981 has taken it to more than 1,700,000, with 155,000 jobs having been lost in Britain since April.