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This week saw the release of singer/songwriter Estelle release her hotly anticipated single "Thank you."  Estelle has been breaking records and gaining a strong following from both US and UK fans since her chart topping single "American Boy" with US rapper and music mogul Kanye West" was released.

US rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z have added new dates to their up and coming joint UK tour.  The rappers and music moguls will be touring for their joint album "Watch the Throne." It has been reported that they are adding new dates in Birmingham and Sheffield to meet the demand for tickets.

Social Radio for Twitter is a new iOS app which has been designed to read your Twitter feed to you whilst you listen to music. The new app is available only temporarily for free to test it's effectiveness. Tech pundits are saying it is a great new addition to the digital music scene, and it should garner quite a few users. Why? Because everyone loves Twitter, and if you can love music and love Twitter at the same time then it should make things a lot easier for a lot of people.

Sony Music has confirmed rumors that several Michael Jackson songs were stolen from their website by a group of suspected hackers. It has been reported that over 50,000 files which included a large number of unreleased material were hacked into and stolen. Although this has been confirmed, Sony have not yet released specific information. They have refused to comment and elaborate on exactly what has been stolen.

Alexandra Burke has been one of the most successful X Factor winners, since Leona Lewis. She has a number one hit a top US rapper she has been working hard on her brand new album.  The success for any X factor star all depends on their second album.  The first single from Alexandra Burke's second is strangely entitled "Elephant."  The release of this first single of her up and coming album was delayed by nearly six months due to the fact that herself and her record label wanted to get it just right. Fans have been waiting with bated breath wondering what the next album is going to have in store for them.

The mid week UK chart update today revealed that Catchy song Gotye- Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) is set to spend a third week on the UK number one spot. The song has gone wild since it emerged from YouTube scoring a whopping 90 million hits (still counting)

StagePage is a new app that allows you to preserve your concert memories on your phone. Most avid music lovers and live music fanatics love to keep their ticket stubs along with other memories of the concerts they have been to. However, it is not always possible to keep all these memories in one place. Therefore, StagePage has come up with a solution to this problem.

Software programmers came together at the Spin Ping-pong venue in Manhattan on the weekend to construct music apps and throw ideas around. The idea was to present the brand new apps at the Music Apps Hack Weekend, hosted by Spotify.

Swarm.fm's Peter Watts accepts the $10,000 prize at the music app weekend which was hosted by Spotify. The winner of the grand prize went to a unreleased music app which was created by the same person who created +Music. The idea behind this new application is take everything from the Internet that is relevant to music and place it inside Spotify and put a play button on it.

The new iAlbums application has been designed to recreate the feeling of listening to, and appreciating vinyl music. It is supposed to give you back that old school feeling, with Spotify and Rdio along with other applications, people have become less appreciative of music. Therefore iAlbums is bringing that appreciation back by allowing the user to listen to full albums on their iPhone instead of through a record player.

A UK couple found themselves in court after playing Rihannas music with excessive volume. Both were hit with a considerable fine after neighbors complained about the excessive volume, which took place over many months.

Double Brit winner Ed Sheeran was showing his soft side when he made a 14 year old's dream to watch the star, come true. Ed was touched by young Abigail Fleming who has cancer, With possibly only weeks left. Abigails mum told a UK newspaper that she was excited when Ed made a special video response to her.

In a surprising revelation on UK radio, Gary Barlow said that the X-Factor show welcomes singers with managers. This means that already established artists can use the show to further their career. Barlow told Chris evens on a radio2 interview.

Justin Bieber's lawyers are not amused with a game which has been developed for the iPhone that is designed to be a Mickey take. The 'Joustin Beaver' game consists of a beaver which is thought to resemble some of Justin's features.

Rihanna has just mentioned the new 'Rihanna-IFY' your Facebook profile timelines. Fans can create a custom cover over at http://myrihannanavy.com/ her official fan page which was launched this month. The link has just been posted today on her official Facebook profile boasting 51+ million likes. The initial response has been good with many positive comments.

Since the UK's biggest music awards Ceremony The Brit Awards, acts who performed and received most recognition have seen a massive influx in sales. Adele, Ed Sheeran and special award winners Blur have seen dramatic increases.

An internet storm has emerged after reports flood the internet that the National Enquirer allegedly published a photo of Whitney Houston in her coffin. Apparently the paper had the headline as: 'Whitney: The Last Photo'. Obviously these disturbing reports have caused controversy on a worldwide scale.

The biggest winner of the night at the Brit Awards Adele gave the middle finger gesture to cameras as she was cut short on accepting one of the biggest awards of the night. The show was running smoothly until the end, where Adele was given the last award which was for best British album.

The Brits tonight showed Rihanna performing 'We Found Love' with an unusual yet effective stage show using paint which was splattered everywhere inside clear like plastic containers. The star went down well at the Brits as she performed alongside backing dancers. She was also looking just as hot as usual!

Its that time of the year again when the UK's best and most popular artists take to the stage at the Brit Awards. This year has an exciting line up of artists all diverse in their music styles and origin. Adele, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay are all favorites to take home Awards. Obviously US Superstar Rihanna is not up for as many, however she is anticipated to put on a usual highly entertaining and possibly raunchy performance.