Ricky Wilson wants to help Nicole Scherzinger on 'The X Factor'

Edit NME 29 Jul 2016
"I'd do judges' houses with Nicole," he told the Daily Mirror ... The band have collaborated with MNEK on the new album, as well as with Brian Higgins, the pop songwriter-producer who is known for his work with Girls Aloud, Franz Ferdinand, Sugababes and Cher ... ....

21st Birthday Party Preparations For V Festival 2016

Edit B&S; Online 28 Jul 2016
Rihanna makes a very welcome and exclusive return to V Fest after a five year absence, and megastar DJ David Guetta is back too. Other treats include Years & Years, Jess Glynne, James Morrison, Example, John Newman, MNEK, Katy B, Fleur East, Lukas Graham, Tinie Tempah, Sigala, Big Sean, Lethal Bizzle, Zak Abel and Craig David ... The timeless US hip hop legends The Sugarhill Gang will headline the V Street stage ... Words SIMON REDLEY ....

Watch Kaiser Chiefs behind the scenes on their 'Parachute' video shoot

Edit NME 27 Jul 2016
Scroll down to watch it ... The band have collaborated with MNEK on the new album, as well as with Brian Higgins, the pop songwriter-producer who is known for his work with Girls Aloud, Franz Ferdinand, Sugababes and Cher ... > ....

9 secret superstar collaborations you never even knew existed

Edit Digital Spy 24 Jul 2016
Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. David Bowie and Freddie Mercury. Music history is dotted with massive pop collaborations ... 1. RIHANNA and TAYLOR SWIFT ... 2. JAY Z and MICHAEL JACKSON ... 3 ... MADONNA and MNEK. 'Living For Love' MNEK may have had his own big team-up with Zara Larsson on 'Never Forget You' last year, but the British singer-songwriter had already collaborated with the Queen of Pop before that....

Listen to an acoustic version of MNEK's new single 'At Night (I Think About You)'

Edit NME 21 Jul 2016
MNEK has debuted a special acoustic version of his latest single 'At Night (I Think About You)' on NME.COM ... Having already performed at Parklife Festival this summer, MNEK will deliver further festival sets next month (August) at V Festival and Boardmasters....

Nielsen's Mid-Year 2016 Charts: Chainsmokers Command Dance/Electronic Music

Edit Billboard 21 Jul 2016
Bouquet is the year’s most popular dance/electronic album so far, with 228,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking period of Jan. 1 through June 30, 2016 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You” (816,000) ... Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You” (156,100,000) ... Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You” (106,029,000) ... Zara Larsson & MNEK, “Never Forget You” (50,070,000)....

Hot 100 Chart Moves: Jennifer Lopez & Lin-Manuel Miranda's Charity Single Debuts

Edit Billboard 21 Jul 2016
As previously reported, Drake's "One Dance," featuring WizKid and Kyla, crowns the Billboard Hot 100 (dated July 30) for a 10th total week, joining an elite list of singles in the Hot 100's history to rule for double-digit weeks. The song also bests Rihanna's "Work," featuring Drake, which led for nine weeks in March and April, as both the longest-leading No ... 8 ... 40 on the Hot 100 with "Never Forget You" (with MNEK), which reached No ... > ....

Pop Shop Podcast: Meet Ferras & Brayton Bowman, Plus Kimye vs. Taylor Swift and New ...

Edit Billboard 20 Jul 2016
Some might be familiar with Bowman through his “boo,” MNEK, who Bowman affectionately refers to as an “executive producer” of his life. (MNEK also produced “What’s Really Good?”) We caught up with Bowman in mid-June and in our chat, we discuss how he recently collaborated with Kara DioGuardi, his fondness ......

Grace Jones will headline Afropunk, as MIA is dropped from the festival

Edit Digital Spy 20 Jul 2016
Grace Jones is the new headliner for the upcoming inaugural Afropunk Festival in London. The iconic performer has replaced MIA on the line-up, after the rapper caused offence with comments she made on the Black Lives Matter movement back in April ... Laura Mvula, Kwabs, MNEK, Lady Leshurr, and Benjamin Booker are among the other artists booked to play. ....

Music and film world reacts to Bastille Day terror attack in Nice

Edit NME 15 Jul 2016
The music and film world has reacted to the news of a suspected terror attack in the French city of Nice ... The driver of the truck was later shot dead by police ... you absolute bastards.— Liam Fray (@What_Liam_Said) July 15, 2016 #Nice .(— MNEK (@MNEK) July 14, 2016 Enough #PrayForNice— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) July 14, 2016 Tragic and sad news once again, thoughts and prayers with all the victims and their families....

MNEK hopes to be the gay black popstar he wanted to see on TV when he was younger

Edit Digital Spy 12 Jul 2016
MNEK is one of the brightest new talents to come out of British music in the past decade ... But when it comes to his own solo hits, MNEK has yet to fully break through ... However, MNEK's label sent him back to rework his forthcoming debut album, which resulted in him writing his excellent new single 'At Night (I Think About You)'....

Kaiser Chiefs: 'You don't want to be dinosaurs with guitars'

Edit NME 12 Jul 2016
Out on October 7, the album also features co-writes with Westlife songwriter Wayne Hector and pop singer MNEK ... Parachute pic.twitter.com/fCnPyz4GMV— Lorna (@lmr509) 11 July 2016 Hector, who has written hits including ‘Flying Without Wings’ for Westlife and One Direction’s ‘Best Song Ever’, co-writes ‘Sunday Morning’ on the new album, while MNEK co-wrote ‘Press Rewind’....
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