Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Sales of vinyl albums have risen 40% in 2011, thanks to the likes of Beady Eye, Adele and Radiohead.More than 240,000 albums have been sold so far this year, compared to the 234,000 purchased in all 52 weeks of 2010, the Official Charts Company said.... more info

Guardian Music — Coldplay had billed their new album as a move into pop. But Alexis Petridis hears the same old band underneathColdplay's follow-up to 2008's biggest-selling album is a curious thing. On the one hand, it aims for a certain ponderous gravitas. Mylo Xyl... more info

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ContactMusic — Adele has scored a fourth week at the top of the U S pop charts Someone Like You which is the Hot 100s first number one featuring a vocalist backed only by piano accompaniment keeps Maroon 5s Moves Like Jagger off the top of the countdown Foster the.... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — YouTube has snagged a licensing deal with Merlin, a consortium of independent music labels that together represent 14,000 artists including Adele and Arcade Fire. more info

NME — Beady Eye, PJ Harvey and Bon Iver have also shifted quite a few long-players more info

Pop Justice — » 'Cold Shoulder' hitmaker Adele has been voted Best UK & Ireland Act at the MTV EMAs and will now go through to another round to compete for the title of Best European Act before she can compete for the best Worldwide Act distinction. (MTV) (http:/... more info

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