ContactMusic — The Las Vegas district attorney who prosecuted Bruno Mars and Paris Hilton for cocaine possession has been sentenced to nine months behind bars on drugs and weapon charges Former Deputy District Attorney David Schubert struck a plea deal with prosecu... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — One full year after its release and Adele's "21" continues to find a new audience. In its 52 weeks in the top-10 of the U.S. pop charts, "21" has now sold more than 7.3 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. more info

Guardian Music — Sir Philip Green, no stranger to a front row seat, found himself right next to the stage after arriving fashionably late at last night's Brit awards, with daughter Chloe. The two sat next to will.i.am and Nicole Scherzinger on Universal supremo Luci... more info

Guardian Music — Jay-Z and Alicia Keys? Inspired. JLS and Dev? Pitbull and whoever? Just soulless, corporate collaborations that are ruining the charts In one small way, Madonna's current single, Give Me All Your Luvin', marks the end of an era. It's the last time fo... more info

Perez Hilton — We hope Adele has a HUGE trophy case! Adele and Ed Sheeran came out on top, each winning two BRIT awards. Adele's 21 continued its dominance, winning British Album of the Year. Representing the States was Bruno Mars and Rihanna, each winning best Int... more info

Guardian Music — Should Adele have been able to finish her speech? Did Blur's performance meet expectations? Was Bruno Mars' hair even more impressive than Emeli Sandé's?As Brit Awards ceremonies go, 2012's probably won't go down in history as one of the most exciti... more info

Guardian Music — Get the Brit Awards winners list for 2012 - and see how it compares going back to the first event in 1977• Get the data• Grammys winners: full listIt was Adele's year. The artist heads the Brit Awards winners' list for 2012, with 21 selling a co... more info

Guardian Music — Adele and Ed Sheeran both took away two awards, with Coldplay, One Direction, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Lana Del Rey also among the winners more info

Perez Hilton — We like you Just the Way You Are too, Bruno Mars! The singer brought his doo wop sound (and hair!) to the 2012 BRIT Awards for a FABulous performance. Not only was the performance uhMAZing but it had a big band remix! Check out the video above and wa... more info

Pop Justice — As you may have noticed, the Brits are happening tonight. The shortlists this year are pretty shocking in the main (where is Sak Noel in International Male?!?) but from the options we've been given we've picked our winners, and we've also taken a gu... more info