Guardian Music — Full list of all the artists nominated in categories for this year's awardsBritish male solo artistEd Sheeran (Atlantic Records/Warner Music)James Blake (Polydor/Universal Music)James Morrison (Island/Universal Music)Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird... more info

Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter tipped for best male solo artist, as Adele nominated for best female solo in annual awardsEd Sheeran boasted "My shit's cool … I didn't go to Brit School" on his inescapable hit You Need Me, I Don't Need You. But the music industr... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction want to sing like Chris Martin The boyband - who were formed for pop star search show The X Factor - would love to have the vocal abilities of the talented Coldplay frontman with Justin Timberlake and Michael Buble also making the l... more info

DrownedInSound — Essentially though – it all comes back to Coldplay. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

MTV.co.uk News — Flo Rida has claimed his third UK No. 1 by topping this week's Official UK Singles Chart with Good Feeling. The US rapper knocked Coldplay's Paradise off of the top spot, while Taio Cruz has the... more info

Guardian Music — What's new on the app stores on Thursday 5 January 2012A selection of 13 apps for you today:Pocket League StoryKairosoft's Pocket League Story has been out on Android for months, but has finally hoofed its way onto iPhone. It takes the Japanese devel... more info

Guardian Music — Adele is an exceptional artist, but she has also been nurtured by her indie label. It's doubtful a major would have done the sameRecord label trade organisation BPI has published its end of year sales statistics and, unsurprisingly, Adele tops both t... more info

Perez Hilton — We're not surprised. That song is balls to the walls! What we ARE surprised about though is the fact this is only Coldplay's second number one single in their homeland. Viva La Vida was their first. We would have though Clocks would have been up th... more info

Dlisted — Everyone who was backstage at the Coldplay concert in Abu Dhabi on New Year's Eve found out the painful way what it's like to witness a conversation between a tequila worm on meth and a pinched anus when Fishsticks Paltrow dropped some GOOP... more info

ContactMusic — Coldplays latest single Paradise has become the first UK number one single of 2012 knocking the Military Wives Christmas number one Wherever You Are off the top spot Olly Murs single Dance With Me Tonight is number two in the charts The Milit... more info