Guardian Music — Country music is huge in the US, but rarely makes a dent in the UK charts. Are we missing out? On the eve of the industry's biggest awards ceremony, pop critic Alexis Petridis saddles upFew events in the American musical calendar make a Briton feel ... more info

Altsounds — The Florence Welch-fronted band shifted 90,000 copies of the LP in a week to knock Coldplay's latest LP 'Mylo Xyloto' down to Number 2, according to the Official Charts Company. Below is Top Uk albums and singles. * The Top 10 UK albums are:* 1. Flo... more info

411 Mania — Coldplay's latest pushes it over the top... more info

Perez Hilton — How the hell is Belfast's Odyssey Arena still standing!!! The EMAs ROCKED last night!!! It should be musical RUMBLE!!! The 2011 MTV Europe Awards was a show not to be missed, so we thought it was only fair to bring you some of the most incredible per... more info

Guardian Music — Album sales in 2011 hit 21m, beating last year's total even before the traditional Christmas boomSales of digital albums for the year to date in the UK topped 21m copies in October, beating last year's total even before the traditional Christmas boom... more info

NME — 2011 figures race ahead of 2010's numbers – with two months to spare more info

E! Online — Want to get people talking about your event? You could invite Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and other big music megastars. Or you could just let a streaker crash the... more info

ContactMusic — Florence And The Machines new album Ceremonials has knocked Coldplay off the top of the U K album chart Chris Martins band debuted their new record Mylo Xyloto at the top of the rundown last week 30Oct11 but they now sit in second place following th.... more info

Guardian Music — Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Eminem, Linkin Park and Thirty Seconds to Mars were also honoured at the Belfast eventLady Gaga took home four prizes at the MTV Europe awards, handed out at a ceremony in Belfast. The flamboyant star, who was nominated six ti... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Katy Perry has won the coveted title of Best Live Act at the 2011 MTV EMA, beating off stiff competition from the likes of Coldplay, Lady GaGa and the Foo Fighters. Accepting her award from Jersey... more info