Guardian Music — Here's the top 40 of the year, as voted for by the Guardian's rock and pop writers1 Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid2 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy3 Hot Chip One Life Stand4 Arcade Fire The Suburbs5 These New Puritans Hidden6 Caribou Swi... more info

Guardian Music — As his smooth soul-singer alter ego Strickland Banks, rapper Plan B seems miles removed from his gritty London roots. Not so, he saysThe international lingua franca of Christmas TV is fromage. France's leading commercial channel, TF1, doesn't skimp o... more info

Guardian Music — Bored of Matt Cardle and the anti-X Factor brigade, led by Cage Against The Machine, already? Fear not, because there is a third way this Christmas. The Independent reports that fans of Sir Cliff Richard, no less, are launching an online campaign to ... more info

ContactMusic — Plan B has made enough money to retire.The British rapper - real name Ben Drew - explained while he's not financially driven, he is in a position where he could... more info

ContactMusic — British singer/actor PLAN B is adamant he's rich enough to retire - despite only releasing his first hit record earlier this year (10).The She Said hitmaker scored his... more info

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Guardian Music — This DJ duo combine drum'n'bass and dubstep with elements of 90s house and trance to create an unlikely sonic allianceHometown: London.The lineup: Dan Stephens, Joe Ray.The background: Not that we worry about these things – much – but we assumed ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Take That and Plan B have been announced as the first two acts to perform at next year's The Brit Awards.The reunited man band and Plan B, real name Ben Drew, are set to take to the stage at... more info

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