Guardian Music — New music tips are diverse to the point of perversity. Besides, in January 2011 who'd heard of Lana Del Rey?Ah January. Time to dust off the hype machine, set all dials to "overly judgmental" and call in the mysterious tastemakers to gaze into their ... more info

411 Mania — Pretty good odds by bookmakers... more info

The Newsroom — Ed Sheeran, Adele and Jessie J lead BRITs nominations. more info

Guardian Music — A new study shows how difficult it is for European artists to gain pan-European success, even if their lyrics are in EnglishIf you want to cross borders as a European artist, you had better sing in English. This may not come as a huge surprise, but t... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to see a screen shot of this week's sales numbers, according to HITS Daily Double (http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi). Adele's 21 once again tops the chart - moving a ridiculous 123,000 units while the second place... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — We were at the BRITs launch party last night to hear the list of nominees and artists who will be performing live at the BRIT Awards 2012 at The O2 on Tuesday 21 February.We can confirm that Coldplay, Rihanna, Adele, Blur, Florence and the Machine, N... more info

ContactMusic — Adele will make her UK live comeback at the 2012 Brit Awards ceremony it was announced at the nominations bash in London on Thursday 12 January 2012 The London-born songstress dominated charts both in the UK and across the Atlantic in 2011 though her... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Adele is set to make her return to the stage at The Brit Awards 2012 - a year after her life-changing performance of Someone Like You.The 23-year old stole the show during 2011's Brits, with her... more info

Perez Hilton — The new year is looking just as bright as the last for Adele! (Now let's hope she stays well enough to enjoy it!) For the 15th straight week, Adele's 21 album is the #1 selling album on the Billboard 200 chart, pushing 124,000 copies according to Nie... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The nominations for The Brit Awards 2012 have been announced, with Ed Sheeran, Adele and Jessie J leading the nods.The Lego House singer has scored the most nominations, being named in four... more info