Guardian Music — London singer's 21 tops UK charts for 10th consecutive week, eclipsing record of material girl at height of popularity in 1990It was a record held by Madonna for 21 years but Adele has broken it with her second album, coincidentally entitled 21, whic... more info

Guardian Music — 'I've never been particularly happy with what I see in the mirror – I don't think anybody ever is. And I'd like to be taller, too'I'm hoping I'll grow into my looks, like Robert Redford or Steve McQueen. I've never been particularly happy with wha... more info

Pop Justice — This morning we went to HMV to see what Mother's Day CDs might be on offer, but HMV was shut so we went to Sainsbury's instead. Here's what we found in the chart rack. JESSIE J - 'WHO YOU ARE' It's by a lady, so it's a great present for a lady. W... more info

Guardian Music — (Decca)The Norahs, Dianas and Madeleines of the current jazz-diva business might well extend a warm welcome to the 16-year-old Canadian vocal phenomenon Nikki Yanofsky – but they could be forgiven for sticking pins in her effigy. With an awesome gr... more info

Guardian Music — Will A Single Man overcome Monsters? Can Rumer conquer Mount Kimbie?An alien invasion movie, a stately adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood story about a man in mourning, a vibrant piece of UK hip-hop and the debut from Burt Bacharach's latest prote... more info

ContactMusic — Irish pop star RONAN KEATING is set to fulfil a musical dream by working with BURT BACHARACH next year (11).The Boyzone singer is preparing to start work on another... more info

Guardian Music — The Sage, GatesheadBelle and Sebastian used to play so quietly that a rustling crisp packet could be louder than the band, perhaps because they wished to avoid the aural havoc that cranked-up rock PA systems could wreak on their painstaking creations... more info

ContactMusic — RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD singer B.J. THOMAS feared he'd butchered the classic BURT BACHARACH/HAL DAVID movie tune - because he was so sick when he hit the studio... more info

All About Jazz — In 1967, Phil Ramone began engineering a string of Dionne Warwick's hits by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. If Bacharach and David were America's equivalent of Lennon and McCartney (perhaps even bigger by some accounts), then Phil was akin to George Ma... more info

Guardian Music — (Atlantic)At first listen, it would be natural to discount Rumer as one of those gossamer-voiced muzak merchants who come around on Jools Holland just in time for Christmas. The music-buying public's appetite for fresh vintage sounds shows no sign of... more info