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Spinner.com — Filed under: UKFlorence Welch, Lady Gaga, La Roux and Little Boots were the "new" headline figures in music in 2009. These feisty females certainly kicked up a storm in terms of sales figures, gossip column inches and controversy, but the story behin... more info

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Rolling Stone — Photo: Mockford/FilmMagic Just a week after losing the competition for the U.K.’s Christmas Number One single to Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name,” The X Factor winner Joe McElderry exacted a small measure of revenge against th... more info

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