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Duffy stories: 4 news summaries

 Coldplay 
 Tops World 
 Chart for '08 

Viva la Vida the year's bestselling album

Feb 16, 09 3:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Coldplay’s Viva La Vida was the best-selling album in the world last year, the BBC reports, selling 6.8 million copies. Coldplay was one of four British acts to crack the top 10. Here’s the rest of the list:
  1. AC/DC: Black Ice
  2. The
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music • music industry • Amy Winehouse • music sales • Metallica • Rihanna • Lil Wayne • Coldplay • Duffy • AC/DC • Leona Lewis

 Cleared for Landing: 
 Lily Allen's US Return 

After visa snags, UK import tackles US for the second time

Jan 31, 09 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - After being grounded by US immigration officials just as her 2007 album was set to take off, the UK’s Lily Allen is taking a second shot at conquering America with a new album, reports the Wall Street Journal. Despite her visa travails, Allen's debut sold a respectable 500,... More »

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immigration • music • EMI Music • Amy Winehouse • Britain • MySpace Music • Duffy • visas • Lily Allen

 7 Songs That Scream Summer

It's not too late to add these tunes to your playlist

Aug 18, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Salon’s critics pick the songs that sizzle in summer 2008—from Estelle and Kanye West's sartorial lust to Tilly and the Wall's bubble gum New Wave:
  1. Estelle with Kanye West, “American Boy”: Elegant English beats blend with in-your-face American lyrics.
  2. Jonas Brothers, “Burning Up”: Saccharine
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music • list • Beck • Kanye West • summer • Jonas Brothers • Duffy • Estelle • Ida Corr • Sharleen Spiteri • Tilly and the Wall

 Duffy Latest to Give
 Motown a UK Twist 

Welsh import, following Winehouse et al., makes US TV blitz this week

May 12, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 23-year-old Welsh singer is the latest in a wave of pop artists—female, British ones—to channel 1960s Motown, the Wall Street Journal reports. Duffy, who storms the US this week with TV talk-show appearances and a performance at the Apollo tonight, is already a hit across Europe, her... More »

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music • Amy Winehouse • Aretha Franklin • Wales • soul • Motown • Duffy • Apollo Theater • Rockferry

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