Barbadian beauty Rihanna this week has made history, by becoming the first female solo artist to have five number one singles in the UK Charts in consecutive years.

 The ‘Umbrella‘ singer also scores a chart double this week, with her latest album “Loud” topping the album chart, and her collaboration with rapper Drake, “What’s My Name“, climbs to the top of the singles chart, overtaking X Factor winner Matt Cardle‘s song “When We Collide“. Which is funny, considering the two singers sang together on the final of the show which led to Matt’s victory!

“What’s My Name” makes it her fifth number one single in consecutive years, following “Only Girl (In The World)” in 2010, her collaboration with Jay Z and Kanye West, “Run This Town“, in 2009, “Take a Bow” in 2008, and her huge number one, “Umbrella“, released in 2007.

The 22 year old is only one of two artists to achieve this, alongside Elvis Presley who racked up his consecutive hits in the 1950s. This makes Rihanna the first ever female solo act to do this.

Confirming her undeniable domination of the charts right now is the appearance of her twice more in the top ten! Her previous single “Only Girl (In The World)” which also hit number one is this week at number nine, and her song with producer/DJ David Guetta, “Who’s That Girl“, climbs to number ten. Looks like there is no stopping Rihanna right now!

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Peter Andre has been named as the hardest working singer in the UK, based on attendance figures at concerts.

Last year, Andre performed live to more fans then any other entertainer, earning him the title of ‘Britains hardest working singer’. During his ‘Revelation’ tour in 2010, he performed 38 concerts and sang to almost 100,000 people, beating the previous winners, Status Quo.

Andre’s singing career spans almost 2 decades from when he first started getting hits in his native Australia and then in the UK. In 1995, his hit single ‘Mysterious Girl’ got to number 2 in the British charts, but when it was re-released in 2004 after his appearance on ‘I’m a Celebrity’, it hit the number 1 spot.

Ten of his singles and four of his albums have made the top ten in the charts. Andre has said in the past he loves performing live, and thinks it is the ‘ultimate experience’. Most of his concerts this year were at arena venues including the Manchester Evening News Arena (MEN) and the 02 arena in London.

Peter Andre is amazing, and I am not surprised about him being named the hardest working singer, due to his massive tour. Congratulations to him!

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Just as you thought his 2010 couldn’t be beaten, 2011 already seems to be on its way to overcoming it. Eminem is in the line up to star in 2 different movies, each with their own hopes of success. 8 years after his successful screen debut in 8 Mile, he is at is again, and I personally can’t wait.

The man who scored a number 1 hit with his recent album Recovery, is definitely on the road to… recovery. Having a few slips-ups over the past few years thanks to a number of personal problems, including but not limited to his drug addiction, he has slowly pulled himself up, brushed himself off and is now back in the game. Not only raring to go in the rap sense, but also ready to start his movie career once again.

The crime thriller, Random Acts of Violence will see him once again in the midst of trouble. The script has already seen a number of re-writes within the four years it has been in development. Eminem has yet to officially confirm, however he is said to be extremely interested in the role and is ready to take it on. That isn’t it for the King-Of-Rap, because he is also still being lined up to play a boxer in the upcoming movie, Southpaw.

At this stage in his life, I don’t think anything is going to stop him. The man is a true legend unto himself and to all those people that admire him so dearly. 

Will you be watching Eminem as he returns to the big screen? Let me know below.

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Moments ago pop star Lady Gaga revealed the products she has been designing with legendary photography corporation Polaroid at a presentation in Las Vegas.

The two forces joined together to create Polaroid’s ‘Polaroid Grey Label‘, consisting of three different products designed by Lady Gaga, that will be released into the public later this year. The presentation held in Las Vegas by Lady Gaga and the chairman of Polaroid Corporation Bobby Sager was streamed live on the internet for fans to watch.

The first product was revealed onto the internet a few hours ago by Gaga’s close friend Perez Hilton. The product is sun glasses which can take digital photos, that are stored on a detachable USB device on the glasses. Gaga claims they are the first ever glasses that can take pictures. “Only Lady Gaga could create a hybrid that’s part fashion statement, part revolutionary technology and part tool for self-expression,” Polaroid said of the product.

Another product revealed at the presentation was a new portable printer device, that prints photos wirelessly via Bluetooth technology. To demonstrate the printer, the Bad Romance singer used her Blackberry mobile phone to take a picture of the audience, saying: “Smile! You’re so ****ing famous!” She then linked up the photo to the printer, and printed off a photo in less than 40 seconds.

The final product on the Grey Label is the new version of the good old fashioned Polaroid camera, which Gaga described as “sexy and slick.” Though I must admit, to me it was the least impressive out of the range.

With Gaga as the ‘new face’ of Polaroid, I am guessing this Grey Label range will be very successful! What do you think? Let us know by leaving a comment!

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Samantha Womack, the actress who plays Ronnie Mitchell in the hugely popular BBC One soap EastEnders is to leave the show, in the midst of the mass controversy of her character’s current cot death storyline.

Womack confirmed her exit to journalists waiting outside her London home, but an explanation was absent. “I understand why there has been a lot of anger and complains about the story line. I can confirm I am leaving the show, but other than that I can’t really say,” she told reporters. Despite this, Womack insisted in a press release by the BBC that the decision had nothing to do with the storyline. Seems difficult to believe!

The actress was looking stressed and troubled as she returned to her home last night, as it seems the rapidly increasing heat on the programme’s storyline has got the best of her.

The BBC have recently found themselves in deep trouble thanks to the storyline, in which Ronnie’s (played by Womack) new born baby dies, and she secretly swaps him with another character, Kat’s baby, who was born on the same day. Before the scenes had even aired the storyline was gaining controversy, but now it is one of the show’s most furiously debated storylines in history. Over 6000 complaints have been sent into the BBC, and producers at the show have made the tough decision to shorten the story, even though it is likely to still carry on into spring.

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EastEnders is famous for tackling tough issues in the past, but it is amongst the belief of many that they have handled this extremely sensitive topic in a bad way, including former TV host Miss Diamond, who lost her son Sebastian from cot death 20 years ago. She told the Daily Mail: “I was worried it would be shocking, but I was revolted. Many cot death parents I have spoken to are. They are milking a tragedy.”

It has also recently emerged that the team of writers for the show were reluctant to take part in the story, which raises the question, why was it not handled more sensitively?

Is Samantha right for leaving the show? Were EastEnders right for tackling such an issue? Let us know your views in the comments below.

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